Archive for November, 2009
• Fabric wreaths in the making
Today was my first christmas themed workshop. All the girls wanted to make a fabric wreath. It’s so nice to have a fabric wreath that you can decorate to your own taste, and you can use every year again. Just a nice handmade piece made with love.
What I still have to learn, is how much [...]
• Chair metamorphosis
A while ago I bought those orange coloured chairs at the second hand store. It wasn’t quite my colour combination, but I could already picture what it should be when I saw them in the store.
Lucky me I’ve got such sweet and very handy parents, they did most of the painting and sanding job for [...]
• Christmas decorations
I have been making these christmas decorations as examples for my coming workshops. The fabric wreath is inspired on the beautiful wreaths of Holland Fabric House, the star is a design from Jenny from Allsorts, all others are my own design.
If you would like to come to my Atelier in Amsterdam to make christmas decorations, [...]
• Entrée des Fournisseurs
Right next to HOME Autour du Monde, Rue des Francs Bourgeois 8, you can find the most yummy haberdashery store I have ever visited. The shop is mostly full with buttons and ribbon, but they also sell Liberty fabric, wool felt and patterns.
I spent a fortune on French ribbons, I loved them and I now try [...]
• Decorated cupcakes
Tomorrow is my sister’s birthday and as a treat for her colleagues she wanted to make decorated cupcakes. She asked me to help, so I happily joined her.
I made and applied the frosting, and was a supporter, she did the baking and decorating, the important things :-)
• Workshop last sunday
Last sunday was fun!! We had a great time and I learned a lot. Everybody gave useful feedback, and I now know that the room suits for this purpose, yeah!
At the moment I’m very busy preparing for the coming christmas themed workshops, and working hard to get the webshop up and running.
Below you see the [...]
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About me
I'm Petra, I live in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Besides my day job I’m running my own business: organising creative workshops and a web shop selling cute and colourful fabrics, ribbon and buttons.
In my spare time I love to crochet and sew. I’m always on the look for new inspiration on the web, in books and in magazines.
