Today's catch

This is what I found at a local flea-market,



I'm not so sure what to do with the horse....



I'll just keep it a while and than give it away again...


Have a good start of the week everyone.

Hidden treasure

Can't show any new sewing.... my Pfaffie is out to a treatment disturbs That was promissed and verry necessary.
So instead I thought it's time to show you a hidden treasure.
The sweetest doll ever made,



The doll is made by Elisabeth Pongratz
She has a sweet wooden head and a soft body.



Her little crochet hat and the sweet knitted socks and underpants are made by her grandmother,



I'm still saving to buy her a sweet sister or brother...
And until that time I cuddle and play with her every now and than..

Have a lovely weekend,

Treasures,

Time to show a few treasures,
Today I found a beautiful old perfect 'stoplapje', I don't know the English word for it. Girls and women made these, to practice special stitches for repairing clothes and linnen.



It is only 15 cm big and made with extreme small stitches.



I really love it!
Another treasure are these Dutch plates with drawings off folk clothes.



There are also cups and plates... Hope I can show them another time.




Have a great week everyone!

(or a great vacation... next week is the last working week before our school holiday finaly starts!)

See you all, Heleen

Kitsch?

A little time ago, on a rainy day, I went to a fleamarket. And for a few Euro's I bought this romantic stitchery!



Yes, I know it's terribly kitsch... but still I couldn't resist.
It has been standing in the livingroom, evoking all kind off remarks, untill today.



This afternoon I pulled it of its frame,



And throw it away!

No no no off course not...I came up with the Idea to (maybe) make a bag out of it! So I draped it over another bag..



Well, what do you think? will it be to much?

What is in a box and fat quarter swap!

My husband always wears a cotton blouse. And since I can’t remember when, I saved all his worn out blouses, with the thought to make a quilt from them.



Now you most not think I always choose his blouses, with the thought in my mind ‘that print will do great in the quilt’. But very rarely I bring him a new blouse that ‘accidentally’ may have a the right color and print for the quilt.
Later the idea came up to make it into a family quilt. So I searched for all kind of photo’s , and with transform paper, printed them on cotton fabric.



My intention was to finish this quilt this winter! Unfortunately I have to say this is the first time this box is opened this winter…….. I know I still have time before the winter is ending.

Fat quarter swap!
Look how great this swap turned out!



Katy send me these beautyfull fabrics and spoiled me with a Oilily soap!
Thank you katy!



This what I send her.
This was a great swap! Thanks katy for organizing it!

It's always great to search and get new inspiration. I think the new magazine Flow is one of them.



It is styled beautifull, and filled with nice new adresses. Here are a few,
Rasablu,
stoffen en sloffen
and Rachel mount

Wish you al a great start of the week with lots of new inspiration!

spoiled last schoolday.

At the end of every schoolyear my colleague and I give each other a little gift, for another good year working together! And this time she spoiled me with this:



a little Oilily soap tin. And while I was putting this tin with the other tins I realized I never showed you my oilily tins and boxes.. so here they are!





I love the bright colours and they each have their own use.
There are more but they are spread over the house.

At the end of the schoolyear our school kids spoil us to, they give us cards, drawings, candy, flowers and this beautifull rose,



Of course this is a strange thing, teaching is our profession, we get payed for it! But it does make me feel good and so spoiled.

Did I show you this completely finished little birdquilt? I finally finished the binding.



so another finished project!

Good day's to all of you!

What's in a box: 3

Well, I want to make a new bag, but somehow I can't get inspired to do it.
So therefore the next 'what's in a box'!



No this is not a box whit letters...it was...



For a while I use it to put the sampler in which I'm working on at the moment. (I must confess there are more boxes with unfinished samplers)



For each child I wanted to make a sampler. The two samplers for the oldest are hanging in our living for years. But the last one....
Anyway I promissed to have it finished before he's grown up and living on his own.



Instead of making a new bag or working at this sampler, I'm handsewing this..



and this...



to make a little new matroushka applique quilt. So that is another project to finish.

Collecting books

When we moved in this house this bookcase was costume made for us. The purpose was to have a lot of bookspace for a long time. But as you can see the books bulge out!



This is becouse I collect to many different book subjects like: art books, old fashion and sewing books, world fairy tale books, old schoolteacher-drawing books and, new and old children books.



This time I want to share with you some of my old children books,



I love these old Charles Dickens books. The covers and pictures inside are so pretty! And what makes it extra special are the personal words inside!



The next books are from the thirtyish and fourties. I just love the covers!



And inside the Heidi book is this little dutch give away poem....



Ik ken een meisje lief en fijn,
Daar zal dit mooie boek voor zijn.
Ik hoop dat zij nog jarenlang,
van dit mooie boek genieten kan.



This book is my last acquisition. The title is 'Grey checked' look at the cover and the drawing inside.. I had to buy it!