dinsdag 30 oktober 2012

Morning light in France

Morning light is so special in fall.

The trees are almost unreal....




donderdag 25 oktober 2012

My rings made with vintage buttons....

Some months ago I bought some vintage/antique buttons at the fleamarket. I asked Lucie to make two rings with the buttons. here they are. No more words needed!





These pictures are made by Lucie.

maandag 15 oktober 2012

Baby quilt for the Christmas market

I made this babyquilt for the Christmas market of Sarzay Creatif. I became a member of this club and every year they organize a Christmas market. This year I did not do summermarkets so there are a lot of small things left to sell.
The baby quilt measures 1,25 x 125, rather big for a babyquilt but it could also be used as a playblanket for a toddler.


I also started to crochet a pillow cover for the market, I only need to crochet another 16 granny's!

And of course, I also quilted my poststampquilt. 

My cat 'bibiche' also likes the quilt....


So this week I was rather busy!


woensdag 10 oktober 2012

AMAZING kitting and crochet ART in France

No words only pictures.








The photos were taken in Clermont Ferrand by Zabeth, she is a French 'Newyorkaise', for the last 30 years.  We know each other by Ravelry and she sent the pictures to me to publish. 

maandag 8 oktober 2012

What's on the line?

Last winter I started a poststampquilt . It is machine pieced and because my sewing machine is in the attic, in summer it was too hot to sit there.
Last week I finished the piecing.  
I used a lot of different fabric: some reproduction fabric, some colorful charmpacks from Moda , some  scraps , so the result is very scrappy....



I do the quilting by hand with a variegated perlé 8 cotton thread from Valdaniin the brown/orange/terracotta color range. 
I just started.

After a really Indian Summer week we now have gloomy weather with a bit of rain. Real stitch weather!!

vrijdag 5 oktober 2012

I love autumn colors....

I love all those autumn reds, orange and yellows, although there are less than last year. Due to the dryness the amelanchier lost most of his leaves already, it's a pity because they, usual , are very colorful. 




There are still roses in bloom.....


And my precious little cyclamen. I planted them year after year and for the first time They seem to be happy under the trees....