After sewing the Bazinga back pack, I really wanted to try the EZ wrap wallet from Flossstyle. My son has been asking for long, maybe even more than a year, for a wallet. He already would have been satisfied with a simple zipper pouch, but seeing that he had to wait so long, I wanted to make him something special.
Nadat ik de Bazinga rugzak naaide wilde ik ook heel graag de EZ wrap wallet van Flosstyle proberen. Mijn zoon vroeg al lang, heel lang om een eigen portemonnee, mogelijk al langer dan een jaar. Hij zou al blij geweest zijn met een simpel ritstasje, maar omdat hij als zo lang moest wachten wilde ik er een "echte" van maken.
The EZ wrap wallet comes in three levels of complexity and in two widths. I made the narrower width with several options and I hacked a bit extra. The official options that I used are the transparent ID pocket, the zipper middle pocket and the wrap. I had a lot of fun combining my scraps into this wallet. Due to the card slots, the inside piece is rather long, so you need a relatively big scrap for that piece.
De EZ wallet komt in drie moeilijkheidsniveaus en twee breedtes. Je kan er puur een kaartenhouder van maken, maar dus ook portemonnee met zijkanten. Ik ging voor een behoorlijk volledige "smalle"versie, dus inclusief doorzichtig ID vakje, ritsje in het midden van de portemonnee en zijkanten. Ik had veel plezier om restjes samen te zoeken voor dit project. Door de kaartvakjes heeft de binnenkant nog behoorlijk veel stof nodig, dus daar moet je wel rekening mee houden.
What I added /adjusted was that I only did the card slots on one side of the wallet, my son does not have any cards that he needs to store, so these five slots are more than enough. My son only has coin money (he will have spend his savings on Lego's before he reaches the 20 euros) so I wanted an extra zipper pocket. Instead of having a phone pocket, I created a welt pocket on the back. This way he can reach the coins without opening his wallet. Lastly, I used a snap instead of a button or magnetic closure.
Wat ik aanpaste was dat ik maar aan één zijde kaartvakjes deed, dit is dus geen officiële optie, maar niet moeilijk om te doen. Ook voegde ik een paspel zak met rist aan de achterkant toe. Mijn zoon heeft voornamelijk kleingeld (hij spendeert zijn zakgeld geheid aan Lego voor hij 20 euro heeft verzameld). Een extra vakje voor kleingeld is dan zeker geen overbodige luxe. Daarnaast gebruikte ik een kam snap in plaats van een magnetische sluiting of knoop.
My middle daughter immediately ordered another, and I was totally planning to immediately sew another, but than December madness started. I will definitely sew more but I am showing this one already because it is a perfect Christmas present as well! My son wanted to model with the wallet (he does not really like modelling so that shows how much he likes it), but in the end we decided that his best friend would model instead.
Mijn middelste dochter wilde er ook meteen een en ik had hem al bijna geknipt, maar toen begon de December drukte. hoewel ik er dus zeker nog eentje zal naaien, laat ik deze alvast zien, omdat het een perfect kerst cadeautje is. Maar natuurlijk ook voor een kinderfeestje is het een leuk presentje. Mijn zoon vond hem zo leuk dat hij er graag mee op de foto wilde (hij houdt normaal niet van foto's..) maar uiteindelijk besloten we dat zijn beste vriend model zou spelen.
December came and passed, but I did not have time to show you the
hand made gifts that I made this year. All three hand made gifts that I am showing
you today are heavily inspired (or copied) from projects that I found on the web. Some nice
Pinterest inspiration this time. I had two other miscellaneous sewed
projects that did not get blogged yet (that also would make perfect gifts, but my lucky kids just got them), so I combined it all in one
post.
December kwam en ging en ik vond geen tijd om mijn
zelfgemaakte cadeau te laten zien. Vandaag dan eindelijk. Alle drie mijn
gemaakte cadeau's waren sterk geïnspireerd/gekopieerd van iets dat ik
vond op het internet. Een echte Pinterest inspiratie post deze keer dus.
Ik had nog twee andere projecten die de blog nog niet haalde (en perfecte cadeaus zouden zijn, maar die kids van mij kregen ze gewoon zo), dus die
voegde ik gezellig toe aan de post.
The first gift is an man apron. I saw this awesome one, and just had to make something similar. I was under a strict
deadline (of course I did not start in time), so I omitted the pockets. It is far from perfect, but it was
the idea that counted anyway. This apron was the original project that I
cut out of the canvas coupon and from the scraps I created my Irene dress.
Het eerste cadeau was een schort voor een man.
Een tijd geleden zag ik deze voorbij komen en natuurlijk pinde ik hem,
geweldig leuk. Toen ik hem naaide stond ik onder heftige tijdsdruk (ik
was weer veel te laat begonnen), dus liet ik de zakken achterwege. Het
resultaat is verre van perfect, maar voor de gelegenheid was het idee
sowieso wat telde. Dit schort was trouwens het oorspronkelijk project
dat ik uit mijn canvas coupon knipte en van de restjes naaide ik dus die
Irene.
This one was pinned a long long time ago. I took
the idea, found myself a knot tutorial and sewed a very long hose (over four meter).
Filling the hose was the worst part, really horrible experience. I tried
to fill it by pulling thick strips of batting though it, but the
batting or my pull thread kept breaking. I experienced a lot of frustration that evening,
but somehow in the end I got it somewhat okay. It has been almost two
months ago since I sewed this, and my adrenaline levels have returned to
normal. The pillow became smaller than I had planned, but again, it was the idea that counted right...
Deze pinde ik ook al een hele tijd geleden. Ik gebruikte
het idee, maar zocht een eigen knoop tutorial en naaide een hele lange
buis (4 meter). Vervolgens moest die buis gevuld worden. Ik verknipte
een oud boxkleed, en probeerde strepen boxkleed door de tunnel te
trekken. Dat gaf voornamelijk heel veel frustratie, of de strip of mijn
trekdraad bleef het begeven. Geen idee hoe het uiteindelijk toch nog
behoorlijk goed kwam. Het is al weer bijna twee maanden geleden dus mijn
adrenaline niveau is weer normaal.Het kussen werd ook kleiner dan ik gedacht had. Niet in te schatten hoe lang zo'n vier meter lange buis zou worden, maar ook hiervoor telde het idee, toch...
The third hand made gift is clearly not sewed
and a shameless copy. I only had black porcelain marker at home,but a fellow Big Bang Theory fan still loved it though,
Dit
derde gemaakte ding is duidelijk geen naai project. Ik kopieerde dit voorbeeld schaamteloos. Ik had alleen geen rode stift, enkel mijn
vertrouwde zwarte. Dat mocht de pret voor een mede Big Bang Theory fan
niet drukken gelukkig.
In my
fabric stash buster overview post, I mentioned a project sewn with my daughter. My middle
one picked a blanket from an inexpensive store and asked me to sew her a
hat. shawl and gloves. I still had the Twig and Tale hooded scarf
pattern and thought this was the perfect way to try it. My daughter
wanted to help and together we sewed her this lovely fluffy thing that
she actually wears every day. When she had our shoot for the Christmas dress, we also quickly made some pictures with this one on,
In
mijn stoffen verwerk uitdaging overzicht had ik het over een naai
project mijn mijn dochter. Mijn middelste zocht bij een zeeman een super
zacht dekentje uit en vroeg me een muts, sjaal en handschoenen ervan te
maken. Tuurlijk meid, doen we samen en ik heb nog het ultieme patroon
liggen. We naaide dus gezellig een hooded scraf van Twig en Tale die
echt elke dag aan gaat. We maakten foto's toen we de reeks voor deze jurk maakten.
The last
project are these adorable bear shoes. When Twig and Tale released their
kid sized shoes I made this lovely pair for my son. Needless to day he
loves them. I still owe my middle daughter a pair of lady bug boots, I
should get on that.
Het laatste project voor vandaag is dit
paar schattige beren sloffen. Ik naaide ze toen Twig en Tale haar
kinderschoenen patroon uitbracht. Mijn zoon en zijn beer zijn nog steeds
onafscheidelijk, dus ze werden liefdevol ontvangen. Mijn dochter wacht
nog steeds op een paar lieveheersbeestje laarzen, daar zou ik ook eens
aan moeten beginnen.
Here you can find the earlier posts of this series: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Finding small gifts for people can be hard. Most of my friends and
family simply have everything that they desire (a combination of
satisfied people and no money problems). I feel that my ability to sew,
crochet, knit etc has really helped me in my quest for nice presents. A
hand made gift usually requires more work than going to the store and
fortunately most of the people that I want to give gifts, realize that.
This way I can give gifts that are inexpensive on the financial side,
but show that I care due to my invested time. Turning a rejected item
into a new gift gives even more satisfaction. In this post I will show
you how I turned an impractical pot holder into a cute Reindeer pot
coaster.
Okay, let's be honest from the start, I could
just have folded the potholder and get an instant coaster, the hole
thing would even have been bigger, but where would have been the joy in
that? I have sewn many children clothes, but I am a novice when it comes
to quilting. Although my Pinterest feed often makes me drool over the
most gorgeous creations, I didn't really try it yet. It is usually good
to start small, so this pot coaster seemed a great idea (I know it is
not true quilting because I didn't sandwich the fabrics in the end, but I
have no clue how to call it technique other wise).
First, I
took out all the original seams, so also the sandwiching stitches. Then I
cut narrow strips of fabric and sewed them back together using both
sides of the fabric. With hindsight I could have cut more interesting
shaped strips, but keep in mind, I am just experimenting. Then I
enlarged the new free Sis Boom's Rachel Reindeer to 160% and drew my two
sides of the deer on my my re-sewn piece of fabric. The pattern lines
are the sewing lines, so if you want to pre-cut your fabric make sure
you use a seam allowance. The 160% enlargement was the maximum size that
I could draw of my fabric piece, but it is also a perfect size for all
my pots. Then I puzzled my heath resisted bating (which was a part of
the original pot holder) into a deer shape. I took two layers (the
maximum that I could cut from it) to make sure my table was optimally
protected.
Sewing the two sides together had to be done slow
because the hole thing was rather thick, but going round still took me
only about 10 minutes. I carefully cut corners and seams allowance
before turned the deer to the right side. I considered sandwiching the
piece together with some decorative stitching, but in the end I decided
against it. I started sewing on the side, but because the thing is
rather thick I immediately broke a needle. I wanted to save my time and
frustration and just kept it like this. My decision to not stitch it
through also had to do with the fact that I couldn't decide on the
color. Due to the December month I felt the urge to use red, but the
deer is so cute that it could also protect your table in spring, when
the red combination would be slightly less appropriate.
I made this deer as part of this year's Sinterklaas (Secret Santa
celebration with my friends). I also embroidered three small towels with
inspiration quotes that I found on the web. I did the one with more
space between the letters a day before the other two. I do not know why
the whole thing got more condensed, I only noticed it when I took the
pictures. The pictures are not of the best quality because the procrastinator
in me had me postpone these project to the last moment, and I had to make
pictures in the night.
For the same joyous occasion I also
knitted a hat from a free pattern. I knitted it
to be an optional gift for one of the male partners of my friends. In the end
we enjoyed the evening that much, that not all the gifts were
exchanged, my daughter really didn't want to part with the hat, so I
made sure she got it in the end. My girly girl wears it well.
Here you can first part 1, 2 and 3 from this series.
I love to hear what you think of my creations. Feel free
to leave a comment in the language you prefer (although Google
translate might have to assist me if you choose something different than
English, German, Dutch or Hungarian).
Summer holiday has started for our kids, which equals end-of-year gifts.
This year, I felt confident enough to hand make them (my earlier gifts
part 1 and part 2 were well received). I was triggered by my eldest
daughter's teacher. She was planning a gifts for somebody that helped
her class a lot, but was now retiring that help. During the year the teacher had seen my
daughter appear in many new dresses and we discussed my sewing hobby on a
few occasions. She asked me if I could sew a pillow case without zipper
that she could decorate with the kids. I was very willing to help and
said that I could do a bit more than a pillow case without zipper. I
proposed to mash up this and this idea from pinterest. The teacher liked
the idea a lot and she decided we would make two, one for the
Tuesday's-teacher as well. The teacher pre-cut the small "pieces" and
the kids sewed them (by hand) together. In one hour 29 kids created 43
flaps, the kids loved it. I helped, which meant non-stop putting thread
through needle eyes.
I drew the owls by hand, I was on a
strict schedule and rushed this process a bit. I hand stitched the upper
flaps, the rest was fixated by the sewing machine and I did add a blind
zipper. The end-result is fine, it is not as nice as the originals
(but not such a pinterest fail as this one). The fact that the kids
contributed and loved to do it, makes the pillows wonderful in my eyes.
Another
pinterest idea that I had been planning to use for a while was this bracelet tutorial. I loved the idea but I do not wear bracelets. I thought they
would be perfect teacher gifts. I made two, experimenting with the
buttons, colors and broomstick size.
For my son's teacher I
made a gift for his class. I adapted this wonderful felt fire into an
idea in which my kids could participate. The fire has three sides and my
eldest (who was his student two years ago), my son (who has been his
student the last two years) and my middle daughter (who will be his
student the coming two years) all decorated a side with textile paint.
My son learned in class this year
that a flame can be blue, so we had to
incorporate that color as well. The base of the fire is red jersey with my heaviest interfacing.
I made the stones from an
upcycled vest and I filled them with small fabric scraps that I have
been hoarding. The scraps give the stones a good firmness and the stones
are heavier than if I would have filled them with pillow filling. The
branches are also filled with scraps.
I love to hear what you think of my creations.
Feel free to leave a comment in the language you prefer (although Google
translate might have to assist me if you choose something different
than English, German, Dutch or Hungarian).
Lets make this a series, here you can find the first one. In these posts I will discuss a collection of gifts (made over a undefined period) which didn't justify (I have a personal fuzzy standard) a post but I still want to show them.
I made a friend a weighted pillow to be part of the sensomotoric therapy
for her son. She asked a simple pillow/blanket but due to the age of
the boy (five) I wanted to make a fun one. I enlarged a pattern from La Maison Victors' plush animal book. The arms measure 42 cm across, so it
really is a big animal and it is filled with four kilo rice. The wolf is
a washable cover for a simple bag filled with rice.
My
niece requested baby groot. I had no clue what she meant, but when I
googled it I found a free tutorial. It turns out to be a character from a
movie (that I had to watch of course and liked a lot). I love how he
turned out.
One of my friends are going to have a second
child and they asked around if somebody knew somebody who could crochet
them a monkey. I kind a jump up and started waving my arms (over
facebook), me me me, I can do that. I slightly adapted an existing pattern.
