Jacob for the girls

The girls also got another Jacob.

Jade got a bright blue long leg pants with pink piping on the pockets.

Jade turned six years yesterday and where other children would shoot this from the rooftops, Jade came home crying from school because her brothers told the other kids it was her birthday. She did not like that as she loves to be lost in the crowd. All her siblings love getting attention she doesn’t.

Luckily at home she reminds us regularly that she is around as well.

Louka got a green pants with fluorescent orange piping as finishing touch on the pockets. 

The pants is already slightly too short, but there are four siblings waiting to pass the pants onto, which makes this mistake more easily digestible. 

KCW Winter 2014 - Jacob part 3

KCW is the perfect motivator to work double as hard, and today we made Elias smile! A happy boy thanks to this short version of THE Jacob pants.

Perfect fit at the backside.

Perfect fit at the front side.

And again made out of gorgeous ‘Chinese Blue’.

All pants, it looks like this:

The long green legs together with the short blue pants.

The long blue legs together with the short blue version.

Pattern: The third time in a row we use the Jacob pattern designed by Zonen09.

Fabric: The fluorescent piping was homemade from fluorescent trim (bought @ Vermiljoenshop).

KCW Winter 2014 - Jacob part 2

We finished the pants for Elias yesterday evening, and as soon as he saw the pants, he announced to be wearing short pants only!

It is true that Elias always leaves the house with short pants and Omar usually wears long ones, but I thought to be able to change this pattern by giving him his own long pants. I was wrong obviously!

Consequently we have a second pants for Omar (and we already started to cut and sew the short version Elias requested).

This time around the backside fits perfect without having to tighten the elastic excessively and there even is some room for growing.

The blue fabric was purchased in Shanghai, China (just like these gorgeous Chinese Blues). The fabric is supposedly hand dyed and had to be fixed before washing as the color runs. I was told that the fabric is about 50 years old. The sales lady –who looked double as old as the fabric- also explained me that it was made in her family business; but then my Chinese is quasi nihil so it is possible that I got that completely wrong!

The fabric smelled moist but after fixing and washing, she turned out to be really soft and so gorgeous!

I bought a full role but the role was not very long and on top of that only 45 cm wide. I will have to be make this fabric last a long way.

Pattern: Just like the pants posted yesterday this is a Jacob pants designed by Zonen09.

Fabric: The fluorescent piping was homemade from fluorescent trim (bought @ Vermiljoenshop) and some rope.

KCW winter 2014 - Jacob

New pants are –just like our previous project- something we postponed way too long. We assembled and cut the Jacob pattern (this must be the most used pants pattern at the moment in Belgium) and we made a test pants.

Omar and Elias had a lot of catching up to do as a result of being born to early and apparently they did not yet completely catch up. They turn 8 this summer and this size 6 years old is still somewhat too big. We have to tighten the elastic a lot which does not give a perfect result looking from the backside. Besides that the pants fits like a glove.

Jacob approved and we are ready to make one for twin 2.

Pattern: Jacob designed by Zonen09.

Fabric: The pants are made out of a piece of 100% cotton bought in Ajman @ ‘Bengali market’. The fluorescent piping was made from fluorescent trim we bought at Vermiljoenshop when the online shop still had a branch in Ghent.