Another finish

Here a pic of something else I made my nephew. Let me first say the colors are very bad. I made hime a little bag for his toys. I hope he will like it.

Also finished two other things but both are for exchanges, so pics will follow later.

Here is the back..

When I have put on the binding I will show the front, but now just the back, so that you can see the quilting.

Two finishes from my mother

Well one is also from me as I did do a part of the sewing and the quilting. My mother did do the binding this week.

Here is the quilt for my nephew which he will received saturday when we visit my brother. I just love how it came out.

And here is the Rosesquilt from my mother. I bought the kit for her in France, it was a pattern that has also been published in the Magic Patch. It is even more beautifull in real life. The wall you see behind it I have painted when they moved. It hangs in their bedroom.

I am now busy quilting, so maybe a nother pic of a finish tonight. Also went to the LQS and LNS today and bought fabric to finish the seasonal house exchange on SBEBB and for something I am going to add to the summer exchange on a dutch yahoo list. Those pics will come after they are received.

Today I received block 9 of "Journey of a quilter" from Honeysucklecottage . There is still a package on it's way from them with block 1,2,3 and 5, but I am guessing that took a slow boat as it was send the 15th of May and still no sign of it. Not worried yet as a package that took the longest took more than 2 months, so after the 15th of July I am starting to get worried. Still I love their service. I now have to only piece together blocks 8 and 9 and will do that the coming weeks.

Also I have finished 1/3 of the next page of Little Red Riding Hood, which is a HEAD design as someone asked, and so it is going fast and I only stitched with two colors so far. Probaly a pic will follow at the end of the weekend, beginning of next week.

Also decided on my next BOM, it will be from Quilthuis Lieselotje my local LQS, she will have a BOM with catfabrics, very adorable and I saw both color variations today and they are both beautifull. Will be a hard decision, but I like the autumn colors a bit more, but we will see which one it will be.

Little red riding hood progress

This will be a short post as I have to much on my head at the moment. This is the first 6 pages of Little red riding hood. I will now start the next page, but first will go and stitch/finish some exchanges and also want to go and quilt the Folkloridge quilt. Got an idea from a blog and I am itching to get started on that one, maybe tomorrow, depends on how late I will get out of bed. The whole week I felt tired and well yesterday I came out of bed 11.33 am. Got more than 12 hours sleep, well looks I needed that.

I am back

Well I was already yesterday as my mother got sick, so we went home a day early, but the whole weekend was really great. We made a bikeride of 33 km in the hills, which was hard, but also some nice sightseeings. I have finished the stitcheries on block 6.

Now I going to finish page 6 of little red riding hood and also work on the stitcheries on block 4.

Garden Themed exchange received...

by Carol and I am glad she loves it. I have stitched her Take time to Garden from Jeannette Douglas designs and finished it into a pinkeep.

I love how it came out and as Jeannette is my favorite designer I also loved stitching it. This is the design through which I found the beads for take time to quilt spring, but still have to do the beading on that one.

Suitcases are packed, bike is ready to be put onto the car and I am off for a nice long weekend with my mother. Will see you all monday.

Block 7

Yesterday evening I finished piecing block 7 of Journey of a quilter.

I still have to draw the stitcheries in. Will do that tomorrowafternoon.

Next t piece is block 8, will start that one probaly today.

Busy preparing for next weekend.

Next weekend I will go on a trip together with my mother, to the most southly point of Limburg. I want to take a lot of handstuff with me as it is also a little quilting retreat with the two of us.

I am now busy sewing together the 3 Journey of a Quilter blocks I have. Here is block 4, stitcherie already traced and ready to pack and take with me. I will also give my mother some applique lessons as we haven't done that yet since I learned her quilt a year ago.

Now on to sew together block 7 and 8. Hope to have them all ready to do the stitchery. Also have prepared a few DJ blocks. Now we just will se how much I get accomplished that weekend as we also take the bikes with us, to do some nice routes there too.

A new little quilt

When I saw this block hanging in my LNS I fell in love with Leanne her quilts. But I decided to make journey of a quilter and not this one, but had another idea for just this block. I will finish it into a little wallhanging to hang in summer in my house. Here is my version

as you can see real summer colors. I am totally in love with it. Now on to the quilting. Just "Zomer" looks a bit strange, it is done by machine.

Now I am going downstairs to work on Little red riding hood as it is to warm to be very busy. At least we have sun now as the first part of the week we heard it was warm in the netherlands and it was only 20 degrees here and no sun at all, when they said you could only be 15 minutes in the sun wednesday we really had a smile as we were happy if we had one minute of sun :-)

When the temperature goes down again I will go and quilt this one and the stripquilt I made last weekend.

Garden Themed exchange received

Yesterday I received my garden themed exchange from Nancy . She stitched me a beautifull scissorfob and also a nice little bag that I love.

She also included some great goodies. I love the Blue de Chine pattern. I now see I forgot to put a little DMC kit in called Cyclamen that I received too. I will look in that finishing form soon.

Today I bought some backing fabric for the new quilt and also batting, so that I can go and quilt it soon. Just have to look and find a nice quiltingdesign soon.

A top in a weekend and a dj block.

Yesterday evening late. I finished this quilttop after a idea of Darlene of Quilting Daze . It is done from a Jellyroll and for the borders some extra fabrics. When I saw Darlene's quilt I totally agreed with myself that that was a great idea for a needleroll, I already had something with strips in mind, just couldn't find the right one. It is around 1.30 meter square. Now I have to go and think how to quilt it any ideas?

Than yesterday afternoon I finished also another DJ block. This one was much easier as it are all straight lines without any triangles or applique. It is my 12th square and they all look great together.

I have to go now for a fast breakfast and than of to work I go.

PIF gift for Zalita

I wasn't sure if Zalita had her PIF gift already as it was delivered at her parents, but I just got the word she has it.

So here is the pic.

It is a napkinholder.

I have been busy yesterday with the top of my Jellyrollquilt and it is will be gorgeous when finished, hopefully today.

a lot of things

First I want to thank Sari for the beautifull card she send me as a thank you for the animal shelf she received. It looks really great. Thanks.

Than yesterday late in the evening a package arrived from the UK from Chris. She had me as a partner in the Trip around the world exchange and as she is from Yorkshire she cheared me up with a yorkshire exchange and boy it is beautifull. I am not a teadrinker, but I will let you know what my hubby thinks of the tea.

Yesterday I have been busy with some more dj blocks and I got two of them finished. I was really afraid of this block as the star in the middle is very very very little, but when I was working on it, it wasn't that difficult as I thought it would be.

Than I started this one and well as most of the lines are straight it went very fast.

Than I wanted to sho you all that I still was busy with quilting, but just was to lazy to make a pic. I am going to make Leanne's House's "Journey of a Quilter"and this is block 6. I got that as my first block in a monthly shipment. I am doing the stitcheries in little steps a time, most of the time on thursday and fridays when I am home alone. I already have block 7 and 4 waiting for me and 1,2,3 and 5 are on their way here, but that package is taking a long time to arrrive. Today I will piece together block 4 and 7, so that I can start that stitchery too.

Yesterday I have worked o my summer exchange and I am not really happy with it. Will have to work some more on it. The Garden Themed exchange is now finished and will go in the mail monday.

Finished f9

I just finished block f9 from the Dear Jane quilt. It was a lot of applique and that isn't my favourite technique.

Also I still had to show a pic from the Biscornu scissorfob I received from Heidi last week. She stitched it beautifull and I just in love with it.

This week was very hectic when I came on work tuesday I got the word that we had a diner that evening with some colleagues. It was a nice diner, but I came home late and so no time to finish the garden exchange. Last night I finally got the new connection working and boy it is fast. Than today I have picked up my sewing machine and did do the groceries. Tomorrow it is time for some major cleaning and also I have to go to the local VW dealer for our car to get it checked out for my hubby, so that he can fix it. The light of the ABS system is glowing.

I am now going to finish the Garden exchange, everything is cut, etc. As it has to dry a bit before sending it will go out monday (a few days late, which is nothing for me), but well circumstances were a bit hectic here. It can be that I will change the finishing a bit, so it can be shipped out tomorrow after all.

I think I will work on another dj block again.

Vacation

Thursday we left for France around noon and had a fast right through the Netherlands and Belgium. We tried to get a hotel in Luxembourg, but had trouble finding a room. We decided to drive a bit farther to France and we have slept just outside Metz in a Novotel. It was a nice Hotel with some nice food. The next morning after breakfast we did our first good thing for this vacations. There was a couple from the UK where the accu died on their car and we gave them a boast so they could ride back home. Well I think his wife was a bit annoyed with her husband as he lat the light burn all night Well I have talked a bit with her and than she got a bit nicer to her husband.
Than we drove south. Around Nancy we went to put in some gas in the car and than the fun started. I got a bit confused about all the pumps . Than a guy (backpacker) came to us and I just hoped he wasn't going to say anything difficult in France, but he said something in dutch and told me I had to get another pump. So I did and my husband already said, maybe he wants a ride and while my DH was getting gas he asked he good get a ride together with a lady friend of his. They were doing a race with 29 other couples from Belgium to get as fast as possible to Malaunce (close to Orange and the Mont Ventoux), and the winner would get a little trip somewhere in the world. So we said we would go to Orange and that they could ride with us. They were with this organisation . We were a day earlier. So we decided to bring them to their camping and than find ourself a hotel or Chambre D'hotes. We had a fast drive and when just before Orange there was a trafficjam, because a dutchman and his mobilehome where all over the highway we said we had phoned hime to do that so they could win off course we didn't do that. Nico and Tessa were the first ones to arrive, even a lot of the organisation weren't arrived yet. We got a drink, made a pic and went to find a chambre. We had some problems with that as it was very hard to find something, but finally we found a nice and neat place, just 3,5 km outside of Malaunce. Than we unloaded the car and found a sweater that didn't belong to us and as they were backpackers we decided to bring it to them as you don't take a lot with you when you have to pack everything in a backpack. So we climbed in the car again and Nico was very happy we brought his sweater. They decided we could eat with them. Well now I have to explain a little bit. When you go to a camping in the netherland with a group normally there isn't a cook with the organization, but with this organization they took a cook with them (even a few) and they prepared some great diner. We got as a starter couscous with vegatbles, smoked salmon and dressing and it was delicious. Than we got Rosti with some stuffed meat and fruitsauce and that was delicious too. We got home late that night and had a nice sleep in a very soft bed with one matrass. One time my DH turned and I did too around the same time and I almost fell out of bed as I jumped very high above the bed. As you

can see on the pic the chambre d'hotes looked great. But the next morning we had great language difficults, there were also german people in one of the rooms and so we talked english, french, german and dutch within 24 hours, belive me than you get really confused in your words.

On Saturday we couldn't be in our hotel before noon. So we deicided to climb the Mont Ventoux by car, yeah I am not crazy by bike it was to big (1909 meters high). So we too a nice ride and when we came at the start of the mountain we found again some backpackers from the belgium group. Now they had to get up the Mont Ventoux.

First get to a point 6 km from the top by car and than 2 had to hike, one had to do it by bike and one could find someone to get them a ride to the top. So we took 2 to the point 6 km's from the top and later we took one to the real top. I have to say the sight was really beautifull. as you can see on the pics. This man on the pic I don't know, but I am sure he was happy to be at the top.

Than we got down and went to our hotel which was beautifull, with big rooms and a swimmingpool, that was what I missed on vacation in Ital last week. The temperatures went rising through the week from 25 to almost 40 at the end of the week. When we came back from the bikeride of that day we went swimming straight away to cool down a bit. We only didn;t do a bikeride on thursday to get some rest after 200 km.

The first day we went for the hardest ride. It was around 50 km and took us to a tower on top of a mountain. You can see a pic on the background here. The ride to it was really very very hard and I was exhausted around the time John took the pic. Also we had some nice looks on lavander fields.

It was a nice ride, but very very hard. The next day we did a ride to Bolene, Mondragon, Monras and Rochegude. It was 49 km's, but due to us get lost it was 10 km's longer. In that route was the col in my latest post. It was a nice ride and not as hard as the day before. There was a nice french man who helped to get on the right track again.

A the end I will include some pics of sights we have seen.

The next day we biked to Vaison la Romain. It was the longest ride of around 65 km. It was very hot and sunny that day and everything hurt from the first two days, but after a while we got in a flow and it went better. Vaison was very beautifull and we got to see the big theater which was just very impressive in real life. We had a very nice lunch in Villedieu which is on top of a mountain. They had nice tapas there and it was a nice light lunch for such a hard tour. We got back around 6.30 at the hotel and than we met someone from Eigenwijze reizen and had a nice chat about this vacation and the one to Italy. They had put this one on one bike, but well that means you can do it easy and it wasn;t true all the rides we did were very heavy.

When we got back to the hotel we heard that Luc and Sonja, a begium couple, got a flat tire on their ride and Luc had walked 12 km to the hotel back to get the car.

The next day we did a short ride of 22 km and were glad to come home. Later Luc and Sonja came at the hotel walking and they had again a flat tire. So my husbandhelped them to change to tire as that is his job at home it went very fast. Luc said I will put the bike in the car and will not use it again this vacation, well I could see that as he now walked for 4 km's.

The next day we sat at the swimmingpool and lunched together with Luc and Sonja and had a nice relaxing day. I tried to take a pic out of the car of the castle in our villagem which is now a wine university. It was a good focus point when you were lost again.

The next day we talked Luc and Sonja in to join us that ride and they did. We had such a great day with 40 km's and again a lot of sun and also wine. And at the end they were happy they decided to join us after all on the ride. Than the packing of the suitcases waited and a nice last meal before heading home the next day. We drove to Echternach in Luxembourg to stay there for a night and than drove back to our house.

It was a nice vacation and I hope to have something the same in September.

I am back and some packages that I send before my vacation

I just came back from vacation and had a great time in France, I will tell some more tomorrow or later today, but first I want to show some things that arrived at several places while I was away. But a little pic of the things we have done. I survived biking up this col as you can see 186 meters high and boy it was hot every day.

But now on to the gifts that were received. I also saw that Zalita has received her gift, but still has to pic it up at her parents.
First Carol recieved her PIF gift. I decided to use this creme cat fabric as soon as I decided which box to send to her. As she is a catlover I thought it would be appreciated a lot. By the way I am asked a lot to give a little kartonnage workshop and would be glad to do that, but first I have to do some writing for that. Keep an eye on my sight and I will let you know as soon as I have it.

Than I had send out the May Flower exchange to Renee and I read in my e-mail that she has received it. As you can see I stitched this same piece twice for two different exchanges. The pinkeep was for Vonna and when I was stitching that I thought it was also perfect for the May Flower exchange as it says May and Flowers, so what could be more perfect. I made this one in a little flatfold.

Than I send out my trip around the world exchange for Cathymk just before my vacation as I didn't want it to be send out late. I have udes the "Delft" design from Beardiedesigns and love making it. The colors are a bit more richer blue in real life.

Later I will also post a pic of the may flowers exchange I received from Heidi in my vacation.

I am going away

We will be leaving tomorrow late in the morning, early in the afternoon for our vacation in the south of France. We will do a sleep over twice, it is one time to much, but we just want to take it very very very easy. We have everything packed and just have to clean the livingroom before leaving tomorrow. I have been working on my France a bit this past week as that was driven away very far after 15 years not doing anything with it.
I maybe will take a few DJ blocks with me, but that is all. Yesterday I already send out the Trip around the world exchange and right after I get back I will send out the Garden Themed exchange right on time.
My sewing machine stayed at the shop monday to get service. So he will be as knew when I come back from vacation.
Hope to see you all back around the 28th of May.

Iris received her PIF gift.

Here is the box I made her. A pic of when it is open can be found here http://mijnhobbiehoekje.blogspot.com/

First PIF gift received

I just read in my e-mail that my PIF gift arrived at Jacqueline her place.

I have made her this box. I picked out the blue fabric as she has a cute closet in her kitchen and her kitchen has a lot of blue in it. I have still some fabric left and will make somthing from it, but after my vacation.

Todat we bought a lot of cloths. I have bought a new swimmingsoot as we have a swimmingpool at our hotel. Two pants that you also can make in to a little shorter pants and a real short pants. One skort which is a skirt that is also a short and I have bought two shirts. Also my hubby got some new cloths, so we can now go on vacation.

I have been tagged by Dawn

Here are the rules:Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their seven things, as well as these rules. You need to choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they have been tagged and to read your blog!

1. John, my DH, is 9 years older than me.

2. I was once attacked by someone with a knife. He hit me in my hand and when I was looking at it I saw my bone :-( (very scary)

3. I have had my own horse for 8 years when I was still living at my parents.

4. We are seriously thinking about moving out of this country. Canada comes first on the list to move to, but it could also be somewhere in Europe.

5. I am allergic to Latex and with a job in a hspital that isn't a nice allergy.

6. I moved in with John after only 2 months.

7. I am really afraid of the dentist and it is such a nice man.

I tag Simone, Jacqueline, Iris, Carol, Mathilda , Barbara

Gifts

Just a short message to let Zalita, Carol, Iris, Jacqueline and Cheryl know packages to you all are on their way. For the first 4 it are all PIF gifts, Jacqueline will arrive probaly tomorrow. Iris's probaly beginning of next week and the other 3 will arive at the end of next week. Depends how good the mailsystem works.

Page 5 finished

Here is the pic of page 5 finished of Little red riding hood. And what do you see at the bottom:-)

That is the wolf LOL, yeah I know I have to tell you, but it really is.

Yesterday I also finished my trip around the world exchange and I think it looks great. Pic will follow after my vacation as it won't be received sooner.

Now I first will work some more on Little red riding hood and than on my garden Themed exchange as that wil have to go out after my vacation.

AND THE WINNAR IS....

Number 62, which is Cheryl Thomas http://bezzachezza.blogspot.com/. There is already an e-mail on it's way to you.
Thanks everyone for participating. I got 84 people signing up for this.
Will post a pic of Little red riding hood later.