First Scraps Project Finished!

Finally! My first scraps project is finished... It took me a while to finish of all the loose ends, or to make time for that anyway (since it's NO fun at all!!), but it's done. How do you like the result?

I think I can call it another Color Bomb, don't you. And all the color parts are made from scraps. Yes, scraps. I like the way the grey makes the little colorful centers pop out.

For the back I used a very pretty pink fabric. With red dots, as you can see. In this picture I hadn't added the silver edge yet.

Here I did. I really like the silver yarn. I found it a few months ago and totally forgot about it. Doesn't it give the cushion some extra character??

So, there are still many scraps left, and I have a few more ideas for projects. Some I even got started on already. But today I really felt like making some colorful flowers...

Not sure yet what I'll use them for. But I'll show you more, soon. (Than I will show you where some of the patterns came from too...)

Have  pretty monday!

Tutorial Simple Edging

So I got some requests for a tutorial on the edging of my Flower Square Blanket. Here it is. It's really very simple. You might not even need the pictures. 

So, before you start, it's important you have an even amount of granny clusters (is this understandable??). I would start just prior to the corner, just to make sure you get to work your stitches in there. 

When I make a granny square project, I always do a round of half double crochet grannies, rather than a round of double crochet grannies.

Start in one of the spaces between a granny cluster. Chain 2, *Double crochet into the next space, ch 3, slip stitch into the dc (see pic, this is a picot stitch), 1 dc in same space, ch 3, sl st into dc, 1 dc (still into the same space), ch 3, sl st into dc, dc (same space), ch 1, single crochet into the next space. Chain 1*, (repeat *...*all around the blanket). 

I hope it's clear, but I drew a little chart on the pattern. It might be easier than reading the explanation. For the corners I like to add some more double crochets and picots. I did 2 extra as you van see in the chart. ( Made a teeny tiny mistake, I drew half double crochets, although you have to make double crochets, sorry...)

I hope this is clear. If you still have a problem, please email me. 

As you can see the Pastel Granny Blanket is finished too. Show you the results soon...

Have a lovely weekend.

KreaDoe

So it's been kind of quiet around here this week. Was very busy with my sick little girl and had a great day yesterday at the KreaDoe  fair in Utrecht. I was out all day, with my mom and sister. I really love the KreaDoe.  

I did some nice shopping. Some yarn, different brands from what I'm used to. Some new colors too! And I bought a new yarn, a cotton mix, Cocktail from Scheepjeswol. (I actually have an old project lying around somewhere with this yarn, that I never finished. I feel a 'Something Old' post coming up...) Come to think of it, the yarn might be perfect for the place mats from the Mollie Makes Crochet book.

Bought some pretty fat quarters, for my cushion covers. Luckily there wasn't too much fabric to my taste this year. It always leaves such a big gap in my wallet... 

Oh, and this is a favorite of mine too, Dotties Design. I bought some iron-on-appliques last year, my girls loved. I bought some new ones this year, and also some stickers and postcards. I love their prints and colors.

 

This event is one of the high lights of my year. I love it! Everybody is just excited and greedy for everything crafty and colorful. And it's also in Utrecht, my favorite city of Holland. I wanted to point out 2 places-to-be in Utrecht. When going there, you should definitely visit Keck & Lisa, the best gift shop ever! And do it around lunch time, 'cause in the same street you'll find Tastoe. When I'm in Utrecht I have lunch (or just tea and cake) there. It feels very homy and cosy and the food is delicious. (As always, I forgot to take pic's...)

Next post will be about crochet, I promise!! I'm almost done with one of the scrap projects. There's a little tutorial waiting to be published and I have a new Color Bomb project on the go. So even though it's quiet here, I've been busy, busy.

Hope to see more of you next week!

Have a rainbowy weekend!

PS: Did any of you go to KreaDoe??

I Won!!!

So, back from a lovely weekend in Brabant, I'm excited to finally tell you I won my first Give Away. And not just any Give Away, I won this one, the Mollie Makes Crochet Book! I was so surprised when I found out I was picked on the lovely blog Rosehip. Beata Basik is known for her pretty crochet trimmed pillow cases and also for this beautiful pattern. I still need to give it a try, but the pictures of this pillow never bore me. The colors are just wonderful! I've loved this blog for ages and was particularly happy with Beata's nice comments on my blog. It's great getting a compliment from someone you admire, right? On thursday night the book arrived, just in time for me to have a little peek before I went on our anniversary weekend.

I really love the book. It's so colorful and happy (just the way I like it) and the pictures and patterns are great! I got started right away on the place mats, designed by Ilaria from IDA Interior Lifestyle, even though I have a thousand projects on the go... Maybe I should finnish something first.
Beata herself also contributed to the book, with some lovely edging patterns.

But then it was time to pack my bags and go of to Brabant, where a lovely forest chalet was waiting for our arrival. Never have I had such a relaxing and peaceful weekend (at least not since the kids). We had this cosy shack for 3 nights! It had a huge bubble bath too!

We went out to diner for 2 nights and did some shopping on saturday (pic's will follow later this week) in Den Bosch, which was great fun. On sunday we stayed in, all day, reading, crocheting, coloring, playing games and mostly just relaxing ourselves silly. This was the best day if you ask me. Wow, how I didn't feel like going home on monday morning...

Took my basket of scraps with me and designed a new flower granny. (Don't know yet when the tutorial will be ready, still need to make a few other tut's). 

And then, coming home... Lovely to see the kids again. How you miss them and feel a bit amputated without them for so long. We went to pick them up from school yesterday (still totally relaxed) and got big hugs and lots of kisses. Now, 24 hours later, I forgot everything about my relaxed state and am up and running again, with a sick little girl to take care of, piles of laundry to do and lots of errands to run.

Well, that's family life, right?! Am already looking forward to our next getaway... What did you guys do this weekend??

Well, have a pink tuesday! (I know, it's probably just grey...)

Little Break

My last post got me thinking... Maybe it's time for a little break. Need to get some stuff organized (in my house as well as my head). It's a holiday week here, and I'm running around, needing to do so much stuff and wanting to do so much other stuff... I need to slow down for a few days. Otherwise I will go away this weekend all stressed out.

Did want to show you some pic's though. This one is wonderful isn't it? It's so cheap and easy that it's funny. Most of all it remembers me of Thailand, where English grammar isn't an issue at all! Keep calm to shopping', and 'Keep calm go to travel', hilarious. In Chaing Mai there was a carwash with the pay off: 'The best hand job in town!' And there is a band called 'Suck Seed', stuff like that. Everywhere over the city you can eat 'hambergers'. O, how I miss Thailand sometimes...

Got me some reading material for the next few days. Flow, my favorite Dutch magazine, nowadays also available here in English. And the English Mollie Makes. It's featuring (not sure if this is correct) a pattern from Revlie from REVolution. It's a very cute Medusa haired crochet doll. She wrote a post about it here. (BTW how do you like my chestnut spiderweb?? Always make these with the kids and my mother used to make them with us when I was young, love them! Then I know autumn has started...)

And well, got me some rainbow candles. I mean, nothing makes me happier than rainbow colors, so...

So, I will be gone for a week and fuel up! Have an autumny week! (It's 22 Celsius here, crazy! CRAZY!!!)