• Christmas card
Today I made our christmas cards, I want to keep them a surprise for the receivers, but didn’t want to withhold this idea for you. So you only get a sneak peak at the end result.
I hand stitched the decoration to the linnen and then scanned the fabric with a white paper behind it. The [...]
• 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, [...]
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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.
