Book love & wonky sewing

Michel brought home this book yesterday. I believe it's from Pottery Barn. I don't exactly know what Pottery Barn is...is it sort of the American Ikea? It's filled with beautiful photos of wonderful kids' rooms. Lots of inspiration. I love this.

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Last week I had a great idea for a flowerlike placemat. I thought it would be so cool. So I drew the shape and cut all the fabrics and sewed them all together...so far so good. But when I added the back-fabric, I suddenly thought it would be nicer to make a cushion out of it. Uh-oh, mistake! This is how it turned out: I can tell you that it looked very different in my head ;) Oh and this is what got this weekend to make up for Michel's maggot eating. Oh I didn't tell about the maggot eating yet?! Well, one day Michel made three crackers with cheese for himself. After he had eaten two, he noticed a little wriggly something on his plate. After a closer look it turned out to be a maggot. Michel looked at his remaining cracker and saw a couple of other maggots in there too...did I mention he already ate two at this point? Soooooo grooooooooosssssss!!!!!!! So I wrote an angry letter and this what we got. Maggots are supposed to be very nutricious by the way ;) *just 1 kilo this week, so that's 8 in total*

Comments

[kirsten]

oh, i saw that book on flickr and i thought it might be pottery barn! it's a store and catalog here, but it's pretty expensive. i love to drool over the catalog and get ideas from it, though.

[African Kelli]

Pottery Barn is a higher-end furniture store in the US. That book has tons of great ideas!And I think your flower is very pretty.

[carolyn]

Love the idea of having drawers under the stairs, looks like a good book.

[chest of drawers]

Love the book, like the wonky pillow too! Maggot crackers,hmmm, that puts a new outlook on the high protein diet!

[Ash]

Ick! Maggots! Now I need to check my Bolletje stuff in my cupboard. Maybe if they knew you were going to write about it on the blog they would've sent more stuff!

[Alecia]

Well I like the pillow, I think its cute and I also love your little tissue holders too! Very sweet fabrics!

[PJ]

Hello from America! I love your blog! Of course, over looking the thought of eating maggots ..LOL. Love your fabric choices! Yes, Pottery Barn is a fav here! I love the style-though I never ordered anything.;)

[hannah]

eew, maggots!! this post got me squirming I can tell you, how awful!! If you dont like your patchwork cushion why not un-stuff it and turn it back into a placemat?

[Barb]

We don't have Pottery Barn in Canada, but I check it out online for the ideas and inspiration.A favourite joke here is, "What's worse than finding a worm in your apple?"Answer: half a wormReading about the maggots reminded me of that. My country grandmother would sift weevils out of her flour and proceed to make bread and I didn't think anything of it when I was young. I've since changed my mind!

[molly]

i think your cushion looks great! i love it. that maggot story is really, really, really gross!!!

[Rebecca]

Glad you visited my blog. I love your crafts,the fabrics are beautiful, and your craft room is uplifting because I am messy too and seeing yours makes me feel better!!!www.irishcraftworker.typepad.com

[Lady Smarty Pantz]

I don't get it how are maggots nutritious? Even in the Netherlands the kids pottery barn catalog looks divive...I'd be happy if I could turn out a wonky pillow, it would be proof enough that a creative stitch exists within me!;)

[monica]

maggots eh? I've caught my little one dipping a stick in the toilette bowl and licking it. Do I need to tell you that someone had visited the toilette earler and not flushed? I'd rather have maggot every day!!!Well done with the diet, 8 kg is brilliant. What do you eat? I'd love to loose about 6 or 7. That would be good for me.

[Emmie (Better Make It A Double)]

so nice to find another Dutch blogger that writes in English! I'm still a Dutch citizen, and hope to visit next year. Thanks for your comment.P.S. Pottery Barn is a much smaller home furnishing and decorating store than Ikea, and much more expensive. Nice things, though!