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Love persuaded me to move from Amsterdam, the Netherlands to Texas, USA in March 2011 and give up my day job.

August 2011, I started teaching myself how to sew. Now I'm completely hooked!

My Dutch name is best pronounced [neenka], but neenkster is my nickname given to me in grad school :).

Halter top refashion

I got this halter top 9 years ago, when I was 18 years old and just started living on my own. It was different from anything else I’d ever worn and I loved it at ...

May, 20 · in refashion,sewing

Craftsy Blue bird

Wow, time is flying so much! I really need to come up with a schedule to get my life organized! Right now, my crafting time is consistently suffering from the time I spend volunteering, cooking, ...

May, 15 · in crochet

Updated cat house

I’ve added some detailing to the cat house: ~ a bell that rings whenever Spike or Pumpkin enters the house :) They happily play with it as well! ~ a house number; I finally decided ...

May, 04

Slippers

A while ago I found free pattern pieces for moncassin style slippers. I quite liked the style of the slipper (of course I can’t find the link right now), but the pattern didn’t come with ...

May, 03

Shabby flower pillow

Sorry for not blogging for so long! Been busy lately with volunteering work, Spring cleaning and some hospital visits. Some ups and downs, but I feel I’m finally on the way up again :) I’m ...

Apr, 25

A cat house

Tutorial: A cat house by Sewtakeahike Material: quilting cotton and Pellon Peltex heavy interfacing(71F) For: Pumpkin & Spike! Cost: around $22 in total :-/. $13,50 for 4yards of heavy interfacing (that was the 50% discounted ...

Apr, 08

Hoppy, the Easter Bunny

I decided to make an easy Easter bunny this year. I think it looks sweet, but not very Easter-like. Oh well :) New chances next year. I think the Bunny needs to be bigger than ...

Mar, 31

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