Making birthday gifts

One of the friends of the dollshouse group celebrated her birthday today. So I made some gifts, but could not show it before. She has several houses and a light house so I made some gifts with a nautical theme. Two clocks, some bookstands with tiny boats on them, a pillow, a framed starfish and a worn box for keys.

Dazzled by the beautifull birthdaygifts

It is already 2 weeks ago that I received a lot of birthdaygifts from my friends and I still feel a little dazzled! Everything was so beautiful.

Not only did one friend make accessoires for the countryshop, like the cork welcome mats and the sign but also a very sweet suitcase for a femine touch in a bedroom and lovely quilt for the shop

Another friend made some accessoires for the quilt shop, a ring for quilting and some stands to show the quilts...

The new quilt looks very good on the new stand, I'm very happy with these gifts since I might show them on a quiltshow in June. My little shop is almost to small again. But I do not think I will get planning permission for another extension...

 The third friend made these hat, bag, and lovely hangers in a romantic style. The hangers are decorated on both sides.

 Just to show the hangers a little better I hang them on the new quilt stand.

 And from the forth friend of the group I was given this toy box, it is filled with lovely toys!

 And she added two pictures for the countryshop....

So you can probably understand why I am still dazzled after two weeks... so many lovely/beautiful/detailed/magnificent/splendid gifts. Ladies thank you!!!

Knutselen tijdens de kerst Busy during christmas

Tijdens de kerst ben ik lekker alleen thuis en kan heerlijk knutselen. Het ondergoed is afgemaakt met een klein randje kant of een mooi lintje

During Christmas I was home alone, so time to time to finish some little things. First of all some underwear I started to make a long time ago. I just had to finish it by adding the lace.

De kleine koffer had nog geen handvat, de shaker dozen moesten nog gelijmd worden en de plantenbakken heb ik gemaakt voor de country shop. De foto's zijn niet perfect maar het geeft toch een idee.

The little suitcase needed a handle, the shakerboxes had to be glued and the planters are made for the countryshop. It was nice to finally finish some projects, especially the ones that were left for such a long time. The light is not good enough for pictures of everything in their place but hopefully I can do that soon.

Sintekerst 2011

Between 5 december and Christmas our dollshouse group celebrates Sintekerst. We make a gift for one of the members and have a wonderful morning and delicious lunch together. This year several ladies made/bought a small gift for everybody.

Here are the little gifts, a handy booklet for the shopping list at a fair, a mug and christmasbears will probably end up at the christmas market. The little heart and pictures will maybe go to the countryshop or a bedroom....

I've made this plantshelf and some brocante stuff to decorate and fill it. The planters are made from a pattern from Pilar and decorated with print I found somewhere on an internetsite, sorry I do not remember where. The storage jars for coffee and tea I made myself, but the prints where from internet as well.

These are the gifts I received. A big bag full of goodies, candles and a lot of parfumboxes. The boxes will go to the bed and bathrooms. The candles will find a spot in the countryshop.

Inside the bag where boxes with childrens toys, cookies, a fishpie, and nicely decorated fabric. The fabric might get turned into a pillow. The other items will find their way to different rooms.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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The tea keeps nice and warm inside the new tea cosy, the kitten is happy with the spilled milk on the floor.

Tijd voor thee Time for tea

Enige tijd geleden ben ik begonnen een theebeurs te maken en vanavond heb ik hem afgemaakt. Ik ben blij met het resultaat. Voor de foto heb ik de beurs even open gezet zodat de theepot gezien wordt, maar de beurs kan ook dicht. De workshop is van Loes Snoodijk 

Some time ago I started making a tea-cosy and tonight I finished it. I'm pleased with the result, even the teapot fits inside. I left the cosy open for the picture so that the teapot inside can be seen. But to keep the tea hot you have to keep the cosy closed of course. It is probably a typical dutch design cosy. It looks a bit like a very large stuffed handbag which you can open to put the teapot inside.

The workshop for the cosy is by Loes Snoodijk and can be found on http://members.ziggo.nl/miniloes/theemuts.doc, it is a dutch site.

Theepot in de theebeurs, het kastje moet nog afgewerkt worden
Teacosy with the teapot inside

Een tijd geleden ben ik naar de "Kladblogdag" geweest en heb ik meegedaan aan een pakketjes ruil. Het borduurpatroontje voor een kleedje heb ik nu af.

Some time ago I went to the "kladblogdag" and joined the kit swap. The embroidery I finished quickly but finishing the edges I left till tonight. So another finished project.

Geborduurd tefelkleedje
The tablecloth

Nu is het tijd voor een lekker kopje thee.

Now it's time for a nice cup of tea.

Surprise gift

Yesterday I went to my embroidery group and Elisabeth gave me a shoebox full of dollshouse furniture. What a nice surprise. When I got home I opened the box and looked more carefull.. it was even better than I thought, not only furniture but also some kitchenware, a lovely doll and some other items. It was like an early christmas present! The two rocking chairs remind me of a trip to Nicaragua some years ago, maybe I will use them for a small scene.
Elisabeth apologized for the broken legs on one of the cupboards but I'm still very happy with it, just have to find/make some new legs.
Boxes like this are so inspirational! So my mind is spinning and I will have a happy time thinking where to put which item....
Thank you Elisabeth!

Mokken voor een quiltster Mugs for the quilter

Op de poppenhuis beurs in Arnhem heb ik een paar mooie mokken gevonden. Sommigen hadden al een quilt tekst en anderen heb ik laten beschilderen. De foto's zijn niet zo duidelijk maar het geeft wel een idee.

At the dollshouse fair in Arnhem, the Netherlands, I found some nice mugs, I had some of them painted with texts for quilters and one of them had the text "I love quilting" already. The pictures are not all very clear, sorry for the bad quality but it gives an impression.

De mokken staan in de winkel, in de etalage en in de toonbank. Alle kleine details maken de winkel steeds realistischer.

I've put one of the mugs in the counter inside the shop, the others on the windowstills. These little details make the shop even better I think.

Since I was trying to make some pictures of the mugs I made some more inside the shop.

Borduurpakketten, compleet met linnen, patroon en garens

The packets of embroidery kits, they come complete with pattern, linnen and threads..

Er zijn ook pakketjes te koop voor de dames die het moeilijk vinden om lapjes bij elkaar te zoeken.

For those ladies who find it hard to choose fabrics, complete kits are sold and sets of fat quarters can be found in the shop.

Nog meer fat quarters en een plekje om te zitten en een boek door te bladeren.

More fat quarters and a place to sit down and look at books.

Achter de toonbank is het iets rommelig, zakken met vulling, meestal hobbs. De snijmatten beginnen een beetje door de buigen, niet de beste plek om ze te bewaren maar er is vraag naar dus moet het op voorraad zijn.Gelukkig zijn knoopjes en DMC garens keurig gesorteerd. Voor het DMC geldt, dat de juiste kleur snel gevonden is als je het nummer weet.

Behind the counter it is still messy, the shopkeeper has tried to order it a little. But the bags of batting have to be put somewhere. Of course you'll need different types and sizes. The cutting mats start to bend a little not the best place to store them, standing up like that. Luckily the DMC embroidery treads are sorted by number in the drawers, so it is very easy to find the right color as long as you have the number.

Another workshop

Some time ago I went to another workshop by Wim van Soest. I love his workshops because after a days work I go home with a finished product that looks beautiful.
This time I made a leather hatbox.

I made the hat a long time ago but it fits nicely inside.

I have followed other workshops before and some things I have put together for a picture. The chair and pillow are no workshops. The chair was made by a friend for my birthday some years ago and the pillow I embroided many years ago, the pattern comes from the dutch dollshouse magazine Poppenhuis en Miniaturen.

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Kladblogdag

Yesterday was the second time I went to the 'kladblog' day. A meet and greet day of miniaturist here in the Netherlands. Since I got a ride from some friends, I had to leave early and missed the workshop Lisette gave, which was a pity since she made a beautiful table.
A lot of people made small gifts for the others so it was a little bit like a gift bonanza!

The gifts varied from material to knitware, the little clown is knitted, and everything is beautiful!
Several people brought some of their work, and every time I enjoy looking at all the details. Some things are familiar because I had seen pictures on the blog but seeing it for real is always better.
And this was not all, Wil gave some wood and fineer and I entered a workshop swap and went home with 12 small workshop packets which I can make at home. So I know what to do the coming time.
Just a great day!

little quilt inside the shop

When I made the shop "Steekje los" ready for transport last week I noticed that I didn't have quilts inside the shop. There isn't space to hang them. So I took one of the smaller quilts from the quilt exhibition and a towelrack from one of the houses and put it in the shop. It looks good, so for the time being I will leave it like this. Now I have some space in the exhibition for a new quilt. The only problem is what kind of quilt to make... I like so many and have started to make a quilt in 1:1 scale, but I will think of something.



Little quilt in country colours



Making birthday gifts

For two of my miniature friends I made some birthday gifts. Of course I forgot to take pictures but luckily one of my friends made pictures.

One friend wanted some fruit, so I made banans, apples, oranges and grapes.

My other friend has a shop filled with angels. So I made this little angel, she can make a pillow or place it on the wall (embroidery on 16 treads per cm).

Nieuwe quilt New quilt

In het weekend het ik een klein quiltje afgemaakt. Het is gemaakt van kleine stukjes stof die over waren nadat mijn moeder een grote quilt had gemaakt. Het is een kleurige quilt geworden geïnspireerd door de quilts van Kaffe Fassett.  

During the weekend I finished a small quilt that I made some time ago. It is made from small pieces of fabric, left overs from a 1:1 quilt my mother made. It is very colorfull, inspired by quilts designed by Kaffe Fassett.

Op het moment hangt het quiltje in een kleine scene, maar of het hier blijft weet ik nog niet.
At the moment it hangs in a small scene... but I'm not sure if it will stay here.

Deze scene en twee anderen waren te zien bij het "Open huis" van de quiltwinkel "De Frottende Freule"

This scene and 2 others together with one of my shops were displayed at the "Open house" of a quiltshop called the Frottende Freule in Schildwolde in the north of The Netherlands.

Hier kijkt een bezoekster in de poppenhuis handwerkwinkel.
An unknown visitor is looking into the shop.



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Quilt in bright colours

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Large containers for flowers

Yesterday I made some large containers for flowers. They are about 6 cm high, so really big pots. I want to fill them and put them next to the door of a shop. One of the containers I damaged so I can make a little home for a mouse in the bottom. It was a project in the dutch magazine Dolls House Nederland issue 79. Now just make the flowers, probably Hortensia.

Received give away

After waiting (im)patiently for the mail for a couple of days, finally I heard a soft thud yesterday. Yes a parcel from Ireland! Carefully I opened it and not only did I find a duvet and some pillows but also towels, bags and some fabric.

The give away was made by Maria, it just looks lovely.

Now the dolls living in this house have towels and nice bedding, hopefully the floor will be finished soon as well, then the bedroom will look better than it does now.

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