Happy New Year....

May the year 2015 be a colorful one!

Groeten Corry

Hoi..

How are you, did you have a nice weekend? Ours was lovely,
despite the fact that I had to work.

But first let me thank you all for your lovely warm wishes and welcome
to our grandchild Sofie.

 Everything is still going well, she's doing wonderful.

Remmember the crochet grannies I made this summer.
I'm gonna use them to make pillows.

This book I bought last week. Cath Kidston's sewing lessons for beginners.

It's a lovely book and it contains lovely projects which are not that difficult to make.

The book comes with a complete sewing kit for the bag that's shown on the cover.

Have a good beginning of the week.

ps. In the very near future there will come some major changes for the dutch blue blog.

A small hint....Heleen and I are going to bundle our forces.

So stay allert!

Monday

greetings from Zeeland. We are enjoying a mini break at the seaside.



It was a bit hazy when I took these pictures this morning .











And ofcourse I didn't leave home without a little something to do while I'm on a break.


The weather forcast for this week is not bad. So I probably will build next to a stash of grannies a healthy tan as well!
Groeten,

Oops..

...May is almost past, just in time for this months calender page!!



Thank you'll so very much for your congratulations
and sweet words on last post good news.
I didn't start on the baby quilt yet, but I have a plan for the pattern..and that counts as half the work is done, right!!

(picture from patchwork book)  I'm thinking ABC, alfabeth, numbers....And here are most of the fabrics I'm gonna use.

 Because my daughter wants to re-use the crib they are almost similar as the ones I used for Luca's babyquilt.


Enough babyquilt update..
A few weeks ago I saw this lovely tin at AH grocery store and I couldn't resist buying it.



I quicly went up my mothers attic (again) and filled it up with beautiful wool.

 Since I crochet my first granny square I'm hooked.I can't help myself...crochet grannies is one of my favorite things to do right now!



I'm using Lucy's wonderful methode.

 This is it for now, I'm off. Hopefully I'll see you again soon.I'm sorry for neglecting you. I'm so, so behind reading your blogs to see what's keeping you'll busy.I believe there are more than 650 posts waiting in google reader for me!!Oops..that's a lot!! Groeten,

What a wonderful weekend it was..

This past week I haven't really had much time to blog, and today is no different.But....I had a wonderful sunny weekend in Zeeland.We had a marvelous time... I enjoyed a long beach walk wearing my new pair
of walking shoes. Not the most charming pair but they fit me great! 
The weather was so wonderful we've spent most of our weekend outdoors.
Doing a little shopping in Middelburg. No weekend without fresh tulips..



And I bought new cotton for future crochet projects..
Maybe more granny squares, not sure yet!



For now I'm still having fun crochet flowers for the hearts on a string

  How was your weekend... I hope you had a lovely one as well! Groeten,

hearts on a string

I crochet some flowers. Thought it was best to start with, what looked like the easiest pattern in the book. The first flower took me a while to figure out but the second one and the rest that followed after that did go much easier. I didn't even had to use the book anymore!  I used the crochet flowers to decorate my hearts on a string.



What do you think....Don't they look lovely?
 Well I'm off now, gonna  make more flowers.Have a wonderful weekend!

flowers to knit and crochet

Mom had noticed how much I enjoyed making the granny blanket.Therefore she brought me a present she thought I certainly would like. The book '100 Flowers to Knit and Crochet' by Lesley Stanfield.It's a lovely book filled with challenging knit and crochet flowers.
 Beautiful flowers in red and pink


white and yellow
 Flowers to use for decoration
 I got my cotton ready to get started. But first I've to figure out how to read a crochet pattern!
 Thanks mom, you're right..i love this book!
Groeten,

One hundred granny squares plus...

a border with scalloped edge later.....
My granny square blanket is finished!!It's made from left over wool found at my mothers attic.measurements: 110 square cm.



(sorry for this blurry picture)

I really love how this turned out..
a colorful scrappy blanket.



And it looks gorgeous on mister chair too..
Have a wonderful beginning of the week!
Groeten,

First monday in spring....

and Easter is comming soon.I like to make some Easter decorations myself this year. Not sure what to make, yet. I like to use these fabrics think I need to add some yellow.

 Yellow...like these lovely yellow tulips.


I'm usually not so fond of Monday mornings...I'm a slow starter.But this morning started of really wel!I've got a wonderful surprise in the mail send to me by sabine from Smila's World She thought I would love these fabulous ribbons..and she was so right.I do love these a lot!! Thanks Sabina! 


Granny update:I've decided that 100 grannies are enough to make this granny blanket.So I started crochet the border and I think I'll end with scallops as finishing touch.

 Have a good start to this week