granny squares

in case I made you curious about that wool on my plate (previous post).
I picked up the crochet needle again, found some pretty wool and start crocheting squares.



Lots and lots of wool to make many more squares.



Have a lovely weekend. I hope to see you back on monday, when Heleen and I will post all details of the spring surprise swap. So exicted..so much fun..hope you'll join!

Today I......

Today I.....
work with colors on my plate. Nothing to show for, yet.



and enjoy colors in my glass vase. This amarelys is blooming for the second time now.



And I was thinking, actually we were.  Heleen and I wondered if any of you would be interested in joining our first swap. Sign up will be somewhere next week. First we have to work out the details.

 so stay tuned!

flowers, winners and a summer mini quilt

Thank you, thank you, thank you each and every one of you for visiting and commenting.
Boy, o boy…did you have some great tips and solutions for my storage and tidying up problems!! You must be the tidiest people I know.

 
I tried to make a top 10 of the most workable tips that will work for me.

1. Close the door! Ha,ha, like this one…
2. Move to a bigger room. I would love to move but I think I’ve the largest room already!
3. lots of shelves.
4. Make tidying up fun with all kind of pretty boxes, tins, baskets.
5. Keep everything grouped together in pots and little dishes like needles, pins, buttons, pencils, scissors....
6. Store everything by colors.
7. Use see through boxes.
8. Put things away when you are done for the day. Wish I had more discipline!
9. Throw away what you don't use. I rather giveaway.
10. Don’t buy new stuff.…What!! No shopping?...how about my fabric addiction??

I can’t show you the after photo’s … I haven’t finished the job yet.
But I have two winners drawn for the giveaway. I used the true random number generator.

The winners are:: Virginia And Nina. Congratulations! please send me your snailmail adress and I'll send you your package. Summer swap update:




See this little beauty, how lucky am I? Barbara made this gorgeous mini quilt for me! I love it so very much! She noticed I love pink and flowers...so thoughtful of her.



And she wrapped the quilt in some lovely red, blue and white fabrics!! Thank you again Barbara……!

 Have a marvelous weekend everyone!

Sandy's girl

She said goodbye, I said goodbye, kisses, followed by a few tears.....
and there she goes!



She took her quilt along.



Thank you Sandy for your patience!

ps. I made a good start on cleaning up my craftsroom. I've folding up fabrics and sorted things out. Thanks for all your wonderful sugestions and tips. I put some in good use allready!! If you like you still have time to enter the giveaway.

Annie came in October

The month October startet of very well for me!!



Look who traveled all the way from Sandy's place to mine, and is on my mister chair right this minute!



It's the lovely Raggedy Annie made by Sandy from "Raggedy sandy"
I'm so happy! Annie is the cutest doll ever, I absolutely love her! She's wearing a beautiful dress and has pretty curly red hair. She also wears cute little bloomers under her dress. Sandy, your little Annie is so adorable, you have such an eye for detail. Thank you so much!!



Sandy send me also these wonderful presents. There are some great projects in that magazine, my fingers are itching!



But first I've to finish of my part of the private swap, Sandy and I are doing. I've a free weekend ahead of me so lots of time to sew....
Have a lovely weekend too!

all done

I'm done with my Good Ol' Summertime quilt and I'm pleased with the result. I can only hope my partner does too!



I made this quilt by cutting flowers out of a larger piece of fabric and
attached them on the background using vliesofix and a hot iron. Then I draw stems and leaves with a pencil and covered the pencil lines with embrodery stitches. The borders are sewn on with the machine and I quilted by hand. It's a very bright and colored quilt, I tried to capture summer, and I believe I did.



The quilt is wrapped and ready for sending. As usually I had to wait till the very last date, of course!



Well, and today is the first day of fall and still we enjoying the most lovely weather. So now I'm of to the post office...I've a package to send!

Dutch Sunday

Cross-stitch couple in Dutch costume. They are part of a large wallhanger.



Two thrifted windmills. I love the dutch blue one!



Tulips on a little girls apron.



And little Dutch girl, I start sewing her today. She's waiting for a face and two legs and her arms aren't stuffed yet. But when she's finished I'll have to kiss her goodbuy. This little Dutch girl is going to the U.S to life with Sandy and her cute dolls.



Last photo has non Dutch links what so ever....I just like this plant on my windowsill.



It's called a lidcactus in Dutch, not sure what de English name for this plant is.

monday morning

Monday morning, ...the washing machine is working overtime.
The dishwasher is washing dishes, and me....
I quilt!



Have a crafty monday too!

that's quick

Please join me for a cup of tea and enjoy my new teapot! It arrived yesterday morning and boy that was quick. I thought it would take a week or three. It's real pretty and goes perfect with my other china. I love a bit of mitch match.



I sort these fabrics for a private doll swap with RaggedySandy.
Not sure yet witch ones I like to use.



But first i have to finish my summer swap quilt!
Although my fingers are itching to get started!



Have a lovely weekend everyone! Before I go I love to share this cat with you. I copied this from the cover of Maison Idees Magazine no 38. I bought this magazine while I was in French and I love this 'chat héroïque'. I believe it's a doorstop (can't read French language)...See the bandage on his tail, so funny!

busy fingers

Things are back to normal over here. I've tried to stay in vacation mode for as long as possible but after a busy schedule at work.... I wish I had vacation again (lol)! Though I did manage to work some more on the quilt for the summer swap It's a quilt with cut out fabric flowers and stitchery stems and leaves. I'm almost done with the top, just have to add the borders.



These two I did in France. I always have something to do, a nice small work, with me on holiday.



Like this Ohiostar pincushion, I made it last spring vacation.



I just love to keep my fingers busy. Notice the tiny quilt in the back, it's a perfect match with the new polkadot teaset, my last purchase.



How about you, do you take your projects with you while on holiday? I'm curious, do you feel the need to keep your fingers busy all the time?
Well, I think I do.....off now....there are borders to sew on. Have a wonderful day!

swap surprise

Yesterday I recieved my mini quilt, beautiful made by Kathy.



I absolutly love, love, love this quilt! And as you can see...I have "the" perfect spot to hang this pretty one!



Perfectly made details!



It was certainly worth waiting for. Thank you Kathy, you made my day!

the very last minute

Pffff...the mini quilt for the "spring blooms mini quilt swap" is on its way to my secret swap partner. Just in time before the very last mailing date! Why do I always have to wait till the very last day to finish a project??
I’d think to myself, "I’ve got plenty of time, it’s not due for weeks!" Then, before I know it...I hit the deadline!



I used an embroidery piece (found in the thrift store) for the center, I machine pieced the nine patch blocks and hand appliqued the green hearts. The minimal quilting is done by hand. I like how this mini quilt turned out and hope my partner will too! I can hardly wait to recieve mine.
A big thank you for Michele from quilting gallary for organizing this wonderful swap. If you go to her site jou can join a new swap she's organizing "In the Good Ol’ Summertime Mini Quilt Swap". The deadline to mail is September 21st...so plenty of time!!