Apocalyps

Another Illustration I made for school. The article it is for is called 'Apocalyps' and is written by Jan Terlouw. I am not terribly satisfied with what the background looks like, but I am happy to have found a way of drawing that I feel comfortable with.

Finished scarf

I finally finished and blocked the scarf I started more than a year ago. I used it to knit on the train. I'm really happy with it. This will be a gift for my aunt. I'm quite sure she doesn't know I have a blog, so she won't see it.
The other picture is a study for school I finished. I am not satisfied with it, but comments are welcome. I am trying to combine painting, drawing, embroidering and fabric in a way that actually works. This one doesn't. Check my flickr site to see the whole piece, this is just a detail. (link to my flickr is on the left)

Achieve

Illustration I made for a school assignment. It is supposed to accompany an article about how younger people nowadays feel the need
(or pressure actually) to achieve something.
The picture is about a discussion in my country about a 13 year old girl who wants to sail around the world alone to set a world record. In the sail is written 'I must achieve something'.

Chanson en Crochet

And this is the finished product...
(The pattern is called Chanson en Crochet.)
It is a kind of cape with a button in the front.
I enjoyed making this. I might even make another one in the future.
The pattern can be found here.
Be sure to check on the errata though! The original pattern has loads of mistakes.

Crochet

So I have decided not to open my shop yet. I have been thinking. I don't want to use my shop just to make money.
I want it to be a place where I can sell items that I make because I like making them. I don't want to create things just to be able to put them in a shop. I think that will be appreciated more as well. So I'll go on create stuff I like and if I like it enough it will end up in my shop. And of course everything will be posted here as well.
So what have I been doing. School has started again and suddenly I have lots to do. In the last week(s) of my vacation I have done a lot of knitting and crocheting. A quick peek of a project I have been doing...

Etsy

I know I haven't been posting regularly, but I still hope I have some readers out there. I am using the last bit of my summer holiday to finally open my Etsy shop. No things to buy yet, but that will be there soon.

Etsy Buy Handmade FlowersAndLemons

The blue link leads you to my favorite items by other sellers. Click on 'Shop Home' to find my own shop.

Stackable Bugs

Finally I made something worthy of showing off on my blog; my Stackable Bugs!
These are made of felt and can be stuck together into a tiny bug-tower. This is still a first version, but I'm planning on improving them and making more and in different versions.. Maybe a version with no beads and embroidered eyes so that smaller children can play with this too. I'm not really sure. Once I've figured that out they'll be for sale on my etsy. (I opened my etsy store, but haven't worked on it yet. So there is no description and no items for sale. I am very excited to begin working on that once I have the time (a few more weeks of school..)