Exchange received and some updated pics

I received my needlework small exchange from Cindy today. And I just love the needlebook she made me. She also included a handmade scissorfob and a lot of needles and needlethreaders. Also some worksheets for some sewed bags. Thanks Cindy for this beautifull exchange. It is my first needlebook and I surely will carry it with me when I am on a trip as I than also have problems where to keep my needles.I have been working on starlight sampler till wednesday and here you can see my progress. I love stitching this one.
Yesterday was SAL night from summer snapperland and here you can see the progress I made, not really much.
This weekend I will be stitching on little red riding hood for the HEAD sal and hope to get a lot accomplished. Pic will follow after the weekend.

House exchange was received

I just heard that Patti received her house exchange. I stitched her the sweet shop from the sweetheart tree and made it into a flat fold and personalized it. Next to arrive will be the birthday exchange at Natty her doorstep.

And also a present for a friend has arrived. Bianca will be moving soon and isn't so happy about that. So with a few girls we made her this pillow. I have stitched her butterfly chase (right top corner)

And another package arrived

I just heard from Lyne that she received her birthday package. I made her this burse and am glad to hear she likes it. I loved making it a lot. Like the biscornu it was a 2006 finish and also I did this kind of finish for the first time.

Today I started on the starlight sampler I received yesterday ad it is going great. I just love LHN designs.

Look what I received!

Here is the basket I got from Leena with some very nice goodies. The little house needlework chart is from my wishlist and I am thinking of stitching that soon, maybe even this weekend. I am sure I will have a suitable piece of fabric for it.

Also here a pic of summer snapperland which comes together also now. I will stitch on it some more today.

Here is what I made...

for the needleworks small exchange. A biscornu and it was my first and Cathy says she likes it :-) These are the pics from Cathy as I forgot to take pics. I never forget that, but my head was on another place :-) I hope to show some pics of the house exchange I received tonight. Now I am first going to sit on achair and watch ER from last night and am hoping my headache is than gone.

Redwork exchange finished

I finished the stitching of the redwork exchange today, now just have to do my finishing skills on this one and I hope it works out as I hope it will do.
Also for the ones wishing me a happy birthday it isn't till next month the 25th.
Tomorrow I hope to make a pic of summer snapperland for the sal and I think I will work on a dj block or on one of my machine made quilts. I know someone asked and yes I do my DJ by hand.

It will be a hard month

Wednesday and today I already received two birthday envelopes and I may not open them till my birthday. One os from a quilting group and one from a stitching group.
Today I also finished my house exchange and a little gift for a friend. They will both go in the mail tomorrow. Today I send of my needlework smalls exchange. Hope my partners all will like what I made them and I hope to show some things in the next week.

g7, h7 and c3

Here are the pics of the blocks I promissedn. I have now started f6, but I am now first making a start on the redwork exchange.G7 the middle block for the big DJ

H7 for the big DJ

C3 for a pillowDJ

Sorry it took a while

My DH came home sick from vacation with the flu and due to that I had to do everything here at home alone, so not much time behind the computer. I have been stitching a bit and have finished the birthdayexchange for the Robin's Nest. Now only finish it in a little something from fabric out of my stash. Also have to finish up the House exchange and than I can send them out next week. Now I am going to start the redwork exchange for SBEBB, I already know what to stitch and how I want to finish it. Now just finding the time to pic up the fabrics and thread and finish it.
Quilting wise: I have finished block h7 and g7 from the big dj and c3 from the pillow dj which is totally done from fabrics out of my stash. I will show pics later this week.

Now about my vacation. It was very nice to be with my family. Only if there would have been snow. There really wasn't much. We could ski and do some cross country skiing, but you get up high in the hills to do it. Most of the days I have played and walked with my little nephew. On thursday my father and nephew got sick with the flu. We decided to go home friday instead of saturday and on our way home my DH and brother became sick. So I had to drive all the way home and my DH was sitting next to me getting sicker and sicker. I have to say than a 11 hour drive is a bit to much for one person. Just called home and now my mother has the flu. I am likely to not get it as I got the flushott, but you never know. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
Also on wednesday one of the colleagues of my mother that travelled with us had a little break in her scapula (I at least think it is called scapula in english), so she had to go see the doctor).
But in all I had a restfull vacation in which I did a lot of reading. I have finished Deja Death from Kathy Reichs and also a book from Elizabeth George, the last one I think with inspector lynley.

I have to go now to be with the patient. Talk to you all later.

I am back

Just to let you all know I am back from vacation since last night. I haven't done much on vacation than walking and reading and made half a DJ block.
Now it is bedtime. I am getting up to date with bloglines and hope to have a post tomorrow.

On vacation

I just wanted to let you all know that are reading my blog. No idea how many people that are that I will be away on vacation as of tonight. I will be back saturday in a week. I have prepared 14 DJ blocks and I hope to work on them, but you never know. Also packed the birthday exchange for Robin's Nest and summer snapperland.

DJ F7

I just finished piecing DJ block F7. I really love the colors of these blocks and also working on them.

Now I have to get still 5 of them prepared to bring on my holiday. Looks like thursday will be a busy day with packing the luggage and preparing the blocks and getting my stitching packed too.

By the way I saw someone mentioning that the gold ones would look great with these. Well that will be adifferent DJ as they are for a pillow with only 9 blocks.

DJ H-6 and G-8 finished

Here is a pic of a new DJ block. It is the first for the big DJ and it is somewhere in the middle of the quilt. I already know I will have the most difficulties with the round forms in this quilt. It is block H6 Pie Sale.

Also here block G8 which is called Justin's Comet. I have to say I really love this handwork. Hadn't thought it before, but am now happy that I started it.

I am now busy with the next one and it is already half way done, but now it is bedtime. So I will work on that one a bit more tomorrow and also will do some more ironing tomorrow to prepare some blocks for vacation.

Sorry, Sorry, Sorrry

Sorry now you are all thinking I will be doing another mysterie, but I meant to say that the fabrics will be for my big DJ quilt. I have been preparing 9 blocks yesterday with cutting freezer paper and today I hope to put them on the fabric. This 9 will be for my vacation next week.

DJ A-12 and fabric

Today I finished my house exchange, but can't show it till it is received. Next to start is my birthday exchange. Have decided for the chart, but stitching isn't a good option at the moment as I am still feeling horrible.

Today I worked some more on A-12 from the DJ quilt which is Framed Fancy and finished is. Love how it turned out.

Also got my fabric in for my big mysterie. Still two fabrics to come but they are on back order.

Sick

If you don't see me much posting the next couple of days it is because since tuesday I am getting sicker and sicker and now I really feel sick.

I have here a pic of my first sal tuesday and well you can see I am sick as I only did such few stitches. It is summer snapperland.

I am very busy with finish stitching the house exchange. Hope to get it maybe finished today and than I hope my DH is willing to cut some board this weekend. So that I can finish before my vacation.

Also yesterday I got my redworkexchange and I have come up with a design already and will stitch that when the house exchange is finished as it is an easy one to stitch, but looks great.

What did I finish in 2006

Here is my list:
I have finished 23 quilts, from which than more than half are big quilts. 2 DJ blocks, I had 4 sewing finishes and I have finished 34 cross stitch pieces. Which results in 63 finishes in the whole year.
Not yet finished are 4 cross stitched pieces, which are little red riding hood, nature's home afghan, colonial garden and animal shelf. And 2 quilts which are both big mysteries.
In the new year I will start nother big quilt which is the DJ and some small projects. I am sure I won;t have that much quilts finished this year as I stopped with the comfort quilts.

DJ A-13 and A-1

I had the urge to see how I was liking sewing by hand and I must say with these little blocks I like it. This one is starlight - starbright which is block number A-13. and now also A-1 Pinwheel Gone Awry is finished. I love doing this handwork a lot.

myserie quilt 2

Here is what the other block will look like, well not totally as only finished one corner so far from one block, but

as I won't be sewing today I just thought about letting you all see it already. Hope to sew again tomorrow.

I am now busy stitching on the house exchange as the chart for that one arrived at my doorstep yesterday. It will look great when finished I am sure.

Last night was a stormy night here in the Netherlands we even got a weather warning and it could be that tonight we will be having another weather warning as it can be stormy too. Last night it was carla and tonight we will be having Lotte as they have called the stormfronts. Carla has blown even of a balcony in Den Haag and blew down some trees here and there.

Yesterday we decided to do a summer snapperland sal. I will be doing it together with two girls from a yahoo group and we will be stitching on it on tuesdays.

Now I hope you will all be having a nice new years eve.

Question

Just a simple question. I want to make a pillow for a friend of mine but I don;t want to send a big package. So are there prefilled pillows in the USA for on a chair in the livingroom and how big are they, so that I can make a pillowcase that she will be able to use.

Part 2 of mysterie

This is the first half of part 2 of this mysterie. When I am done with this post I will start drawing and cutting for the second part of this part as it is a very difficult block. This making of 16 ninepatches was easy, only they are very small, around 3 inches I think. I could already try out how it is working with this little pieces as my DJ is also this small. I got the news yesterday that my order has shipped. So am looking forward for the fabric to arrive and than find some matching fabric for the background and start. One block per week or two weeks I am thinking about.
Today I also started stitching again on little red riding hood page 2.
Yesterday I finished two exchange pieces, but before showing them it will be somewhere in february.

Winter snapperland finished

I just put on the last button on winter snapperland.

I love stotching this serie. Now I am going to do summer snapperland. I have everything in my stash for it.

Also today I finished the other 3 blocks of the mysterie "3 x 3 = 9" quilt. For the ones asking. This is not an online mysterie, but from a shop and I have a meeting once a month. Both blocks are made 4 times. So part 1 is now finished, on to part 2 tomorrow.

One year anniversary

The 24th I had my one year anniversary in blogging land and I just wanted to thank everyone for their friendship in this past year. I have met some great blogging friends since than and love being on the exchange board with other stitching bloggers. I hope to be here a lot longer with blogging and everything.
Today I first did my task for today which was cleaning the bedroom and so now I can start doing my hobbies. I already have found a chart for the needlework smalls exchange and redwork exchange. I already ordered something for the house exchange and also found something for the biscornu exchange.
So now it is time to do first a bit of sewing and than get winter snapperland finished.

some more on the mysteriequilt

Here a pic of the finished pine needleroll. I gave it to my mother with christmas and she was very happy with it.

For christmas I received a book from Kathy Reichs, a book from Elisabeth George, the audiobook of Harry Potter and the secret room and a biasband maker of clover. I am very happy with the gifts and alsready am busy in the book of Kathy Reichs.

Yesterday I started the cutting for the 3 x 3 = 9 quilt and now I already finished the first block. I only have 3 more of this one to go and than I can start part 2. I really love the look of it.

Part 2 is easier, but also in one block it is very diffcult as it is a star with round corners. When part 2 is finished I will work again on the first mysteriequilt. So probaly tomorrow some more pics.

Also I decided which fabric to use for my DJ quilt. I am going to use fabrics from Moda's Nell's Flower shop and will be using some cream fabric for the background fabric.

Christmas and new year wishes

As a lot will go on trips to their family or friends I just wanted to do this already now. I want to wish everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year. To say it in dutch. Prettige kerstdagen en een gelukkig nieuwjaar.
Sunday we will be at my parents celebrating christmas with some pressies and the rest will be spend with the two of us and our cat at home. My DH was very happy to have 4 days off, so he can rest from his studies.

Pine needleroll finished!

I just did the beading on pine needleroll and now it is finished. I like this one again a lot. It is from Sheperd's Bush. I already did do the hemstitching, so only have to close and stuff it and than it is finished to be displayed. I hope this week to also finish Sheperd's roll in a needleroll.

I have vacation

Well I have a week off as of now. So I will return to work again on the 2nd of january and am very happy about that. I just need some time off.

Today was nice on work, till there were some problems and due to me being angry and also I have my time of the month next week I can cry easily and so I did, but all my colleagues were very nice and after talking about it I am happy again, but crying felt so good.

This stocking I stitched a few years back and also sewed it myself a few years back.

Mysterie in different colors.

Here you can find the mysterie that I am making (the first big one with the green and pink colors) that are already finished in a few different colors. My colors are like the fourth pic, but here and there a color is different. I think in the end hers will look lighter.

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Feeling relaxed

After the long bath from yesterday and finishing reading my book (if I am correct it was The third secret from Steven burry, I am sure of the name of the book, just not about the author) I feel relaxed again. I also had a nice night, not being awake half the night makes you feel a lot better.
Tomorrownight me and two of my colleagues will go visiting the colleague that got her baby to give her the quilt I made her.
Now we just have to get the finacial things again on a row.

The pic is from one of my masterpieces I already have finished and framed a few years ago, just had to post a pic as I hate only words and no pic.

My mother is busy, I am not.

As I told some posts ago I have learned my mother paperpiercen and here is the result of he first try another christmas quilt.

The background is 6 paperpierced christmastrees and the reindeers are appliqued on it. Aren't they cute.

Now she is just busy quilting as she has her big quilt to quilt for their bed and also a rosesquilt.

I haven't done much just have been working a bit on winter snapperland. Today I will be surely go to read a lot and maybe a bit of stitching. I hope after a long bath I can relax better, I just feel stressed.

Some asked what the problem was with the minkeefabric, well it is very slippery.

Update winter snapperland

I just wanted to show you all that I haven't sit still stitching wise.

I just love how it turns out. Still a lot to do, but I am not really in a stitching mood at the moment and it is not like the past 12 weeks that I had to sit downstairs stitching as my DH was learning for his study upstairs. I hope this weekend will be a stitching weekend. Also I want to make preparations to finish the Just Nan trickortreat box as I want to finish that in to a box between christmas and new year and I still have to finish some needlerolls, put the beads on pine needleroll and tomorrow I hope to buy the last 2 birthdaygifts.

New wishlist link

I just made a new wishlist here including beads, floss etc.
http://judiromiwishlist.blogspot.com/

Minkee frustration finished

Yes that is how I called it as I am really frustrated about the whole thing. I am going to my beighbor in an hour and hope she will like it.

The pic is a bit strange, but that is because I am standing on a chair to make the pic.

Next quilt to finish is the autumn harvest, probaly this weekend as it is only the binding that is left to do.

And I really have to go stitching and patching again. I am so happy to have vacation in only one more week.

Edited a few hours later: My beighbor was very pleased with the quilt and it looked like she will treasure it, but use it. Lotte was a very cute girl and was deep a sleep while I was there. Now I am ready with all the gifts for this year, now I can work for myself without feeling sad about it. It was my 56 finish for this year, so I did great on my finishes and am happy with every result.

Now I have to get stitching. Our cat wants to be on my lap all day to cuddle, but I just want to stitch and I can't with him in my arms.

Minkee frustration

I am really frustrated with the minkeequilt. They even now want me to do the binding with minkee. LOL if you hear screams the next hour than it is me. It is quilted now and well all I can say it looks fluffy for sure. If I will wash it before giving it. I don;t know yet, because of the frustration. Luckily the cat hasn't laid his body on it yet.
Now well I have to get on with the binding, maybe I can give my neigbor a call after that if I can come and visit.
Bye for now, from a frustrated Judith

I am just a bad girl

Financial it is going bad, but I just coudln't resist these fabrics when I was in LQS for batting yesterday. I bought fusible this time and will see how it works. It is for the minkee babyquilt, so that I can go and quilt tomorrow.

What I will be making from these fabrics, no idea, but I am thinking of a pillow or maybe they will be used in an exchange piece.

Also I signed up for a workshop for the victorian sewing box in the end of March. Looking forward to that. Now it is done with speding money as also the brakes on the car did cost a little more money than predicted.

Quilting finished

I just finished the quilting on the autumn harvest tonight and really love the look. I haven't done the border after all. Now I still have to do the binding, I hope to do that this weekend after I finish the babyquilt for my neighbor as her daughter was born friday and the quilt isn't quilted yet. So I have to get busy on that one,

Busy bee

First before I forget I wanted to thank everyone that has recently looked at my blog and gave such nice comments. It is a pleasure to read them all.


Someone asked if Sinterklaas is the same as St. Nicolas day and yes that is. The man has a different name in all countries that have it.


Also there was asked if the treehouse afghan is cross stitch, yes it is and it is 30 squares and I have now done 21 so far. I will make a pic of the whole thing when I have stitched the next block.


Than today I started quilting the autumn harvest quilt a bit each time. I am doing it with an overall heartpattern and I have to say I like it a lot as my old machine didn;t sew very good. I decided to make it overall as than you don't look at the patching that much at least I hope so. I have still half of the middle to do and than on the borders I will also do hearts, but in a different way. I am still loving this quilt very much and also love working with my new accessories.

Also a pic of a comfortquilt for which I stitched a square which is the left square in the third row. I love it how Annelies finished it and I am sure Bert will like it. This is the last Comfort quilt I have done something for and I am still happy I decided to quit.

Now I am going to quilt some more and after that some more stitching on winter snapperland.

I have been a naughty girl

Yesterday we had the Husqvarna days at my local husqvarna dealer. I got the invite so I went. As the las days were days of only rain, I couldn't do anything else. So I went to Middenmeer (half hour drive) and looked at some shows of the new accessoires for the Husqvarna and boy I saw some nice things. I have bought the quiltkit, which has a quilting table, a free motion feet and one for following a pattern if I am correct, also another one which is for thick quilts and a quilting ring. Than also I bought one for sewing on cord and one for sewing on the binding on two sides a a time. LOL well you see I have spend lots of money.
Yesterday I also sandwiched the autumn quilt, which I hope to quilt in the coming months, one bit at a time.

I can relax again

I just heard that my stocking stuffer exchange also arrived at Catherine Michelle her doorstep. I have made her this buttoned pillow and the design stitched on it is Celtic Challenge from the sweetheart tree and also sewed her up a stocking. The stocking is with flanel fabrics. I just love how the pillow came out as it was the first time that I made something like this. Now I can relax and work on my next exchanges for january which are the house themed exchange and needleworl samll exchange on SBEBB. Have to go thinking how I will finish those as I already decided what to stitch.

I haven't been quilting these past days, hope to do a bit this weekend, maybe in a minute. I have to cut a lot of pieces for the next blocks of both mysteriequilts.

exam and christmas ornament exchange

My DH had his exam today and he passed it, so now he is an official car inspector. Here in the netherlands after 3 years your car has to be inspected by the garage every year to see if it is still safe to drive on the roads. This inspections are done by the garage, but they have to be licensed for it to do it and now John is licensed. I am a very happy girl now. Also because my ornament exchange arrived at Barbara and also mine arrived from leena from Finland.


by judiromi

stocking stuffer exchange

My mailman just rang the bell. I really hadn't expected that as it is Sinterklaas and a lot of people are having a sinterklaas party at home, but well he came and brought me this nice package from Leslie. I just love it and also the extra goodies are nice.

My package is already on it's way for over a week and still nog sign of it. I keep my fingers crossed.

Today I got an invitation for a swedisch day this weekend at my Husqvarna dealer with all nice sales for the machine and other nice things. Also my DH and me will be going to a show for eating, with cookshows and everything. So I think I will be a bit quiet this weekend.

Finishes from me and my mother

Well I have been busy these past weeks working on Nature's home afghan and I just finished another block. Here is the first one I finished over a week ago.This is block 25 of it. It is just a part of the tree. Than yesterday I finished block 20 of the afghan and doesn't it look good, this other birdhouse. It is the last birdhouse as on the others are no birdhouses anymore, but there a few huge blocks still to do.

In the train this weekend I started Winter snapperland, but not much progress as of yet.

Here also a pic of the bag my mother made on the quiltingretreat which she has made for me and I just love it. It are truly my colors.

Than she made me a quilt for christmas to be hang this coming month and I just love it. My father has designed it and my mother made it. Yesterday I have also seen some other finished mysteriequilts of the first mysterie and they looked all great and all totally different. One was in the same colors as mine (green and pink/orange), one was blue with pink/yellow/orange, one was light pink, with light green and one was in autumn colors also a beauty.

I heard also that I was the first that finished the summertimequilt, even the designer hadn't seen it finished yet.

Goals for December

I have done a lot in november that wasn't on my goal list and so I decided to not set any goals for the coming months, just the following:
1. Finish the exchanges I am in at that moment.
2. Finish every month first the next part of the 3 x 3 = 9 mysteriequilt
3. Than work on the first mysteriequilt till the end of the month to get that one finished also soon.
4. Stitch whatever I want from my list or any of my wips.
Off course I will keep everyone updated on my stitching and quilting.

A finish from my mother

I already had the pic on my computer since this weekend, but forgot about it. Here is the pic, another christmas quilt. Everything is applique this time.

She has done another quilt, but that is a gift for me, but I will get it this weekend, so more pics from her quilts this weekend.

I can't complain now

I just cotacted bloglines last weekend to let them know that I didn;t get all the updates and well now I have more than 725 feeds, lol so a lot to read for me today :-)

It's finished

I just did the last stitch on "It's summertime" and does it look great or what? I have quilted around the dresden plate, the airoplanes, the boats and the windmills, all in the ditch.

Tomorrow will be stitching day as now my shoulders hurt from all that quilting.

Summertimequilt

My summertimequilt is going great. The top is ready and I am busy quilting it. Pics will follow as soon as the quilt is finished. I can say it looks great. I am totally in love.

Voting time

Today was election day here in the netherlands I had problems on who to vote all time we knew we had to vote again. I voted and am looking forward who will win this time and what government we will get for the next 4 years.

I have a very long weekend as I also have tomorrow morning of as I am just to tired. I am hoping to have 2 finishes this weekend. I hope to finish the quilttop of it's summertime and also finish the next block of Nature's Home afghan. So stay tuned this weekend for some pics. Just heard my DH will work on our car saturday afternoon, so I can have 3 days of stitching, patching and quilting. Will keep you updated of my progress.