Last bits of summer,

This morning we enjoy from the last bits of summer.
The nice temperature, full grown garden,



Eating the last blackberries that turn black,



And watching how this little guy's hair grew this season,




Wish you all a great 'late' summer weekend to!

New birds

On my last car boot sale visite I found these lovely birds,



I'm not planning to hang them in the house, no I want to use them for a new project.
Don't know what project that will be... maybe something like this,



Anyway, I have to undo the stitchery from its frame...



Oh no, do I see old glue??



Luckely it has been glued only on the back, the stitchery is perfect!



I love the natural print on the cardboard.

Our youngest has also some new birds. No not found at the car boot sale.
He had his mind set on a specific breed,



They are called 'Dubbelgezoomde Barnevelderkippen'. I do not know how to translate this for you... maybe something like, 'Double seamed barnevelder chicken'!
They are getting a bit accustumed in their new home, but look at me like I'm an alien.

Look who's back in our garden again,



Haven't seen him a few months but I hope he'll stay for the winter!

Well I'm off now, 'naar buiten waar de vogeltjes fluiten,
listning to the little birds outside!

Have a wonderful day everyone,

Spoiled

On my mothers attic was this little house, she bought it once in a thrift shop, about 2 years ago. It is a money box. I told her I had a real fine spot for it! But no..she wasn't to persuade. So that was it. But look what she brought with the other day....



Am I spoiled, or not! I also put the house in my sidebar.

Sometimes it's great to get spoiled or to spoil ourselves a bit. I did, and bought myself these cards from Nathalie Lete





I really love her drawings!
Now I also spoiled myself with these Figs,



They were looking so delisious!
My dear cousin teached me a great recipi with figs and goat cheese and a bit of bacon. I'm already looking forworth to make and taste it.

But now it is time to show you, as promised the finished miniquilt for the summerswap.



I called it Summer rose. Only have to put a little label on the back and than I can send it to S.....oeps almost said it. I hope she likes it.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

We went for new shoes for my son yesterday... when I saw these...



Yes I know, now I'm really spoiled!

Getting ready for school and swap,

These last days before a new schoolyear starts,
the two oldest in the house are bussy covering their new schoolbooks.



Our doughter bought the lovelyest wrapping(cover)paper and notebooks from Pipstudio.

She also has the matching Pip school diary...



It all looks so lovely! I also need a new school diary... The Pip is adorable but a doughter can not have the same diary as her mom! That is not done!
So I choose this one from the Hema,



What, do you sence a bit of jealousy??? No of course not, I'm happy she has such great taste! And I got all the wrapping paper that was left over.

It is my intension to take the bike to work more often this schoolyear, and therefor I needed a new saddle cover. (there is a whole in the saddle)



The bike and me are verry happy with the new cover!

And here the last sneak peek of the summerswap



The quilt is almost finished, only have to do the binding.
Hope I can show it in the weekend.

Til than,

Working on the summerswap,

Today I made a start with the quilt for the summerswap and I want to give you a quick peek while I'm sewing...



I think it will turn out real nice,



I do hope my swap friend will like it.

Back again

Hello everyone,

Thank you all for visiting and giving me sweet comments while I was away.
It’s been a while…. More than a month!

We had a great time traveling and camping on the French and Spanish Atlantic coast. Spending a lot of time at the beach,



where the kids enjoyed their selves with the surf and skim boards. We enjoyed the nature,



the food (lots of fish) and the great wines!

And although we are back for a few days now, I can’t seem to get behind the computer. There is a lot of catching up, reading blogs, to do.
My plan was to do some quilting while traveling….. well the only time I had a needle in my hand was to sew a lost button on my daughters trousers.
But now it’s time to get my mind on the summer swap!



I was in Middelburg today and bought two lovely rose fabrics. I think they will match with a little rose embroidery just fine!
I have one more week before the kids and me have to get back to school again, so that will give me the perfect time to make the little swap quilt (and to blog).

So have a great day and see you soon!

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

Embridered bag(s) and first carbootsale!

When I was on my way to the store where they sell band and ribbon, I found a little thriftshop and found this new wonderfull painting,



Then I quickly bought the band I needed and hurried home. I was all inspired by this new painting! At home made this combination of fabrics and band,



And now I have two finished bags with a embroidered front!





I think they both turned out real nice!

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This Morning I was at my first car boot sale!
The weather was drizzly so a lot of people kept their goodies in the car.
But I did find this,



lovely dutch puzzle from Rie Cramer.



And I found these lovely embroidered birds



I'm not sure what to do with them.... but that's ok.

Wish you all a good day, with some lovely sunshine.

Meanwhile...

I wanted to show a finished romantic messengerbag



... but I wasn't able to get myself to the big city, to buy band and finish the bag! Meanwhile I mannaged to make this new bag,



But today I'll go to the big city and look for band... and who knows I might walk into some lovely other things... fabric maybe..

Have a nice day everyone!
(I'm off to the city)

Great summer cake

Every year we have a feast in our neighbourhood. This year, it was yesterday, on the fourth of juli and the theme was 'American party'! With American sports, games, music, and a cake/pie contest.
This was my contribution to the contest,



A chocolate cake filled with cream and strawberries, a layer of raspberry jam and topped with pure chocolate with blueberries. It was a yummie contest, we could taste all 18 different cakes! (little pieces ofcourse)

Remember the kitchy stitchery from this post?

The bag is almost finished, here a peek,



I think it's going to be a great bag.

greetings to you all.



(and yes I won first prize with the cake!)