st Marie aux Mines and new quilt .....

I love this quilt found it at St marie aux mines quiltshow. It is a quilt from Nathalie from La fee piroutte, M already found this shop years ago and has already one quilt of her.... 

This is the quilt the patterns, some fabric and all the tools to make the beautiful leaves, I bought in memory of my father, and while quilting I can have only happy memories, my father designed some tapestry my mother made, I have so many nice memories stitching together at the table in my parent's home,  some day I will show it on my blog when I have the pictures... 

The place we stayed was kayserberg, I really loved it.

The quiltshow in the theatre

some antique quilts displayed

and an other

and an other...

some in between lunch.... yammie!!

My purchases, some in Maastricht and some at the quiltshow !!

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My dear dad passed away ...... They are together again somewhere in heaven... i am very happy they were my parents they loved me very much !!! I will miss you a lot thanks for everything !! you're loving daughter in my heart you will always be with me xxxx

Quilt and l atelier perdu

yes, I am so happy the middle of my new quilt is finished, now I only need a border I am thinking of dark braun, lets see what I can find i my favorite shop de sampler

a little bit closer

and a little bit closer on the braun....

and a little bit closer on the white part...

and the new l' atelier perdu stitching project for 3 months every month you get a new pattern and on there "private site" they will let us more then on the public site if you want to join it is still possible l'atelier perdu

Update crochet and embroidery

Last saturday there was the Songfestival, when I was 17, 18 19 years old I always crochet a bag during this contest... well I am definitely older but also a lot slower I can't imagine how I did it in one evening, this is as far as I am ...... but it is so much fun to do.... so I don't mind at all

This are the colors i am working with and the pattern is from Attic24., I really love her blog and the things she makes are so colorful,  C recommended me this site and I really like it a lot.

I need some stitches do you know that feeling.... well I had it... after the sampler of atelier perdu I didn't had something new.... but since it is really dark and grey in holland I thought, well why not already start with a christmas sampler, it are such nice colors and lovely to do... so two total different projects this time.... happy stitches !!!

Upate embroidery and quilting ....

And a little finish, I changed it a little normally it is with orange but as you know I prefer pink and there is a curved line under needleworker. And what will it be..... it is not going on my wall but it is still a secret what it is going to be .....

Progress of my quilt it has to be 5 x 7 blocks and as you see only 7 more to go..... 

Today it was mothersday and I am so happy I got a wonderful book from One of my favourite authors Santa Montifiore a lovely little set from my youngest today she also made a t-shirt with a poem and a text on it, next time I will make a picture of that and a picturebook of my oldest with our last holiday !1 what a lovely gifts and a lovely day xxx

Book, Greece and Painting

Beautiful book to read "de lijst van al mijn wensen " een echte aanrader !!!

 Lovely holiday of a week in Greece Santorini Paros and Athens

One of the pictures my daughter made, so a totally different post soon a lot of quilting and embroidery news........

Something old, something new something borrowed something blue

Some more fabrics I bought on the fair... I love making Kaffe fassett quilts and this is one I want to make one day... no hurry with that I like to find nice fabrics for it.... the fabric on the right will be the bases and the rest will follow...... but first a few other quilts who have to be finished.... this is more like a summer project... when summer will come...

I was waiting for better weather to make a nice photo shoot of my Christel seyfahrt Shawl... but that still has to wait, so for now I made some pictures in the home.

 I am really happy with the borders ... was a little scared so many stitches and you just have to wait how it turns out to be... well I think fine !!!!!

And another finish... It was almost finished and then I didn't like it all anymore but now it is so nice to wrap it around to at night or when you are not feeling right it is very soft and you can make a easy knot in it or wrap it around you totally, this is a drops pattern,

 And some new potholders for my kitchen, one pattern is from drops ... yes.... again, really lovely and easy to make.

The other pattern I saw on lucy's blog  quilting with the past, I really loved them and soon I remembered my mother used to make these potholders too and then I made them too... I really like to make them also fun easy and quick sometimes you need a quick project...

Well lovely quilting, knitting and handmade week to you all.....

Fabrics, beautiful colors, lovely quilts.....

Today I was at a fair in Rijswijk with M . and we found a lot of new pinks I needed for  my new quilt, which new quilt well below you see it, it was on the frontpage of quiltmania jan 2013... it is my new project to be.. ofcourse I first have to finish one.....

We looked at every stand for old pink a color I really love and which makes the quilt very happy... we found a few at yookies at quilt it dotty and at the sampler yes yes yes.... I can begin... or no thats right I first have to finish one..... but I have finished my shawl... will show the pictures an other time...

This little book I took with me to the fair I find it very easy to adjust fabrics to this and look for the fabrics I really need, so I also found some nice braun with pink fabrics.... 

The fluffy chicken who came out for eastern.... I still can't put them back... I just hope spring will start ... today was a lovely sunny day...... still cold but really sunny....

The next text I really like.....

And I am really happy to have such nice new fabrics.. ( I have more to show an other time) So I need less next time ......

Old fashioned and new handmade

When I was in Londen with my oldest we found this nice kit to make this old fashioned bag yourself, yesterday I started finding out how it is the best way to do it and I feel like Jane Austen or even more like in the middle ages, so fun..

  

The first little part I have done, yes, it is very easy all the colors are already on the canvas, so when you are stitching you are in a kind of meditation and can follow you' re mind and get new idears...

And a finish !!!!!!!Yes I am really happy the sampler of l atelier perdu is finished, i really like it very much it was very nice to make it , now it only needs a frame....

I love the candles in the hearts and I imagine my two kids going upstairs in there bedrooms by candlelight....

An update of my stitching project.... at the moment I love everything to do without a sewing machine so not such much quilting at the moment.

I am almost finishes with my Christel Seyfarth shawl

One of the boarders is finished but I didn't like the other boarders, so after reading on Wieke van Keulen's  blog, I decided to start all over again and do it her way

about 800 st a row, so hope you keep you're fingers crossed with me that this will turn out to be the good solution and my beautiful shawl will be finished soon

Update quilting, embroidery and knitting .....

 A new project, we are doing it M and I at The Sampler it is so nice to do and when it is finished I can take all my little sewing things with me , double fun !!!

A new knitting pattern... I liked the photo below so much I decided immediately that I needed to have some cotton and started right away that evening. It is knitted top down, so you start at the sleeve, very funny hope it will turn out as nice as the picture.....

I already see myself walking on the beach.... just a few more knits  ,-)  and  a little bit of sunshine

And an update of my sampler from L atelier perdu.. I changed the word sampler in carpe diem I thought it looked nice and I am very happy with how it turned out to be. I just thought we need a little bit of carpe diem at the moment have a nice stitching weekend

Weekend ...

A beautiful winter wonderland walking through the snow, I love it when the snow stays in the branches, the sun is shining and a blue sky ...... getting cold after a wonderful walk... and then warming yourself in you're cosy home at the fire place..... with a nice warm cup of coffee....