tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296515412024-03-07T22:15:54.276+01:00wilma goes crazyA "sane" quilter for many years shows her steps into the world of crazy quilting and a glimpse of her daily life..Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.comBlogger401125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-20238569771883587292019-02-03T17:48:00.000+01:002019-02-04T22:59:55.415+01:002019 Scrap Busting Challenge<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today a little project I made for the <a href="https://www.collagealongwithlynda.com/2018/12/2019-scrap-busting-challenge.html">2019 Scrap Busting Challenge</a>...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On "Collage along with Lynda" I saw this challenge and decided to join since I have so many little scraps from all kinds of Crazy Quilt projects.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lynda challenges us to create one scrap busting project each month in 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I found some old serviette rings some time ago on a flea market and decided to make a little pincushion with one of them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Also I want to show you the progress of another project I am working on, this little CQ bag.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Working, taking care of mum, a lot of Christmas shopping, writing Christmas cards, baking Christmas cakes, setting up the tree, some stitching on my CQ bag and even did some art journaling…..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Boy, have I been busy😊</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Have been searching for trims in my stash for my CQ bag.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Found some lovely vintage and antique ones in a bronze/gold color, think they look great with the used colors....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Also did some embroidery stitches, not much yet, but this is what it looks now:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now I can also show you a CQ fabric postcard made in november since it arrived on it's destination.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I made this card with sushi + chopsticks fabric and a piece of red fabric from an old kimono my friend Hideko from Japan gave me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From Barbara in Australia I received this lovely Japanese card, love the binding she used! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She also made me some folded cranes to bring me luck, ain't that sweet? </span><br />
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-18090830187352705322018-12-08T22:17:00.000+01:002018-12-08T22:17:46.169+01:00Started another bag....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCU577GFEg8e5hO29_EfkYgmdNScEKiCOpI6JGrZmGI421IjmShXf4f6eJgEvk2fIQBotCb3J6IDYoJg74mbvD1vpQYloe4k_E_p6kdgkU9WuLuJK7rmFjOEve3VVZvByy9uHm/s1600/20181117_161503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I decided to make another bag after finding the striped fabric in blue, green and creme in my stash.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As focal point I used a print of a French postcard from my private collection.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The lady from the Twenties wears a coat in my favorite color turquoise.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The picture of the block doesn´t do right to the colors, it is much brighter in real.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I already started to add embellishments like tatting, lace and trims, now I can start with the embroidering.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was for a swap of the Postcard Fabric Art group I am in. </span><br />
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-31416110557714894942018-12-03T22:17:00.000+01:002018-12-03T22:17:41.781+01:00Crazy quilting - a trip down memory lane!<b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Back to crazy quilting and a trip down memory lane……</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now that<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> my creative mojo is back after my year long burn out </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I decided to start a CQ bag, h</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ave never made one….</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The part I always love most is searching for fabrics. </span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is for me what Crazy Quilting is all about. </span></span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not going to a quiltshop and buy all the fabrics you need at one time, but diving into your stash and search for cherished fabrics!</span></span></span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I started with</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> the siggie of this beautiful lady. I bought it from Elizabeth during a CQI retreat in Kansas City, USA some years ago. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then I found a William Morris print with honeysuckle which matched great with the siggie. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's a little leftover from the quiltshop I owned in the nineties. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The second part I added is the light green striped fabric, got this fabric swatch (for curtains) from my long gone SIL Marian.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The third part in dark blue and black is a piece of necktie fabric I bought some years ago at the "Flachsmarkt" in and around the castle in Krefeld, Germany.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And then I found the</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> green checked fabric,think it also comes from a CQI retreat in KC.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The pink fabric is silk from an old kimono that Hideko from Japan shared during my first CQI retreat at Gerry's house in Denver, USA.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The next, a dark blue velvet comes from a jacquet I wore around 1985, yes, my Hippie time😊</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On the right of my block you'll find a cream traditional fabric with little flowers from Austria, bought in </span></span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Innsbruck during the Quilt Expo IV in 1998.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOhD4XrE4uGmeGhkTtUR65jguyNzGxoR1vvpLMruVFX2-Y1MeS16PPOt0PuaaKQzniKAp5uFWqYVE0Jo2Lw9RMbDdsSU-MfIiZrhA9PiXzJIiA_FMy7MBzeStqn-802s8sxtI/s1600/IMG_7240+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #073763;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="1600" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOhD4XrE4uGmeGhkTtUR65jguyNzGxoR1vvpLMruVFX2-Y1MeS16PPOt0PuaaKQzniKAp5uFWqYVE0Jo2Lw9RMbDdsSU-MfIiZrhA9PiXzJIiA_FMy7MBzeStqn-802s8sxtI/s320/IMG_7240+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The next blue fabric with a Paisley motif comes from an old bolt of necktie fabric I bought at the Marché aux Puces in Lille, France around 10 years ago.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The striped cream fabric is from a necktie I got from an old neighbour, the green and pink checked fabric I also brought from a CQI retreat, think it came from Cathy from Utah...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The cream silk with leaves I bought when I started my first CQ project and the last pink fabric with the little flowers is the only one I don't know where it came from…</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was my little trip around the world, it brought back lovely memories of people and places I have visited! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What d</span></span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">o you think, am I a bit</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">strange to know from almost all the fabrics where they came from?</span></span></span><br />
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-28587590967888200102017-03-03T19:14:00.000+01:002017-03-03T19:14:15.408+01:00Back to blogging -long-<span style="color: #073763;">I have neglected my blog for a long time, so I have a lot to tell and show you!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">Since my last post is from 2016 a lot has happened since then. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">In september I made a wonderful trip to the USA, which started on Long Island. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">I stayed there with my friends Beth and Phil. Beth had invited me to come with her to the meeting of the <a href="http://empirequilters.net/">Empire Quilters</a> in New York to show my Baskets Crazy Quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">It was wonderful to meet all these talented New York quilters.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">We also had a great lecture from Katie Pasquini-Masopust. </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMg64CzxFlUVoN2DvsQjWez8qIaXNnjEs3Q9tmrUumfE1pKKqClURh6J8wKmjU_eRPRYmUnOqB5hLqHoi8pFjWlRg_mcHd8QFRGQpFf2h7lvZIzQ0zBM3pz6XRrKynthyphenhyphenif-ea/s1600/IMG_0655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="color: #073763;">She showed us a lot of her newest quilts, no pictures I am sorry because they will be publiced in her newest book. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMg64CzxFlUVoN2DvsQjWez8qIaXNnjEs3Q9tmrUumfE1pKKqClURh6J8wKmjU_eRPRYmUnOqB5hLqHoi8pFjWlRg_mcHd8QFRGQpFf2h7lvZIzQ0zBM3pz6XRrKynthyphenhyphenif-ea/s1600/IMG_0655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMg64CzxFlUVoN2DvsQjWez8qIaXNnjEs3Q9tmrUumfE1pKKqClURh6J8wKmjU_eRPRYmUnOqB5hLqHoi8pFjWlRg_mcHd8QFRGQpFf2h7lvZIzQ0zBM3pz6XRrKynthyphenhyphenif-ea/s320/IMG_0655.JPG" width="240" /></a></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">She was a great and funny storyteller and I especially liked the way how she incorporated painted canvas in her quilts. You can find her beautiful work on: <a href="http://www.katiepm.com/">www.katiepm.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">In the lunch break I visited the <a href="http://www.cityquilter.com/">City Quilter</a>, the last chance for me to visit their shop, because they have closed now and are only selling on the Internet.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">Bought some lovely New York fabrics, you see one of them above, ain't it gorgeous?</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqddiFQ8Sj5ybP0l6b8A_r2eZ5FCFX9sHXbyAlsrzqpZw4VvwaJ5lILg4AW2zLCwmVGvibn02MJjuoCaQ8gPJuNL7Op3dSRHn1fJFmA2ZywXlNTWA-VU8RfVzmCBInXWR_z3ts/s1600/20160911_150159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="color: #073763;">The next day Beth, Phil and I went by bus to the Bronx, to watch the New York Yankees game against the Tampa Rays. It was a long time on my bucket list to watch the NY Yankees and I have enjoyed it so much, eventhough they lost...... </span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">Since it was 9/11 that day, it was very moving to see how they commemorated the victims of 9/11 with lots of bagpipers, a giant American flag and of course the joint singing of the national anthem.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">Here you see Beth and me at the Monument Walk.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">After this stay Beth and I flew to Kansas City to the CQI Retreat. I will tell you more about this meeting next time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Have some more wonderful news, the crazy quilt I made with flower baskets for the CQJP 2015 project is to see in the Spring 2017 Issue from the Our Quilting Journey Magazine, available on Magcloud.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The subject for this Spring issue is "Baskets", so lots of patterns and pictures for sane as well as crazy quilters. If you want to order a copy, you can visit: http://<a href="http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1247195">www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1247195</a></span></div>
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<br />Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-36824211606889728382016-02-05T15:57:00.000+01:002016-02-05T22:50:32.848+01:00Extended seams<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you might know, I am one of the moderators of CQI (Crazy Quilting International) and our first quarterly challenge this year is the "Extended Seam" challenge.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is a great challenge for beginning but also for experienced Crazy Quilters.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: large;">An extended seam is simply said, a seam with other stitches added to it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jo Newsham from New Zealand is a former moderator of CQI and called "the queen of the extended seams", Gerry Krueger has posted pictures on her blog of Jo's wonderful stitching.</span></div>
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-84442214369240843242015-12-20T12:51:00.000+01:002015-12-20T12:51:38.249+01:00CQJP 2015 blocks finished!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just in time for the end of the year I finished the last two blocks for the <a href="http://cqjp2015.blogspot.com/">CQJP2015</a>. </span><br />
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-31388969216901513932015-11-22T12:13:00.001+01:002015-11-22T12:13:39.049+01:00Steampunk part 2<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's been a long time since I have been blogging I am sorry, but life is getting in the way all the time.....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: large;">Right now I am making CQ fabric postcards for the swap on CQI, here is a picture of the first one with a "Winter" theme that </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: large;">I just finished:</span><br />
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-36577710055502055462015-09-07T15:17:00.000+02:002015-09-07T15:17:16.592+02:00Steampunk<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">At the CQI retreat last year in Kansas City, I joined a Steampunk Round Robin together with Colleen, Elizabeth, Lisa and Lonna.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Some time ago I received my blocks back and just love them! Thank all you ladies for your lovely work.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But let's start at the beginning.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Because I didn't know much about Steampunk I have been searching the Internet for information.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I ordered some fabric with keys on it and here you can see the blocks I made for this swap.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Also I used shiny fabrics like silk, satin and so on to add some lustre.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Today I will show you the blocks that Elizabeth and Lisa have embellished.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Let's start with the block that Eliabeth has embellished:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And here a close-up, I love the way how Elizabeth outlined all the squares with beads on the silvergrey fabric:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And here also a close-up of Lisa's work!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I love the big keys on the block, they look </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">like real working keys......</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">For me it was quite difficult to find embellishments for on the blocks, since you can't find things like that here in Holland. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">That is why my DH was so sweet to demolish parts of a clock for me.....</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Also I'd like to show you the last block I have worked on. </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It is the one from Colleen.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Because there was a lot of black, grey and red in the block I picked, I decided to do the stitching in the same colors. </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I first started making the spiderweb with DMC yarn (Fil or chiné noir) that I bought on last years retreat, after that added a red spider. </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">(Boy, I hope Colleen likes spiders.....).</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Than I added the black lace and did the rest of the stitching.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">After that came the clock parts, I sewed on the beads and sequins and added the buttons.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I hope Colleen likes her block!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Next time I'll show you the blocks that Colleen and Lonna</span><br />
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<br />Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-83100173002593423922015-04-26T21:02:00.001+02:002015-04-26T21:02:08.195+02:00Second CQJP block finished<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finally I finished the february block for the CQJP2015, once again a 12 inch block with an antique Dutch cigarette silk in the middle. </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Although, knowing myself, I will probably add more in a later stadium....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Still have to get used to work with these colors, they are a bit to "sweet" for me.....but as you know I always do love a challenge! </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I seem to have this problem often when starting with a new color scheme.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">I have to make 5 of these big 12 inch blocks for this quilt, the others will all have different sizes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Also an update on our little Ruby, she is 10 months old now and growing very fast. Sweet and naughty and very playful!</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Here a picture of her taken this weekend in Belgium, in the door of our mobile home.</span><br />
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-87441142773390204672015-02-05T20:44:00.000+01:002015-02-05T20:44:35.832+01:00Busy stitching<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This week I have stitched some 10" blocks to embellish for the CQJP 2015. I have finished the first block as you can see in my last post.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">I decided for this project to use medium colors but I do have to get used to these colors................. The antique Dutch silkies I will use on them are all colored like this.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have decided to use different sizes of blocks for this Crazy Quilt, I have decided to make the biggest ones first, 5 blocks of 10 x 10 inch, 25 x 25cm.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maybe you remember that last August we welcomed our new blond labrador pup, Ruby.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This picture I took last weekend.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She has grown so fast, she is 7 1/2 months old now. </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She doesn't look like a puppy anymore as you can see!</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She is very sweet and brave most of the time, only this night she ate a piece out of our Persian carpet, you can imagine that I was not that happy this morning.....</span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-16656009411712220172015-01-25T12:18:00.000+01:002015-01-25T12:18:39.955+01:00Back to blogging....<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes life just gets in the way from blogging. I will spare you the details, but a new job, a trip to the USA, a big exhibition and severe illness and the death of my dear mother-in-law had a great impact on the last half year of my life. Now it is back to blogging...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For this new year I decided to join the Crazy Quilt Journal Project again. You can find more information and see the blocks on: <a href="http://www.cqjp2015.blogspot.com/">www.CQJP2015.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the block I am doing the last stitches on right now. I have collected lots of antique Dutch cigarette silks through the years and decided to not keep them in an album and look at them now and then, but to use them in my Crazy Quilting. This Crazy Quilt will be made in "middle" colors and every block will have a cigarette silk with a basket with fruit or flowers on it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have finished </span><a href="http://ivoryblushroses.blogspot.nl/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Lisa's</a><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"> block, she made blocks in silver, grey and black and wanted the blocks to be embellished in a technical Steampunk theme and in the colors dark green, marine and burgundy. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">decorate it with watch parts. Luckely my husband repairs clocks, so lots of parts to find in his workshop (don't tell him.....lol).</span><br />
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We started with visiting the City Quilter at 133 West 25th Street. Here I bought some lovely NYC fabrics and we saw the exhibition of Velda Newman's beautiful art quilts at the artquilt gallery (www.artquiltgallerynyc.com).<br />
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The huge quilt she made of zinnia's is simply stunning...<br />
<span style="text-align: center;"> Of course we visited several shops to buy stuff for our Crazy Quilting, </span><br />
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<u>Toho Shoji (New York) Inc.</u>, 990 Sixth Avenue, they have lots and lots of beautiful beads, charms and I love their little flowers for on my quilts (www.tohoshoji-ny.com).</div>
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At <u>Beads World</u>, 1384 Broadway (between 37&38th St.) you will find lots of beads and lovely cupped flower shaped sequins (www.beadsworldusa.com).</div>
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At the <u>Bead Center</u> 989 Sixth Avenue, you will also find lots and lots of beads and sequins.</div>
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In the Garment District around 39th Street you will find lots of fabric stores, look out for the big button and needle, then you are close!</div>
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Unluckely for fabrics we only had time to visit <u>Fabrics Express</u>, 239 West 39th Street, but they have lots and lots of beautiful fabrics and of course we supported the American economy over there!<br />
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Next time I'll tell you more about my trip!Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-6611080470836404592014-08-09T11:37:00.000+02:002014-08-09T11:48:50.791+02:00Puppy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since monday we have a new companion, our Ruby (officially Only You of Wundering Heights), born on June 16th. A very cute yellow labrador puppy, but oh boy, did I miss a lot of sleep this week.....</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyc0UK86X0kBSuJhbRuVMv4pQdQ4uwbnuSznFdlx3xO432CwOklxcExO175WQYL8Kk7KKlzgQqNY8UbnsPrjR0AmiMiWETfz_LuVLjIOuiEgPBe0EtvPLl-Sd1PT69wCHO7xuN/s1600/IMG_7394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyc0UK86X0kBSuJhbRuVMv4pQdQ4uwbnuSznFdlx3xO432CwOklxcExO175WQYL8Kk7KKlzgQqNY8UbnsPrjR0AmiMiWETfz_LuVLjIOuiEgPBe0EtvPLl-Sd1PT69wCHO7xuN/s1600/IMG_7394.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The good thing is that with staying up that late at night watching over her, I managed to do a lot of stitching to my Peacock Crazy Quilt. I am making the blocks for the <a href="http://www.cqjp2014.blogspot.com/">CQJP2014</a>. If you click on the link, you can see pictures of all participants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #134f5c;">Dana loved to have a "coral reef" kind of look, so I started with making a colorful fantasy fish. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Beth and Kathy from the USA, Stefanie from the UK and Dana from New Zealand have joined me in this RR. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Than I made the whipped wheel to form a starfish and added the lace on the right, thought it looked a bit like a sea cucumber....................</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first block for the <a href="http://www.cqjp2014.blogspot.com/">CQJP 2014</a> is finished at last!</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJGyaGd9mPoGmfA98JYk27Wz5QqZvjog1Wub_n0djMcGZq_GQ-L-Kq-OWszR41MxnrB_iEMsilPhzbGMxvkJnAc_8WfC2bibiYatBt6guU6aHkuVYPuU3E3FAeLFM_Xrs8Qwl/s1600/IMG_6605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJGyaGd9mPoGmfA98JYk27Wz5QqZvjog1Wub_n0djMcGZq_GQ-L-Kq-OWszR41MxnrB_iEMsilPhzbGMxvkJnAc_8WfC2bibiYatBt6guU6aHkuVYPuU3E3FAeLFM_Xrs8Qwl/s1600/IMG_6605.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Must say that I finally like working with these colors, now the block is finished it looks really vivid!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I am now working on a corner block, it is a fan block and almost finished so I hope to show that next week! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Everyday this week I have been trying to work some time on my shabby chic fabric book, I have finished the cover, here a picture of the front:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and the backside......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last year I bought a whole box full of vintage and antique laces in France and I can make good use of them for this fabric book. It is much fun to search for and make combinations of fabrics, lace, trims, doilies and motifs, there are so many possibilities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The "fleur de lis" I found</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">in my friend <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/cathyscrazybydesign">Cathy's Etsy shop</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now I can start working on the inside pages........</span></div>
Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-46479151529831938232014-02-05T19:44:00.000+01:002014-02-05T19:44:04.131+01:00Work In Progress Wednesday<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here an update on the january block for the <a href="http://www.cqjp2014.blogspot.com/">CQJP2014</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">As you can see it is not finished yet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">The green leaves take a lot of time to embroider and my sight is not good enough for stitching them in the evening, so I can only work </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love shabby chic fabric journals and for a long time I already want to start with the making of one of them. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have collected antique and vintage laces and doilies for it, but constantly hesitated.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last Saturday I decided to just give it a try.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the start of the cover of the book........</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">More WIP'S you can find on<a href="http://www.pintangle.com/"> Sharon Boggons</a> website!</span></div>
Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-40654136143928292532014-01-29T16:05:00.003+01:002014-01-29T16:05:53.574+01:00Work In Progress Wednesday<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today I want to show you what I am making for this years <a href="http://www.cqjp2014.blogspot.com/">Crazy Quilt Journal Project</a>.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These are some blocks and fans I stitched for this CQ to give you an idea of the colorscheme.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I already told before, I decided to work with dark "jewel" colors this time and put some peacock silkies from the 30's </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">on my blocks. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you see I couldn't help it to put some polka dots in also, I just like them so much.......</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also I took the decision to embellish the seams in one color. I only don't know if this was wise. </span>I am now very limited in my choices as I will only use the colors that are in my blocks!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That is why I also decided to bead some seams and also use sequins, which is a challenge for me as I absolutely do not like them! </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Others Works in Progress you can find on Sharon Boggons </span><a href="http://www.pintangle.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">pintangle</a><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"> blog.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">More next week.........</span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-27905979856650956572014-01-27T15:42:00.001+01:002014-01-27T15:42:38.612+01:00A little painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This poor little fellow flew against our living room window and is now burried in our garden......but not before I made a little painting of him! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is a "groenling", Carduelis chloris, a little European bird.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The last time I painted was in June 2013 and I could notice that, but I am happy that I managed to do it again. </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now on to something bigger!</span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-16385035527284891152014-01-25T14:53:00.000+01:002014-01-25T14:53:21.305+01:00Under The Sea<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>At the start of 2014 I challenged myself to be creative every day, </b></span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ain't that a good decision......? </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Due to my burnout last year I haven't done much stichting, drawing or painting in 2013 but I decided this has to change now, </b><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">if only for a few minutes a day! </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Today I made a 12 inch block for the Under The Sea (UTS) Round Robin on CQI.</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">I decided to be coördinator for this swap and 4 ladies from around the world have joined me. </span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">Every month I have to embellish 1/4 of one of these ladies UTS blocks. </span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">It is great to see that we have 3 groups starting on CQI with this Under The Sea theme!</span></b>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627374566720552583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651541.post-49907799630371904422014-01-23T10:19:00.001+01:002014-01-23T10:52:14.013+01:00<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">CQJP2014</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last year I joined the <a href="http://cqjp2014.blogspot.com/">Crazy Quilt Journal Project</a> but didn't manage to finish much.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year I want to give it a new try!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I so much loved my friend <a href="http://colourcomplements.com/">Lorraine's</a> dark Crazy Quilt blocks, that I also decided to work with dark "jewel" colors for this project. </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiM7IvzHquDb7BUpOaEbuG_oRUVdTzHM_rh5Ou2n-xQUtE2C2PhWVfj01hL6kMrRoOs5Ul8iY1aogpnfrwSPqsGfdTdX_J-kLy28IjUxGiXXJdEF2pWmWEg2REYs3egp3vyNn/s1600/IMG_6317.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiM7IvzHquDb7BUpOaEbuG_oRUVdTzHM_rh5Ou2n-xQUtE2C2PhWVfj01hL6kMrRoOs5Ul8iY1aogpnfrwSPqsGfdTdX_J-kLy28IjUxGiXXJdEF2pWmWEg2REYs3egp3vyNn/s1600/IMG_6317.JPG" height="400" width="397" /></span></a><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Through the years I have collected several peacock silkies that I want to use in this CQ.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The silkies are cigarette silks made in the Thirties by Turmac, a cigarette company here in Holland.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is one of the blocks I started working on!</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tjrw1DoqrVfvZ551XyWhvCZMEFv4PcyMo3S94Ikm9HzOfRKU9gJ2TJmbDtjIZJ7q9kHPrKizomsz7jLBrEFlYKbLLLVIUzdqNxRKKiGYXBfitJIOj7qjVvkLAzmIyewUQzcX/s1600/IMG_6474.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tjrw1DoqrVfvZ551XyWhvCZMEFv4PcyMo3S94Ikm9HzOfRKU9gJ2TJmbDtjIZJ7q9kHPrKizomsz7jLBrEFlYKbLLLVIUzdqNxRKKiGYXBfitJIOj7qjVvkLAzmIyewUQzcX/s1600/IMG_6474.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And this is the ATC I made for this months Fiber Fever swap. </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is for Margreet here in Holland. She loves to make papercuts so I decided to make her a silhouette of our new king Willem Alexander. Of course it had to have an orange background! You can find Margreets beautiful papercutting on her </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/papercutting" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Flickr page</a><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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