Oudegracht bag

As you might know, I live in the city of Utrecht. The Oudegracht (Old Canal) in Utrecht is one of the most iconic places of the city. The canal meanders through the city centre. At street level there are shops and at the waterfront lots of restaurants. In summer I love to buy an icecream …

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Ouddorp Pouch

Vroeger had ik een bijbaan op een strandtent vlakbij mijn huis. Op een van de mooiste stranden van Nederland (mijn mening ;)) in Ouddorp waar ik elke avond de zon in de zee kon zien zakken. De kleuren van dit patroon deden mij terugdenken aan deze zonsondergangen, vandaar de naam; Ouddorp Pouch. Omdat ik niet …

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Interlocking arches

The interlocking arches crochet stitch is a stunning stitch, especially when used with different colours. The effect of the spike dc is amazing.  De interlocking arches haaksteek is een mooie combinatie van steken, helemaal wanneer je deze gebruikt met verschillende kleuren. Het effect van de verlengde stokjes is geweldig.   I used this stitch for …

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Amsterdam Bag

For this bag I was inspired by the almost 2000 bridges in Amsterdam. Most of these bridges have beautiful arches and their reflection in the water is always a beautiful sight.  The Amsterdam bag is a quick make and easily adaptable when it comes to colours. Perfect to make your own unique bag.  De bijna …

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Sunflower bag

Who doesn’t love a bright and flowery crocheted bag? Sunflowers inspire this bag. Using my sunflower square and Tunisian crochet for the handle, this bag is a showstopper in my eyes 🙂 The details of the pattern are on Ravelry and there you can also get the PDF pattern for the sunflower bag, following this link.  …

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Sunflower square

This post is written in English / Deze post is geschreven in Nederlands Here you will find the pattern for the Sunflower square. I made the square with Yarn and Colors Epic yarn, the colours are given for each round.  With this square I made the Sunflower Bag! That pattern can be found here.  Hier …

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How to Mosaic Crochet

How to make mosaic crochet? / Hoe werkt de mozaïeksteek? There are many different ways to mosaic crochet, this is mine. The border of the blanket is crocheted in rounds, each round is crocheted in a different colour. All single crochets are crocheted in the back loops of the previous row, all double crochets are crocheted …

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I am working on it

This site is still under construction. In the meantime: all patterns can be found on www.studiomadelaine.blogspot.com. See you soon!

Ibiza bag

This post is written in English / Deze post is geschreven in Nederlands   Once upon a time I visited the beautiful island Ibiza together with my parents and my sister. When we were on a viewpoint overlooking the sea and the islands of Es Vedra in the distance I saw a woman with a beautiful …

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Sunshine bag

This post is written in English / Deze post is geschreven in NederlandsA while ago we were going to spend the weekend camping and last minute I realised I had packed everything except for a crochet project. So I ran upstairs, grabbed a few balls in the happiest colours available. That weekend I just made …

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