Triangle Traktatie Progress

Progress is slow, but last night I finished another 2 blocks.
M.

Triangle Traktatie - Block 4

Another 91 to go... Poor light, it is the best I can do at this time of day...

M.

My Cutting Table

I discovered I have the perfect 'cutting table', aka my grandmother's sewing machine. The perfect quilt triangle... cut my blocks at my cutting table, my sewing machine stands on my desk and my lovely ironing board for the finishing touch. First three blocks (and one 'half' block) are finished (I did a fourth one after the picture was taken).

M.

Triangle Traktatie

Finally... yesterday was the day of our Triangle Traktatie workshop. We arrived pretty early, in time to do some shopping prior to class. Bought some fat quarters for my Triangle Traktatie, as well as some replacing the ones that were ruthlessly discarded on Friday.
I was a bit hesitant uploading photos of our teacher's quilt (and hope she won't mind)... but G.'s family would like to see the end result. To see the Triangel Tractatie finished and quilted by Lucy, take a look here
M.

Such A Relief...

G. and I will attend another workshop at Irma's Sampler (Haarlem) in a couple of weeks time - Triangle Traktatie. I found some nice background fabric in one of the shops at the Deventer Quilt Exhibition. Unfortunately they'd only brought half meters, but they were absolutely sure they have more at the shop. I got a call on Tuesday last week saying that they would send it to me. When it still had not arrived this week Tuesday, I gave them a call... they had not shipped it... but were going to. I was so relieved to find the package on Thursday, as I had already bought quite a few fat quarters with this background fabric in mind. The background fabric (the brown/gray in the middle) is Japanese and I combine it with modern, western fabric in blues, greens and neutrals. It is meant to become my winter quilt... I do not like quilts hanging on a wall, but prefer the utility kind... lying on a bed or draped over a chair, or ones you snuggle up under on a couch. We bought the triangle ruler that we need for the workshop yesterday, at the start of the autumn season at Irma's Sampler.

M.

Another Quilt Exhibition

G. and I went to another quilt exhibition. This time in the charming village of Oudendijk, close to the city of Hoorn. Apparently after being there for less than two hours, they considered us locals. People waved at us when we drove away... or they were just happy to see us go.

The exhibition was held in the local church and organised by the regional chapter of the Netherlands Quilt guild. Some 20 quilts were on show and there was a small shop from Hoorn.

I found another 5 fat quarters for my 'Triangle Traktatie' quilt. I ordered the main fabric from a shop in Zutphen last Sunday at the quilt exhibition in Deventer. I got a call on Tuesday... they have the 3 meters I need and were going to ship it to me... I has not arrived yet. Because of my recent experience with book 7 of Harry Potter, I am slightly worried. I'll give the shop a call if the fabric has not arrived on Tuesday.

Some of our favourites pictured below.
M.