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!

Spring feeling

This last week hasn’t been a creative blog week. It was a week full of Vincent van Gogh (show you children’s art work next time) and catching up with heavy neglected house and garden work.



My mom gave me these sweet flowers. I put them in a French vintage bowl. I bought it a few years ago on a market in the south of France.
Although the sun is hiding behind the clouds again…. These flowers give me just the right spring feeling!

Dutch house pillow,

I can’t believe this week has past already… And it is Sunday again! It seems I work from one post to another without the time to visit any other blog or thank you for the nice comments. And they do make my day! So thank you all for visiting!!!



Any way I did finish the house pillow,



What do you think… it’s nice with the quilt?

This week the postman brought my swap gift from Lois



I love the little notes, buttons and band with every fabric! Thanks Lois!

This is what I send her..



Again a good swap, thanks for organizing Darci!

Wish you all a good week!

"In Holland staat een huis." (In Holland there's a house)

We have this nice old kids song, "In Holland staat een huis"... In Holland there is a home...
Now I made this house...



I think my Dutch fabric quiltje needs a 'house' pillow...
hmmm just an idea... hope it wil turn out...
If it does you'll notice....

Have a good week,

Finished dutch fabric quiltje

Ok, this quiltje is finished



And now the most exciting part... time to wash....



hmmm... I don't know why I was so stressed about washing this quilt...
Can you see any difference?



It turned out great!! It even looks more fresh than it did before!
thank you all for the great advizes.

Greetings,

Dutch fabric quiltje

Last saterday we had one of those rare 'not have to drive and support my kids to their sports' saterday! So a good reason to go to Alkmaar in search of new fabrics and inspiration!
corry and me found typical Dutch fabrics and some lovely Room seven fabrics. Unfortunately they don't sell fabrics in the Oilily outlet anymore....



But still a great collection!

Now I've been wanting to make a little easy Dutch fabric quiltje for a while.
And today I finally had some time to start sewing.



Of course it isn't finished yet, there will be a border around it and I want to quilt it with rather large stitches. I also have been thinking about washing the quilt when it is finished.... what do you think?

The best Tiramisu ever!

Do you like Tiramisu? Oh, I love it!
But now there is Tiramisu and there is tiramisu
I do not want to brag, no, but believe me I make one of the best Tiramisu there is!
I got this recipe from my dear cousin years ago and I made it ever since lots of times.



Today I will share it with you!
Try it, it is real easy to make!

What do you need,



3 fresh egg yolks
4 soup spoons of sugar
1 tray of mascarpone (250 gram)
250 ml fresh whipped cream
1 little bag of vanilla sugar (8 gram)
2 cups of strong coffee
A considerably dash of coffee liqueur (Tia Maria)
Cacao
2 packs of biscuits I don’t know the word in English but they are the same as you use for a ‘charlotte’ here we call them ‘Lange vingers' = long fingers (maybe ‘sponge fingers’ is the right name)

To make the mass,
Mix the 3 egg yolks with 3 spoons of sugar. Put the mixer in the highest level and mix until the egg yolk mass is airy and has a light yellow color.



Mix the Mascarpone a bit airy (doe er een scheutje advocaat bij, ad a little egg..)
Mix the fresh cream with 1 spoon of sugar and the vanilla sugar.



Now scoop all three (egg mass, mascarpone and whipped cream) together. Do not mix but scoop carefully!

Finish the Tiramisu,
Make 2 cups off very strong coffee and put it in a bowl and pour in the dash of liqueur.
Dip each biscuit quickly in the coffee and cover the bottom of the dish or baking tin until it is completely covered.



Now scoop half of the mass on top of the biscuit layer and repeat this ones more till you have four layers. (biscuits-mass-biscuits-mass)



At last you take a sieve and put in the cacao. Sieve until the whole top is covered with a layer of cacao.



The Tiramisu is finished! Please do not eat it right away becouse it will taste So much better after a night in the refrigerator!!
Before you serve make sure there’s a fresh layer of cacao on top!
You have to make this! It can’t go wrong! Goodluck!

While we enjoy my Tiramisu and a cup off coffee,



I look at this great giftEileen send me.Thanks Eileen!
When my sister and I receive a bloggift or swap we climb in the phone and make time for a coffee visit with a cookie and a sweet burning candle on the table. So when Eileen send me this great gift My sister came over and we sat down. Than a few things happened so quickly…..
The phone rang, I was on the phone and meanwhile pointing to my sister to open the gift,
‘oh, great fabrics’ I heard her say, ‘lucky you, Oh Heleen, Fire!’ The wrapping paper was laying in the candle…
I took the paper and threw it in the sink. Pfff yes lucky me. Then again ‘Heleen fire!
The paper was still burning! Big flame this time! so water splashing and towel covering till it was really put out.
I was still on the phone ……and yes lucky me, lucky kitchen, lucky fabrics!



have a great yummie valentine weekend,

Valentine cards

Thank you all, now I know the Englisch word for 'kartelschaar' it's 'pinking shears'! I'll try not to forget.



This give away valentine sweetheart is for Kathryn from Our shabby cottage.

Valentine cards, we do not have the tradition to send them.
But when I was in the Hema I fell in love with this box with lovely cards,



So I might send some this year..



Than I thought about this old vintage card I ones bought on a market.



I love the way they painted the pictures in those days.
Have a good start of the week everyone!