My lavender kitchen

And at last our kitchen changed again.
Lavender blossom and butterflies flutter.

Several evenings with my favorite sewing machine.

And here we have the result: tablecloth, towels with hanger loop and covers with zips for cushions on chairs.

New spoon rest

And lavender seeds that in 3-4 months it would also smell lavender.

How the new toy appears... or Sunny Bunny is looking for new home)

A little-story about a birth from ball of  yarn  of cute Sunny Bunny who looking for  new home and best friends.

What can be done from 5 old jeans, 5 spools of thread and more than 50 meters of lace

What can we do with the old jeans? Transform it to something absolutely new!!

Process of transformation was recorded and that is how a appeared  photo documented  master-class for…

What was created you will see at the end.

Snip the jeans on squares 18 x 18 sm.

Christmas chores - Part 3 (Festive kitchen)

New kitchen decorations in New Year theme were created in last two days: tablecloth with wide edging, waffle towels with eyelet and replaceble cover for the cushions on chairs with zip fastener.

And more... a New Year fairy now lives on the clock.

Merry Christmas and Happy New  Year! I wish happiness and all the best!

Christmas chores - Part 2 (Christmas wreath)

The second phase of preparation to New Year was creating Christmas wreath.

For the basis we gathered withies fallen after storm. But we coudn't start it immediately that day thus several days later we  moistened it in warm water. 

To make the circle form I took top of simple aluminum can and began to plait twig after twig.

 

When the width of the wreath was sufficient I used threads in several places to fasten it.

Then I attached cones to it with threads. Entwined the bun of the cones and tied it to the wreath. However wire would be much more appropriate.

In the space between the cones I have fixed small decoration balls on a satin ribbon. Grouped it by three items and cycled dull with enameled ones.

 Two twigs of thuja and several of briar literally transformed the wreath. I used satin ribbon to fasten the twigs. Remained decoration balls I fixed in the assumed bottom point of the wreath.

The last step was to make the band to hang the wreath and to make a beautiful bowknot.
Our Christmas wreath is ready.

As long as the preparations to the New Year not finished yet, to be continued...

Christmas chores - Part 1 (Christmas tree)

Whole last week we were busy creating Christmas decorations.

The main goals are safety, beauty, style.

Toys shouldn’t crack up, get broken or smashed even when a baby will pull it from the tree. But they must well-balanced that the number must be big enough even when child takes some.

I decided to sew hearts. I used cotton and remain cloths for curtains.

That is how the first hears appeared.

And then five more:

And some more:

 

And more:

 

At the end there was a whole basket of hearts (20 items of each color):

We assembled our Christmas tree and started to decorate it.

And here it is well-dressed and elegant ready for the holidays.

 

Christmas tree light up!!

 

To be continued…

Summer spirit: strawberry field in our kitchen

And here is the beginning of November.

Sunny days happens more rarely and sometimes sky overcast whole day.  Exactly in the days like this the summer is wanted the most.

We were at home, my little daughter and I and we decided to bring a small part of summer at home. We pulled the box with different cloths from storeroom and found long time ago bought shantung cloth and waffle linen with pattern of strawberry field and another cloth with green spots on a bright green field. My daughter loves to play with different cloths and moreover with so bright and colored.

In our kitchen new summer things appeared in two days: strawberry field on the table cover, six waffle towels and a pillow on a chair.