zondag 15 september 2013

Today it is my turn and a giveaway

Today it is my turn to show my contribution to the Pincushion Bloghop. Last days i visited all the other participants and i saw a lot of very creative and original pincushions.
I made four tiny pincushions , they were very easy and quick to make. i used plastic caps from milk containers then  glued felted wool at the bottom and around and decorated it with embroidery. A perfect tutorial to make these you could find on Vrooman's blog.http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.fr/2013/09/pin-it.html
Tadahhhh here they are.






Which one do you like most? 


i want to thank Madam  Samm and Kristin to organise this  bloghop.

 I am making this post on my Ipad and I do not succeed to make a link, so for the today participants you have to go to my blogpost of last tuesday

And now the giveaway,  I recently bought some Fat Eights of Dressing Gowns, designed by Judie Rothermel.

I will give away 8 half Fat Eights , you only need to comment on this post. I will ship world wide, the winner will be chosen at the end of this bloghop. Be sure I can contact you.


Pfffffff,this was my first blogpost on my Ipad. Within two weeks I will be in Italy again, for the third time I will do an embroidery/ applique week with Sue Spargo in Orvieto. I want to be able to make blogpost from Iataly, so i need to do some exercise....



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woensdag 11 september 2013

Pincushion Bloghop started yesterday ..... and I have my photo's back!

Do you like pincushions?  Yesterday started the Pincushion bloghop, I saw very original and lovely pincushions passing by yesterday.......
Next saturday it's my turn to show you what i made.
At the end of this post you will find the whole schedule .

And surprise, surprise I have my photo's back, don't ask me what i did but they are back.
Here is another photo of Keiko's shop, look at those gorgeous tote's.

The next two are made in the Ikat shop in the Marais.





September 10








September 16
The Stitchin' Post


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maandag 9 september 2013

What I bought in Paris

When I was in Paris I visited the Japanese shop Kaetsu with the very symphatic owner Keiko. In her shop it's all color where ever you look. I lost some photos that I made with my Ipad, these two were the only I could save.......


As you can see she had a lot of fabric for sale. I bought only scraps for a new applique quilt;


These scarps I bought in the IKAT store, I made some lovely pictures in this store, but i also lost them......



These came from Keatsu store, aren't they gorgeous? 
I will be back tomorrow because then will start the pincushion bloghop!!

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woensdag 28 augustus 2013

I bought myself a present

I bought myself an Ipad, what a nice and clever toy!!! And of course I made a sleeve for my new toy. I used japanese fabric in different designs in my favorite color . For some accessories I made a small pouch, also in red




How I love these Japanese fabric designs. Tomorrow I will be in Paris on my way to Holland  and I will visit Kaetsu. They sell handmade  clothes and accessories made with japanese fabric and they also sell their left-over scraps............. When I am back home i will show you what I bought!


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zondag 25 augustus 2013

Memorial quilt

Some years ago I read this blogpost on Barb's blog about the memorial quilt she made for her mother. Her mother died at the same age as my mother and also , like mine, of breast cancer.  Barb and I discussed in some emails how important such a quilt can be as a tribute to the beloved parent.

And then this year Marjo  offered me her already cut strips of Dutch traditional costume fabric in mourning colors.  The strips were too small for the purpose I had in mind so I said :no, I cannot use them.
Then there was another coincidence: I saw a picture of Jeanneke's quilt and immediately I knew: this will be the pattern for the memorial quilt for my parents.
So I mailed Marjo and asked for the strips and this is the result:


I used the strips in traditional mourning colors to make logcabins . My father was a nursery man and the small shed on his nursery was a very important place when I was young, it happened often that my mother, me and my brother went to my father's nursery to drink a cup of tea; We were sitting around the shed and we played around. Life was calm and peaceful..... there also were besides bushes a lot of flowers on his nursery. Both, my mother and my father loved to have some flowers on the table.
After his retirement my father had a vegetable and flowergarden till two years before his death.

I embroidered their names and for both of them  I added some important words which were the guiding motives in their lives .
For my mother those words were  'de heer is mijn herder' (the lord is my shepherd, psalm 23).


And for my father 'ik ben op weg naar de stad' (I am on my way to my lord).



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zondag 11 augustus 2013

Yoko Saito Floral Bouquet quilt finished

No words, only pictures!



















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vrijdag 2 augustus 2013

An in-between crochet project

For my crochet inspiration I often visit the blog 'Madame fait du crochet' (madam is crocheting). every month they have a crochet challenge. For september the challenge is crocheting in Japanese.
You could sign up for a crochet pattern in a Japanese crochet book.
So I decided to sign up for a small  scarf/shawl.
I used merino/silk lace yarn, hook 2,25.



I cannot give you the pattern . If you are interested in the pattern you need to buy the book, those are the rules of this challenge.

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