Pink flower bag on the blog

This pink flowered fabric has been in my fabric stash a long time. Since it isn't cotton I could not use it for a quilt. But this weekend I used it for this sweet bag.



The detacheble brooch gives the bag the finishing thouch!



Have a good start of the week!

Enjoying spring

I guess spring is my favorite season....



Every year we make the daisy chains



and put them on the girls heads.



They give me the real spring feeling!

What gives you the real spring feeling?

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!

Spring... quilt

It's great to enjoy the sun in springtime! I think we appreciate this first sun more than any other time. It's like everything is more bright and colorful!



Like these tulips I got from Corry
And to go shop for new stuff like magazines and napkins at the Hema.



Told you I'm working on a quilt with embroidered parts. I found this tablecloth on a flea market,



And as you can see on the left side of this picture.. I cut out some flowers and sewed them in the quilt.



I think it's really going to be a spring quilt!
The only thing is that I'm not sure how to make the edges so I'll put it aside for a few days.. and hope an idea will 'plop' in my head.

And about 'plop's' in my head... I'm going to use this combination for the bag like the one with the Marken fabrics.



Hope it will turn out like the 'plop' in my head.
I wish you all a good sunny start of the week,

New terrace

Last tuesday when I came home (after a terrible meeting) from school, my dh was making a new terrace. We had a large sandbox in the garden but now our youngest is 10 and nobody seem to use it anymore.
Yesterday he finished the terrace...and I had seen this beautiful bench in the store..
So now here you see the new bench on the new terrace!



My dh is verry disappointed in the pictures.... 'it only shows the bench, you can't see annything of the terrace.'
I love the new bench and this old quilt hanging on it, and yes my dh I love the new terrace.

Today I started this quilt,



Hope it will turn out right.

Have a great sunny day!

New bags

Told you I had a new idea for a bag with typical Dutch fabric from Marken. And since the weather was really bad... there was nothing else to do than making these cute bags! I 'm pleased the way they turned out. What do you think?



My doughter likes the red one, my cousin the blue one and me....
I like this one.



Have a nice day everyone!

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,