donderdag 31 december 2009

New year

I wish you all a happy new year in good health and peace and harmony in yourself.


Out of the washing-machine

The bag is ready and dry. I am happy with the result. Don't know yet if it is for me or for the shop....




dinsdag 29 december 2009

On the needles 2

I could not longer wait for the knittingbook that I ordered. So I started to knit this  cardigan with the Rowan Scottish Tweed aran that I bought last winter. I bought it just in time because it's discontinued now.
I'll modify the neckline, I prefer a collar.



zondag 27 december 2009

On the needles


After all the sewing I have a mind to KNIT. First thing I did was frogging the Lorelei  cardigan . I ‘ll knit a fair isle cardigan or wrap with this beautiful Island yarn. It’s a pity to knit in only one color. I ordered the new Kirstin Nicholas book, maybe I’ll chose a pattern from this book.  
Today I knitted a bag with yarn from my stash. I did the bottom with some Eskimo scraps for carry along. I was afraid I would ‘t have enough, I am glad I did that.
The bag is now in the the washing-machine for felting………



vrijdag 25 december 2009

Christmas

I wish you a warm and peaceful Christmas!


The cranes (kraanvogels/grues) are leaving us...........

donderdag 24 december 2009

My new MacBook

Today my new MacBook arrived.
She is so elegant..., so slim, so quick.... She is a beauty!


woensdag 16 december 2009

Giveaway

There is a giveaway till saturday the 19th of december on Dorien's blog. She gives away this beautiful Christmashanger with angelstitchery. Take a look and good luck.



maandag 14 december 2009

Matryoshka"s

Do you like Matryoshka’s ?  Here you can download this calender. Look around on the side, there is more that you can download and in the shop you can  buy a printable kit with many Matryoshka’s.






zondag 13 december 2009

And more bags.....

I made yesterday and today these two bags.


I love the shape of the bag. The fabric is brown with blush, teal, creme and brown flowers. SOLD


A look inside:
 beautiful paisley fabric in the same colors as the outside fabric


This is the small version of the 'buttercup' bag. The pattern is from MADEBYRAE. Today I bought the license to sell bags made by her pattern.SOLD



A look inside.

zaterdag 12 december 2009

New bags...

Last week I made this cute child bag for the shop. The little pig is from Tilda's book 'Julehus'.




And this lovely bag is already sold....The outside fabric is a japanese fabric bought in Paris, the inside fabric is from Amy Butler.


donderdag 10 december 2009

Off the needles

These last three months I have been knitting this pattern from Bergère de France , winter 09/10.
It was a long and boring knit!  But the result is very elegant and original .

This is the result.



dinsdag 8 december 2009

Where woman create

On this blog , that I just found today (thanks Trish),is a giveaway during twelve days. The prices have been generously donated by  twelve talented artists and companies.

Go to their blog and GOOD LUCK.

maandag 7 december 2009

And the winner is......


I just want to thank everyone who entered my giveaway, you were 230!!! I was really surprised by this number of entries. Thank you all for the great comments on my bags. I think the house bag, with the cat peeping through the window, was your favorite!

The winner is number 200 ……Danielle. I already send her a message.  

vrijdag 4 december 2009

Matryoshka"s

Today the matryoshka's and the angel from Dorien arrived. They are beautiful. The fabric choise is so well done!
Thank you so much Dorien.





woensdag 2 december 2009

Giveaway Day



Today is Blogger's Giveaway Day.
 I give away this beautiful clutch, handmade by me. The fabric is from the designer Kathy Hill, I bought it here.



The rules for this Giveaway:

* Last weeks I made a lot of bags. Leave a comment and tell me WHICH BAG you like most and WHY.
 (you can find the bags on my blog, in my 2 shops and in my Flickr photostream)

* You can leave your comment till the 6th of december at midnight.

* The winner will be chosen at random on the 7th  of december. I'll announce the winner on my blog.

* I'll ship internationnally.



dinsdag 1 december 2009

LIttle birds for the shop

Sunday I wanted to finish a bag but I ran out of thread. So I looked for another project to sew. In Tilda's book 'Julehus" I found this bird.....






Tomorrow is Blogger's Giveaway Day. If you want to win one of my cluthes, come back tomorrow to leave a  comment!

maandag 30 november 2009

Handmade presents for Christmas and Sinterklaas 5

Some more ideas.......

My friend Lucienne made this, you can buy the pattern here

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These beautiful roses are made of old sweaters, here is the tuto.


Do you want to give your dog a handmade present?  Look at the item 'woof & meow', at this site.

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zaterdag 28 november 2009

Plant exchange

Last week our gardener club had his annual plant exchange. There were about 200 plants , grown by the members of the club. And of course, at noon there was a meal!



donderdag 26 november 2009

More bags for the shop

This week I made more bags for the shop.
A house-bag for children.






Another child bag: a small shopper with pom poms.




And a big shopper, with a large zipper pocket inside









dinsdag 24 november 2009

Giveaway-Day

I'll participate in the Giveaway-Day . Here you can read more about this blogger's day.
Maybe you also want to participate?


maandag 23 november 2009

Handmade presents for Christmas and Sinterklaas 4

I found more ideas-

The tuto of these flowers is here
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I love this doll, the tuto is here.


I love this heart for the idea that is behind. You van find it here.

zondag 22 november 2009

Ready for winter

This week the neighbor came with a bale of straw for the donkeys. He also brought  some black gravel  because of the mud before there stable.  Now , winter and rain can come…….



zaterdag 21 november 2009

Angels for Christmas


This week we had a meeting of our gardeners club. We started making decorations for Christmas. Here are some angels we made.








Photos : Alain Durand