Weekend

It's our last weekend in zeeland and it's raining outside our caravan.
But inside its cozy and warm.
We had a lovely week with gorgeous weather.
And despite my best efforts ...I could not avoid a little sunburn!
I think its due to the combination of wind and sun.
And there's always wind in Zeeland.
Last week we visited the weekly market in Middelburg.
Here a picture of The Lange Jan, a churchtower.

 we listen to streetmusic.



and I digged out piles of fabric.....



to find these lovely pieces.



this one comes from another store.
I love the windmills and the red, white gingham.



And I got me the new country living to read and browse through.



So I'll enjoy our last weekend here
before I have to go back to normal live on Monday.
Have a Happy weekend too and hope to see you back next week!

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,

Free as a bird in June...

June already..... it's hard to believe we are almost half way through 2010!!

It still is a bit quiet here on my blog, sorry for that...
Just hope you haven't forgotten me by now!



Update on last post...I was still thinking abc and numbers for the new baby quilt when I spotted this gorgeous fabric. With Heleen I was in this lovely quiltstore in Zoutelande. And there they were...cute little birds.




I immediatly had a vision on how to use these cuties in the baby quilt. I had the perfect pattern made up in my mind. This pattern didn't included abc or numbers, so they have to wait for a future project.
I bought the fabric with the larger birds (above) and this pretty stash (below).
 I did cut out all the birds and only used the blue ones for the quilt.
       

The pastel colored checker fabric is also the fabric that's used as liner for the baby crib.



The finished top is on the hoop and ready to quilt.
Hope I'll be back soon to show you the result!


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,

a new babyquilt...

It seems like I'm having a mini blog break.
Yes, things are real quiet here at dutch blue's crafty front. But I've got a feeling that won't be for much longer.
Because have I got some happy news!! A new grand baby is on the way. Luca is going to have a baby brother or sister by the end of August. And my daughter asked for a babyquilt. 
 
                              She's so cute!

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!