Afternoon with friends

Gistermiddag kwamen Elly, Cindy en Marianne op bezoek en wat was dit weer gezellig. De quilt tips en ideeën vlogen over de tafel. Marianne had haar Burnt quilt bij zich die ze momenteel aan het doorquilten is en wat is die prachtig !!! Ook had ze blokken bij zich van de Camelot die ook al zo mooi is.  Ja stom ... door al dat gepraat ben ik gewoon vergeten om wat foto's te maken. Elly liet een schitterend middenstuk zien van de Phebe, zucht ... zo mooi, en haar Antique Sampler (van Sue Daley) is al even prachtig. Ze verrasten mij nog met een mooie bos bloemen en een doos heerlijke chocolaatjes.

Yesterday afternoon Elly, Cindy and Marianne came to visit and we had so much fun. We talk a lot about quilting and shared some great tips. Marianne had her Burnt quilt with her and that one is so beautiful, she also brought some blocks of the Camelot quilt and those too where wonderful to see. Elly showed her middle block of the Phebe quilt ... so beautiful and her Antique Sampler (from Sue Daley) was wonderful also. I totally forgot to make pictures !! They surprised my with a beautiful bouquet flowers and a box of delicious chocolates. 

Ook ik had gezorgt dat er bij binnenkomst iets leuks op de tafel stond, kijk maar ...

I had put something on the table for them ....

Voor alle drie had ik een speldenkussen gemaakt naar een patroon van Stacy Nash, genaamd Monogrammed pinkeep. Ik heb dit patroon al vaker gebruikt en het blijft erg mooi, zeker als je steeds andere kleurtjes gebruikt. Op elke foto kun je het stof zien wat ik voor de achterkant heb gebruikt.

For all three I made a pincushion with a pattern of Stacy Nash named Monogrammed pinkeep. I used this pattern before because I realy love that one, especially if you change the colors each time. On the pictures you also see a bit of the fabric that I used for the backs.

Voor Marianne de kleur blauw / For Marianne the color blue

Voor Elly de kleur rose / For Elly the color pink

En voor Cindy de kleur lila / And for Cindy the color lilac

En voor we het wisten was de middag weer voorbij. Altijd als het gezellig is dan vliegt de tijd. Dames bedankt voor de supergezellige uurtjes en dit doen we snel weer eens over !!

Vanmiddag gaan we met Bowy naar de dierenfysio en dan zal ik zaterdag hier een update over geven.

Before we knew it the afternoon was over. Times flies when you are having fun. Ladies thank you for the great time and we must do it again !!
This afternoon we go with Bowy to the animal  physiotherapy and I shall give an update about that on saturday.

Christmas bell and an award

I have been busy with making things I can't show yet because these are surprises for some people. One thing arrived yesterday so that one I can show now.

On a Dutch yahoogroup we have every year a wishlist. You can write down a wish and someone else can full fill that wish. I saw that Simone ask for a primitive christmas ornament so I made one for her. I stitched and made the Christmas bell from Stacy Nash for her and she loved it !

On the bottom I attached a rusty bell

On the back I put some fabric with moose because I now she love these animals

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From Christine I got the Beautiful Blogger Award

I love reading her blog because she writes so lovely and showing beautiful pictures of Scotland. I love that country very much. We where there in 2004 on the Isle of Mull and fell in love with Scotland (especialy the puffins LOL), it has so beautiful landscapes and one day we will go there again for a holliday.

With this award there are some string attached :-) I must write down 5 things that you readers don't know about me... Mmmmm that is hard because I write down about anything I think hihihi ... But I will give it a try ....

1. Did you know that my favorite drink is ..... COFFEE. I drink it all day, from the time I wake up till I go to bed again. I just love coffee !!! Sometimes I drink a cup of herbal tea but that is mostly in the summer. I don't drink limonade or other juice. No I'm a coffee junk :-)

2. When I'm not busy with quilting and cross stich I love to play on the Nintendo Wii. I love the game tv quiz where they ask you many questions and you have to give the right one or I love to play golf. I also love the games of Super Mario.

3. I just love reading about the Amish people. I love how they live and when I see a article about them I just have to read it. I also love seeing pictures of there livestyle and love to read books about them !!

4. When I watch tv most times it is not a Dutch channel but we love to watch English channels, such as BBC,  National Geographic Channel, Discovery or Animal Planet. On the BBC they have a program called Eggheads and I watch that every night, I love to find out if  I know the answer to the questions.

5. I collect videotapes (yes the old ones) and dvd's about Pippi Longstocking, a figure from Astrid Lindgren. I also have some books about Pippi, the one I read when I was young. I loved to watch the tv series when I was young. I just love Pippi !! Maybe because Pippi loved all kind of funny things just like me. I love many styles (in crafts and in the house) such as primitive country style, romantic style, a crazy funny style. All kind of styles except modern :-)

So know you now a bit more about me and now comes the hard part. I must pass this award to 5 other people who blogs I love to read but there are so many I love to read, so I'm thinking and thinking ....

1. Siobhan, I love her blog and her cross stitching projects are a joy to watch, so beautiful.

2. Gina, I discoverd her blog some time ago and love to see all the beautiful things she is making.

3. Nina, a friend who I got to know for some time now and she dye so beautiful threads. I just love working with her threads !! She also makes the most beautiful things and I just love reading her blog.

4. Nataly, she also make so beautiful things and it is a joy to see the pictures of her dog Daisy.

5. Thearica (I just love her name). I discovered her blog a month or 2 ago and I love to read it. She makes so beautiful quilts and currently she is organizing a pincushion swap (yes I joined that one).

So that where 5 blogs I love to read but that doesn't mean I don't love ALL the other blogs I read, because I DO !! I love so many blogs but when I write them down there would be a very long list :-)

To all the readers of my blog ... I just LOVE you all and your blogs and I have get to know so many new people online and they all have a special place in my heart. Thank you all for your lovely commetns each times !!

One year older ...

You wake up and you are 1 year older. The counter now shows 48 year ! (my DH says ... thats almost 50, thats what you get when your DH is 4 1/2 years younger). Its a beautiful autumn day and the leaves are blowing in the wind. This is my favorite season and I'm a real autumn person.

In the basket above you see some pincushions that I made last week while my DH was busy with the LHN ornaments. All the stitchingfabric I made "old" with coffee and bake dry in the oven.

First I made October 31 pincushion from Stacy Nash.

(fabric in the back I used as backingfabric)
stitchgfabric: ivory 28 ct jobelan
threads: DMC - Rusty Red from Nina's Threads

Then I made Skeleton Tree hanging Pinkeep from Stacy Nash.

(fabric in the back I used as backingfabric)
stitchgfabric:   ivory 28 ct. jobelan
threads: DMC - Rusty Red en Moss from Nina's Threads

As third I made Quaker Boo from The Sampler Girl

(fabric in the back I used as backingfabric)
stitchgfabric: white 32 ct. jobelan
threads: DMC - Lasagne from Nina's Threads

Then I made ABC Witch Pinkeep Pillow from Primitive Stitchin

(fabric in the back I used as backingfabric)
stitchgfabric: 26 ct. ecru evenwaeve
threads: DMC - Rusty Red, Moss en Lasagne from Nina's Threads

And the last I made is Spooky Hollow from Country Rustic Primitives

(the rustic fabric at the bottom I used as backingfabric)
stitchgfabric: 28 ct. ivory linnen
threads: DMC - Rusty Red, Moss en Lasagne from Nina's Threads

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Yesterday little Marie arrived. Marie is handmade by Tine from Germany and she is only 3,5 inch high. I won Tine's give away last week and little Marie was the prize. I just love that little bear with her beautiful eyes ! Thanks again Tine for sending her to us !!!

LHN ornaments ...

The postman brought me some nice post ...

First he brought the Stacy Nash patterns and the Steweb scissor I orderd for my upcoming birthday

and he also brought me the stash I orderd by Nina; 3 of her newest colors threads (I think I have now almost all of her colors). Her newest colors where: Jingle Bells,Hackberry and Cherry Coffee ... I just love the names she gives her threads ! She also had dyed some lace and ric rac and I order some of those as well.

And then I got a little surprise in the mail from a friend, she made me a little halloween needlecase

and inside she put some stitchingneedles

My husband Michiel helps me with stitching the LHN ornaments, I was behind with these and still had to stitch some of them. The last few days he stitched two of them and I have made them into ornaments ...

LHN - Under the tree

and LHN - All is calm

Today he finished LHN - peppermint twist so I can make a ornament of it and now he's working on The merry skater, then only 2 to go and we have made them all before the last (12th) ornament arrives.

Stacy Nash Primitives - Monogrammed Pinkeep

Sometime ago I joined the pincushion swap by Quilting Jeannet. The pincushion that I made has arrived safely by someone and I can show a picture on nov.6th when everybody else show their recieved pincushion. I haven't recieved a pincushion back but hopefully its before nov. 6th.

Because organizing a swap is alot of work I have made a pincushion for Jeannet as well, as a thank you gift. She recieved it yesterday and she found it very pretty. She likes things that looks old, so I made one using a pattern from Stacy Nash Primitives called Monogrammed Pinkeep. The fabric I used is 28 ct jobelan, stained with coffee and baked dry in the oven so it has a antique look. 

Stitched 1 over 2 with DMC 611 and 926 and the flower fabric that you see I used for the back of the pincushion.

I'm a great fan of Stacy Nash Patterns and today I orderd 2 patterns from her, as a (early) birthday gift for myself. Do I need a better excuus LOL

The first pattern I orderd is her newest one: Hallowe'en Jack Sewing Roll Pattern and I also orderd the scissor you see on the picture (steweb scissor). I realy like that one !!

 

The second pattern is a patternbook called: Merry Hallowe'en Pattern Book. Inside there are 4 lovely pincushion patterns. I hope the patterns and scissor will arrive soon !