A challenge

I had to do this. Lilla from the blog Just Lilla placed this week the most beautiful french picture with the question - to us bloggers - to make something with it. I made this soap gift cover with two little lavender bags inside. For the outside i used the picture and for the inside old french linen. Thank you Lilla for giving us the possbility to use this beautiful picture.

Canvas

In October last year i started with a workshop from Nellie Wortman. This week i finally have finnish the project. For me making a canvas is a little outside the box but i loved doing this workshop.

Hope you have all a nice and creative week.

French Bag

I'm so happy. My sewing/embroidery machine is back. The first years it was working perfectly but the last half year it gave constantly problems. I brought it back to the dealer and he repaired it a couple of times. But two months ago it broke down again and that was enough. The dealer didn't know what to do anymore and sent it back to the manufacturer because my insurence was running out of time and he wanted a complete check of the machine. The machine was away for two months!! For that time he borrowed me an other machine but i had to learn working with it again and sewing was not so funny for me as it always was. But again the machine is back an it looke that it is working perfectly. Now I have to get back my trust in the machine again. Mmmmm... time will learn it. For a long time i wanted to make a bag and now that my machine is working i made this french bag to it try out. I made it from a french teatowel i bought on the market in a small town in france named Sarlat at the Dordogne.

This is the front or is it the back i don't know wich side i like more.

Wish you all i nice and creative week

Some pictures and a question

I've been busy in my studio the last weeks. I couldn't show it cause it was on his way to blopgger friends. And ofcouse i've been away for a couple of weeks. But it arrived so here it is. A little spring collage and a journal cover.

the pictures doesn't do any justice to the colors of the collage but i couldn't get it any better.

And a journal wrap for a blogger friend.

And the last picture. A little Smelling bag i embroidered on my machine as a label for another parcel. I loved the roses.

And now the question. Since i use the new blogger layout i can't place the text of my posts on the place where i want it. Blogger places evething behind each other without spaces. I can;t figure out why blogger is doing this. I use chrome as my browser. Is there somebody who can help me with this problem??

French fabric heart

After a couple of weeks in the Spanish sun I'll back again in the cold and rain of the Netherlands. Brrrrr.... so cold the last couple of days seems like the sun has forgotten us. But it is good weather to go to my studio and play with fabrics and lace. Made this french heart with fabric, lace and beads. Filled it up with some lavender.

Hope you all have a nice weekend