workshop

friday I did a workshop for 18 girls! it was a birtday party of 3 girls turning 9. I was lucky I had good helping hands, thanks eleanor and noor! I made the birthday girls a small bag out of one embroidery. they told me they enjoyed the party very much...good to hear! and in the end we had 18 happy girls going home with each a felt flower! unbelievable it worked out fine with such a big group ;-)) and the day after we had a dinner party at our place with 12 people...this sure was a weekend of big numbers ;-))

gift

while I was making this zipper bag for a little birthday girl, my machine got stuck on the zipper. I had to tear the bag out of my machine...grrrr. I has to be fixed, but in the meantime I can't finish the bag. the lining still has to be made. I hate that I can't take it with me on my trip tomorrow. the good news is that despite the failure of my machine, the zipper is in it properly...it was right at the end.

birds

it definitely doesn't feel like spring here. tonight we had some nice snow again. but i felt like making a little zipper bag with this vintage embroidery with a spring image of birds. my parents brought me a big pile of new embroideries, and it keeps inspiring me. this one is for me for a change.

simple

a friend asked me to make him a very simple felt cover for his ipad. He liked it so mission completed. and I discovered that 3 mm felt (so 6 mm when you sew them together) is easy to sew on your machine, good to know for other projects.

more preparing

besides enjoying the very nice weather with the boys I try to finish and make more pieces for the "parels" project tomorrow. I finally finished the leave bag and on the right is a new scarf made of chiffon and wool..

preparing

I'm participating in a project in our neighbourhood called "de parels van bezuidenhout" (unfortunately they don't have a site). people from our neighbourhood exhibit their arts (music, paintings etc.). it's next saturday and I'm preparing to exhibit my felt pieces. So I made some new pieces. Today finished this envelope bag. I like the initiative and I'm curious how it will be.

vroem vroem and more

made some new products for my shop, no earth shocking news, but little things can make me happy....

little farmer

my mother asked me to make something for her cousin's baby. She asked me to make something in a farmer style, because he is a dairy farmer. For no good reason I postponed it a lot to make something. Maybe it's because I didn't know how to make a good cow and since he's a dairyfarmer, that's the one that should be good. I hope the cow is a approved and little William is happy with it.

autumn

little signs of autumn are showing...it inspired me to make this felt bag with leaves. It only needs one finishing touch, the attaching of the handles, but I don't have an industrial sewing machine...will have to find one nearby.

felt dots

a lot of dots a lot of work...but finally it's done and for sale in Zoetermeer ;-).

too small...

.....but perfect. Remember I showed pictures of the making of a very large bag for a friend of mine? I made a big mistake to put it in the washing machine, to speed up the process...well that's what it certainly did...a bit too much. Anyway, the felt fabric was way to thick to sew on my own machine. So I got help from a friend of my sisters, he makes leather bags, and he sew my felt bag and attached the beautiful leather handles. I'm so happy with the result!! Unfortunately I had to give it away, but Anne was very happy with my gift...two happy people ;-))

fascination

I have a fascination for felt (for those who didn't notice it on my blog ;-)) I love the feeling of it. the process of felting. the becoming of something new. This one is called the Davida purse...because I made it for her ;-))

saying goodbye

our neighbors moved last week and we already miss them very much. I made Alexandra a little felt bag and added some little "saying goodbye" gifts. Alex, we're going to miss you and your boys!

demanding

A while ago I made my husband an ipod case. And guess what.....this weekend he said to me: " I love the case you made me, but it can use some improvements, for example an opening for the buttons etc etc... pretty demanding, don't you think? But of course I decided to do something with this criticism and make my love a new ipod case.

ballet birthday girl

yesterday my sisters daughter, Juul, turned 4! It's such a special age, so many changes, going to school, starting her first ballet classes. So I made her a balletbag with one of the embroideries my parents bought in France. The corsage with her initial can be removed. Hope she will become a great ballerina.