Friday 19 December 2014

TUTORIAL LAVENDER SACHETS

Hi dear friends,

as promised here is a tutorial of how I made my little lavender sachets.

First choose some fabric scraps you like, I made them out of my Liberty fabrics.


 Futhermore you need cute little buttons, ribbon and dried lavender flowers.

Cut a piece of your fabric measuring 4 1/2" x 11" and a 2" piece of your ribbon. Fold in half and sew together with 1/4" seam allowance.

Turn down about 1/2" and sew in place.

Now box your sachet. Lie the curner flat on your working table, measure 1" and sew in place.

Cut away at a 1/4". Now fill about half of your sachet with dried lavender flowers.

Grab the opening and fold as shown, fix in place and sew.





Place the little ribbon piece and sew on. Fix your button in the center of the ribbon.



Done! You have a lovely last minute gift. Happy Holiday and peace.
PINK

Wednesday 10 December 2014

LITTLE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

Hi dear friends,

yesterday I went to my sewing room without really knowing what to do and stardet grabbing some fabric scraps (Liberty). Some time ago I bought dry lavender flowers with the idea to make perfumed sachets. And finally I ended up with three lovely gifts for Christmas.

Soon I'll make a tutorial to show how I made them. Have a nice week.
Hugs. Pink


Wednesday 26 November 2014

CAPPUCCINO QUILT PART 2

MY CAPPUCCINO QUILT IS TOGETHER AND THE BORDERS ARE ON. NOW IT'S QUILTING TIME!
SINCE THE QUILT IS VERY GEOMETRICAL I THINK I'LL QUILT IT WITH LOTS OF CIRCLES.



HAVE A NICE DAY. HUGS.
PINK

Monday 24 November 2014

CAPPUCCINO QUILT

AFTER A QUITE LONG BREAK I FINALLY GOT THE INSPIRATION FOR A NEW QUILT. IT WILL BE A QUILT FOR MY DH AND SO IT IS MORE MASCULINE. I LOOKED FOR LOTS OF NEUTRAL FABRICS AND I CALLED IT CAPPUCCINO.

HERE IS THE PROBABLY FINAL LAYOUT:



THIS MORNING I SEWED THE LAST FOUR BLOCKS AND NOW I THINK IT IS BIG ENOUGH. I WILL JUST ADD A DARKER BROWN BORDER.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK. HUGS.
PINK

Tuesday 16 September 2014

New Kitchen Garden

Dear friends,

my kitchen garden gave me lots of satisfaction and harvest during this very short time since I started. Unfortunately on August 11th we have a very big landslid on our coast and my garden is in danger. There are only about 20 cm at one corner and the it falls down for 100m.
Here a picture to get you an idea:
Now I'm working on a new kitchen garden, near the green house. Hopefully safer than the first one.
Pumpkin growing

Last weeds

Work in progress
Wish me good work! Luckily due to our climate we can work on it longer then in other places and this soil is far better, because our donkey Alice lived here for a couple of years.
Hugs.
Pink


Friday 13 June 2014

Kitchen garden

Hi dear friends,

Lots going on in the kitchen garden!! Harvesting peas and broad beans.


And see my baby carrots and beets:



Thyme planted
 Some new flowers.


And last but not least, Paolo's goat cheeses.

Have a very nice week-end!
Hugs. Pink

Monday 2 June 2014

Kitchen Garden

There are lots of new pictures on my Kitchen Garden page. If you want have a look and enjoy!

Have a nice week. Hugs.
Pink

Thursday 29 May 2014

Liberty Dear Jane finished

Dear friends,

my Liberty Dear Jane is done!!! I'm really happy with it and it was great fun doing it. You can read more about on my other blog. There you can see all the making of and progresses.
FRONT

BACK

DETAIL
Have fun!! Hugs
Pink

Friday 9 May 2014

Flowers in the kitchen garden

Hi friends,

everything is growing well in the kitchen garden and some vegentables are already flowering. I think they look nice!
Cabbage

Rocket

French bean

Broad beans
Have a very nice week-end. Hugs
Pink

Sunday 4 May 2014

Flea market

Hi dear friends,

today was flea market day!! After many Sundays without interesting founds, today I was lucky and got some very nice antique laces and a beautiful cutter probably used in pastry.

Have a very nice Sunday. Hugs.
Pink