Since my oldest son was born I already hardly couldn't wait until we could make things together. Now he's five, he can handle easy (and quick!!) projects nicely. And because I can hardly find nice t's for boys (are they always navy with sports-stuff on them, or is it me?) we made these two together. He designed the stencils, and we painted the shirts together. Doesn't he look cool? He's definitely trying to.
I have a lot of great cotton left by my mother, and I love all the great colors purl offers. But I'm not a great, or very patient, knitter. So scarves are a perfect project. Still, it's taken me longer than expected. So much other fun thing to do. But they'll still be nice next winter, I hope.
I had a ton of old broken tiles left from a project years ago that were taking up a lot of space. Then I found an old Kaffe Fasset mosaic book. Inspired by his vibrant floral patterns, I made this small tabletop with my old tiles. On the bottom picture my new project: Whits knits double knitted belt. Just to try out double knitting - which is incredoubly easy.
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I'm not a great fan of curtains, so our house has been derived of them since we've lived here. But the sun shining in sometimes is, even in often rainy Amsterdam, something we want to block out slightly. Not finding anything storebought I liked, I created my own roman blinds. I decorated a nice semitransparant cotton with 'bulls eyes' made of beautifully designed Japanese paper. I stitched my circles on the finished blinds. I'm quite happy with the result.
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This is the cake I designed for a Dutch design contest by retailer HEMA (see www.hema.nl and www.hemaontwerpwedstrijd.nl). This is a contest for design students, but for one year they admitted 'normal' clients as well. This is a square cake, that is easilly cut into ten little cakes: one for each guest. The Hema sells the cake now. But of course you can still make it yourself. Use a simple spongecake with a filling in the middle you like best. Spread some filling (or jam) on top to make the fondant looke silky and sleek, and make it stick well. I used this wonderful and easy marshmallow fondant (see http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htm), and used all kind of cookiecutters for the figures on top.
Maartje