More antique doll quilts

There is no time for crafting these days.  I want to visit all the blogs that participe in the Sew mama Sew giveaway. And there are more then 300!
 I already have so many comments on my blog....... just fabulous!
Next week I want to visit all your favorite blogs, there are so many I never heard about before.....

So in today's post no quilts made by me but three antique/vintage doll quilts that I bought recently.
The first one is a simple bow tie pattern , only two colors.

And a doll quilt wich is has on both sides a one patch pattern.

The third one is my favorite, it's a crazy quilt in lovely colors. Mostly crazy quilts have quite dark colors but this one is so vibrant. 

Happy crafting.

GIVEAWAY DAY

This year I participate in the great Sew Mama Sew giveaway Day.

Welcome to my blog.  Let me introduce myself. I am a Dutch woman who lives in the French countryside. It's very rural here, no shops, no entertainment......
I have been crafting whole my life and my other passion is gardening. Both passions came from my parents, so this blog is in some sort a dedicating to my parents.
I have been knitting a lot, sewed my garments when I was a student and about two years ago I discovered quilting. And you could say that the quilting virus hit me!!!!

But enough, you want to see the giveaway prizes, yes prizes, because there are two!  You could win one of these fabric bundles.

The first bundle is original Indonesian sarong cotton, there are 12 pieces of about 25 x 110 centimeter in the bundle.

The second bundle is designers quilting cotton, there are 10 Fat Quarters . There is Amy Butler, Hester Bailey, Eric Morris, Laura Gun and some more.

Here are the rules:

You have to leave a comment in this post, telling me what your favorite blog is. 

In your comment you also need to say which bundle you want when you should be the winner. 

You have to leave a comment before friday 16 december 12 o'clock p.m european time.

I do ship internationally and I will choose the winners by using the random generator. 

Good Luck

Handmade Christmas presents from the Fifties

My blogfriend Ann has been going to her collection of old magazines looking for handmade Christmas presents.
This Teddy-bear muff is so cute, Ann found it in her Woman And Home magazine collection.

And what do you think of these pipe-cleaner family....

I think this vintage apron should be a lovely gift for someone who loves cooking. 

BTW she updated her shop with more angels and other small Christmas gifts. 

My angels arrived yesterday!!!!

I love HEMA

I think only my Dutch readers will understand what i am talking about in this post!!
Yesterday in Holland they celebrated Sinterklaas.

My friend Lucy made the traditional Sinterklaas cookies: pepernoten, gevulde speculaas and even banketstaaf  without sugar for me...... Everything was delicious!

And there was a parcel from Holland for me. Before I can tell you what was in the parcel I have to tell you about the HEMA.  This s a famous Dutch shop, they especially sell non food things but..... they also sell some food . Their smoked sausage and their tompouce are  FAMOUS. While shopping, there is always the  flavour of the smoked sausage..... When I am in Holland I immediately go to the Hema, I drink my coffee there and love to look their publicity. 

And............ in my parcel from Sinterklaas was a crochet kit to make my own smoked sausage and tompouce !

Thank you Sinterklaas for this very cute and original present.

Handmade Christmas presents

These Christmas presents are all handmade in your kitchen. Who would not like to receive these foodie-gifts.........? You can find the recipese here.

Some inspiration

Do you want some inspiration for making a Christmas quilt or table runner.
I am sure you can find it here.  Danielle is hosting a Christmas quilt show, there are already about 90 blogs that participate.

What do you think of this one? She made this quilt.

You can find this one here.

And the last one, I think this is my favorite, maybe in red!!!!

Antique doll quilts

Last weeks I bought some antique/vintage doll quilts. I did not want to pay the expensive so they are not perfect at all. But each of them had something that touched me, in someway or another.
They were all bought in the United States and came from estate sales.

I don't know how old this doll quilt is.... There is a backing but no binding, all done by hand. The pattern is something between a one-patch and a crazy quilt. I love the fabric choice and the primitive impression of the quilt. The fabric is coton, flanel and satin.

I bought this embroidery doll quilt because the embroidered images are a strange combinations, most embroidered quilts have one theme : nursery rhymes, animals or Suebonnet Sue's.

This one is a combination of several; two animals , two Suebonnet's and two images of traditional Dutch

people.

I was touched by this traditional Dutch farmer's wife with tulips in her hands. Someone in the States embroidered this. Did she have Dutch grandparents or was she Dutch herself?

To be continued....