guest towels

this week our first guests will arrive in sweden, yes! I wanted to make something for all the guests to take as a souvenir, but because the boys have holiday and we have a lot of nice activities i didn't have much time, so I made these simple guest towels with the swedish horse on it.

first swedish fabrics

Eline and kate took me on a very nice tour. we visited a lot of thriftstore (which are great here in stockholm, because they combine it with lovely cafes where you can have lunch! I will show you pictures of this great concept). but we also visited a lovely fabric store, which was nice after a long time without doing this. my love of course asked me why on earth I needed more fabrics... :-) but you never can have enough fabrics. the fabrics made me make something new right away ;-))

wooden pillow

due to all the preparations for stockholm I hardly manage to sew things. This week I felt the need to sew something (sounds like an addiction ;-)) so I used this fabric from Ikea for a cushion cover, I like the contradiction in de print (massive wood) and the feel (soft fabric/pillow).

wooden apron

I had to find a nice gift for a friend who celebrated her birthday. I found these nice plates in the taska webshop (see kitchen). they opened a shop very recently in The Hague. So a good reason to visit the shop, I can tell you it's very nice and they have a lot of nice gifts. I also made her a handmade gift, I hope it will match her new kitchen....and of course the mister can also wear it while cooking her a romantic diner ;-)))

kitchen princess

I'm not a kitchen princess, never have been and probably never will be. but I like baking and I could use a new apron, so I made this one out of a piece of fabric I printed a long time ago (the piece with the leaves). I didn't use a pattern, but it turned out just fine. I realize the apron has a christmas look, but I didn't mean to do so..

fabric treasure

I found this fabric at de stoffenmarkt, which is a very pleasant market to search for fabrics. I just fell for this one, I love the print, the texture and think I can find a lot of nice projects for it. the first one is this little cushion for jilles his room.

baby boom

it's been a while since I blogged, but I've been very busy. One of the things I've been doing is making little gifts for new baby's. It seems like we're in the middle of a baby boom. almost every week we receive 2 or 3 cards to announce the arriving of little ones. To add something to the gifts I made these cards. very simple and good to use all my leftover fabrics.

it's not earth shocking but I'm very happy with the result. Since I couldn't find the duvet cover I liked, I decided to make them myself. The boys liked them too, fortunately they still don't ask for cars and spiderman duvet covers...but for how long?

see the head of stije behind the bed? that is his favorite hiding spot. I love our hundred years old house, especially the boys rooms, I will miss it once we've moved.

no more lost keys

my mother asked me to make her a keychain holder a long time ago. I finally made her one. the paper I used was a present from a friend it's from djeco.

experimenting

Sometimes I have a total lack of creativity. I hate it when that happens, especially when I have time (which doesn't happen that much). This week I had such a day and I was totally blocked, after some repair work (a lot of damaged trousers of the boys), I decided to make something out of the leftovers of the embroideries I work with. Unfortunately I didn't have much time left. I'm not satisfied with this piece, but I like the idea and I see possibilities for other soft toys.

mickey

a friend asked me to make something for her newborn niece in singapore to decorate the wall. I had never made something like this, it was a lot of work but I'm happy with the result.

tea for the teachers

today we celebrate the birthdays of all theachers at school...so a lot of nice games, songs, cake and of course gifts. I asked all the children to paint or decorate a small piece of paper and I made a jar of teacher tea out of it. I like how it turned out...but the honor goes to all children of course...

the card I attached is made out of fabric left overs sewed on paper...I saw the idea at twirling betty

lex and dex

a good friend just gave birth to a twin. she asked me to make two puppets, colourfull and happy, so we sat together and came up with these two fellows. she called the boys lex and dex before birth. I feel so honored, she used lex and dex for the card! I love how it turned out, she did a great job. Welcome Kasper and Ruben.

new habbits

it's so funny how children develop their own habits. Last week jilles decided to change his "normal" pillow for the pillow I made him with the rocketfabric. because he only had one pillow cover (the one with the rockets) for this small pillow I made him this one, so the laundry machine could do his work.

knight dreams

I made a few things for someone who is helping me out enormously. He made his boys a lovely knight and castle room. This is one of the embroideries my parents found in France. I think it will match the room, hope they like it. I also made the two knights a name stamp and a knight costume. today we had a nice dinner together with our boys. thanks paul for all your great work!

coaster to lunchbag

Because I only had one of these (oil cloth) coasters. I decided to give it a make over...it became a lunchbag!

early

I decided this year to start early with the christmas decorations....so I will have enough time to make more than one ;-))

more combinations

I just love combining the embroideries! And I'm a very lucky girl, because my parents just showed me at the webcam their new purchases in France...so I can continue mixing...

surprise

friday I found this lovely surprise on our doormat. Because I gave Sonja from studio pardoes a pattern. Thank you, I love the fabrics.

curious

for my curious dad....hope you like your (late) birthday present.