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.

giveaway

It’s getting colder outside. More time to spend indoors. And guess were my favourite spot in the house is??? Yes, upstairs in my lovely, cozy craftroom. Most of the time it’s a mess up there, but I don’t care one bit. It’s my mess.
I just close the door and the mess is gone!
…You know I tell a lie here, right!



I do care, I do care a lot. I love working in a tidy place. I love things to be in there place. I don’t want to search for my scissors for hours
So I can use some help. Do you have any suggestions are tips?? Please let me know. Tell me your storage solutions, what works for you?



In exchange I’ll have a giveaway. I’ll make one two lovely surprise packages by filling a cardboard box with all kind of “Dutch blue” material. Including some pretty fabrics, band, lace, buttons, magazine and lots more.
To enter all you have to do is leave a comment and I will draw two winners next Friday. Hopefully you will have good tips for me on how I can keep my sewing place tidy!

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!

what's up

Well, nothing much really. Yesterday we had a lovely walk in the dunes. It was peacefull and quiet.


Clouds filled the sky but the temperature was still nice although October is just around the corner.

 My friends little doggie, here on his search for rabbits,  had a great time too!



Quilting is going slowly. I used recess from moda for the triangles and orange checks for the strips. For the squares in between I used the red and white polka dot.



Talking about polka dots..........



She's a little handfull but always so cheerful and funny, just like her granny!

sweet

Shades of pink



New purchases...roses, polka dots and checks.



Coffee and sweet chocolate......


I'm just not sure all these calories are that good for my waist line! ..

Kaffe Fassett interview

I came across this link on Jane's "sew create it" blog. It's a link to a 45 min. interview with Kaffe Fassett.
It's all about color and inspiration.
Maybe you already saw this interview, but for those who haven't.... get inspired!

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!

pre fall weather

Today : sunny

Saterday : sunny

Sunday : sunny



Have a lovely, (hopefully with sunshine)  weekend too!

things to do

I had a late start this morning, I was feeling kind of lazy. And the best
way to start a lazy morning is reading the newspaper (in bed) while drinking a big mug of coffee.
Oke, I feel a bit guilty here, there is no time to be lazy.... lots of things have to be done before I go of to work this afternoon. Do laundry, vacuum cleaning the floors, going to the shop for croceries, preparing diner.
You see, my boys do need to eat while I'm at work!
But I can't force myself to do any of those things. I rather be upstairs in my room. Finish a summer quilt, there is a deadline coming up! Finish a little Dutch girl. Sew triangels from squares..
I have to buy more of this fabric so I can make a larger quilt.



I have to make  angels... I promised people an angel...they still are waiting!



I have two star points ready for a lonestar...only six to go.



And then there is my cutting corner. I desperately need to declutter this area!



first things first....I better run to the store now!

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.