Flowery fabrics

A few weeks ago, my mum and I went to stoffenspektakel (again!; if you don't know what I'm talking about, read my older blog posts).
And here are the results of our shopping!

Beautiful roses, my mum made me a skirt with this piece.

A wallet from Cath Kidston! I didn't even know
there was a shop selling Cath Kidston in Belgium!

My mum chose this piece of tricot with gorgeous roses.

This is also a piece of tricot,
to me it looks like a Liberty pattern.

This is also a piece of tricot,
my mum is going to make herself a night dress out of it.

Another piece of tricot! We simply love it.
These flowers made me think of summer,
so this will become a dress!

This time, stoffenspektakel took place in Leuven, so my mum and I made it a weekend. On saturday we went shopping in the city and on sunday we went to the fabric fair. While we were walking from our hotel to the centre of Leuven, we came across a cute little shop called Tante Jojo. They sell all kinds of cute, flowery things, so we decided to have a look. And we discovered they sold stuff from Cath Kidston!

When we go to London (about once a year), my mum and I always visit the Cath Kidston shop in Covent Garden and we drool all over the gorgeous bags and wallets and all of the other nice stuff they sell. I've been wanting to buy a wallet there for over six months now, but to buy one, we had to go all the way to London. And to order it online would only be more costly, so I had already accepted that I'd have to wait a long time before I could finally buy one.

But then all of a sudden, accidentally walking through that little street because we were a bit lost, we discovered the only shop in Belgium that sells Cath Kidston. So I immediately bought the wallet I've been craving for. My weekend couldn't have started any better!

So all of you who live in Belgium and have been looking for a shop that sells Cath Kidston, Leuven is the place to be!

A gorgeous dress and some work in progress

About three weeks ago, there was an event called 'Stoffenspektakel' in Ghent. It's like a market with lots of stands that sell all kinds of fabrics. Since it's only an hour drive from our home and because I study in Ghent, my mom and I decided to go and have a look. And it was unlike anything I've ever seen! The fabrics are really cheap, my mom got some in a gorgeous nude pink colour for €2 per meter. I never thought that was possible!
Also, they had tricot with lovely colours and designs. We've been looking for that to make a summer dress, but it's so hard to find, especially when you're as picky as me. But I chose two different designs, one is light blue with small flowers and the other .. well you can see below, it's too hard to describe.
My mom sewed a dress for me, we got the pattern from the magazine Knipmode, and we found the pattern I have always dreamed of. And this is the result.

It fits perfectly!

I even got a matching top to wear underneath.

 

And I can show you some work in progress:

I was browsing on ravelry and I stumbled along this Cozy Pet Bed. Immediately, I knew I had to make this for my two cats! They both love to sleep on anything that's knitted or crochetted, and one of my cats always needs some thing to lean on. For example, he loves to sleep in cartboard shoe boxes, that way, he is supported from all sides.

The tube that goes around is filled up, for extra support ;)

Mine is made with two yarns held together,
one is purple, the other changes colour: black-grey-purple

And something else I have been working on is a scarf, called 'Clarity' by Kim Hargreaves.

The yarn is a bit shiny and it's golden beige.

Next weekend, 'Stoffenspektakel' comes to Leuven, and me and my mom are going to make it a mini citytrip. Saturday, we'll discover Leuven and sunday, we go buy some fabric! So next time I'll be able to show you all of the lovely fabrics we bought!
See ya!