In the weekend we worked on our own projects. I mainely have worked on Lentekriebels.
Before I went on vacation I received this beautifull halloween exchange from Edgar. I wasn't expecting anything yet as the deadline was the 10th of october. So it was a very nice surprise.
y it is a beautifull Bed and breakfast. There is even a fireplace in the room. I am sure John and me will also come here someday with the two of us.
Today I went first into Veurne to see the city and I have to say it is beautifull. Nice old buildings and such. Also there is a fabric store, needed some things to finish a few exchanges and lucky me they had the right ribbon. Than I went in the bookstore and found a new one from Elizabeth George, Careless in red. I already started it while drinking some in a cafe and later with Lunch. Probaly will read some more tonight. I have to say the first pages are already very catching.
I had a lot of frustration today with working on the spring fling round robin first border (round 2). First I mniss calculated how big the blocks had to be. That is when I started to hate myself. Than I thought looks like it is going to be a bit to big, well I forgot to count the border two times, so well I had to change something and lucky me that was easy to do.
LOentekriebels is going great. I have now almost 1 and a half side quilted and 8 of the 20 little stars quilted and off course the big star in the middle. Yes when I keep up this way it will be done this year. Just have to not let the cat beneath it.
Not the best picture, but the bag exchange is finished. After the first terrible try, lucky to know what went wrong. The second time looks great. Colors are a bit warmer in real life. I like how it came out and it will go in the mail soon.
Today I started the halloween exchange and am just loving stitching the design I choosen. Also this next weekend/week I will be working on the spring fling round robin round 2. Now just have to figure out what to do.
Well first of all I waited much to long before starting stitching on this one. Due date is the 15th, so it is a close one. Now explination of the part I stitched. Cathy asked us to try to include something from your province/country. Well there came the hard time deciding what to stitch. I decided there had to be an harbor as Hoorn has one, but well than my square wasn't filled at all. So I decided to ad some cabbage (green and red) as that is on the fields in West-Friesland in winter days when the tulips are gone. I could have stitched tulips too, but I couldn't find the proper tulip design. Hope Cathy likes it.
I am still busy with the bag exchange as what I made fisrt really was dramatic and I have started over, but needed some matching quilting thread. Have ot now and I am going to work on it tomorrow and soon as it is finished tomorrow it will go in the mail.
A pic taken from the table
Taken from the window in the boxes on the right side there are all my floss, DMC and others
In the boxes the closest to the table are all my clothing make things and sewng threads. Than a row of boxes that I still have to sort out.
Few to the window.
My table with above the picture is from my own horse and her daughter, I had her 10 years and she died 10 years ago.
The 2 rows of boxes that are the closest to the walls are al my quiltingsupplies and the row next to it are the stitchingsupplies like fabric, charts and floss that is not organized yet in the boxes. Yes I still need some organizing to do.
On top of the boxes are all my works in progress quilting wise and some stitching fabrics.
Well mail was busy these past days. First I received part of the 40T kit in the weekend and yesterday the rest. I saw this one a week or so ago in the friday feature newsletter of the Fatquartershop and fell in love. Just had to order it and lucky me it came in fast. I have to say in real life Portobello market fabric line is even more pretty. It will become the quilt soon, somewhere in the next year LOL.
and surely am going to make it too this year. Than I also bought the Winding ways quilt so also something to read for me. Page 22 of LRRH is almost finished, vacation is very near and I still have to do a bag for an exchange and stitch on a round robin and quilt on another round robin.
Well I am not very talktive still, but I am around and stitching and sewing.
First the stitching bit. I am still stitching on Little red riding hood and well look at the picture and you are seeing right, she appeared on the last page out of nowhere. Doesn't she look great, really love the detail in her. As you can see in the past month (maybe less) I almost finished 2 pages. You will see more in a few weeks, also have to finish a bag and a round robin in the next weeks and than I am not talking about quilt rr's.
Than the quilting part. I have been working on the quilt in the pas
t weeks. I saw this one here and I asked on a dutch quilting group how they thought it was put together and well together we found out how to do it. This was in february and I still hadn't made it myself. So now I started mine with a jellyroll with christmas fabrics. I think it will be called christmas wave or something like that.
Well that is all. See you later.
I know I have been a bit silence lately, but well some things happened that really touched me deep in not a good way. Since that happened I decided to not do any stitching exchange till I know how to feel about what happened.
Positive news is that I am walking again. Yeah!!! without crutches. I feel reallt great about that. Just the wound is still looking bad.
Now just have to wait till the next round will arrive. I like the most of this rr as you don't know how it will look like as there is a good oppertunity you won't be working on your own quilt at all. When I see all the quilts I will be working on I am sure almost I won't see anything back.
Today my new sewing fabrics came in. The ecru fabric will be a skirt and the rest will be tunics. Hope to have some time
in the next days to start sewing, but it depends on how I feel.
From simplicity 2948 B, C and E very much. All have a very good chance to get used.
From simplicity 3697 I only don't like the sleeves on A, but the rest of them I really love.
Well from simplicity 3699 I like the V-neck very much, the round neck I am not sure of.
I am a big fan of A, B, E and F. The first top is not really my thing and the skirt I am not totally sure of.
From simplicity 4164 I like all the tunics, but D will get other sleeves that is sure.
g on Little red riding hood and the second row of pages is finished now and I am busy with page 18.
I don't need another very little surgery till the 8th of July to remove the screws and that will not happen on the or, but just at the doctor. And than I can start walking again. He was very happy with how it looked and we had a very nice talk.
Also monday I will start working again at leats try. The Dr said already to watch myself very carefully and not let me be rushed.
Stitching wise I am working on Carol's neighborhood rr and it going to be beautifull. Pic will follow later this week.
Quilting wise, am nothing, should do some quilting on Lentekriebels, maybe later today. And also should be working on a rr.
Than the naughty girl part. I bought a laptop today.
The pic is a design I stitched some years agao from charland designs.
This is my weekly update on Little red riding hood from HEAD. I started stitching on it again after finishing NHA and only had a break from it while stitching spring fever. I have finished page 17 of it now (right side of the curtains and am now nusy with the page in between. The curtains on this side are the most boring that is why I first stitch them and can now almost go working on the clock.
