monday details

How was your weekend? Hope it was a good one.
Mine was lovely. No obligations, perfect weather...
what more can I wish for!
And now it's slowly back to the weekly routine.
Doing laundry, cleaning house and groccery shopping.
Plus my attic. When i'm up there I am so easily distracted;
Thought I show you some of those distractions...



The little bird that's hanging on the pinn board



Purple and pink...a perfect combo



matching fabrics and colors..



I've to go to xenos for more owl beads..



Sunshine on a fabric stash...My attic is the best place to wasting my time,what's yours?Have a good start of the week.Groeten, Corry

Cakes,

Yesterday was our son's birthday.

And on your birtday you can always choose what cake you want.

Now, he wanted two kind of cakes,

One cheesecake (raspberries and blackberries taste) and his other favorite is

Tiramisu!

If you want to make it, look at this tutorial.

I always used fresh egg yolks (raw).. But now I found this,

Pasteurized egg yolk! (so no more fear for salmonella bacteria)

And it worked great. The only thing is, I only needed a little bit...

Guess I have to make more tiramisu this week.

Now for the cheesecake I alway use this,

A easy to make package the only thing I change is fresh blendered fruit from the garden in stead of water.

And the taste is yummie!

Today we ate the left overs and enjoyed it even more!

Groetjes Heleen

crafty pleasures...

It was a busy week.
but somehow i managed to squeeze in some craft time.



I knitted a star. Just love making these cute stars.
It's such a nice little project I can do in front of the tv.(I am writing a Dutch translation of the star tutorial)


The star size depends on the thickness of the yarn and needles.I think the little one would look lovely in a christmas tree.



The house above was made for me by my sil.
It was only last Sunday that I told him about my idea
for which I would need a carpeter and wood.
And look.... what a surprise!!!
He has built exactly what I had in mind.
I will tell you more about this idea once I'm done with painting windows and a door.



And to end this crafty pleasure post....
for another granny bag I crocheted 24 squares together.
I hope to squeeze in some craft time this weekend as well.
Have a lovely (crafty) weekend too!
Groetjes, Corry

Bloggers block of the month- October

october


september
 I just finished block nr.2 of the bloggers BOMThank you Vicki for your ocktober design.I made my blocks 24cm square, that's bigger than the original BOM patternSomehow I went wrong converting  inches into centimeters!I think they look nice anyway.If you like to join bloggers block of the month..just click the button above, it's not to late!Groetjes Corry

Today

I'm back to knitting
I was wondering if the skeins of wool that I use for crochting grannies are also suitable for knitting...and they are.
I'm knitting starpoints



for a star like these, but in a smaller version.


There's a knitted star tutorial here

Noah's ark is coming along nicely.
* stitcheries... done,
* sewn strip...done (I cheated a little here and there)



* Date and title are done
* Quilting and binding...not done yet.


This lovely bundle below I used for the strips
 And today a newBlogger's Block of the Month fromVicki Welsh - Field Trips in Fiber Groetjes, Corry

Autumn holidays,

The advantage of working in education is that both,

the kids and me have holidays

at the same time.

And this week we have 'Herfstvakantie' (autumn holidays).

So time for some shopping,

Bought this cute necklace watch at Oude liefde

Time to do some coocking and baking with the kids,

There's a stew on the stove and it's smelling in the house..hmmmm.

And time for some sewing,

A bag with a Dutch embroidered windmill.

And This is also a week to

do a little nothing but

walking outside in the woods,

a bit of houscleaning,

hanging on the couch,

watching a movie,

read a good book.....

Think I'm going to need another week off...

Groetjes Heleen

Zeg roodkapje waar ga je hene?

Say, Little Red Ridinghood, where are you going.....


1. close up, 2. little red felt and fabric clip, 3. little red riding hood embroidery quilt, 4. little red ridding hood, 5. Little Red Riding Hood & her Dandy Wolf, 6. Decole -Red Riding Hood & Wolf Magnet, 7. RING OF CUTENESS - Little Red Riding Hood - Fabric Covered Button Ring, 8. Red Riding Hood, 9. flowered red riding hood bag, 10. tea set - otogicco by decole, 11. Little Red Riding Hood from the sets Softies&Tales, 12. Red Riding Hood Tea Cosy Knitting Pattern, 13. hand stitched swap - sent, 14. Little Red Riding Hood felt necklace, 15. Kokka Xenia, 16. {40} Friendship Block Have a fine Sunday.Groetjes, Corry

The day after,

We spent a lovely day in Amsterdam yesterday.

And this morning I was still afterglowing,

(enjoying the things I bought).

It was great to find new addresses and buy little things

Like this card from Caroline.

And these sweet napkins!

Of course a visit to Amsterdam isn't complete without a visit to the shop

Den Haan en Wagenmakers

I bought some new fabrics with a border to make a new quilt for on my new chair.

We had such a lovely day!

Ps... new bags in the shop

Enjoy your weekend,

Groetjes Heleen

Noah's ark

Nearly 3 years later and I finally finished the 12 stitcheries.
Actually I did 11. Number 12 is still empty. I left it empty on purpose so I can add the exact finishing date.Luckily i did because I started this in march 2008.Noah's ark is a stitch-along BOM from Lynette anderson designs.  
 Now for the last stap; sewing strips and make it fit.
 This was a very lovely BOM to do...although it took so long for me to make all the sticheries.


There's also a Noah's ark Flickr group if you like to see more.So, back to number 12..time to stitch the right date on "2011".Groeten, Corry

What's in the box?

                                                    Today I came across this box thinking,

 'what did I put in here?'

I thought it was embroidery thread...

But when I opened the box,

It is something completely different.

In the box are the little bears I made.

And in the middle is White little Bear,

The old cuddle bear of our son.

It was always so cute how he (we) cuddled this bear.

(You can put your hand in the bear and than he really comes to live.)

Oh, it's unbelievable how fast our kids grow up.

Guess I have cherish this bear and memory.

Ok, little bear is going back in the box,

but I had to put my hand in for just a minute and he's waving to you all.

groetjes Heleen