Pink and Barbara

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!

What I bought in Holland

Something I haven't showed you is what I bought for myself when I was in Holland. I bought some fabrics from Quilt-it&Dotty and from Petra Prins

I am hoping this will become one of my new quilts will also be on my class program for this Autumn

Isn't it lovely!?

The Fair

I had so much fun the 4 days at the fair. It was so much fun to meet my customers and hear their responses. The fair location and the quilts were wonderful! I would like to thank everybody who stopped by our booth. Here are some photo's of the fair.

My book:

 

I have been working on a new mini-quilt while I am here. I will post a picture soon!

Enjoy!

2 new quilts

Hi!

I have 2 new quilts to show you. 

This one is called love letters and uses both applique, crazy quilting and piecing as techniques.

The second quilt is the scrap quilt:

Both quilts will have their premier at the OEQC in Velthoven next week. I will be in the booth of Quilt it & Dotty so stop by and have a look. 

Also these patterns will be available in Dutch in my etsy-shop! The English versions are going to be available soon as well!

Enjoy!

The nightingale bag!

I am so happy to show you the new bag pattern called Nightingale. It comes in 2 versions, cute flowers and hexagons or you can make up your own design.

Everything you need to know is clearly explained in the pattern. You can buy it in my etsy-shop now for $8 a pattern. It is a PDF file, so I will send it to you right away and I you can print it yourself. I made a Dutch and a English version.

Enjoy!

Pink Nora

Hi!

It has been quiet here on the blog but I am working hard behind the scenes for the next fair in Velthoven, Holland.

One thing I have made that I can share with me is....the Pink Nora...  Enjoy!

Birthday present...

A friend of Weronica and I had a birthday last week. So we got together and made her the Caddy bag since she loves baskets and stuff. We also bought here some garden tools and a new rose, since she is a Gardner and has some great roses all-ready.

The bag:

The inside of the bag:

Hope she will love it and use it often!

Enjoy!

6 Nora's made by 6 girls......

My knitting group and I started at 10:00 on Saturday behind the sewingmachine. Some of the girls hadn't sewn much prior to the sewingclass at all. But at 18:00 they all had a bag. They are all so different but so lovely..

So now all the girls have the perfect knittingbags. Enjoy!

It's melting...yeah!!

Hi!

It is such a beautiful day today, the sun is shinning. It is still cold here but the snow is melting bit by bit. I am so happy about it. (you can see the snow still on the background of the picture)  I can't wait to start on my garden. I have already planted some seeds that are now in my windowsills, some have already started to grow!

The free give away party is now. Thank you all so much for entering. It was lovely to read! Tonight I will draw a winner and the 5 extra winners. The free pattern you will all be getting is being test-sewn now, just to make sure that everything is OK, so you can start looking for it on Sunday!

I am still working on my Tangled Yoke cardigan and it is looking wonderful.

 I also finished this 2 weeks ago.

It is called Serpahim by Miriam Felton and it is made out of Handmaiden Sea-silk yarn. The color is called Rose garden I  really like it but it got a bit too big. I drown in it ..but think It will be wonderful on a cold summers night sitting outside.

 

I am also working on some new designs for the upcoming show The Open  European Quilt Championships in Velthoven, Holland. It is from the 30 of April until the 3th of may. I will have some spoiler pictures coming soon, but that is why it has been so quiet on the blog...

Talk to you soon again...take care!

Free give aways!

Hi!

After researching how many people visit my website in a week...I was chocked and very happy to see that you were so many!(over 200!!) That made me wonder....WHO ARE YOU??....

So I came up with this idea....The "Tell me who you are" give away party....

This is what I am giving away!

1 person will get the Nora, Ella and Caddy bag pattern and all my stitchery for free.

5 people will get my bird stitcheries.

Everybody who enters will get a pattern/tutorial of a small drawstring bag !

To enter this is what you need to do:

Tell me who you are...what is your name?..where do you live? If you would tell me what you like to read about, how you found me and what kind of crafting you are most interested in I would be thrilled!

You can send me an email or leave a comment. Please don't forget to leave your email address so I can send you your patterns. You have until Sunday the 22nd of March to do this.

I hope you will write me! Good luck!