PLAY-CARPET FULL OF MEMORIES (part 1)

Playing with the LEGO is so much fun, but these little pieces are always spread out over the floor ;-( And my feet don't like them, it really hurts...

We definitely need a play-carpet!!!!

How do we start??? 

I came across some boxes full of baby clothes from my angels ;-)

That would be nice : A PLAY-CARPET FULL OF MEMORIES!!!!!!

I got the crazy idea to make the play-carpet out of those tiny little baby-clothes. This must have been the way patchwork was invented.

photo 1: cut all the clothes in the same rectangular shape

And believe me, it broke my heart cutting their baby-clothes, but one day, when this project is finished, they 'll enjoy their old clothes again, in another way ;-)

photo 2: first put them in a nice order and then sew them all together

Unfortunately, I have the same problem as probably everyone of you, and that is a lack of TIME. So one day this project will be finished!!!

BIRTHDAY-GIFT FOR TEACHER AND KIDS

What to give the teacher and the kids from school when your daughters 4th birthday is coming up?

We made delicious muffins. But I wanted to give something personal to take along. So I looked in my recycle boxes... and I found:

Two old jerseys a bleu and a brown one, an old jeans and an old shirt.

Make a mold, and copy it on the inside of the jersey's. Cut it, sew it. And leave a little hole, where you can turn it inside out. Then stuff it, and stitch the little whole. Cross stitch the eyes, nose and mouth.

You can personalize it the way you want. I put the first letter of every kid's name on the belly, and put a name card on the side.

I used an old bleu jersey to make nice personalized bears for the girls,and an old brown jersey for the boys.

For the teacher I made a nice bag from an old jeans!!! And to take it to school I put all the bears in the bag.

To personalize the bag I put the teacher her name on one side of the bag with a few flowers.

and on the other side I put all the names of her pupils.

JUMPER WITH A FLOWER

FLOWER!!!!

A crocheted flower skirt we have. And I found a few balls of thick yarn, perfect for a jumper to wear with the skirt.

But this time I felt more like knitting.
First the collar. Set up as many stitches as needed for the collar (measure the neck)
then knit 10 plain lines
then knit 5 plain lines, 5 purl lines, etc and add every line one stitch every 5 stitches.
Continue this procedure until the jumper is long enough.

 On the collar I put a nice big button, and I used the crocheted flower as a buttonhole.

And now the SHOW!!!

tahdah!!!!

The flower purse

What to do with that little bit of yarn that is leftover from the previous crocheted flower skirt? 

Let 's make a nice little purse that matches the flower skirt!!!

And of course, we can't forget the flower so it fits into our FLOWER COLLECTION ;-)

CROCHETING MY FIRST SKIRT

yep,

You can't stop me anymore, I'm totally into crocheting ;-)

I found a nice ball of yarn, and didn't really know what to crochet. So I started what I thought would become a nice bag to stow my knitting needles.

But my creative mind was up to something else ... and my hands just followed ...

And my daughter just loves the result... And I have to admit, I love it too ;-)

Now we can start crocheting a bag for my crocheting needles, you never know what it will become  ;-)