maandag 27 juni 2011

More work in progress

Last week in the mail was block 6 of the Sue Spargo BOM, while block 4 and 5 were still in the envelope.....  So I started this weekend to appliqué lock 4 and 5. I am working now on block 6. After the appliqué work I' ll start the embellishments.


And of course I knitted a bit, I am halfway the body of the Cladonia shawl. I use lime green and light brown 100% pure Alpaca . 

And i am crocheting cute flowers for the summermarket. I ran out of yarn, (I use embroidery thread perlé 5 and 8) so i could nor finish. I'll make scissor keepers and keyholders or even brooches with the flowers. 
It's a free pattern that I found on a French blog, if you are interested I can translate it for you...


zondag 26 juni 2011

Work in progress

Although I a not blogging a lot, I am very busy.......
I am working on some bags for the summermarkets (I signed up for two this year).here are the two flowerborders, that will be attached to a bag.
This border was made by my friend Dorien, she wanted it to be a quiltborder but was not really satisfied. So she send one border to me with the idea for a bag. I embellished the flowers and already have chosen the right fabric.
I made another red one and this bag is almost finished.


I also made this housewife/needle roll. Do you remember i already made one? When I was in Italy Angela from Ireland loved it so much so I gave it to her. But this needlerol is so practical, not only when you are i traveling but also when you are sewing outside, under the tree, like I am today. It's so HOT here......
 I asked Dorien to buy for me a ribbon , so I cannot fished it yet.
I uses Civil-War fabric, love the result.
Tomorrow more work in progress....


woensdag 22 juni 2011

Off the needles

I finished the second Lace Baktus shawl, made with Drops Delight, so soft ........ The color is called heather!

I already started another one, the 'cladonia' pattern.


zaterdag 18 juni 2011

Tea cosy giveaway

My blogfriend Gayle has a giveaway on her blog. She gives away FOUR handmade tea cosies.
For a chance to win go to her blog and leave a comment. I did.
Good luck!

vrijdag 17 juni 2011

More harvest

A friend phoned me that I could come and pick her raspberries. I picked about 4 kilos the day after again 5 kilos of cherries. Here is what I made with the fruits.

zondag 12 juni 2011

Harvest...no much time to craft

The cherries are ready to pick and there are so many. I already made 18 pots with cherrie jam, I added some Amaretto (an Italien almond liqueur). And 16 pots with Amarene cherries, 15 pots with Kirsch/Porto cherries,they are  delicious with icecream.

In the meantime I finished the shawlette , which I started in Orvieto .

I already cast on a second one!
It's such an easy and pleasant pattern to knit, the pattern is free.

I also finished this cecilefacile pouch. It's perfect to keep your threads and needles.





woensdag 8 juni 2011

My trip to Italy 7, Orvieto....the food

You cannot talk about Italy, without talking about the food. Mary and me, we started each day, rather early (7.30am) with a cappuccino at Pastericceria Scaponi.

This picture was made on thursday, marketday, we bought delicious food for the picnic in the courtyard.

I talked with this farmer about one of his vegetables, he told me the name but I cannot remember .I bought his tomatoes, and carrots;

He also had the zucchinis and their flowers.

We visited a vineyard, in the surroundings of Orvieto. Delicious wine, beautiful views an d a nice vineyard-owner. 



   On wednesday we had a cooking class, so much fun!!!

Janet and me worked very concentrated....

Together we made: parmiginana di melanzane , panna cotta and rotolini di zucchini e ricotta.
These rotolini were delicous!!!!

Our last groupdinner on friday gives us lots of wonderful memories. The food was 'divine' as they say in France, I heard you Americans say 'to die for'.
One of the starters, there were four different starters...., was cheese with truffles. I had never eaten truffles, they are rather expensive here , but Orvieto has summer and autumn truffles, black and white.


This is my last 'Trip to Italy' post, thanks for joining me . I hope to return in May 2012. If you want some recipes, I have some typical of Orvieto, you can send me an email.
P.S some pictures I used are made by Janet, Bill and Mary, thanks.