tilda snowmen

My sister has been busy making some tilda snowmen.  She put them together to form a nice group.  Then she went to the secondhand store, and found an old 'virgin mary' glass dome.  That is a typical flemish thing I suppose.  Old people all had this somewhere in the house.  Anyway, she bought only the glass dome, and told the people she didn't need the mary figure.  That's my sister, not a religious bone in her body.
Now the snowmen are under the glass cupola, and sure - it is instant atmosphere in the house.

aren't we cute ? 

tilda geese

For my Easter decoration, this year I made some Tilda geese.  I love the little pattern, very easy to make.

I also added some little ... hmm... what do you call this ? .... little ears ?  They seem to belong to a little bunny don't they ?  I used some left over fabric so they match the geese.

tilda snowmen christmas decorations

Dear readers,

some time ago I bought a book showing me how to make the most beautiful Xmas decorations.  It was written by a Norwegian girl called Tone Finnanger.  Unfortunately the text was also in Norwegian... But the designs are clearly explained with step by step 'how to's and besides, I'm quite used to reading patterns.

don't you just love this ?

So this weekend I tried to make the snowmen on page 22.

It wasn't very hard work : the patterns are small, but correct.  I enjoyed making the little pijama's.  To colour the faces, I used some of my  blush, and a special textile felt tip pen in dark brown for the eyes.  I haven't made the noses yet : still trying to figure out how I can make a small carrot nose...
 
this is the result :

If you like these, be sure to visit her website !
in Dutch : http://www.dehandwerksite.nl/Webwinkel-Page-80405/Over-Tilda.html
in English : http://tildasworld.com/
in Belgium : many of her patterns and fabrics are for sale at 'De Banier'.