Dinner!

It's cold outside and the day's are short. 

Grandpa and Grandma just sat down at the

table for a warm meal ...

 

The products for this meal are created by Els.

Carved Chest

Last weekend I joined a workshop from Ann High

at Annelies place, to make a beautifull

14th century chest with a carved tilting scene.

This is the one I made:

Saturday early in the morning:

This is my piece of wood I used to practise making

lines, learn how to use tools in the right way;

I had no experience at all and it doesn't look

very promising ...

I still cannot believe she made me carve the

tilting scene as it is.

We finished the carved scene on Sunday afternoon.

I did like the carving part the most; in a way it is relaxing

and it was hard to stop. But in the afternoon we had to get

on with the last part of the workhop;

finish the chest, take it home ... and play!

Cosy Chair

Design by Loes and

made by Me!

Shoes and Socks!!

I bet everybody has favourite shoes which are hard to replace because they are so comfortable. But then there is the time you have to go for new ones.

I like shoes very much and it is hard for me to past a shoestore without going inside. So no problem to buy new ones!

Last saturday I joined (and enjoyed!!) a class by Wim van Soest at Annelies' place, to make miniature leather shoes. I also like to knit socks; in mini as wel as in real life so I am ready for winter!!

The pattern to knit these socks is desinged by Annelies.

Packing

Last may I joined another workshop from Wim van Soest and learned how to make this stunning suitcase from real leather.

Although it was a warm day, it was fun to do and I had a great time. But it was also fun to pack the suitcase and daydream ... in fact ... George, an 10 year old boy is packing it right now!! He is leaving this afternoon to go to visit his granddad for the weekend. They planned a visit at the observatory tomorrow and George is looking forward to it. But this evening they will have fun being busy with something they both like more than anything else: comics!!

I wish you all a great summer!!

New shoes!

Showing you my new shoes! Handmade by me, from real leather, with lots of help from Wim van Soest who designed these lovely boot-shoes. They even have a mark inside and it was great learning how make them.

It was hard to resist the brightfull colours of leather he brought ... and because summer is coming soon, I thought I'd better have more than one pair ...

Succeeded!

I was about twelve years old when I learned how to chrochet. I took it very seriously and started to make a blanket ... I used two colours; aqua and dark blue. My mother was a smart women; she bought me a new ball yarn, after I used one ... she never had to buy more than four. So entering the miniature world I did see a lot of chrocheted miniatures. I thought it would be easy to start again but it didn't work out that way. I had forgotten how do do it!! Because I had to stay much inside this week with our little dog who is recovering from a nasty infection, I thought I try again ... and today ... I did it!

All those things I would like to make; what shall I choose?