I am ready with the snow

Since the 17th of december we have snow and since than I only dared 2 days to go by bike to my work, the rest of the days I just had to go by car as our street has not even snow, but the hole road is ice, you can skate on our road without any problems. I just want to go y bike, but just can't and I hate it. Please give me some warmer weather, so that the snow melts and I can bike again. We are also sleeping under two quilts as otherwise it is just to cold in the bedroom.

Today I have sandwiched the gobble gobble quilt or sweet escape from Miss Rosie designs. I already decided how to quilt it, but first I will finish the quilting on my ninepatch and snowball quilt. Tomorrow I also will sandwich Picnic and Madeline and those two will be quilted before I will start quilting sweet escape, so I can get in the quiltingswung again as somehow I always need to get my hands and arms loose. So the coming week will be for quilting only as I off course also have to finish a few quilts, otherwise will my pile of unquilted tops be getting to high.

Top of Madeline finished

This morning I finished the top and I love it , I am very happy with my color choice. Now just have to double it and go quilt it.

designwall monday

Well not a lot to see as I still have to start working on those blocks. Hope next week I can show a finished top.

stashreport

It's the first week of the year and yes I did use stash and also some came in. charmpacks from Astor manor came in and some yardage. Does look like a nice package or not?

Than what did I use. Well I used a bit for a front and backing, to help me to decide what to quilt on a few quilts. Also I used charmpacks and a bit of yardage for Madeline.

Fabric in 2010: 3.10 meter

Fabric out 2010: 2.55 meter

Fabric used 2010: 0.55 meter

A finished little top

Quilts are keeping me busy these days. First on the last day of the year I have worked on this little quilt. It is for the baby of my colleague. Just have to quilt it, but don't ave the right color in my stash. Will have to go and shop next weekend, just have to decide to which store I will go. To Amsterdam where there are two shops next to eachother and I am sure I will find the right color or I can go to a shop closer where they have some demonstrations of Husqvarna sewing machines and also nice offers or I can do both as the demonstrations of Husqvarna are o

n friday and saturday and I have the friday also off from work and go to Amsterdam on saturday. Will really have to think about that.

Yesterday we got the schnibbles for january and it is Madeline, one of the newer ones and I am already very busy cutting as you can see. I am doing it will old primrose inn. Hope to do some more on it today, but not sure if I will feel up to it.

Also really have been busy with trying to decided how to quilt 40T and Gobble Gobble. Gobble Gobble will be quilted with leaves, 40 T I am not sure yet.

Goals for 2010

Well here I am again, now for the goals for 2010
1. Finish Little red riding hood ("only" 12 pages to go LOL)
2. Do all the schnibbles in the year of schnibbles and finish all of them, which also means quilting and binding them.
3. Finish the top if the mysterie designer BOM and probaly ask my mother to quilt it.
4. Finish the top of the 1930's quilt
5. Make 24 SBS blocks (which means 2 a month)
6. Finish Nature's Chorus (ninpatch and snowball quilt)
7. Finish Sweet Escape Gobble Gobble quilt
8. Finish 40T
9. Finish Picnic
10. Work on Journey of a quilter
11. Work on tisket a tasket
12. If I finish LRRH start another HEAD
13. Read 12 books
14. Finish some other miss rosie quilts.
15. Cook some more new dishes, the first new kitchen is chinese that I am going to try.

Happy new year

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year and I hope all your wishes for 2010 will happen.

How I did on my goals for 2009

Goals for 2009:
1. Bind Lentekriebels
This one is done
2. Bind Cat's Paw
This one is done
3. Finish the last round robin for the quilting sisters
This one is done
4. Finish the top of Journey of a quilter
Not done at all, also haven't worked a lot on it.
5. Make a few strip quilt and other WIM's in my closet
Well done, I used a lot of charmpacks, jellyrolls and even a fatquarterbundle.
6. Work on all the WIP quilts
This one is done
7. Finish at least 10 pages of LRRH (1 page a month)
More than done as I finished this year around 16 pages or more, not sure.
8. Finish English garden sampler
Done
9. Stitch some things for myself
Done as Little red riding hood is for myself.

Tomorrow I will give my goals for 2010, have to think a bit about them.

Finished a quilt top and the stashbusting report

I have finished 40T finally this weekend. I am thinking about a good name for it. I loved sewing on it every minute and do love the look of it.

Than on to the stashbustingreport, the last one of this year. I busted fabric for the backing of 40T and I busted a bit for a quilt for my colleague. Nothing came in.

Fabric out in week 52: 7 meter

Fabric in week 52: 0 meter

Fabric out in 2009: 153.85 meter

Fabric in 2009: 145 meter

Fabric busted in 2009: 8.85 meter

sscs

Well thursday early in the morning I unwrapped my gift as I was going away until today and I just love what I received, a beautifull crochetted and felted bag. I am surely going to use it.

Thanks Annie.

Than today I did send an e-mail to Dawn my exchange pattern to see if she had figured out what it was she received, well she didnt, just see her e-mail:

"After I had cleaned up, and we still had visitors, I then said, look what I have received from the Netherlands and went and obtained the box from the tree. I opened the smalller of the two parcels first and was absolutely estatic with the materials - just LOVE the tonings - you got it very right., then the bigger parcel - yes this did have us all intrigued as we went from discussing what it would be used for - well you can imagine , we tried every which way but couldnt work out the "final" use - we had tried to make it into casserole holders, shapes, but you had us all miffed. I think it was the gorgeous Xmas fabric which made us all think it was a Xmas themed product, hence why we were trying think it was a "kitchen" themed idea!!!! I can say that i too just LOVE the fabric - in fact have one of the "dot" ones and also the candy cane ones which I purchased in New Zealand earlier in the year, so that is absolutely amazing.

Now - a Sewing Machine cover - let me go and see.......................................
oh you are amazing - how on earth did you know it would fit???? Do you have the same machine????
Thanking you - it is lovely and looks great - have it on there now - cant wait to show the visitors as to where it belongs!!!"

Yes I saw this machinecover on the modabakeshop and just fell in love and immediately thought about Dawn and that I would make it for her from my "Winter" Jellyroll. I asked on an onlinegroup I belong too if someone had a machine like hers and if they could meassure it for me and someone could do it. I am very gratefull that she was so helpfull. That is why it looks a bit strange on my machine as a Bernina has a table on it and not mine. I am glad she likes it so much and they had so much fun to find out what it was for.

I have to say I loved making it and will probaly make one for my own sewingmachine too as soon as I have a few things I must finish have finished.

Stashbusting report week 51

The new block of the mysterie designer bom came in. I used a charmpack for the fabric wreath and a bit for the tuffet.
Fabric in week 51: 0.25 meter
Fabric out week 51: 1 meter

Fabric in 2009: 145 meter
Fabric out 2009: 146.85 meter

Busted 1.85 meter

2 finishes and Little red riding hood

What shall I show you first LRRH or my finishes. Well I think the finishes.

First I finished a tuffet, which is a pincushion and also a schnibbles pattern from Miss Rosie. It is made from leftovers from the november schnibble.

Than I also made another fabricwreath, now for myself. I love how this one came out too. You can find a tutorial here, but I have to say I make the little bags a bit different so that I have the opening onthe back, I also don't close that little hole as it is real small and also on the wreath itself.

And than off course the monthly update on Little red riding hood. Another 2 pages finished and a lot done on the next 3 pages.

I am also very busy with 40T, all the stars are finished and am now busy with the ninepatches. Hopefully it will be finished the coming days.

Dear Santa

Dear Santa,


The fatquartershop has said that I should post my letter to santa here. Now what to wish for was very hard and I decided on the essence fattquarterbundle. I just love the colors.
I hope you will see my wishlist.


Judith

SSCS ornament

I just read that my package arrived at dawn and she is happy with it. I am always worried if a package will arrive or not. I stitched her an ornament as about my stitching I am sure it is beautifull. It is from LHN from an ornament issue( don't know which one for sure.)

Now she has to wait for 2 weeks before opening the rest of the packages.

stashbustingreport and the winner of the giveaway

Well what shall I do first, decisions, decisions, decisions. Well let me first do the winner of the giveaway. That is Jeanne from luv2stitch . Please contact me with your snail mail address and the angel will come your way.

Than the stashbustingreport.
Nothing came in and I busted 1 meter, I already busted it last week, but forgot to include it in my report.
Fabric in week 50: 0 meter
Fabric out week 50: 1 meter

Fabric in 2009: 144.75 meter
Fabric out 2009: 145.85 meter

Fabric busted 2009: 1.10 meter

Busy bee

I am very busy with work at the moment and some private stuff and almost can't find anytime to blog myself or read blogs. Hope the coming weeks will be a bit better.
This week my brother was in Winconsin and well as some of you know there was a lot of snow there. I am so jealous as I just love snow. Today we finally have had a cold night and I just love it. John is , like last saturday, working, so I have the house for myself all day. Today I will be cooking Cassoulet. The beans are already soaking for 10 hours. I hope it will taste nice in the end.

This week I received my sscs package and you see here a pic of the ornament on the package, isn't it a beautifull ornament? Annie is my partner and my so curious what is in the package. Can't almost not wait to open.

This week I worked on 40 T as I would love to have it finished this year. I still have 12 more of these stars to do and than if I am corret 13 ninpatches. I hope I can make it in that time.

Than how am I doing on my goals for december

- Work on the caroline christmas mysterie done
- Work on the mysterie designer bom (finish block 5,6 and 7 and work a bit more on the finishing kit).
- Work on 40T done
- Make two blocks for the sbs quilt.
- Start quilt for my colleague
- Finish 2 pages of LRRH done

A finish

When I was at my parents my mother gave me the quilted Cindy Lou Who. She handquilted it for me. I just love what she did with it. There is a flower in each snowball block.

I tried to make a detail pic of it.. Didn't work out to well, but I hope you can see it.

Tomorrow I hope to make a pile of tuffets.

stashbusting report week 49

Last week I got some fabric as presents and also my price from the schnibbles. And after a bit of debating I decided to count it after all as fabric in. Also today came an order from fatquartershop. I had to order the year of schnibbles pattern "tuffets" and because only an envelope with one pattern is a bit to empty I also ordered two charmpacks from alliance and some yardage.
Also fabric went out. The charmpack for the christmas wreath in my last post and some more background fabric for the carolina mysterie.

Fabric in week 49: 6.55 meter
Fabric out week 49: 3.35 meter

Fabric in 2009: 144.75 meter
Fabric out 2009: 144.85 meter

Fabric busted: 0,10 meter

A fabric wreath

This is for my parents. I made it today and just love how it came out. Now have to make another one for myself, another 40 cushions need to be sewn. It is made with a charmpack of Moda "Winter"collection.

Than I still needed to show my schnibbles prize from last month. Isn't it beautifull.

Don't forget the giveaway in an earlier post

carolina christmas

Don't forget my giveaway.
-----------------------------------
I am busy with the carolina christmas mysterie and I just love working on it. I am almost finished with part 2, so I hope part 3 will come soon. For the year of schnibbles we will do the tuffets from Miss rosie.