never enough time

The nine patch quilttop is finished and even though I have not much experience with machine quilting I thought to gave it a try anyway! Sometimes I see people do free motion quilting, that's so great...wish I could do that. I stick to straight forward lines, hard enough to keep it straight!



I'm sewing on a dark blue mitered quilt binding.



Next time I'll show you the finished (small) quilt.
I have an idea in my head of what I want to make for the mini quilt swap. I'm gathering bits and pieces, combining colors and fabrics. Hope to show you more about that next post too.



In case I have extra free time left, yes right..haha, how about this lovely teapot cushion! I really love to make this one day. I found the picture in a Japanese quiltmagazine. I believe it's an issue from the '90s, not sure..don't read Japanese language that well. The colors red, blue white...just my favorite.



Okay, so I'm off to sew on the binding, make a mini quilt, crochet granny's and finishing of all my other wip's. Maybe I'll have free time then!

Home

We came home yesterday from a lovely vacation in Zeeland. After 10 days living a relax lifestyle it's back to reality today. Our washing machine is working overtime, I have to do grocery shopping to fill up the empty cupboards, think about what we gonna eat for dinner tonight...
I have some serious pruning to do in the backyard, green is taking over!
The wisteria is a beauty though.



And so is this clematis.
Sadly there is no activity seen in and around the birdhouse lately so I think the tomtit has build his nest somewere else.



I turned over a new page on the calender almost half May! Oo, this reminds me..almost time for my dentist appointment..AchHHH!!



I joined a mini quilt swap and just before I got hooked on the granny's. I made this ohio star. I'm not sure if i will use it for this swap. The mini quilt has to be spring inspired so maybe some spring flowers?



At the moment granny squares is all I do to fill up the free minutes.



Before I end today's post I want to show you this cute childsgame I found on a fleemarket last week. I believe it's from the '60.



Inside are these lovely dolls waiting to get dressed. Isn't this cute!



I believe I hear the ' i'm ready signal' of the dryer, so duty calls!
Have a great start of the week!

learned new skills

Hello again,



It's very windy in Zeeland..but we have sun!!



The weather is great for making long walkes on almost empty beaches.



I discovered another "Zeeuws meisje".
She is bleached out of sitting in the sun for to long.



I purchased some cotton yarn in a wolshop in Westkapelle



And thanks to this great tutorial from Lucy of attic24 I learned how to crochet granny squares. Thanks Lucy for your clear pictures and instructions.



That's it for now, the sun is calling to come outside.
Have a wonderful day!

Happy Monday morning greetings...

from our campsite. This lovely "Zeeuws meisje" is looking down the street from behind a window in Veere , a pittoreske small city.

In case you wonder what is she doing with a laptop on vacation? Well..now I finaly have time to do some blogging in between bike rides and late afternoon beach walks, visiting beautiful places, eating wonderful diners and of course making stitches. I'm off again....see you later!

A message..

In case you missed me… I’m camping in zeeland.
So far the weather is lovely.
Yesterday I wore my pink bathing suit to the beach and you know what?
You were so right…it wasn’t too pink at all!
Today we’re having a lazy day. I found these pretty ones in a local shop.

And just couldn’t help myself I had to start sewing immediately.

Isn’t that what they call being addicted?

Things that made me happy today...

Sunshine....lots of lovely warm sunshine.
Different shades of green in the garden

Dicentra spectabilis or in Dutch "gebroken hartje" (broken hearts).

The Wistaria that is about to bloom

Hanging the laundry outside to dry. I love the fresh smell!

Plastic polka dot cups and plates for camping

A bit of spring cleaning, wash up all blue things in the kitchen

Paper roses..a gift from my mother

May's issue of Country living

And finally..my new swimsuit...what do you think, is it to pink?

Happy Easter

Sometimes life gets in the way of things i've got planned.
Plans to spend time on quilting. Plans to read all the wonderful blogs and leave comments to all of you. I'm so sorry but i'm way behind...seems I just can't drag myself behind the computer. I had big plans to do some stitching, finishing of projects........etc, etc.

We're going away for the Easter weekend to the seaside. Lots of fresh air and windy beachwalks so hopefully i can reload my battery.
Really looking forward to that!
Wishing you all a Happy Easter and see you next week!

building a nest and sunny yellow

A new month...a new calendar page!

A new color for inspiration.
Go check out flickr for many more amazing yellow stuff.


1. Yellow Daisy vintage fabric tote, 2. Yellow Squares Quilt Block 7, 3. yellow gingham lunchbag crafting 365 day 51, 4. aunt millies garden-2, 5. Yellow Squares Postcard - August Coloriffic Swap-O-Rama, 6. yellow rabbit and carrots - pincushion, 7. yellow canvas , 8. Yellow Fabric Roll, 9. Measure-Up Brooch, 10. Mushroom House: Yellow (side view), 11. ATC Traded - Trying to Stand Out in a Crowd - Applique and Embroidered Chick #2, 12. crafting 365, day 282, 13. vintage fabric hearts in golden yellow, 14. crafting 365/day 52, 15. Yellow Tomato Pincushion, 16. RJR Fabrics everything but the kitchen sink 1930s reproduction fabric

A new nest
Sorry, the photo is a bit blurry but I couldn't get any closer.

The happy couple finally made the decicion on which house they would move into. And as two real construction workers they fly in and out all day with pieces of straw and moss to build their nest.
And do you want to know what I do all day?
...Well I sit in the sun and watch those two busy birds from an appropriate distance. All that activity is a joy to see!
Untill next time!

squares will do it for me

As always... when i'm looking for something new to do, and i can't find what it is i want to do,...my eyes are seeing squares only.

They see retro squares.
photo from the book: creatief bezig zijn voor de vrouw
Squares to build an animal.
photo from the book: creatief bezig zijn voor de vrouw
Square paterns.

So guess what my eyes saw in these fresh fabric rolls...

Right they saw squares!

And nine squares make a nine patch.

My favorite patern... yes, squares are definitely do it for me!Have a lovely day!

not much going on

Although there is not much to blog about just a few words to let you know that I'm still around. Keeping myself really busy, not one day goes by that isn't packed with things to do. Unfortuanly non crafty things except for this stitchery from Lynette Anderson Noah's arc. It's far from finished there are a few more months to go. Take a look at this group, here you can see many beautiful (finished) noah's arks.

Thank you for the fine advice on the birds issue from last post. I bought a new birdhouse so now the birds have a choice on where they want to build their nest. Maybe another couple will move in the second house?

And to celebrate Spring I bought some primula's.
Now I only have to wait for Spring weather!

Have a nice day!