• Creatieve Hobby- en Handwerkdagen in Den Bosch

Vandaag ben ik aan het opbouwen voor de Creatieve Hobby- en Handwerdagen in Den Bosch. Van 21 tot en met 23 maart kun je byPetra daar vinden met natuurlijk het boekje Stitch by stitch en alle materialen om aan de projecten te kunnen beginnen. Je kunt ook gezellig aanschuiven voor de workshop knopen borduren, een [...]

• Stitch by stitch boekfeestje

Afgelopen zaterdag was het super gezellig op het Stitch by stitch boekfeestje. Aan de make&take tafel werden knopen geborduurd, mijn moeder en zusje hadden heerlijke hapjes gemaakt, de stroopwafel cupcakes werden meegenomen door mijn lieve vriendin Barbara, Loni was een held achter de bar, Femke van Heeerlijk hielp nog in de winkel en Helga ontpopte [...]

• Stitch by stitch boekfeestje, kom je ook? Dat zou ik gezellig vinden!

• The making of….. Stitch by stitch

I’m still living in a dream… is it really true that book with my name on it, is printed? It all started with a few ideas for craft books that I had send to a Dutch craft book publisher. They loved the ideas and wanted me to start working on the cross stitch and embroidery [...]

• Wool felt balls garland part 2

A month ago I posted the basic wool felt balls garland, now I created a new version with the same balls. I used the Marianne Design star craftable to cut the snowflake from white foam, and cut little dots from left over felt pieces. The idea for this garland I found via Pinterest. I changed [...]

• Yvestown fair 2012

Last Saturday was the day of the first edition of the Yvestown fair. And what a good day it was!! Yvonne’s garden just looked superb, all decorated in the famous Yvestown style that I love so much. And all the lovely ladies who set up their stalls, it was a perfect mix of different kind [...]

• Make & take at byPetra

1. Project brought by Miriam – summer style paper art work Yesterday I spend the day crafting with three sweet, creative and fun friends: Miriam, Bregje and Lidy. Everyone brought an idea and the materials to make a project. It was a surprise what everyone came up with, and that was so much fun! Love [...]

• Save the date for the Yvestown fair

On september 8th, Yvonne invited some nice ladies who sell beautiful products, to join her on a fair in her front yard in Lommel, Belgium (Near Eindhoven). I feel so honored to be part of this fun pack :-) You are invited to join us on this fun and hopefully sunny day! Stay tuned… The [...]

• Flavourites Live 2011

A few months ago my shop, byPetra, was added to the happy Flavourites library. With this came the opportunity to participate in the yearly Flavourites Live event in November. As Eline Pellinkhof visited this fair a few times before, and is a big fan, she realy wanted to be present there with the new book [...]

• Handwerkbeurs Rotterdam – 2011

The coming three days, October 27, 28 and 29, I have a stand at the Handwerkbeurs Rotterdam. It was a hard days work today to build the stand. But with great help of my dad, I’m very proud of the result. I find it a happy place where I love to meet creative people the [...]