maandag 17 december 2012

dinsdag 11 december 2012

More handmade Christmas gifts .....and blogpause

I made some more handmade presents for the market.
Crochet purses 

Christmas tree decorations


pouches for cell phones

Christmas tree decorations, country hearts. They need to be finished....


I worked a lot for the market, maybe too much!!! I am a bit tired and at the moment I have no concentration to quilt or do anything else..... The market is next sunday, so there is still a lot to do. 
I'll take a blog pause till january and I wish you merry Christmas with those you love .
See you next year. 

zondag 2 december 2012

Super easy and quick cowl pattern

I knitted some cowls with 2 skeins of Eskimo (Garnstudio Drops) 100% wool on needles 9. In some hours you have the cowls finished. For the market of course.
Here I am wearing the black one.



If you want the pattern, you can email me and i'll explain you the super-easy pattern.

I made two others in more expensive yarn and another pattern, also easy and with great result.


Happy crafting!


woensdag 28 november 2012

A stamp of a Christmas tree giveaway

Do you like to win this Christmas-tree stamp. Then go to the blog of my dear blogfriend Ann. Her blog is full with beautiful paperwork... The giveaway is only for followers and is open till the first of december.
Here is an example of what you could make with the giveaway present.


dinsdag 27 november 2012

There is a new rooster in the courtyard

The last rooster, his name was Karel, was not a sweet one. He was aggressive and  attacked people especially from behind. Everybody, even the farmer neighbor, tried to educate him but  in vane..... When i asked for advice at the animal market, the only answer was, you need to kill him because he will be dangerous for kids and also for your eyes. So I am very sorry Karel, but our neighbor killed him.

Now there is a very sweet new rooster, he is a Brahma, very colorful and he wears 'socks'. His name is BRAM .

vrijdag 23 november 2012

More handmade Christmas presents for the market

I am not very present here on my blog but I craft a lot!!
I'll give you some links for quick handmade presents.



A small child purse , a quickie.... Here is the link.
I made another one ...


And some heart- purses ...

Here is the free pattern.

I also had some problems to download my photos, Grrrrrrrrrr it took me ages to find out.
I don't know what Blogger is doing with us. Everybody has to upgrade there photospace..
And I am NOT going to pay for this, that's sure!!

zaterdag 17 november 2012

The Quiltmania special winter edition arrived today

I think this is my favorite Quiltmania forever....... So many beautiful quiltpatterns to make. I show you some of them.







Aren't these red and white quilts amazing? 

And this reproduction, medaillon quilt is designed by Petra Prins, a beauty!


The last one is a Scandinavion Christmas table cloth in reds and off whites with some embroidery. 

Have a good weekend! I am knitting a cowl for the Christmas market and I  will surely dream about these beautiful quilts....  

donderdag 15 november 2012

And the winner is......

Thanks for all those lovely comments on my coin purses. It was very fun to be in a blog hop for the first time. I visited a lot of lovely blogs while hopping .....
The random generator choose number 6 as the winner of the traditional Dutch fabric. Number 6 is.......

                                                  ROSA from Spain.

Congratulations Rosa and i hope you enjoy the fabric, I think there is enough for a doll quilt.

I am so sorry but I will activate again the word verification, because of all the spam I received lately.

donderdag 8 november 2012

UR priceless coin purse blog hop and a giveaway

Today is day 5 of the bloghop and it's MY turn. I started with 3 purses, using the 7,5 cm frame,  here they are.

Then I ordered some 11,5 cm frames .......
I used traditional Dutch fabric also for the inside.


And a red one in Dutch traditional fabric.

Inside:

And another blue one,  made with Amy Butler's love fabric .

The last one is my favorite, i used Japanese woven fabric with applications.



Inside is also Japanese fabric.

And here is the schedule for today:

I want to thank Madame Samm for the  great pattern and the clear instructions and the lovely Katherine for hosting this blog hop.

And now the giveaway. I made for you a bundle with traditional Dutch fabric in blue and white. 
The only thing you need to do is leaving a comment here before the 15th of november. I'll draw a winner on the 15th of november.
I'll ship international.
Here is a picture of the fabric you could win...

Good luck!

woensdag 7 november 2012

And the winner is....OBAMA

Congratulations my american friends I am so proud of you and so happy for you.


dinsdag 6 november 2012

I have been very busy.....

I have been very busy for the Christmas market of my club Sarzay creatif.
I was knitting, patching, crocheting , sewing and decorating.
I'll show you the things I made:
I made some garlands with small fishes, so cute! Here is the pattern.


The pattern of the crochet heart is on Karin's blog. I decorated with baboeska's and beads. 

This baby blanket  is made with fabric that I received as a member of a fabric club.  It was not my fabric at all too sweet for me. But I think it's nice for a baby blanket....

I had this piece of fabric for ages, did not know what to do with it. When I heard that the Sarzay creatif club every year with Christmas sends a parcel to the baby ward in the hospital I made a babyblanket for this parcel. I sandwiched the fabric with Hobbs 80/20, bought a nice background and quilting it by machine.  Isn't it cute.....

To be continued.

donderdag 1 november 2012

The fifth of november is the first day of the coin purse blog-hop...

Maybe you already saw the picture in my sidebar.
This is my first blog-hop and I am really enthousiastic. I made 7 coin purses with the pattern. I cannot show them to you today because MY turn will be the 9th of november.  There are more than 100 participants , every day you can visit about ten of them. There are giveaways and beautiful blogs to discover. 
On MY day I also will have a giveaway!!!
Here is a sneak peek of my purses....

You can find the schedule of the blog-hop here and here. 


dinsdag 30 oktober 2012

Morning light in France

Morning light is so special in fall.

The trees are almost unreal....




donderdag 25 oktober 2012

My rings made with vintage buttons....

Some months ago I bought some vintage/antique buttons at the fleamarket. I asked Lucie to make two rings with the buttons. here they are. No more words needed!





These pictures are made by Lucie.

maandag 15 oktober 2012

Baby quilt for the Christmas market

I made this babyquilt for the Christmas market of Sarzay Creatif. I became a member of this club and every year they organize a Christmas market. This year I did not do summermarkets so there are a lot of small things left to sell.
The baby quilt measures 1,25 x 125, rather big for a babyquilt but it could also be used as a playblanket for a toddler.


I also started to crochet a pillow cover for the market, I only need to crochet another 16 granny's!

And of course, I also quilted my poststampquilt. 

My cat 'bibiche' also likes the quilt....


So this week I was rather busy!