Basilicum

Catplant

Today i went to the farm and bought a bunch of annuals. Tomorrow i will fill my empty pots. Every year i say to myself"next year i wont buy so many plants," it is so much work to water them" And then i see all these plants , and i can't stop buying, Terrible! It is so hot in Belgium, The plants are 3 times as big as normal for this time off year.Also the garden is getting dry. It has to rain. (preferably when I'm asleep)

old mouses

does anyone know these mouses? I think there 50 years old. +-

new book

I always like to receive new books that are printed from my publisher. Most of the time I'm disappointed, this time it's OK. But my drawings seem to become bigger and bigger.

needle felt pussman

And to finish, a nice ribbon and a bell!
I'm satisfied for the moment.
It was already very late!

With embroidery tread I make a nose and 2 eyes( I think the eyes have turned out too small?)
more arm and legs and a tail and I'm almost finished. I thing my animal is not quite "firm" enough but thing have to go quick with me. I put some more grey spots and its OK!
But now??
Emily had kind of a duck lookalike,
Then i decided to put a grey ear, and ... it became a pussy!
And now i had to try the arms! I really loved doing this. Mmmm

Danger, strong change off addiction!!!
They should be mentioning this on this needle felt materials. Yesterday the lady of the "cats & Quilt blog" convinced me to try one. So we drove to the shop en (off course!) I was immediately infected! So after a hard day of work i tried it out. In the beginning i thought; no this is going nowhere, i did not know at that stage what i was making. But constantly pricking with my needle i got a little grip on it. It was so relaxing! My daughter could not sit and watch so she joined me,Also not knowing what she was going to make. After a while i got a head and a little body.

wooden hearts

kitchen tiles

I'm always inspired by beautiful tiles and ceramics, from now on i will begin an archive of them when i see them.

archeology in the garden

When spitting the soil to make my new border, we discovered this cute soap container, This must have been sitting there from the 60tees i guess. I store this in my kitchen.

flower bag

This bag is made of wool fabric.
The flowers are cut out in different colors of felt and then embroidered on the bag.

breadbag

this one i made to keep our self made bread fresh! We kept on baking for a long time(it must have been over a year) but then we stopped. The children called it pre-historic bread. because the took big humps of it to school. They could not cut it in proper slices. I mis the smell of this freshly baked bread. It used to climb up into our attic bedroom, then you could fall asleep with that lovely smell!!mmm must bake again!!

border week by week

now it really seems to go fast.

Mondello,Italy, summer holiday

We rented this house in Sicily for our summer Holiday. Looks nice! Hopefully it won't be to warm in July.

Work

Could you stick to work on such a lovely day??
I had a hard time for sure. Even Vroefke can't stay inside.

border week by week

week 4

the wicked witch

she who lives here, has a sailer and a dwarf (she keeps the dwarf in a bottle)
Poor man!!!

I made this house when i was pregnant of my daughter. It took me 3 months to make it. I must have got a lot of time in those days. It is 14 years ago now. The house is inspired on a tale
"the little stick boy" By Simon Stern. I dream of making a new one, but time is missing.
The house needs spring cleaning for the moment.

has to stay!!!

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