FROM FANNY

Received from Fanny in Belgium, August 2012.

I have received a pretty colorfull letter from Fanny, who studies textile design in Bruxelles. If you are interested in seeing Fanny's projects you can see it here and her lovely photos here. 

Lovely colors and a beautiful sample of yarn.

Like me she likes visiting fleamarkets, the handkerchief is from one. And she has made a little drawing too.

Glitter!!

A sample dyed in the Shibori technique. I really think this looks wonderful, as Fanny have chosen a textile which already have a pattern. They goes together in a beautiful way. 
Dear Fanny, thank you so much for your lovely letter.

FROM CAMILA

Received from Camila Faria, Brazil, July 2012.

I have fallen in love with the photos of Camila's Não Me Mande Flores beautiful blog. I don't understand what she writes, but I like
visiting it often.
Camila work as a freelance writer and lives in Rio de Janeiro.

The colorful letter from Camila, which makes me so happy.
She has send me two pieces of Chita fabrics, which is a cotton fabric with prints in strong colors, usually florals. The top fabric portrays
a weel-known figure in Brazil specially in Bahia. Baianas are women who are engaged in the profession of selling the delicacies of Bahia cuisine.

Yellow buttons and dotted ribbon, with a pink thread. So lovely.

A sweet little banana felted brooch made by Camila. He is so sweet, with his red cheeks.

Stars in glitter.
Dear Camila, thank you so much for your colorful letter. I became so happy when opening it.

FROM EVDOKIA.

Received from Evdokia in Greece, July 2012.

A wonderful letter came to me in the beginning of July from Greece. Evdokia is a grapfic designer, who also likes to work with ceramic, which you can see on her etsy have a kookie page.
I like the way her blogname have got the name! On have a kookie she writes:
"my family and friends are calling me kokie.
...& because i enjoy eating cookies
i made it a little bit sweeter ;)
 so have a kookie!

A little while ago I send my letter to Evdokia, which can be seen here.

The whole letter from Evdokia. I'm in love with the little pressed flower.

A mobile with small origami boats which she has dyed with black tea, to give them the sepia color and painted afterwards.

I simple love the torn paper!

Evdokia have send me this beautiful photo she has taken on the Naxos Island. Like her, I love the shadows the lamp gives in the picture.

Pieces of different kinds of textiles and handmade paper.

(NOT ONLY) TEXTILES
Love it!

Dear Evdokia, thank you so much for your lovely letter. Your mobile with the folded boats is hanging in my window at my studio.

FROM JULIE.

Received from Julie in Holland, June 2012.

Julie has the amazing blog Daisies & Daffodils with the most pretty photos. I like to visit often.

She lives in Haarlem, close to Amsterdam. Today she is working in a bank, being creative with numbers. In her free time she likes to draw, do crochet, write letters and work on little projects. As she writes: "many ideas, only little time, always work in progress".

The envelope itself is a piece of art. I so much love the flowers.

This tiny little button Julie has sent me is so amazing, beautiful and pretty. I wish I had a lot. There is so much detail in the embroidery stitches. I would like to make some of these too.

Other buttons which is pretty together.

Julie’s boyfriend is from Portugal and every year they visit his family. The Portuguese stamps with a lot of details are fantastic. Some look like tiles.

The beautiful letter full of surprises from Julie.

Dear Julie, thank you so much for your letter. The tiny little embroidered button is already hanging on my hall.

FROM SABINE.

Received from Sabine in Germany, May the 29.

I have got a letter without words from Sabine.
I know Sabine through her flickr Virginhoney. Sabine is an artist and illustrator and some of her work can be seen here, here, here and here. I really think her work is full of poetry and there is so much fairytale in it too. Love, love, love.

The beautiful package from Sabine. Everything from the fabric to the little card to the small tags is amazing.

Inside the package I found a flat little box with colorful fabric squares on. And inside that  two envelopes made of transperant paper. Again with a square on.

The letter from Sabine is full of joy, Summer, colors and sweetness. I love the mix of squares in different kinds of combinations.
There were actually six candyes in the letter, but I have a very sweet tooth and when opening the letter, I ate two and after the photoshoot all is gone. Yummi!

Dear Sabine, thank you so much for your lovely letter full of joy. I will hang the squared fabric in my studio.

FROM CÉLINE.

Received from Céline -Bohème Circus in France, May the 18.

I have got such a lovely letter from Céline who writes the stunning blog Bohème Circus. I invited Céline to take part of my textile letters and I'm so happy for her letter. Mine to her can been seen here.

Céline is in love with paper and her dream is to open an online shop. She likes the magic of the paper, because it's a material convertible and so rich in possibilities. It's the medium to exchange mail and it can be the basic material to create sculptures.

The letter from Céline.

An association between paper and fabric; sewing in the paper.
The stitches is so fine and the coral colored buttons is so sweet and nice.

Zig zag paper. It remeinds me of twill, the second basic weaving technique.

Print on a paper.

Fabric and a mother of pearl button on paper.

The paper to the right have the most beautiful 3-d effect. Almost like a textile. And to the left a tiny little envelope.

Inside the tiny little envelope were these yellow leafes and the stickers in cobber.

The letter from Céline written on transperant paper. So beautiful!

Dear Céline, thank you so much for your pretty and lovely letter. I have putted the zig zag paper on my wall in my studio and the coral buttons.

FROM OLGA.

Received from Olga in Russia, March the 29.

My textile letter from Olga is so amazing.
Eventhough I don't really know Olga in person face-to-face, there is something about her letter to me and her blog which reminds me of each other, and this is why I think I have got to know Olga even more than a face-to-face meeting.
Olga's blog and her letterwriting is so fragile and I'm so happy to get to know her.

My letter from Olga.

Olga have a White Room, where you can purchase her fantastic jewellry and her prints of watercolor work. Here is an iris and I have putted it together with a perlehyacint, thats what we called in Danish. I think they goes nicely together.

In Danish this little bird is called a Gulspurv. Also a print of a watercolor from Olga's shop. I think the details in the watercolor is so beautiful and it's like I can touch the little bird.

A pretty little blockprint.

Solid colors are so beautiful light.

This blue indigo and white cotton fabric is usually used as towels in the trains of Russia. Simpel, but still so classic!

A little note from Olga to me!!

Olga have been collecting tapes for a long time, and here is a little collection.

These two are my favorites. Especially the simpel white one with the black stripe in a 3-d effect would look nice on a dress.

Full of Spring and happiness. These tapes are so amazing.

Dear Olga, thank you for your fragile textile letter to me, your little bird will soon be hanging at my studio.