Crochet flower patch pillow

 

Hurray! It's finished, my crochet flower patch pillow. Can't tell you how pleased I am to show you. Ready on time for the gardening season to start and to make a beginning with new and different projects.

I love the way the pillow looks, it's bright, sunny, colourful and useful. Many of my crochet projects end up somewhere in the back of a cupboard, but not this one. It will be lovely in my garden house and even on my modern couch in the sitting room.

The pillow is easy to make. Simply because there is no pattern. You can just crochet the flowers that you like and sew them on the pillow cover. I chose eight colours to work with. A project like this is perfect for left over cotton yarn.

I made daisies, simple flowers, daffodils, roses, rosebuds, narcissus and flowers that did not look like flowers at first, but turned out fine in the end :-) . I can tell you, it's a  joy to work on. Do sew them on the cover randomly and tumbling over each other, to create a bit of depth. Have fun!

Wishing you a creative new week and a Happy Valentines day!

Love,

Madelief x

My crochet flower patch

Two weeks ago I told you a bit about a new crochet project I have started. I hoped to show you the result today, but it is more work than I anticipated. My flower patch needs a bit more time :-)

I enjoy working with the colourful cotton yarn I chose. To me it's the perfect way to bridge the gap between autumn and spring. Not missing the flowers in my garden too much. I chose pinks, oranges, red and yellow, which combine beautifully. It's kind of addictive working on tiny rosebuds, daisies and even some zinnia's and ranunculus.

What I should be doing is to empty the cupboards and drawers in my kitchen, but my crochet work is much more fun! On Wednesday my old kitchen will be removed, to make room for a new one which will be installed the week before Christmas. Hope all goes well. If not I will have to fetch a Chinese or Italian take away for my guests on Christmas day :-) Once the kitchen is finished, I will show you how it looks like. That will probably be somewhere at the beginning of February. Please wish me luck. It will be terribly messy in my house the coming weeks.

Next week I start decorating from Christmas. I hope I can show you some photo's next week.

Happy new week!

Love,

Madelief x

* The flower patterns all come from the internet and the book by  Claire Crompton - 200 crochet flowers and embellishments

A new crochet project

In my last post I told you I was working on a new crochet project. The colours of the Zinnia's and Dahlia's in my garden and an old painting I found in the thrift store, inspired me to pick up my crochet needle once again. I hope my little project turns out the way I imagine. If not, I am not going to show you ;-)

The little fluted domes you can see on some of the photo's are called 'Cannelés Bordelais'. They are delicious French fancies, made of a sort of pancake like batter. They are crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside and totally addictive. I am still working on the perfect shape, so forgive me if they look a bit wobbly.

I received some happy mail this week: the Christmas edition of Victorian Homes magazine with twelve pages of my photo's inside. I am so proud. I added a photo of one of the pages below, so you get an idea how it looks like. The Victorian Homes magazine is available at Barns and Noble and select book stores in the USA. I am not sure if you can buy it in other parts of the world. Sorry!

Thank you once again for leaving comments on my blog. I read them all and appreciate them very much.  I am not always able to visit your blog, but I do try. Sorry, if I haven't popped over lately.

Wishing you a lovely week!



Madelief x 

* I added two photo's of my home town, Rotterdam. The most beautiful and inspiring town there is.