Blowing in the wind

First of all: there's a great giveaway over at "from the blue chair"!
If I don't win, I'll have to order that colour card from Kona.

Here's my latest creation "Blowing in the wind", thank you for the name Lynn

 I hope you can see the quilting too: I just followed the lines of the pinwheels.

In the very end I decided which way was up, hence the backing is upside down. 

But who will notice once it's hanging on the wall!

What's waiting to be done is the map for my father in law ...

After that I have a bed size quilt (my first biggie) lined up with these fabrics:

Then the postman arrived!!!!!!!

These are perfect for my Soul Blossom FQs.
Although, some of these are a perfect match to my first big quilt project ...

I'm so glad I bought these: Unafraid of Colour Bundle (Sew Fresh Fabrics)

Love it!

Gorgeous!

Wowzers!

Would I have chosen this one? I wonder ... but I love it!

This is the star of the show!

Have a wonderful week!
(I know I will!)

Mothering Sunday afterglow

My Mothering Sunday was great!
All the children came and one even took her boyfriend. We all agreed he's a real asset to the family!
We had brunch in the garden and the weather was beautiful.
Here are some pictures:

(l to r) Francien, Laurens, Maarten(hardly visible) Jan Willem (bald), Dik and Rosa

Laurens (left) and Maarten

Dik (l) and Rosa

Francien (l) and Irene

Maarten relaxing

(l t0 r) Dik, Jan Willem, Elke (neighbour), Irene and Laurens

In the neighbouring field a tiny pony was born Saturday afternoon. 

So when this picture was taken, it wasn't even 24 hours old. 

I wonder what colour it eventually will be.

Relax and laugh!

Just something simple today, nothing to do with quilts.

Have a laugh!

And have a great week.

Not so great, that happens too.

Hi, back again? That's very good of you, thanks.

I've been suffering from migraine, so it seems. Well anyway, that's what my GP told me.
I thought it was just me having a day off and sleeping all day long ;)  Funny thing was it felt like I'd been drinking all night, the next morning, but I hadn't. I just thought I hadn't slept enough, or that it was thing thing women of my age go through. I'd grow over it!
By now it's every week: a few days in bed.
So the process of elimination has started: which pills work best for me. That'll do the trick, I'm sure.
If you don't hear from me within a week, you'll know why.

However,  I've been working on a project I had already cut fabrics for a few months ago.
I'd cut it wrong so I slung it into a corner.
But it needed to be done and now it's nearly finished and I don't think it looks too bad.
It doesn't quite have the effect I wanted it to achieve: subtle, neutral colours, but in a way that you'd still be able to see the effect of the interlocking pinwheels. I used the tutorial of Two Dogs and a Quilt, of course.
No title yet.
Any suggestions?

PS And I've had my hair cut: really short!

Regal Days

Let the parties begin; we're ready!

and I won a book today: here

I'm so thrilled!!!

So many things I want to tell you about ...

With a friend I went to Wangeroog, one of the German Isles: super tiny: 6 x 1 km.
From the boat to the village we travelled by train:

We stayed in a wonderful hotel and had lots of fun!

I like this photograph the best:

The wind always blows the sand where you don't want it ...

I went to a workshop by Sue Daley; it was her last in Europe. That day she left for Oz again.

I learnt a lot, mostly to relax about my sewing: what you make is yours to be proud of!

We all wanted to learn from her and huddled around her; sometimes she had hardly any light left!

Yes, she's good at explaining, but she's not as fierce as she looks here.

Among other quilts she made the Pies and Tarts Quilt. Look here.

Yesterday I made a small gift for a friend:

My first MUGRUG!

And I've started to work on a table runner.

Made of sturdy material and double batting so it can a giant potholder too.

Too late to enter here, but I'm having a great time making it.

That's it! 

Have a wonderful week!

One finished, lots more to go!

First I made this card for my mum-in-law; she came home after a long stay in hospital.

Out of these fabrics (but the bottom one) I started making a quilt for a dear friend.

With the help of tape (used when painting), for a precise 0,25 inch seam

This was the result: we were both happy!

And finally this one, a Shea Henderson pattern; it's nearly finished.

And perhaps for the first time since we put it there, the Magnolia will bloom ...