Purple Bermuda

With the warm weather last april I needed some shorts for my sons and I needed them fast. So I looked in my fabric stock pile. This nice purple cotton fabric was perfect for a pair of shorts. The bermuda is pretty simple. With two pockets on the front side and two pockets on the backside. All seams are stitched with a purple coloured yarn. With elastic in the waiste band the shorts are easy to pull on and off. The pattern comes from Ottobre magazine and was made in size 134.

Black and Blue Jeans

These Jeans are made of the same black cotton Jeans fabric as the Black Jeans with Blue Pockets. The pattern comes from the Dutch magazine "Knippie" and was made in size 104. All seams are stitched with light blue and aqua coloured yarn.

Recycling Dickies Jeans

How about some recycling? These Dickies jeans first belonged to my husband. The jeans were ripped in the crouch area. Unfortunately for him, beyond repair. The jeans lay in my repair bucket for a very long time. Some time ago I wanted to sew a jeans for Jelle. So I browsed through my fabric stash. I couldn't find a nice fabric. Then I saw my repair bucket and found the Dickies jeans. How cool would it be to make a new jeans out of them? It was a very nice fabric. So I set out to try if there was enough fabric to make a jeans for Jelle. And there was!

I removed the original backpockets which were transformed into the new backpockets. I also carefully removed the waisteband and made it smaller to fit Jelle. I also used the original loops that support the belt. I mimicked the colour scheme of the original jeans. Light blue and dark blue stitchings with small details of red stitchings.

The pattern comes from the Dutch magazine "Knippie". I made the jeans in size 104.

Blue and Green Jeans

This Jeans was made of the same blue fabric as the pockets of the Black Jeans with Blue pockets. The pattern comes from the Dutch magazine "Knippie" and was made in size 104. The Jeans has 4 backpockets and also 4 pockets on the front. All seams are stitched with light and dark green stitchings.

Canvas Trousers

These trousers are made of a cotton canvas fabric in two different shades. The jeans are made in a beige shade and de pockets and kneepads are made in a sand shade of canvas. All seams are stitched with an offwhite stitching. There are also some aqua coloured stitchings. This pattern comes from the Dutch magazine "Knippie". The trousers are made in size 104.

Black Jeans with Blue Pockets

This Jeans are made of a Jeans fabric in two colours. Black and blue. The Jeans are made of the black Jeans fabric while the pockets and other details are made of the blue Jeans fabric. Most of the seams are stitched with a three double stitching consisting of two green and one dark red stitching. Others are just stitched with a double green stichting. The pattern comes from "Knippie" and is made in size 104.

Black Jeans

I've been very busy sewing lately. For my oldest son Jorn I made these black Jeans. The pattern comes from "Ottobre magazine". I've used a black Jeans fabric and a grey and black checkered cotton fabric for the Jeans. The seams are stitched with grey and green yarn. The Jeans have a fake zipper and elastic in the waisteband.

Baby Jeans

I made these cute baby Jeans for my youngest son Jurrit. He is 6 months old and wears size 62. I made the Jeans from some leftover Jeans fabric. The seams are stitched with offwhite and limegreen yarn. The back pockets are finished with a limegreen and white checkered cotton fabric. The inner pockets are lined with the same fabric. The baby Jeans has a fake zipper and elastic in the waisteband.

Party Pants ;-)

Last april my adopted grandfather (grandfather of my husband) celebrated his 80th birthday. We celebrated this with the entire family. There also was a photographer to make family pictures. Off course we had to wear nice clothes for the family portraits.

For this occasion I made 'party pants' for my two oldest boys. Party pants is a literal translation of  the Dutch word 'feestbroek'. Which is what my boys call them. Whenever there is a birthday, they like to wear the 'party pants'.

The pants are made of a fabric with a linnen and cotton mixture. The stripes are asking for a special layout of the pattern pieces. The front pockets and the flaps of the (fake) backpockets have horizontal stripes while the rest of the trousers have vertical stripes. The pattern comes from Ottobre magazine and was made in size 98 and 122.
The shirt worn by Jelle also comes from Ottobre magazine The shirt is made of a cotton fabric with black and white squares. The front pockets are laid out diagonally on the fabric. Instead of a lying collar I made a small upright standing collar. Jorn also had a shirt like this but refused to wear it for the photo. I made the shirts in size 98 and 122.

Oilily Fabric Green Jeans

For my son Jelle I made these green Jeans. Again this was an Oilily fabric from my private stock.The fabric is double layered. Light green fabric on the inside, olive coloured fabric on the outside.The pattern of the Jeans is very suitable for a double layered fabric like this. It gives lots of opportunities to show the inside of the fabric. That's what I did with the lower seams and the backpockets. All seams are stitched with limegreen coloured yarn. All the details give the Jeans a playfull look.

I've made these trousers before with a black ribcord fabric. The pattern comes from the magazine Knippie and was made in size 98.

Car Sweater and Black&Blue Jeans

Last week I finished this sweater with car application and the Jeans with black and blue stripes. The Jeans is made from the same fabric as the black&blue jeans. The pattern for this Jeans comes from "Knippie". All seams are stitched with yellow yarn. On the front legs of the Jeans are two flaps that suggest there are pockets underneath them. These flaps close with a snap fastener. The backpockets close with a flap that resemble the front flaps. The back flaps also close with a snap fastener. The Jeans has a fake zipper and elastic in the waiste band.

The sweater is made of black and red sweater fabric. The pattern for this cool sweater comes from "Ottobre magazine". On the frontside I applicated a beetle shaped car. On the backside I applicated a bus. I made this carsweater  before, for my eldest son.

Sleeping bag

Today I finished this cute little sleeping bag for my youngest son Jurrit. He's 1 month old. We live in an old house and last winter it was very cold in our bedroom. Jurrit sleeps in his own bed in our bedroom. With this sleeping bag he will be nice and warm this winter.

The outside of the sleeping bag is made of a beige sweater fabric. The lining of the sleeping bag is made of a soft flanel fabric in an offwhite colour. The length of the sleeping bag is approximately 70 cm.

Baby Wrap

Originally I made this baby wrap for a friend of mine. But I failed to deliver the present to her in time. Her baby has become a toddler, so the wrap didn't fit anymore. In the meantime I was pregnant of my younghest son Jurrit. So I can now use it for him.

The outside of the wrap is a fleece fabric. The inside of the wrap is a blue cotton fabric with white dots. The seams are finished with an offwhite cotton piping. The wrap closes with velcro strips. 

The pattern for this wrap comes from Knippie. The wrap is suitable for babies that wear up to size 62.

Oilily Fabric Jeans

Some years ago my husband bought this fabric for me at the Oilily outlet store in Alkmaar. I immediately sewed a jeans for myself. From the leftover fabric I made a jeans for my son Jelle. 

The grey wavy fabric simply askes for a layout of the pattern pieces in different directtions of the grain. All seams are sewn with lime coloured yarn.

The pattern was made in size 98 and comes from the Dutch magazine "Knippie". The jeans has frontpockets that run all the way down to the seams at the bottom of the jeans. The front pockets are decorated with triangular shaped stitches. The rectangular shaped backpockets have a flap that close with a snap fastener. The jeans has a fake zipper and elastic in the waiste band.

Bermuda

Becauseof a pregnancy and the breakdown of my overlockmachine, I didn't feel like sewing very much the past few months. There were about two or three things I made. These bermuda trousers were one of them.

The pattern comes from "Ottobre" nr. 3, 2010 and were made in size 98. The pattern is pretty simple, but the front pockets make it special. The lining of the front pockets comes out in front of the trousers as a red piping. The checkered fabric is a very soft cotton fabric which I found in my private fabric stock. All seams are stitched with white yarn. The pattern pieces for the backpockets are laid at an angle on the fabric. This makes the simple pattern even more special.

Salopette Jeans

Last winter I made these lovely salopette jeans for my son Jelle. The salopette is a size 98 and is made out of a supple jeans fabric. The pockets and the underside of the jeans are finished with a white dotted turquoise cotton fabric. The lining of the salopette is also made out of the white dotted turqoise fabric. All seams are stitched with white yarn. The salopette has some nice details, like the seams in the pockets. The side pockets are half stitched onto the trousers and half stitched into the seams.

Jeans

A while ago I made jeans trousers for my eldest son. All seams are stitched with either red or denimblue yarn. The jeans has front pockets, backpockets and side pockets. All pockets have flaps that close with a snap fastener. The flap for the back pockets is processed into the seam on the backside of the jeans. The jeans has a fake zipper and elastic in the waisteband.

Black Ribcord Trousers

Not so long ago I made these black ribcord trousers. The trousers are size 98. All seams are stitched with red yarn. The front legs have an extra layer of fabric. The opening of the front pockets are part of this extra layer of fabric. The inside of this curved 'flap' is lined with a cotton fabric with black and grey squares. This same fabric is used to line the inside of the front pockets, the inside of the back pockets and the seams at the bottom of the legs.

Green jeans

Last winter I also made these green jeans. The jeans are size 92. The inside of the pockets is made of a cotton fabric with green and brown squares. This same fabric was used to make the piping above the knees and on de backpockets. There is a pleat at knee-height. The familiar details like the fake zipper and elastic in te waisteband are of course present.

Jeans

Last winter I made this jeans for my son Jorn. The frontside  of the jeans has a double pair of pockets. The backside of the jeans has backpockets with pleats. All seams are stitched with either green or denim blue yarn. The knees of the trousers are worn with age. The pattern comes from Ottobre magazine and was made in size 128.