pimp a denim jacket

My daughter of 3 was given a plain denim jacket, fine by me, but i thought it really needed some craftiness to make it a bit more girly and different.

i made the parrot badge i found in a book by Brenda Smits, and made some flowers in the same color combination. and used the sewing machine to sewthem onto the jacket. hope you like it, let me know

madelon

cupcakes

Someone at work saw me crocheting, and asked me if i could make her daughter some cupcakes, so i did, i found the pattern on the bittersweetblog under bake me a cake, the pattern is really easy to do and you can make a lot of them quickly.

 i made 4 of them, 3 with varigated yarn, and one green with flowers, one with a butterfly.
here is another picture

let me know what you think, i would love to hear from you
madelon

a princess monkey

Christel Krukkert has a new book, called aapjes haken (crochet monkeys) and i have made a princess for my friends who recently had a baby girl.

let my know what you think, i would love to hear from you, madelon

a daisy square scarf

Oke it has been a long time since my last post, but this was a big project, 135 squares and about 800 end i had to weave in, but i think it turned out lovely, so here are the pictures,

first the squares, i used yellow and white for the daisy and 9 outside colours

second of the whole scarf displayed on the dining room table

and finally one more detail, it took me about four months to finish, and i am happy it looks nice
let me know what you think, madelon

bedroomrug

On the blog of creativejewishmom i found this idea of a rug made from Zpagetti, a kind of tshirt yarn. It wasn't easy, i tried 4 different patterns befor it finally worked out the way i wanted it, But when i finally found the right pattern i finished it in one day.

and this is what my daughter did when it was finally finished

well i guess she likes it, until next time,
madelon

one bird all finished

Hope you've had a nice Christmas, with this in mind, it is not a turkey.I have made a vintage curtain for the kitchen/back door window, which features a peacock. This style is called filet and it made up of open en closed squares, just follow the patron. Hope you like it, it took me quite a while but i am glad it is finished now.
Have a great new years eve and a Blessed 2012, Madelon

peas in a pod

Sinterklaas is a dutch tradition where we get gift, much like santa at christmas in other countries, it is celebrated on the 5th of december, and this year i recieved a nice crochet book with lots of nice ideas. My sister asked me to make her this one so i did :-)

this is the picture from the book, which is called Amigurumi Two ! Toys for me and you and the Baby too, writen by Ana Paula Rimoli

this is the view for the front

view from the top

and now all three peas in their pod, they look really cosy don't they, i hope my sister likes it
that is it for now, hope to be back soon, madelon