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I. Made. A. Suit! When Katia Fabrics asked me to collaborate with them for a Chistmas Fabrics Challenge I couldn't say no. They didn't even had to twist my arm ;-). The Katia fabrics webshop contains, besides the yarns they are well known for also, quite a selection of poplin, sweats and canvas fabrics with fun prints. Really suitable for kids clothing and making bags. I decided to challenge myself and make something for me to wear. You can vote for my outfit from 21 until 23 december by liking the photo in this link !  The fabrics  I choose two fabrics that for me have a very Christmassy feel to them. Both poplin fabrics. The black one has a lovely little seahorse print. And the white one is called Xmas poplin and has icebears, trees and snowflakes on them. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... The suit My first idea was to make a jumpsuit, out of the black Seahorse poplin, but I like my garments to be versatile and soon changed it to be ...

Refashioning something that's inspired by... This years challenge from The Refashioners is  reimagining something that was once something else, and turning it into your inspiration image. Well....that's a hard one for me. The inspiration in refashioning for me is mostly the garments itselves. But I like a challenge so I went for it. On my Pinterest I gathered loads of inspiration images so there I would pick one image....  Hmmm, difficult!  I decided to make a compilation of images of jackets that inspire me and work from there. Going through my thriftshop stash I found three items I could use for a jacket. I picked up these pieces in the thriftshop because I'm into plaid at the moment, I'm a sucker for leopard print and my everlasting love for black and white striped pieces. (Check my  Instagram  and you'll see....)  Pattern chosing and dismatle I chose a pattern of a bomberjacket I used before and cut it so that I was able to u...

I love quick little projects with fast results, but I can also really get my teeth into somewhat bigger and more complicated projects. Like this dress! This dress has been allowed to camp on my mannequin for a few months. From only strips of fabric to a real dress, made for a special occasion. And during this process I've tried some new techniques and learned a lot! Again. ( Nederlandse versie ) Slow sewing In March of this year I already started testing the weave. I first made bias strips of unbleached cotton (15 mm wide) and tried out how I could fixate the strips the best. I also requested the help of my followers on  Instagram  and  Facebook . I myself tried it with textile glue and got the suggestion to use the ironing-band and Vliesofix. With a biasband maker (smallest size) and the iron I fixed the strips. Vliesofix will release if you do not stitch it (I didn't want to stitch it) and the band was too laborious, so I choose textile...