Recent Posts Tagged With 'quilts'

• Great christmas,

  Posted on Sunday December 27th, 2009 at 08:53 in home, quilts

  We just had some great christmas days! We enjoyed the warm company of family while we had a great meal and a good glas of wine! Today we are in a bit of an afterglow atmosphere. Watching some tv and hanging on the couch close by the fire.And in momen...

• Almost christmas,

  Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 07:37 in quilts, this and that

  The quilting is and the binding are done. This quilt is ready for the shop!I like how this red and white Dutch fabric quilt turned out. What do you think?Everyone had so much fun in the snow these last few days... I hope it wil not melt before christ...

• Red and white update,

  Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 06:43 in fabric, quilts

  The top is finished and I'm ready to start quilting,All I need now is enough time this (busy)weekend to do some quilting and to finsh the bag!So I hope to make another update before monday!Groetjes....

• Red and white,

  Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 08:13 in fabric, quilts

  Nothing special going on today. Just doing some sewing with the red and white fabrics...Have a good day everyone,...

• A good day!

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 06:04 in fabric, quilts

  Yes, saterday was a real good day.These lovely fabrics were brought by the postman,I won these beautifull fabrics in the giveaway on Quilt it & dotty's blog!Aren't they lovely? Thank you so much Dorry!I have been in search for a 'grand foular' to cov...

• Matching quilt,

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 06:42 in bags, quilts

  Just couldn't resist to make another matching quilt (je) for this bag.Have a good friday!groetjes, ...

• For someone special,

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 11:47 in quilts

  Hi everyone, I have been sewing and quilting and now it's finished!It is a gift for a very special person, she's very creative, a great story teller, a very generous person and has a great blog!She gave me the fabrics to make the large quilt!And from...

• Little quilt,

  Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 07:51 in quilts

  With the scraps from my last quilt I'm making a little quilt,And with all the kids being out at the moment... I'm going to use my time sewing this little quilt! Hope to show the result soon!Enjoy your sunday!...

• Finished quilt

  Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 16:05 in quilts

  This afternoon I finished this quilt,I love to handquilt, here the backside..The quilt is great in the kitchen or on top of the other quilts,Now I do have some scrabs left... hope I can make a mini quilt out of it!...

• Rood met witte stippen...

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 06:04 in home, quilts, childrens work

  My Ria brought these shoes for me from Spain,They are a gift for little Luca when she turns two. Luckely it'll take 9 months before that happens, so I can look at them for a long time!It seems these are the polka dot days here and at school, have a l...

• Thrift shopping,

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 10:21 in books, vintage, quilts

  Oh how time passes by so quickly! before you know another week has started.This mornig we went thriftshopping and found this,And a lovely book from 1957 with all kind of nice carpenter ideas,(I don't think anyone is ever going to make a thing, but I ...

• Rainy day

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 13:03 in quilts

  It's a rainy day, ideal sewing time!I managed to finish the quilttop,And between the rain periods I was able to take a few pictures.Now I need to find fabric for the back, think I'll go shopping at my mom's attic...so I can spend rainy evenings sitti...

• Sewing, blogging again

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 13:04 in quilts

  Yes I'm blogging again. This last week it seemed I couldn't get near my laptop. I don't know mabye it had something to do with my pfaffie being away. Anyway I have some catching up to do and read all your beautifull posts from last week, But Pfaffie ...

• Afterglowing,

  Posted on Friday September 18th, 2009 at 11:52 in home, fabric, quilts

  This afternoon while I was afterglowing our great day in Dordrecht,(thank you lili M. for all the great tips, we visited great thrift stores, the museum of Simon van Gijn and we tasted whine in the Voorstraat.) a packege arrived from ElizabethShe sen...

• Puzzling....

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 07:58 in cross stitch, quilts

  I was just puzzling around with these fabrics and embroidered Dutch windmillNow I'm just doing a bit of sewing,But I'm still not sure what exactly I'm going to make....Who know's I might get inspired tomorrow while we visit Dordrecht.Let you know,...

• Spoiled

  Posted on Saturday September 5th, 2009 at 08:42 in drawings, quilts, this and that

  On my mothers attic was this little house, she bought it once in a thrift shop, about 2 years ago. It is a money box. I told her I had a real fine spot for it! But no..she wasn't to persuade. So that was it. But look what she brought with the other d...

• Getting ready for school and swap,

  Posted on Thursday September 3rd, 2009 at 07:04 in quilts, this and that, swaps

  These last days before a new schoolyear starts,the two oldest in the house are bussy covering their new schoolbooks.Our doughter bought the lovelyest wrapping(cover)paper and notebooks from Pipstudio.She also has the matching Pip school diary... It a...

• Working on the summerswap,

  Posted on Sunday August 30th, 2009 at 13:31 in quilts, swaps

  Today I made a start with the quilt for the summerswap and I want to give you a quick peek while I'm sewing...I think it will turn out real nice,I do hope my swap friend will like it....

• The ultimate quilting time,

  Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 09:19 in quilts

  Today it suddenly was there, the ultimate quilting time.Dh. took the youngest two to the swimmingpool, the oldest was out. So I nested myself on an easy ouside bench with a quilt to finish,Soft music, a glass of cool white wine, feet up, nice tempera...

• Mini quilt swap,

  Posted on Sunday June 21st, 2009 at 08:12 in quilts, swaps

  The postman came just before I left to school. And although I was in a hurry, I could not resist waiting to open it... and yes my miniquilt arrived!Isn't it lovely!!Sara made it. I love the detaills with the little beats.Thank you Sara! She also spoi...

• Vacation quilt project

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 03:44 in quilts, swaps

  Altough we have school until the 24th of juli this year, I did start a vacation quilt. I'm making a Dutch square quilt, nine patches sewed by hand.It'll be easy to take with me when we travel trough France and Spain. I'm not sure how to finish the qu...

• Ready to go

  Posted on Saturday June 6th, 2009 at 06:29 in quilts, swaps

  Yes, this miniquilt is now really ready to go to.... Oh, sorry can't tell you, it's a secret.It is as you know by now for this swap.My mother asked if she could have a pattern from this miniquilt. I made it and made one for the shop to. I did have a ...

• Chair shopping? and almost finished.

  Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 10:34 in quilts, this and that

  I went shopping in search for a new chaire..... this is what I took home..New camping plates and dishes in bright colors,It happens al the time, I go shopping for one thing and come home with something completely different. My dh. always wonders how ...

• Miniquilt

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 12:34 in quilts

  Today we all started school again after a two week vacation... so a bit less time to spend quilting. But this is how my miniquilt has turned out so far,The windmill in the middle and 4 tulips in the corners. (hope you can recognize them as tulips)Alt...

• More 'Zeeland' inspiration,

  Posted on Saturday May 2nd, 2009 at 14:41 in vintage, quilts, this and that

  We are still enjoying our time in Zeeland. We went to the flea market and found this lovely bleu tea cup and embroidered linnen,This book from the sixties, I just fell in love with the cover,and I scored these cute cards with on the back of one a swe...

• Spring... quilt

  Posted on Sunday April 5th, 2009 at 07:15 in quilts, this and that

  It's great to enjoy the sun in springtime! I think we appreciate this first sun more than any other time. It's like everything is more bright and colorful!Like these tulips I got from CorryAnd to go shop for new stuff like magazines and napkins at th...

• New terrace

  Posted on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 in quilts, this and that

  Last tuesday when I came home (after a terrible meeting) from school, my dh was making a new terrace. We had a large sandbox in the garden but now our youngest is 10 and nobody seem to use it anymore.Yesterday he finished the terrace...and I had seen...

• Dutch house pillow,

  Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 07:32 in quilts

  I can’t believe this week has past already… And it is Sunday again! It seems I work from one post to another without the time to visit any other blog or thank you for the nice comments. And they do make my day! So thank you all for visiting!!!Any...

• "In Holland staat een huis." (In Holland there's a house)

  Posted on Sunday March 1st, 2009 at 14:27 in cross stitch, quilts

  We have this nice old kids song, "In Holland staat een huis"... In Holland there is a home... Now I made this house... I think my Dutch fabric quiltje needs a 'house' pillow...hmmm just an idea... hope it wil turn out...If it does you'll notice....Ha...

• Finished dutch fabric quiltje

  Posted on Thursday February 26th, 2009 at 08:21 in quilts

  Ok, this quiltje is finished And now the most exciting part... time to wash....hmmm... I don't know why I was so stressed about washing this quilt...Can you see any difference? It turned out great!! It even looks more fresh than it did before!thank y...