My girl,

and her machine.

No

swimming news. Instead: rainbows,

a couple of drawings of me holding a baby doll and a shoe,

and three strawberries picked this morning.

Have a good weekend.

more

smocks. I changed the width of the binding on these which made it easier to sew around the armholes. I also think it has a neater more finished look (the pink/red one has the wider binding)

swimming 3/10

tomorrow. maybe.

swimming 2/10

M. did not get her shoulder wet.

M. did go one step lower into the water (for 20 sec.) + let the teacher hold her while picking out a toy + held on to the teacher for dear life while enduring one round of ring-around-the-rosie.

we’ll work on the shoulder tomorrow.

Thank you H&M,

for M’s new favorite accessory.

(M. told me when to take the picture for each of these shots)

swimming 1/10

-M. got the lower half of her body wet. Apparently she’s all done with swimming classes.

-post swim was pretty great though  (Mom’s favorite part too) Very important swim bag sewn last night.

-this guy loved it.

M. plans to get one shoulder wet tomorrow. Stay tuned.

Art smocks

+ art kits,

for some very special artists.

From one of my Japanese craft books?

Nope.

+have a great weekend.

Fabric:

my favorite shop:

vintage cotton from France:

cotton voile:

Dutch patterns:

PVC coated cottons:

I wish I had more photos of the shops and markets but unfortunately I was too busy shopping.

+ thanks to my brother, who not only organized this trip, but spent hours in the markets (well, drinking beers in the pub) while I drooled over fabrics.

Amsterdam

and home again.

I’ll post my fabric finds this afternoon.