May,

A new spring month,



May, so a new page on the 'Dutch costume' calander.



And time to show the new tree picture!



can you believe the changes that happened these last few weeks!
The tree is full with fresh new leaves. The differences are enormous!



With the kids in school we have been making surprises for mothersday.
This year we made these cute cup cakes!



Make your own playdough and start!

Christmas etc...

A few more days and the christmas holidays start! My colleague and me, we love to create a seasonal atmosphere in our classroom. And look what the children in our class made for christmas,



This sweet angel.
And my dear colleague made these beautiful nativiti art works!





With a cristmas tree and some specialcandle light You can imagine how lovely our classroom looks right now!

ok, the this and that...

I finished this bag and it is now on its way to the new owner.



Now do you remember this little quilt?



I made it for the miniquilt Summerswap it was a secret swap (the quilt you give is another person than the person who makes you a quilt)and I send it in september. Nothing strange so far... except, I never recieved my part of the summerswap!
Until today....

This came today,



Thank you Jeanne for this pretty Summe..Christmas star quilt.

Oh, and recieved my beautiful Christmas ornament swap from Mary Ann but I will show you when she recieves mine! (tomorrow???)

Groetjes,

Rood met witte stippen...

My Ria brought these shoes for me from Spain,



They are a gift for little Luca when she turns two. Luckely it'll take 9 months before that happens, so I can look at them for a long time!

It seems these are the polka dot days here and at school, have a look,



Polka dots on the table. (Today I hope to finish this quilt, so it stays on the kitchen table and every free minute can be spend useful.)

And polka dots in our class,



The season table



painting,



felting and folding

And of course, can't live without polka dots fabric!



Well, I'm of now to do a few more stitches on the quilt, before my son is home for lunch.
Next post you'll see it finished!

Happy easter.... and bag

Just a post to wish you all a happy easter and to show you how the 'plop' in my head turned out.
Well here is the 'plop',



outside and inside.....



I think it turned out cheerfull.

And with these easter chicken made by the 4 and 5 year old in my class....





I want to wish you all a very happy easter weekend!

New ideas and more van Gogh

Wish there were more hours in a day or more days in a week. Time seem to go by extreme fast! Or maybe I just want to much.

The idea for the new quilt I showed last week will have to wait a little longer…



There are new ideas in my head.
I want to make new bags. I want to use typical Dutch folk fabric from ‘ Marken’.



Can’t show more right now. I have to start making a pattern but I hope they will turn out ok.
But I want to show a little more art work from school. Last Tuesday we had the exhibition and it was a great success!



'Stary stary night'



'The yellow house'



'Great portrets'

Hope I can show new bag results very quickly!
Have a good day everyone.

Repair or restyle?

Last time I bought a great old tablecloth with beautiful embroidered flowers on it.
And I have the idea to restyle it, make it in to a quilt with the new fabrics from Room seven (boughth in the outlet last time).



The combination of this makes me feel good!

But....I seem to stumble over these very unpleasant little other things....



Like repairing, my sons blouse, a new zipper in my daughters top, a new button on this cuff, 3 trousers that need to be shortened...

Now I have to make a hard decision... what shall I do first?
Oh, please help me decide.....

I told you about the art project at school, about Vincent van Gogh, here are a few pieces of art the kids made,





There are great artworks made by all kids. And next Tuesday there is an exhibition for family, friends etc.
So a few more busy days at school and at home.

Have a good day!

Winter art,

Although the ice and snow started to melt today... I want to show you the art work the kids in our class made with my colleague and me.



Mister Snowman!



Drawn with oil pastels on black paper.



Pom-pon snowman with needle felted hat, eyes, mouth and nose!



4 lemniscaat penguins,



And a winter display with paper folded penguins.



Aren't kids the greatest artist in the world?!