A quick recipe from Zo Geknipt 1 before the second part of the book is being delivered

The large version of this shoulder bag was showing some abrasion, as it was only made from cotton off course its life span is restricted.

As our youngest is no longer wearing diapers in the day we decided to go for the smaller version of recipe 27 this time around.

The fabric for a third bag -the smaller version again- is already cut because this one greatly pleased me.

Pattern: The pattern is recipe 27 from the book Zo Geknipt 1.

Fabric: The decorative fabric came from a shop in Paris, very close to the Sacre Coeur. The plain fabric -navy blue canvas 100% cotton- was bought @ a local uniform shop.

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. 

Pants

We made space in the cabinet, got rid of some old pants, and replaced them with the uniform; luckily not all space got taken by the uniforms. We made some ‘Jacobs’ to fill the empty spaces. The short version suits us best.

A grey version with blue piping on the pockets.

A sea blue one with yellow piping on the pockets.

A blue dark blue one with yellow piping on the pockets.

A green one with neon orange piping on the pockets.

A blue one with white/orange squares and yellow piping on the pockets.

Elias additionally asked for a macho short version. He got one in camouflage fabric with neon orange piping on the pockets.

Three shorts per son, to make sure I can skip ironing once and a while.

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.

And now ... part 2

Cousin J received a gymnastics bag. 

I can’t get enough of this pattern; it is such a pleasure to make this cute bag.

His sister, niece M, got the same thing … 

… but different, as it is made with a different fabric and off course we printed her own name and not her brother’s.

The BBF of Louka, where she spent a couple of nights during her stay in Belgium, also got a little gymnastics bag.

She is somewhat older than the two others so we choose a slightly more sophisticated fabric, but the fluorescent pink details make it girly enough.

Pattern: Stof voor Durf-het-Zelvers again!

Fabric: The lion fabric I bought at Noeks, ages ago. Some nostalgia, I think it must have been more or less my first online item I ever bought!

The red retro fabric I purchased online at Fifi Jolipois.

The grey fabric with the geometric print was bought overseas at HawthorneThreads.

Oh deer flock

Homemade heat transfer design for Jade and Elias.

The idea for a fluorescent deer comes from Elias.

The red round neck shirt was purchased last summer at Hema.

The blue vest was purchased at Petit Bateau.

I really can’t tell you more about it.

Gymnastics outfit: part 3

This is the third and –currently- last part in our series about gymnastics outfits. Our youngest gymnast requested pink, flowers and butterflies. She got a salmon costume, made of soft and  elastique nicky velvet, decorated with purple butterflies.

Inspired by her elder sister’s tricks, she wanted to show off her abilities. Aerial skills, is aiming too high but she is almost capable to perform a bridge and a split.

Her second outfit is made out of neon pink swimming costume fabric, and is decorated with blue flowers.

The girls tried to make a bridge over each other,...

… but split together seemed to be the easier and safer option!

Gymnastics outfit: part I

Our four eldest children do gymnastics. So they have to wear a gymnastics leotard; an item that is not easily purchased around here.

As Tahir imported perfect leotard fabric I decided to make their gymnastics outfit myself.

I will not disclose the results just yet, the leotard pictures are for later this week...

First I present you the gymnastics bag that goes with it.

A cute little bag for our ‘star’ gymnasts. Just the right size to store two small bottles of water and a snack for during the break.

I prefer a round gymnastics bag instead of a flat one; besides following the guidelines of THE book it was very easy to make. We chose to make the version with the pocket on the inside, to tuck money aside.

This macho bronze fellow (A Askalany) could wrap it around its neck before the kids got hold of it.

The beautiful blue fabric (Melody Sketch – Nani Iro) was bought at Mondaysmilk, an online fabric shop with a superefficient and friendly service.

The website noted that the fabric is DOUBLE GAUZED, I did not notice this mention when I ordered the fabric and anyway I would not have known what it meant. I do now!

Double gauzed means that the fabric consists of two different layers attached to each other by means of small invisible stitches. It might seem difficult to stitch with, the way I describe the fabric. Nothing is further from the truth, I did not hamper me in any way, long life Japanese perfection.

I bought the cotton yellow biais binding at Vermiljoenshop.

The pictures are made in ArtSawa Gallery in Al Quoz.

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