This is the bullion stitch. It's a bit tricky, but with the help of this video I did well. This piece is only 2 x 2,5 cm (2,5 cm = about 1 inch), so it's much smaller than my other examples.
zondag 27 juli 2008
Bullion knots
zaterdag 26 juli 2008
Jutta
May I introduce you to my new inmate Jutta. She's made by Marja, which I sent Miramar. The theme for our swap was 'on the beach'. If you click the picture, you can see the pretty details. I'm very happy with my first Dotee doll for my collection. She will get company soon, I think!
woensdag 23 juli 2008
Dotee Doll
This is Miramar. She is named after the sea-museum in Vledder in The Netherlands, because I bought her shells there 2 years ago. Yesterday I sent her to her new home and today she arrived there, so I can show her here.
These lovely bookmarks arrived from Canada yesterday. Meadow sent them to me, accompanied by buttons and beads.
dinsdag 22 juli 2008
Special Blessings
This is block number 6. It really was a piece of cake, but the next one isn't! I make the blocks in the sequence of the book, so I don't have to worry about the next block I'm going to make.
zondag 20 juli 2008
Boekenleggers
I made some bookmarks in between. The two on the right side are made of scraps on rasterquick, with a cotton batting. The other two are crocheted with cotton yarn. The carrot is an old pattern of Priscilla Hewitt. The other one is a pattern of Dionne Barratt.
donderdag 17 juli 2008
Half chevron stitch
De volgende tast-steek is de halve chevronsteek. Deze lijkt op een combinatie van de chevronsteek met de Kretasteek. De ster heb ik gemaakt met 8 halve chevronsteken.
The next stitch in my tast-challenge is the half chevron stitch. It looks like a combination of the chevron stitch and the Cretan stitch. The star is made of 8 half chevron stitches.
Ik heb deze steek ook gebruikt op m'n eerste crazyblok. Tussen de steken heb ik Franse knoopjes gemaakt. De bloemetjes zijn gemaakt van de dubbele festonsteek en kraaltjes.
I also used this stitch on my first crazyblock. I made some French knots between the stitches. The flowers are made of the up and down buttonhole stitch and some beads.
The next stitch in my tast-challenge is the half chevron stitch. It looks like a combination of the chevron stitch and the Cretan stitch. The star is made of 8 half chevron stitches.
I also used this stitch on my first crazyblock. I made some French knots between the stitches. The flowers are made of the up and down buttonhole stitch and some beads.
Labels:
CQ,
crazypatchwork,
embroidery,
TAST,
TAST 2007
dinsdag 15 juli 2008
Newspaper ATC's
These two ATC's arrived from the USA in the mail today. For this swap you had to use a newspaper as background of the ATC's. The one with the ribbons is made by Betty and the smiling boy by Jennifer.
maandag 14 juli 2008
Rachel's Frustrations
This morning I finished my fifth block of this quilt. I used normal templates again.
zaterdag 12 juli 2008
Blue stitchmarkers
What a great surprise this morning when I opened my mail. Angela from the USA made me these 4 beautiful stitchmarkers and also made me a holder, to keep the markers at hand. She really made my day! Stitchmarkers are used to mark a spot when you are knitting. You just slip them on your knitting needle. I usually used a piece of yarn for that, but this is much more fun!
vrijdag 11 juli 2008
Civil War Diary Quilt
Dit zijn de eerste vier blokken van mijn nieuwe project. De blokken zijn 6 x 6 inch en ik maak ze op de hand. Mijn eerste blok maakte ik het met behulp van freezer paper.
These are the first four blocks of this new project. All blocks are 6 x 6 inch and I sew them by hand. I used freezer paper to make this first block.
Het tweede blok was een stuk makkelijker. Ik maakte een mal van paternoplaat.
The second block was easy. I used a normal template.
Bij het derde blok heb ik weer freezer paper gebruikt.
These are the first four blocks of this new project. All blocks are 6 x 6 inch and I sew them by hand. I used freezer paper to make this first block.
The second block was easy. I used a normal template.
For my third block I used freezer paper again.
dinsdag 8 juli 2008
French knots & nieuw project
Eindelijk weer een update van TAST: de Franse knoop. Die gebruik ik vaker, maar ik heb het nu op een ander manier aangepakt. Ik gebruikte een Amish quiltpatroon uit het boek 'Amish wall quilts' van Rachel Pellman.
Finally a TAST-update: the French knot. I used this stitch before, but I tried a different approach this time. I used an Amish quilt pattern from the book 'Amish wall quilts' from Rachel Pellman.
En dit is mijn nieuwe boek. Ik ben al een tijdje bezig met het maken van de blokken, maar ik moet ze nog strijken om ze op de foto te kunnen zetten. Er zijn al 4 blokken klaar. Ik gebruik reproductiestoffen uit de Civil War tijd samen met 5 verschillende net niet witte stoffen.
And this is my new book. I'm busy for a while making these blocks, but I still have to iron them to take pictures. I already finished 4 blocks. I'm using Civil War fabrics with 5 different 'not-so-white' fabrics.
Finally a TAST-update: the French knot. I used this stitch before, but I tried a different approach this time. I used an Amish quilt pattern from the book 'Amish wall quilts' from Rachel Pellman.
And this is my new book. I'm busy for a while making these blocks, but I still have to iron them to take pictures. I already finished 4 blocks. I'm using Civil War fabrics with 5 different 'not-so-white' fabrics.
Labels:
Civil War Diary Quilt,
embroidery,
TAST,
TAST 2007
zondag 6 juli 2008
Black & White ATC's
These pretty ATC's arrived this week in my mailbox. They are made by Michele from the USA.
dinsdag 1 juli 2008
Sara
Een goede quiltvriendin is 50 geworden, dus maakte ik voor haar deze dotee doll. Klik op de foto's om ze groter te zien.
One of my quilting friends turned 50, so I made her this dotee doll. Click the photo's to see them bigger.

One of my quilting friends turned 50, so I made her this dotee doll. Click the photo's to see them bigger.
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