• Kaffe Fassett workshop in Leeuwarden

Last Saturday I spent a day in Leeuwarden for a quilting workshop by Kaffe Fassett. The workshop room was in the beautiful Oranje zaal in the Olde Stadhuis. The room was filled with more then 20 women anxious to learn from the ‘Color Guru’. I was one of few who tried to design a quilt [...]

• Swap with An

This week I had a swap with An from vAN alles en nog wat … We agreed on a red themed swap. I was very pleased with the notebook cover I made for An, it was difficult to part with it… The bag was something new I tried, and now I want to make more!

And [...]

• A busy week…

Pfoe… last week was a pretty busy week for me. It started on friday 19th with my birthday, I invited my parents and parents in law for a birthday dinner. We had a great time, we even played with the wii I got for my birthday.
The day after, on saturday, I had invited 7 friends [...]

• Party banner order

Last weekend I worked hard for an order of party banners, I finished 3 and still have 2 to go! It always takes more time then I accounted for. Cutting the fabric, sewing, ironing, sewing again, etc… in my imagination it only takes minutes ;-) But when I deliver the goodies, and I see people are so [...]

• Presents

This week I had to make some presents for a Sinterklaas evening with colleagues. And I had an order for a felt covered photo album. The pink notebook was really fought for during the evening as we played a game where you could change and pick presents from others and back again, it was really fun to play.

The coming weekend [...]

• Little Kitty

Today I finished this softie, it’s from a pattern by Melly & Me I bought allready a year ago, but never started working on…. do you know that problem?
But now I tried it, I found out it doesn’t take much time to finish it, so maybe more will follow :-)

• Birthday present

For my friends daughter 3rd birthday, I made a blanket and mattress for an IKEA doll bed I painted red.
I was so pleased with the results it was very hard for me to keep it secret ;-)
   

• Zippered pouches

One of the projects that lived in my head, was a zippered pouch. I found a description on twelve22.org these two are the first results:
 
Detail of crocheted flower
 
I finaly used some of the fabric I bought in Japan. In my next post I will add a description how to crochet the little mushroom.