Vacation

We are going on vacation this night and it looks like Sjors doesn't want us to go. This was already the 5th time I tried to get up, but he just didn't want to go and my DH made some pictures with the celphone. Is he a cute cat. Well he will have to miss us till march 1. I am going to Austria and I will have a nice birthday with my whole family.

Bye for now

Christmas wave finished

Thanks for all the compliments on EGS. I am very happy that it is finished. Guute and Yvonne I am sorry for the both of you, but I can't take it to the quilting retreat as it will go to the framers the 2nd of March to get framed on time.
Well than to my next finish. I did a trade last march with Yvonne I got a quilt from her with the same pattern and I made her this one. Due to circumstances I couldn't finish it sooner. So she will receive it in March on our dutch quilting retreat. Hope she likes it.
Now I am on to my next finish, but first I need to go and pack the bags and do laundry and clean the house. Hope to finish also the other quilt before vacation. By the way there is more than enough snow where we are going in Austria. Hope traffic will not be to busy.

A finish

Yesssss it is finished a few minutes ago. The pic is very bad sorry for that.

I am so happy to have it finished on time just for my holiday. Hopre to have two other finishes in the next days.

Stashbust report week 7

Well I had a great week I needed two backing for quilts and off course also the bindings as I already quilted them. Pic will follow later this week when they are finished, only need to do the handwork on the binding. Also a pic of Englisch garden sampler will follow as it is almost finished.
Didn't came any fabric in, but I ordered some fabric at the fatquartershop, but not a whole lot.

Fabric in this week: 0 meter
Fabric in this year: 15.55 meter (17 yard)

Fabric out this week:3.50 meter (4 yard)
Fabric out this year:8.55 meter (9.5 yard)

Next week will also be a nice bust as I planned to put the borders on a quilt.

LK exchange received

I just received a beautifull exchange from Paula. I just love the pinkeep she made for me.

I am feeling a lot better, just still coughing a lot. I am ver busy stitching on the TW and still hope to have it finished before my vacation at the end of next week, I should get it done as how it looks now.

And just because I wanted a pic of our cat Sjors, he was laying there so cute yesterday when I was making a pic of the exchange.

stash report week 6

Due to sickness nothing to report. I hope to bust some stash this week. Positive thing I also didn't but anything.

Fabric this year:
In: 15.55 meter
Out: 5.05 meter

A lot to show

Yesterday I received a beautifull exchange from Shelleen It is my last exchange from SBEBB, the frosty friends exchange. It is the first cube I received and I just love it. Picture doesn't do it justice at all, also I received some nice goodies with it.

Also I have to finishes to show. I made two floss tags, both are from Nature's alfabeth from Elizabeth designs. I am not totally happy with the M, but I am very happy with the S. With the M I put in the ring the wrong way, but getting it out won't make it nicer.

This week I have also stitched a lot on EGS, really made some great progress. I am now busy with the over one stitching on the gate, which is very time consuming.

My stashbusting report will follow later today, I am hoping to bust some stash today. I am planning to start quilting The Nature's Trail quilt. So that I can bust a backing, that would be a nice bust and I can practise on my quilting some more before I start christmas wave as that one is for someone else and I want it to be beautifull.

In February I had 3 finishes, so I am very proud about them as there were two UFO's among them.

Flu and thanks

Well I am feeling a little bit better at the moment, good enough to make a little post for you, I have the flu and I am now taking medicines that make me cough less, but they make me feel very groggy and well everything costs a lot of energy and I am not able to do a lot.

But the main reason to post is a big thanks to everyone for the support comments I got about the nasty comment I got. All the posts did do me a lot and made me feel a lot better. So a big hug and kiss for everyone.

Update EGS

Well not much progress, but I had a very busy week with other fun things and these last two days not so fun things (a heavy cold/bronchitis). I have only worked on the border some more. Maybe I will get a nasty comment because I am only showing the bottom part now, but on the top part nothing has changed.

Stashreport week 5

Well first I want to say to the person with the anonymous comment on my last post. I feel with you not mentioning your name. That I didn't send my name in the package was a little mistake due to something I am not going to mention here. That I only stitched a Lizzie Kate, well as it is a Lizzie Kate exchange, so stitching a Teresa Wentzler wouldn't fit the exchange very well. And floss tags are in for finishes, so I also made one. Nothing wrong with that I thought and I loved how it turned out. Due to this kind of comments I am leaning to deciding that I won't exchange anymore and I hope that will make that person happy. I already decided a few months ago that 2009 won't be a big exchanging year as I want to stitch a lot of things for myself.

Than my stashbusting report for the binding of Lentekriebels I busted some fabric, but also my long awaited package from Fattquarter shop came in.

This week
Fabric out: 0.65 meter
Fabric in: 5.95 meter

Fabric this year:
In: 15.55 meter
Out: 5.05 meter

Lizzie Kate exchange received

First I want to thank everyone for the lovely comments on my huge quilt finish. I really love reading all that comments, makes me so happy.

Now that Suzanne has received the LK exchange I finally can show it. I stitched Lizzie Kate's Trick or treat for her and finished it into a floss tag. First one ever and I have to say I love this finish very much.

The concert Thursday was great, but the night very short (only 5 hours) so yesterday was a very hard day on work, but I survived. Today will be a huge stitching day as I haven't stitched in two days and when you have a deadline to meet than it isn't good news.

A huge finish

My parents came here today and as I need to stitch as much as I can, my mother decided that she would do the binding on Lentekriebels. And they stayed a little longer so it was really finished. My DH and my dad held the quilt up so I could take a pic. I really am feeling happy when I see it. It is the largest quilt I made so far. It was a mysterie from de quilterij and are some very difficult stars in it. Tonight it will go on our bed and we will have a good night sleep.

Update on Englisch garden sampler

Well I have done a lot of stitching this week. All the backstitching in the borders I had already finished, also finished the left border and did part of the right border, started the bottom border and finished the topiary squares and started the next peacock.

This week I don't think I will have that mjuch progress as wednesday my parents visit me, so not a lot of stitching in the afternoon, thursday evening I am going to a concert, so no stitching at all and sunday I have a birthday from my nephew, so also no stitching at all.

Stash report week 4

Well not much to report. I am very busy with stitching to get EGS finished on time.
I have cut Lentekriebels on the right size, but haven't done the binding yet. Will do that hopefully this week, but it will be a very busy week, so don't know if I will manage. Still no sign of my fattquarter shop package (I just keeping my fingers crossed it is not lost in the mail). So also no fabric was added.

Fabric added this week: 0 meter
Fabric added year to date: 9.60 meter
Fabric used this week: 0 meter
Fabric used year to date: 4.40 meter

Update on EGS

Well this week I have been stitching a lot on Englisch garden sampler, but most of it was backstitch. All the backstitch and specialty stitches on the fountain part are done. Also the krenik came in, so I could finish the peacock too. Now only the beads needed in this part, but they will have to wait till the end.

stashreport week 3

Well this week I have been a brave girl and I haven't added anything. My package from the fattquartershop still hasn't arrived.
Yesterday I started a new quilt and so I have busted some stash.
Fabric added this week: 0 meter
Fabric added year to date: 9.60 meter

Fabric used this week: 1.50 meter
Fabric used year to date: 4.40 meter

And more cloths for my niece

Well here is the whole set. I also made a Kim from farbenmix, so it is the same set as the purple one, but than in other colors. Saturday I know if they like it or not. I am sure my brother will like it as it is not pink. My SIL I am not sure.

This weekend I will start another quilt now from charmpacks I think, I really hope I will manage as I need some stashbusting.

Oh yeah I finished my first floss tag today and I just love that finish, there will following some more for sure. I still have 4 other ones to finish.

A new top for my niece

Here is what I have been working on these past days. Hope they will like it.

Also today I had my mother on the phone and she was ready with the quilting on Lentekriebels, so it will come home with me saturday and than I can put the binding on it.

Stashbusting week 2

This week I put the binding on this quilt . And these fabrics came in. So not a very good fabric busting wek this week.
Fabric used: 0.40 meter
Fabric used 2009: 2.90 meter
Fabric Purchased: 4.60 meter
Fabric Purchased 2009: 9.60 meter
Fabric used to date: -6,70 meter

So I hope to do a big bust of fabric this week.

A lot of great ideas, but...

not a lot happened, well maybe I will sew on the cloths for my niece tonight, but for the rest I only stitched a lot on Englisch garden sampler, which really fills up now. Here you can see the last pic and how much progress I have done in only a few days as I haven't stitched on it for a week.

Quilting well nothing done, but hope to start quilting christmas wave next week.

Plans for the weekend

This weekend I have no plans at all, so thought lets make is a quilting, stitching and sewing weekend. The fabrics for the romantic strip quilt still haven't arrived so nothing will be done on that quilt or the fabrics should arrive tomorrow in the po box. This week was a nice mailweek. Today I got an very early birthdaygidt in the mail. Not to open till the 25th of february, also I received 4 new patternns from farbenmix for cloths for my niece.
Wednesday two packages with fabbies were in the mail. One from the stoffenkraam with fabrics for cloths for my niece. I already started a Kim from farbenmix with the fabric on top (red one) and with the bottom one (blue one) I am making a roxy.
Also there was a package from Fatquartershop with some Nature's Chorus fabrics. I have a big idea for this quilt. Just have to go designing on paper and not only in my mind. I now have a jellyroll, 3 charmpacks and a layer cake of this like and 3 yards of the light fabric and a yard of the other fabric. I have the idea of doing also applique on this quilt.
Weather is very cold here at the moment and due to a lot of ice on the streets it was to risky to go by bike to my work, so my DH has brought me to work everyday on his way to work.
This weekend I will make some cloths for my niece. I will work on one of my quilts that are wip's, I will finish 2 stitched things in to something and I will stitch a lot on EGS. It is really waiting for some attention.

SSCS

Cindy was my partner I had to make something for and I used 2 or 3 charm packs from the Zaza line from Moda to make all these. I didn't make a pic of the back of the tablerunner, but there are the charms straight. I just love this line very much. I still have a jellyroll from this line and will be surely making a nice quilt out of it. Just need to think what it will be. Any ideas are welcome?
Yesterday I finished stitching my Lizzie Kate exchange, hope to do the finishing today or later this week.
Also I finished stitching a little birthdaygift, just have to make it into a fob and send it.
Now I am of to stitch a new christmas ornament from Carol as the first one is lost in the mail. Now just to decide what to stitch, don't want to stitch the same one a second time.

First finish of 2009

Today I decided to put the binding on Cat's Paw and finish it and so I did. I started this one in october 2007 and it was a BOM at my LQS. Love how it came out. My mother has quilted it. I also included some pics of the quilting.

Stash report week 1

Well I decided to join the stashbustingreports. I already started to keep track a few weeks ago, but this week I started fresh.
This week an order from the fattquartershop came in 2 jellyrolls, both on sale. From the harvest home one I directly started the romantic strip quilt and today used up the whole jellyroll. Just have ordered some fabrics for a border, they will probaly come in this coming week.

This week I:

Fabric used this week: 2.5 meter
Fabric used this year: 2.5 meter

Fabric Added this week: 5 meter
Fabric Added this year: 5 meter

Only borders left

Today I have finished the last blocks and made them into a top. There will be borders added, but fabric is still on it's way. Was send the last day ofthe year, so probaly will arrive the beginning of this week. Loved making it very much. Now have to go and think about the quilting.

Frosty friends exchange is finished, only a little bit of finishing left to do. Now on to the LK exchange.

Also I joined the challenge of May Britt and Kris to finish one project a month.

My new quilt

This week I have been busy an hour a day with my new quilt. It keeps me busy in the evening and I just wanted to show you a little bit of it.

I just sewed one of the blocks together to show. I still need to make 32 1/4 peices of the block and than I can make the rest of the blocks. There will be 20 in the end.

Also another update on EGS, just because I wanted to. Tomorrow I will kit some exchanges I need to finish next week, so the rest of the week probaly not a lot of progress on EGS. I need to finish the HoE LK exchange, SBEBB Frosty friends, SBEBB Christmas ornament exchange (my first one got lost) and something for a birthday. The frosty friends can wait a week or so.

Update English Garden Sampler

As you can see I have done much on this one. I just love it very much. Hope with the next pic I will have this part finished. We will see, son't have anything planned for a few weekends so a lot of stitching time. Tuesday my order from Fatquartershop arrived and I started immediately on a new quilt. It is with a jellyroll from Harvest Home. Pic will come later when I have finished the top. As fast as I go now, probaly will be within a week. I try to quilt at least a half hour a day and it works really to get something accomplished.

Stitching and quilting goals 2009

Goals for 2009:
1. Bind Lentekriebels Done
2. Bind Cat's Paw Done
3. Finish the last round robin for the quilting sisters Done
4. Finish the top of Journey of a quilter
5. Make a few strip quilt and other WIM's in my closet Done
6. Work on all the WIP quilts Done
7. Finish at least 10 pages of LRRH (1 page a month) Done
8. Finish English garden sampler Done
9. Stitch some things for myself

Quilting and stitching goals

Quilty goals for 2008:
1. Finish the big star mysterie "Lentekriebels" at least the top, the quilting will take some time as it is very very big. - Top done, quilting is almost finished
2. Finish Journey of a quilter top or also quilt. - LOL this is not done at all. I am now stitching on the third block, but all the blocks are pieced, so that is nice
3. Finish Cat's Paw quilt top or also quilt - Top done and quilted, only binding to do
4. Work on my other quilt wips. - Did do that and started a few new ones
5. Doing some quilty exchanges like the fourseasons ones and maybe something like the secret santa exchange. Did do that too
Stitchy Goals for 2008:
1. Enjoying some more exchanges, but less than 2007. Yes done
2. Stay on track with the quilting and also with the stitching Round Robin With the stitching one I am totally finished even made two more blocks with the quilting one I am not on track at all, but hope to finish the last one in January
3. Finish NHA done
4. I wanted to write now Finish Little red riding hood, but well that seems a bit to much, but I want to finish 20 pages, which comes to 1 page per two weeks. Than there are in the end only 20 pages left to do, so it will be surly finished in 2009. By the way I have choosen the big print of the chart as that is a bit easier to do. Did do 9 pages
5. Maybe when I have time left stitch some things for myself. :-(

My niece in her new set

Here is Anouk in the cloths I made her on daddy's lap

My SSCS gift

Here are the beautifull gifts I received from my sscs. Two beautifull quilts and a lot of other goodies. I just love everything. Thanks so much.

Some progress

Well I had a great time at my parents with great food and company. The presents I received from my family were two books, one from Kathy Reichs and one from Steve Berry, and good scissors for fabric.

Before I went away I made a few progress pics. Here is the first one it is from the Englisch garden sampler as you all can see I made some nice progress on it and since this pic I even made more progress. It was that I didn't have two colors with me otherwise everything on the left side of the first pilar was finished. I will surely finish that side today or tomorrow.

Than I made also a new block for my 1930 quilt. Will work some more on that quilt this weekend and probaly will also make some cloths for my niece as my DB and DSIL loved the cloths I made very much and as soon as my DF will send the pic I can show you how she looked in it. Today I had to make the tunica a little bigger as it was not wide enough, hope it will fit now perfectly.

My secret santa will get it's own post later.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Spring fling round robin

For this one I made the center. and I was very anxious to see what the other girls would do with it. Well I have to say. I love how they worked it out.

For my SSCS packages I can't open them at the moment as I let them home and I am with my parents, so will open them friday. More to see than.

Today I went with my mother to the city to buy some jeans and well I did very well. Two new jeans, two new tops and a new coat.

A few new blocks

I have been working on my 1930 sampler. I have to say I just love working on this quilt very much due to all the different blocks and different sizes. Today I made 3 blocks. They are all 6 inch. Only with the dutchman puzzle I had some problems.

Also here a pic of all the blocks. I have already sewn a few blocks together that could be sewn together. Next blocks I think will be the one below the blocks on the right side.

Birthday exchange received

I just got an e-mail that the birthday exchange was received by Marie P and that she likes it. I did send her the flossie a few posts ago and I finished spooky row from Bent Creek in a very long pillow.Yesterday also my buys from the fatquartershop came in. It is a charm pack, a layer cake and a jelly roll from Nature's Chorus from Moda. It will be a romantic quilt, but don't know how yet.

creating

When I was making the flossie I got another idea in my head for my sewing stuff. So today I started the sewing and well here you can see what I have done to it. I am very happy with the result. Here also a pic opened. Fabbies came from my local LQS. I had to go there as my mother finished the handquilting on my cat's paw and I needed fabric for the binding. Pic will be here as soon as I get it totally finished.

Also a new pic of Englisch garden sampler. Very busy with the foutain part.

Sewing

I got this pattern with an exchange sometime (don't know anymore with which exchange) and liked it very much, so I did put it in my whenever-I-have-time-to-make-this-basket and well the time had come today. Great way to put away your bobbins. I will be surely making some others as presents. They are christmasfabrics from Moda, don't know the serie anymore. Tomorrow after work I will go to my parents and watch my niece and nephew. And saturday morning and afternoon I will just have fun at my parents seeing what my mother has made lately in real life. Sunday I am planning to do some patchwork, has been a long time.