gggeeske gilet

Finally finished, my version of the Zsazsa-gilet. I made it with a dots fabric (I can’t resist dots!) and the rest of Kate’s red birthday-dress. In between is some kind of fiberfill and it’s wearable both sides. Though it goes perfectly with the birthday-dress, Kate doesn’t like it that much…. girls!

Ouch!

Iceskating for the first time,
skates have no breaks. Jack experienced this the hard
way…..

Christmas Kate

What Kate wore at Christmas! Picked by herself, she calls it her Ladybug-dress.

Merry christmas

Merry christmas to you all!!!!

Isn’t this a crocodile?

My love bought new socks, they came on this piece of plastic. Isn’t it just a crocodile? I had to draw a crocodile around it, se below. Somehow, the suggestion of a crocodile without the drawing pleases me the most what about you?!!

Self made house

This is a little house made of ‘peperkoek’ and sugar-glaze. Pooh, quite some work, especially with two impatient children around you… But hey, perfect job for a lazy cold sunday!

What to do on a cold day

On a cold day with lots of snow you;

-first make a snowman (sneeuwpop in dutch)

– second you go inside and read your favourite book (mine is Maigret by Simenon)

-and third enjoy the work you did decorating the cristmastree

Doll Jack & doll Kate

Last year for the birthday of my father-in-law I made a doll of Jack and of Kate. First I manipulated an image by enlarging the heads and more of those tricks. Then I printed them on transfer-paper and put them on fabric with an iron. Then I sewed them on another piece of fabric, filled it was balls of cotton and voilá. Unfortunately I ruined a piece of carpet in our bedroom cause I wanted to iron it quickly (dumb, dumb). I took no pictures of the result but here are the original digital dolls!

Wake up view

A week ago everything was covered in a big layer of snow, this week I woke up and this is what I saw from my kitchen window. Very fairylike!

Plans, plans & plans!

Yet another idea is teasing my mind. Here you see a kind of guide with lots of patterns from the seventies. It has nice dresses (especially beautiful collars and puffing sleeves) and coats which you can customize to your own size with a ruler (the red thing on the image beneath). Wonder if I ever find the time to make something out of it…