Skirt for R.

I'm not sure whether R. is very happy with this pleated skirt. But it turned out quite nice if I say so myself. G.

Knitting Mania

Here's a post all about knitting. None of it by myself, but all made by my mother in law, who makes these wonderful cardigans for us all!


Last year my mother in law made these wonderful cardigans for the girls. They love to put them on after their baths to watch television downstairs.

I love these variegated threads.

And here's the latest knitting wonder. The pattern is from I., and it was turned into this wonderful and super-cosy cardigan. Thanks schoonmama!! G.

Stoffenspektakel

Today our entire sewing-club visited the Stoffenspektakel. We all found some great fabrics. R. picked out her own fabrics (pile on the left). Pile in the middle is Little Miss T.'s (who can't be bothered to take a look) and to the right the fabrics for little old me... G.

Civil War Diary Quilt - October

Robbers (with our new fabrics!)
Sewing
Southern Flags and Patriotism (Why can't I get it to turn the right way???)
Beginning of War, G.

Handwerkbeurs

M. and I went to the Handwerkbeurs in Rotterdam. These are our finds... On the right, the Civil War Diary Quilt fabrics. We needed some colour in our stash. On the left, Dutch fabrics, for my kaleidoscope quilt. Now that I have these, there are no more excuses not to start this quilt. G.

Playing Hooky

What a way to spend your monday morning! My mom and I decided to play hooky and give ourselves a treat, we went to Haarlem to visit a quiltexhibition by A.'s quiltgroup. The exhibition was in an old convent hallway, which was a perfect background for the quilts. There were so many lovely quilts, I just have to share this with you! I'll show my favourites...

A.'s spectacular floral quilt.

I can just see this one on one of my boys' beds.

The same technique as A.'s quilt but in a smaller star.

African fabrics.


And of course it was great to see A.'s Japanese quilt again. It really is amazing! We then walked to the market, but were a bit disappointed with the number of fabric stands (only 3), so I'll have to wait for the Stoffenspektakel next week.

And on we went to our next quilt exhibition. This was of the "Heemsteekjes" in Heemstede. This quiltgroup did a block swap with its twelve members. It was a really nice exhibition too. I'm still wondering how they did this quiltwork all together.

One member of the group gave the others a pattern and then put all the blocks together. These cute kimono's were folded into shape.

I can never resist a quilt with Dutch fabrics in it.
What a wonderful day! Thanks mom, for coming with me.

Marker Costumes

We visited the Zuiderzeemuseum today, and little Miss T. dressed up as a little girl from Marken. She enjoyed walking on wooden shoes so much, that she bought a pair with her own money and walked on them for the rest of the day.

There was a lovely exhibition of Marker costumes in the museum. The colours and textiles are so great, I just had to share them... G.

A very early Christmas...

At first R. didn't like the fabric very much, but now the dress is finished she liked it a bit better. I'll be sure to take her with me to the next Stoffenspektakel. The dress will have to hang in the closet for a while, it's to be for Christmas.... G.

Finished mini-sampler

Our friend A. made this lovely sampler-kit. She even included the frame. Thanks, A., I had so much fun making this mini-sampler. Please design some more! G.

Last of the summer dresses

This was my last summer fabric of the Stoffenspektakel, I turned it into a dress from the Burda. I hadn't finished it during the summerholidays, because I needed help with the strings from my sewing teacher. G.

CWDQ - September

Glorious News
Smuggling Letters
Gardening
Preparations for Smuggling
I've cheated a bit this month. I made these blocks during the summer holiday and saved them for September. My sewing lessons start next week and I want to focus on clothes for the girls now, so I've thrown my CWDQ book in de corner for the time being. G.

New Fabric

Last Friday the girls from the sewingclub and I went to Uithoorn to find new fabrics for the new series of sewinglessons. I bought this velvet for R. and plan to make it into the skirt on the picture. G.

Fabric stash

I'm working through my fabric stash, waiting for the new winter fabrics at the Stoffenspektakel in October. I bought this stripe last year, all in R.'s favourite colours. G.

Gingerbread Men

I wanted to show my gingerbread men at our cross-stitch club "de drie steekjes", but unfortunately we couldn't get together on Friday (I had saved exactly three stitches for that evening!), so here it is. These guys were so much fun to make, I'm almost sad that they're finished. G.

CWDQ - Homework July

Arrest Order
Hateful Old Thieves (This is probably the last block I can piece myself without paper in the back. I really enjoyed making one of these again).
Visit to Town (the papier piecing pattern was too small... luckily I hadn't trimmed it before I discoverd that it was 5.5 inch in stead of 6 inch. I'm afraid it isn't completely as it should be, but who will notice it among the other 120 blocks...)
Confederate Flag
This block adds the total up to..... 101!!! I can't believe I have made over a hundred blocks for the Civil War quilt... Only 20 more blocks to finish!! G.