Today it's a national holiday in our country: Koninginnedag. It is the day our queen celebrates her birthday. There are flea markets in every shopping-centre and queen Beatrix visits 2 towns in the morning. I went to the flea market with a friend as we do every year. I bought a big bag with embroidery thread, which makes my day.
woensdag 30 april 2008
Koninginnedag
Today it's a national holiday in our country: Koninginnedag. It is the day our queen celebrates her birthday. There are flea markets in every shopping-centre and queen Beatrix visits 2 towns in the morning. I went to the flea market with a friend as we do every year. I bought a big bag with embroidery thread, which makes my day.
zondag 27 april 2008
vrijdag 25 april 2008
Palestrina stitch
I used the palestrina stitch to secure a piece of fabric. I used 4 threads of DMC, for thinner thread doesn't do the stitch justice.
dinsdag 22 april 2008
Peek-a-boo
. . . is my block of the day. I promised myself to quilt one block each day. It's working for 3 days now. I like the batting of this quilt (Hobbs), it's easy to quilt. I never used it before. The quilting thread (Mettler 9844) is also new to me. It works nicely and doesn't knot. The only problem is that it wears out quickly.
maandag 21 april 2008
Uncle Richard
... is de naam van het blok, dat ik vandaag gequilt heb. De foto van dit blok in het boek was niet duidelijk genoeg om de quiltlijnen te zien. Daarom heb ik zelf maar wat bedacht in de stijl van de vorige 3 blokken.
... is the name of the block I quilted today. The picture of this block in the book was not clear enough to see the quilting. Therefore I made my own quilting in the manner of the previous 3 blocks.
Dit zijn de middelste 4 blokken van mijn quilt.
These are the 4 centre blocks of my quilt.
... is the name of the block I quilted today. The picture of this block in the book was not clear enough to see the quilting. Therefore I made my own quilting in the manner of the previous 3 blocks.
These are the 4 centre blocks of my quilt.
zondag 20 april 2008
Dear Jane
In 2003 begon ik heel enthousiast aan blokjes van de Dear Jane quilt. Dit wisselde ik af met randdriehoeken. Mijn eerste opzet was een quiltje van 9 blokken, later werden dit er 16. Daar heb ik ook 16 randdriehoeken bijgemaakt en 4 hoekblokken. Twee weken geleden was de top klaar en deze week heb ik de quilt gespannen. Vanmorgen heb ik de eerste 3 blokken gequilt. Ik heb het patroon van de foto's uit het boek gebruikt, voor zover het zichtbaar was.
In 2003 I started my Dear Jane blocks. In between I made some triangles. First I only wanted to make 9 blocks, but I made 16. So I also made 16 triangles and the corner triangles. Two weeks ago I finished the top and I sandwiched it this week. This morning I quilted the first 3 blocks. I used the pattern of the pictures in my Dear Jane book, as far as I could see it.
vrijdag 18 april 2008
Oyster stitch
The stitch of this week was the oyster stitch. This one was rather complex, but this video helped me. When I've got the swing of this stitch, I found it a great one. I think I'll use it for crazy patchwork.
woensdag 16 april 2008
Poncho
I made this poncho for my youngest daughter. I used Punto from Nomotta (Coats) in light green and mixed green. It was very nice to crochet again. There are more great patterns in the same magazine (Sandra 33), so maybe . . . to be continued.
zondag 13 april 2008
Bonnet stitch
De bonnet stitch was voor mij weer een nieuwe steek. Ik heb geen idee hoe deze steek in het Nederlands heet. Hij lijkt op een festonsteek met twee om elkaar gedraaide pootjes.
The bonnet stitch was new to me. It looks like a buttonhole stitch with twisted legs.
Ik heb deze steek ook gebruikt op een ATC.
I also used this stitch on an ATC.
The bonnet stitch was new to me. It looks like a buttonhole stitch with twisted legs.
I also used this stitch on an ATC.
zondag 6 april 2008
Kattenkussentje
Some time ago I made a little pillow for my cat Luna. She prefers very small pillows.
donderdag 3 april 2008
Knotted Cretan stitch
Deze week heb ik geprobeerd om de geknoopte Kretasteek onder de knie te krijgen. Ik kende deze steek nog niet en ik vind het resultaat ook niet geweldig. Ik denk dat deze steek beter uitkomt op grof geweven stof of vilt met een dikkere draad.
This week I tried to learn the knotted Cretan stitch. I didn't know this stitch and I'm not satisfied by the result. I think I'll use thicker yarn next time on a piece of felt.
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