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Klaar om de wereld in te trekken! |
Genieten van de lentezon. |
Hedelg-finger Riesenkirsche in the border next to the porch. |
Lupins I started from seed last year. |
I hope to see them flower this summer. |
Forget-me-not blue. |
I'd forgotten I had imported this little beauty from my oma's garden last year: a pleasant surprise! |
Phlox subulata "Candy Stripes". I introduced this little beauty this year. It's really cute, so I hope it feels at home. |
Aquilegia. Just another example of how it pays to look closely, before the brightness of the flower draws our eye. How prety is that? |
The peonies in the front garden are coming into bud. This year I left last years dry stems in place as support for this years blooms. |
Since a few years I keep violets in pots for a bit of winter cheer. |
The tulip have done their thing. |
The new leaves on the Wisteria are pretty, but every year I'm hoping for some flowers at last ... what am I doing wrong? |
A pot planted with white pansies (Marieke's choice), Bellis perennis and pink forget-me-nots. |
Back garden. I made the garden arch from a plan in Geoff Hamilton's "Cottage Gardens". The chicken have moved to the back garden for a while, to keep the weeds there (a lot of bindweed!) in check. |
In my pajamas! |
In spring this room is bursting with anticipation! |
Dahlia. |
Iceland poppies. |
Giant sunflowers, each of my four kids sowed three seeds. |
More Iceland poppies, not exactly thriving in the paper pots... |
Topolino sunflowers: a lovely gentle shade of yellow, and small enough to serve as cut flower. |
An overview of all its pastel cuteness! |
Tulip. I designed the tulip block myself. I quilted it to accent the petals and leaves, pressing the background back with very dense parallel lines. |
Baby Animals. |
Spring Sunshine. |
Flying Geese, leaving for the North after spending winter with us. |
Easter Baskets, filled with tulips, buttercups, bunnies and strawberries. |
Basket, filled with tulips and surrounded by butterflies. |
Spring Breeze. I quilted breezy swirls in the background. |
Easter Bunnies. I designed this myself. There is very little contrast between the bunnies and the background (that's the way it is in nature, too), but flattening the background with quilted clam shells helps the bunnies jump out a bit more. Find the free pattern by clicking here. |
Spring Blossom. I designed this one, too, for the center dresden, I used a pattern from Happy Flower Quilts. |
I'm especially proud of the detailed finishing. |
I reinforced the buttonhole with cordonnet thread. |
Thighten, ... |
... and knot ... |
... and done! |
I even added some jeans nails. |
Neat topstitching. |
Made with love! |
Top stitching on the butt pockets. |
Very proud of the fully functional fly (only the second fly I made that I am really pleased with). |
I lined the pockets with a leftover from a pair of summer pants that I made for myself (from a coupon, no less, how's that for frugal sewing?) |
Tadaa! It's done! And it fits, too! |
My beautiful boys, in beautiful shorts. |