Pure joy! (Part 1)
I have a special connection with the Netherlands. Since I moved to Europe in 2000, for several reasons, I’ve always kept going there… I have so many, many stories involving myself and people in / from the Netherlands during the last ten years…
I love Dutch people, they’re so cool and friendly. The flat landscape is perfect for what I like doing the most outodoors: biking!
There’s green and water everywhere in the Netherlands. The country side is fantastic. Dutch are crazy about their gardens and they take lots of care of them.
Here’s a photo that I took two days ago of the sea at Scheveningen, near Den Haag.
Last weekend, my husband and I went to visit Thongbai Tatong’s warm and beautiful house in Ter Aar (not so far from Amsterdam). She and her husband are the sweetest hosts and made our stay in there perfect…
Thongbai Tatong is a very talented independent clothes designer based in the Netherlands… and hoping you know me, you may know that I am a huge fan of her work!
While visiting her, I had the honour to discover her atelier and play a little to create my own personalized ThongBai Tatong skirt (under her supervision of course! ;))
After selecting my favorite fabrics, we examined very well the pattern and style. Bai had to brief me before taking her magic scissors in my hands and using her wonderful sewing machine :)
Actually I needed to learn a special stitch with that machine…
But at the end and following Tongbai directions, I think I managed to do it right.
If you want to see the final result… I will show you some pictures on the 2nd part of this post ;)
Stay tuned…
