Brr,

We are having a few cold spring days here.
But the postman brought us,
Corry and me this heartwarming gift,



Karina
made for each of us this sweet embroidered heart.
And also a beautiful printed linnen from her country,



Dear Karina thank you so much!

Bought these new fabrics for another little Dutch quilt.



Although I better finish this one first!




Wish you all a lovely warm day,

This and that,

Although I can't wait for spring to start, it is still very much winter!

I had a garland like this hanging on my door,



But after two days the poor thing looked like this..


All beries were gone!So here is a another one for the hungry blackbirds and starlings.
The berries on bottom seem to teast best!



Again I bought some fabrics,



Every time when i buy fabric, the store lady askes me what I'm going to make.. and most times I have to say, I don't know. Guess I do have an addiction.

It is almost valentine so for you all a sweet kiss from me and I hope your heart will be spoiled this sunday!



and for those who want to make this little sweetheart



The tutorial is still on the sidebar.

I wish you all e great weekend and HAPPY VALENTINE!


p.s. Dear swap friends,I find it so lovely that some of you write emails back and forth and become swapfriends. How neat is that!!I'm so curious what you all will make for your swappartners!

Small things and a little bag

You know, I made these little ornaments,



Now they need to have something to put them in when they aren't hanging. So I made a little matching bag to put them in,



Actually I made 3 three little bags



Also made a bag with ornaments for the shop.

Groetjes,

Easy valentine sweetheart tutorial and give away,

It is almost Valentine! And for those who are very busy but want to make a little sweetheart...Or if you want to make them with your kids.. here is a little tutorial for this sweetheart.



What do you need;



A piece of felt, thread, a little filling like a cotton wool pad, a needle, a ‘kartelschaar’ and scissors. (I don’t know the English word for ‘kartelschaar’ if you do please tell me.)

Step 1,



Cut out the paperheart (if you want glue it on firm paper)

Step 2,



Lay the heart on the piece of felt and outline the heart with a pencil on the felt.

Step 3,



Fold the felt and Cut out the heart with the kartelschaar (= the scissor with triangular curve) on the pencil line. Now you have two cut out pieces.

Step 4,



Embroider little flowers, dots and leaves on one heartpiece.

Stap 5,



Lay one (or more) cotton pad between the two hearts. If you want you can put a few drops of lavender or rose essence on it.

Step 6,



Sew the heart together with small stitches. Now make a loop to hang it with. For a extra tough you can sew a little bow on it .
an readdy it is!



This sweetheart is ready to go! If you want it just leave a little comment and make a chance on winning this valentine heart!

see you all soon,

,

And the winner is.......

Thank you all so much for visiting and giving me the sweetest comments!
There were 78 people who participated this give away!




My youngest son had the honour to pick the two winners,



And the winners are,



Nicolette from De vliegende koe and Lili M
I hope you like your sweetheart.

I am participating the project improv with the colors pink and orange. I have been going trough my stach and this is the result.



So time to get started and hoping it is going to turn out ok.

See you soon!

Give away

Januari is my birthday month, so time for a give away!(or two actually)
If you want a sweetheart just leave a comment.



Oh, and tell me if you prefer the red or the blue one. You can leave a comment on till tuesday.
Yes, another year older (and wizer?). I was spoiled enormous,



New oilily mugs, a Mary Engelbreit calander, a book, matroushka candle and more.
But now it's time to go and read in my new book and drink hot coco in a new mug!

See you all wednesday!

Bunting and sweethearts

My mother does not like computers….. although? Since my sister and I have a blog and a shop, a visit to my house is not complete if she did not see all the new posts! (And the blogs of the persons who visit ours). We try to persuade her to a computer course…. But still no results. She does like to contribute every now and then.
And now she made lots of triangle pendent’s in all kind of colors. I wanted to make them into a new cheerful bunting, but the flags were a little tall.



So I cut off the top and above you see the result.
This morning I sewed the scraps together and made these sweethearts



Just to get into the valentine mood!

Greetings,

Sweet hearts.

Just a quick post today..
to show you some new sweet hearts,



and these,




Have a good day,

A sunny autumn afternoon

Oh, how I enjoy this autumn afternoon. The sun is shining and I'm on my favourite spot in the garden. It is lovely to feel the warmth of the sun on my face after this past busy week! But there was just enough energy left to finish these sweethearts....





Of course it's always nice to have some company, so invited these ladies....



Yes, they enjoy this afternoon too!

Have a great, sunny, weekend everyone.