I love sewing soft toys and have already sewed several for our girls. Luckily our girls love the home sewed soft toys. What I haven't shown yet are the birth soft toys that I have sewed the last years for the birth of each of our girls. For some reason these never ended up on... Continue Reading →
Christmas tree skirt
Christmas is the best time of the year in my opinion. Having my birthday in this period adds to that. I just love the month December. And sewing for Christmas is even better. Last year I sewed this advent calendar, which the girls love and is a big hit. This year I have another Christmas... Continue Reading →
3-in-1 convertible bag
The new Galaxie pattern from Jalie is released: Galaxie 5, 3-in-1 convertible backpack. I can assure you it is a great new pattern. Galaxie patterns are bag or accessoires patterns, great for gifts. I have sewed a Galaxie pattern before, the travel bag pattern. I love my bags to be with many different pockets and... Continue Reading →
My first shoes: Fynn Flat shoes
I love being challenged and making shoes is definitely a new challenge for me. I have made several slippers last year, so I had some experience with sewing slippers. I am so happy with how the Fynn Flat shoes from Sew U Can Patterns turned out for our youngest! This pattern is for smaller baby... Continue Reading →
Cases for pencils or glasses
I love making handmade gifts and cases are just perfect for that. The book Zo geknipt! 2 includes several cases, big and small. Last year I sewed a case for glasses and this year I sewed up the pencil case. Last year I wanted to give a handmade gift to my dad for Father's Day.... Continue Reading →
Make-up remover set
Sofiona Designs just released the Cloudberry collection, a new set which includes a washing bag, a storage basket and remover pads. This make-up remover set is perfect as a gift or to just keep for yourself. You can buy the pattern, or if you subscribe to the newsletter (of have subscribed to the newsletter in... Continue Reading →
Little Elf Amelie
About a month before Christmas I saw IvL - Hecho con Amor post cute little elves on Instagram, Amelie and Jose. I fell in love with the elves and sewed an Amelie elf for our youngest for Christmas. In her Facebook group you can find the free pattern. I used scraps for the bodice and... Continue Reading →
Christmas gifts: Slippers for the girls
During colder times our girls love to wear slippers, and not the "boring" ones (according to them) that I sewed for myself. The ones they received last year were getting a bit small, especially for our eldest. So when I saw the Kritter Kicks from Sew U Can Patterns on Facebook, I knew I just... Continue Reading →
Free Unicorn Pillows
I already had the free unicorn pillow pattern from Rebecca Page* for a year. This year with the unicorn rage still going strong in our house I knew it would be a great gift for our two eldest. They received it during Christmas and indeed it was a very popular gift. I used fabric that... Continue Reading →
Mouse softie – One Thimble
I love sewing soft toys, or softies, and I already made quite a few. Although not all of them made it to the blog yet. I definitely need to make time to post them. For One Thimble issue 27*, I got to sew the Mice and Meese softies designed by The Crafting Fiend. I picked... Continue Reading →