Blog of a Tilda fan

Our lovely kitten Yara

2012-01-29T09:34:00.000-08:00

I already told you that we had chosen a kitten in October and now she is living with us since the beginning of November :-)

She is so sweet but also behaving like a little toddler exploring everything and run like crazy through the house. She became friends with our other cat Sissel and they play together as long as Yara keeps the playing a little calm. So happy we took Yara into our home and into our hearts.

Swap with Muriel

2012-01-29T09:24:00.000-08:00

I already showed you what beautiful swapparcel Muriel send me a few months ago but I didn't show you yet what I have send her. I send her this stitched painting, a angel and a tissueholder and some other goodies that I didn't put on picture.

Tilda paintings

2012-01-29T09:15:00.001-08:00

When visiting Kikidoe in October my friend Margriet and I were inspired to make a kind of scraping paintings with Tilda paper. But after buying the lovely Tilda paper I got the idea to scan them and print them out on cotton. So I only used fabric for this paintings. I also made a little Tilda stitching on it. You can't see it on the pics but also used some sparkling glue to give some little accents on the roses and birds.

And like this is looks all together

2012-01-29T09:13:00.001-08:00

Skate

2012-01-29T08:45:00.000-08:00

This skate is also a Tilda design. I used lace and pearls and the blade I first painted white and then used sparkling silver glue on it. I also filled up the skate instead of leaving it flat.

My favourite angel!

2012-01-29T08:34:00.000-08:00

Since I was introduced to Tilda I already fell in love with this Tilda winter angel and ordered the Tilda felt but didn't find the time to make her. But last September I finally started making her and I'm so proud of the result. On the bottom of the jacket and sleeves I used little pink sequins and embroidered a french knot on it with red wire. The buttons on the jacket are made of little pink pearls. Isn't she lovely!! She got the company of two reindeer which I already made for the Xmas of 2010.

Feeling not so fine

2012-01-29T08:24:00.000-08:00

Hi to all of you. It's already been a long while since my last message but I have some health problems. Not long after my last message on my blog I started to have headaches every day and 1 or two days a week it's so bad that I have to stay in bed. I already got a ct-scan and mri scan and many bloodtests. Also got a lumbar puncture two weeks ago. Wow that was so painfull and after that got extra headache when sitting or standing so for that had to stay laying down for almost one week. At the moment waiting for the results of the puncture and the bloodtest. But good news is that I don't have a braintumor or other deviations in my head. Hope they will give me some new medication this week cause at moment it still isn't getting better and I'm so tired of it. Emotional I'm tired but also fysical. So know you know why I haven't been posting messages for a while. Also my creativity is not so big at the moment so last weeks didn't make anything. But there are a few things that I made before and didn't show you yet. I will show you them in my next messages.

Creative daughters :-)

2011-10-23T12:13:00.000-07:00

Today our two girls (8 and 10 years old) decided to be creative too. They decided to make a Tilda matroesjka doll. Just assisted them a little with working on the sewing machine and ironing the face on the doll and gave the advice how to fill them correctly. So I'm very proud to show you the result.

The one on the right is made by Lisa (1o) and the one on the left by Rosa (8).

Tilda horse

2011-10-23T12:06:00.001-07:00

Last week I finished this Tilda horse that I made for my youngest daughter Rosa. She has

horse-riding lessons and adores horses so much. Of course I gave the Tilda horse the name of her favorite pony. Normally I would put some nice pieces of fabric on the horse as decoration but Rosa told me that it was pretty enough like this.

Kitten

2011-10-17T12:21:00.001-07:00

I also want to share with you that on October 30th we will get a new member in our family. It will be a little kitten called Yara. She is half maine coon (mom) & half Europian short hair (dad). We hope she will turn out with half long hair. We choose her out of a nest with 7 kittens, two weeks ago, and she stole our heart. Hope all will go good when introduce her to our other cat called Sissel (14 years old). Just after summerholiday we had to put our other cat (Sissel's sister) to sleep and since then Sissel is crying like a baby. Especially at night. It drives us crazy. So now two weeks more of waiting for Yara to take her to our home. Seems to last forever when you are waiting. Last Saturday the owner send us a new picture of her. So here she is (6 weeks old):

The swapbox arrived!

2011-10-17T12:00:00.000-07:00

This spring I organized a Tilda bag swap but there where not enough participants. So it became just a swap between Muriel and me. Because we were both a little busy we agreed to send the swap later and last Saturday the swapbox arrived. Muriel made me very happy with a very big shopperbag, a little Tilda partybag, a fq of very nice fabric, a ribbon and a YUM YUM cake called Pastis Landais (its made in the area of France where she lives). THANK YOU MURIEL!!! I love all things you send me. So here are some pics of it.

Isn't it all lovely! The little Tilda bag is so cute! .I love the fabric it's made off. Its a kind of coated fabric and Muriel filled it with a soft layer inbetween. Now have to find a project to use the lovely fq of fabric. Any suggestions?

The showroom of Kikidoe

2011-10-09T11:18:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I visited with my friend Margriet the showroom of the internetshop were I often buy my Tilda fabrics (www.kikidoe.nl). It was nice to meet Kiki the owner and she has a lovely showroom. Its decorated in pink and white and she sells so many nice things. Not only Tilda but also many other craft things and things from Clayre & Eef. We have spend almost 2,5 hour in her shop and ofcourse couldn't leave with empty hands. So have a look at what I bought.

I bought 6 new Tilda fabrics, Tilda labels and a Tilda card, Tilda ribbon, Tilda cut out sheets (2 are not on the picture), some little pearl hearts and two little charms with birds in a heart.

I felt like a kid in a candychop :-) For sure will go there more often.

Hallway

2011-09-26T11:28:00.001-07:00

Finally just before the summerholiday we finished re-decorating the hallway

We got new wallpaper and I bought a little old cabinet to hang on the wall which i painted and changed. The back of the cabinet i replaced by a smaller back so just the small cabinet has a back and the rest of the cabinet is open. Then added some extra wood undernead the cabinet so I could put some hooks there. Also I crocket a ribbon with flowers to put on the cabinet edges. The big cabinet got re-painted and got new old style handles. At the moment I crocket a curtain with roses in it for the window in the hallway. So think will be busy with it for a while. Do you like the result?

A new start

2011-09-25T23:43:00.000-07:00

I decided to make a brand new start with my blog and deleted all old messages. This makes it easier for me to start again. Like a fresh wind blowing through my mind. I also made a new start with my little blogshop. It feels so good. Soon will show you some new pictures of my Tilda creations and of the entery of the house were we were busy for a while re-decorating.

Love

Maaike xx