Pink and Barbara

Aztec-Rose

 
So last week I was at Aztec-Rose where I met the most lovely ladies and they all made wonderful things!

On friday we did the Nora bag and on Saturday the new star-quilt. I totally forgot to take pictures but we had a lovely time!

This is the original star quilt:

On Monday night we had the Caddy workshop.

Here are some of the results:

they all where lovely and we had such a good time! Some of the girls where skeptical if we would be able to finish a bag in just a few hours but they all did!

More pictures soon!
 
 

In Holland

Hi!

I am in Holland now at Quilt it and Dotty. We had our dollquilt club and made my small quilt Dirks Dassen (dirks bowtie)

This is last months Doll Quilt made by Dorien and Jeanneke.. (in the background you can see the Pockets of Possies and Ursula's Mozaik quilt)

I had a wonderful time here and now I am on my way to Hendrik Ido Ambacht to Aztec Rose...

Bye!

Laminaria!

 
I am on my way to the airport but just wanted to show you the Laminaria ...that I against all odds finished before my trip. I made it out of silk-cashmere about 800 meters and the Laminaria is 1.10m long and 2 m wide (43 inch long and 80 inches wide. I did make another border..didn't like the border that sometimes looked like skulls...

Ok...have to run! Airplane leaves in 3 hours and we have a 1,5 hour drive left to make...!

Bye!

(ps will try to blog from Holland)

Happy Halloween or All Saints...

I love Halloween with the pumpkins and the witches so I decorated out porch yesterday afternoon.

 

I also hung my little witch. She hangs from a string  and when she spins around sitting on her broom you can look under the skirt and see her naked butt...it is so funny...

At the moment I am working on finishing the latest Pink and Barbara Patterns, so the will be printed at the printer on Monday. Also I will have new cards printed, it is so exciting. All the Pink and Barbara pattern sheets have been professionally re-done.

So when all this is done I will have one full week off the rest before I leave for my big trip to Holland. I am so excited about that! I have some projects that I would love to finish to take with me to Holland.

First I am knitting a pair of felted slippers. They are so cute. This is the test one.  

Here you can see them. The first picture shows the big slipper. You then wash it and it gets smaller and thicker...

The second project are a pair of mittens called Podster. You can find a link here. They are wonderful you can remove the flap so you can use your fingers and stick out your thumb so you can operate your ipod. I love them, and they knit up so fast...

Here is a picture of the original:

They are great christmas presents as well!

And the last project is my dream project. I know there is now way that I can finish on time but I am dreaming about it. It is my Laminaria shawl

She is turning out so lovely and I am hoping she will come with me on the trip...but...I need to do some serious knitting if I want to make that work in  a week..I will let you know how it goes...*smile*

Tonight I am having some guests over so I am making something called Croustade aux Pommes for desert, which was featured in the latest County Living Magazine.(UK)

Oh before I forget..I made a little quilt for Quilt-it and Dotty's Doll quilt Club . Here is a sneak preview of the fabrics I used. This will be this months quilt.

 

Have a great Halloween!

My baskets...

Hi!

I have been such a bad list-mommy but I have been working a bit on my baskets. I really enjoy them and I even got my aunt to start a quilt with them after her visit to our little cabin.

Here is an update of the basket wall.

This is what it looked like:

The new wall!

So the wall is growing...

Now I am just thinking about the following:

Should I start putting the blocks together or not, there are some + and - with both. 

+ I don't have to put 200 blocks together at the end which I think will be boring...

- I can't play with the colors the same way that I can't when all the blocks are done...

what do you think? Let me know!

( De vraag is...zal ik nu al beginnen met het aan elkaar zetten van de blokken? + dan hoef ik aan het einde niet 200 blokken aan elkaar te zetten...- Ik kan dan niet echt met de kleuren spelen...wat vind jij?)

You who are making this quilt as well...what are you going to do?

 

Beginners class

 
I made this quilt for my beginners class. It was so much fun to make even if I had to rush. I had only 5 days to make it and quilt it. But I love how it turned out.

We will be making this quilt in 6 weeks. The quilt is 140cm x 140 cm so big enough as a lapquilt.

I hope to be blogging again more soon. Some of you know that I had the worst virus ever and lost so many things and I had to reinstall a lott. If you have send me an email and didn't get a reply...I am sorry..virus.

Enjoy!

Big News!

I have some big news!! 

In case you are wondering why it has been so silent on the blog ..it is because I have been working hard. I am very proud to present our new logo and the Pink and Barbara website:

www.pinkandbarbara.com, please visit me there....

To celebrate you will get a 25% discount on all the patterns untill sunday the 13th of September.

You can buy them at: pinkandbarbara.etsy.com. They have all gotten a make-over, they are now new and fresh and are in English and DUTCH!

So please check out the website www.pinkandbarbara.com and tell me what you think!

Tallin 2

Hi!

This is the second part of the trip to Tallinn. Sorry it took so long to post this. I have been working hard and been sick, so a bit late.

So we were in Tallinn and there is a lot of knitting culture in Estonia. Estonia is famous for its Shawls and sweaters.

First we went to a craft store and there was a whole pile...yes a pile of lace Shawls, they cost only about 70 euro's and are hand knitted!

yes whole piles....

Then we went to the city walls where they have stalls with some awesome knitted sweaters and things:

 

We went to different knitting stores and one outside of town was wonderful. They had wonderful things and sp cheap. This is what I bought...

I just love these wonderful cardigan button and this new book about estonian lace:

A look inside:

I have already started making a new shawl from the grey yarn...

Enjoy!

Thallin

We had so much fun in Tallinn...

Here are some pictures...

the boat:

leaving Stockholm:

the town:

the old town is very nice. Outside of the city walls there are some newer shopping malls and things like that....

In the next segment I will tell you more about the knitting in Tallinn

bye for now

Vacation mode

Hi!

It feels like I am still a bit on vacation mode even if I have been working hard...so Weronica and I had this crazy plan 2 days ago to go on vacation somewhere. So today we are leaving to Tallin, Estonia.

I am so looking forward to it...more pictures on Monday when I am back!