Summer in Europe gallery

It looks like I’m the first one to receive, and I received such an amazing swap package from @Silky_Bee . She asked for a picture of my bike and let me pick a colour scheme, plus she’s shown pictures here of her own bike-related crafts, so I had some idea of what she was working on. But I was still blown away by what she made!

She made a pannier bag for my bike! It’s huge, and it can be taken off and used both as a backpack and as a tote. The fabric is waterproof and every time I look at it I discover new features. It’s a super practical design.


Front

Back (hidden under the “flap” are the hooks you use to attach it to the bike)

In use

As for the German thing, she sent me this watercolour and embroidery hoopla of a German beach scene. It depicts a Strandkorb, a wicker beach chair that’s very typically German. I’ve heard of them but not seen them in real life. We don’t have them here in the Netherlands. I wish we had - due to medication I’m extremely sensitive to the sun so I have to stay in the shadow. I can picture myself in a Strandkorb with a good book!

And then she included these German sweets! That bag of UFOs was way fuller when it arrived, I don’t know what happened :innocent:

I stitched a beach scene myself last year and I never got around to framing it, but I think I need to hurry up now so I can hang them together. Thank you so much @Silky_Bee !!

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