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The mitred vest is slowly progressing square by square. But there are some other, secret assignments that need my attention too. Here, the helpers are joining in, but in the beginning they are still sleeping in their warm spot ... Then, when something interesting happens, they wake up. Hmmmm ... brushes, paint, water ..... ? little sister has to check this out first :

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I started on this mitered little vest in red colours some days ago. Then, last week, my friend M visited me, wearing the blue vest. I asked her to take it with her so I could measure it and decide what size to make the miters in the new red one ( she looks wonderful in it ) I decided to make less squares ánd use a smaller size needle  2,5 I made an extra sample with needle 2

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This is a extra special extra day ! When you are born on this date you don't age as quickly as áll the other people. You might be a teenager of 15 and not look a bit like the 60 years they say you are ... When I was very young , the boy next-door, my brother's friend, had his birthday on the 29 th of February, and I didn't understand why they said he was only three years old ...

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The fun of blogland is making friends. Most of the time those friends live fáááár away, but being on the net, brings them quite close to you. I happen to know that my dear friend Sus has her birthday today Well, I knów: you can find special e-cards on the net, but for this friend I thought it was more appropriate to make one myself HAPPY  BIRTHDAY   SUS ( a bit of you and

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The year of the dragon is already a bit on it's way but a good week ago I found the dragon to go with it. ( I had bought two of them earlier, but both became a present ) I very much love the bright colours ! And he goes so well with the dragon ( or winged snake Naga ) I bought almost 20 years ago on Bali !!! * The warm colours of Naga will be mirrored in the knitting I

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I've been busy doing all kind of things though nót on the craft front, but buying "Lundia" shelves and doors  for a new cupboard at daughter's place, and lots of stuff at IKEA (and getting it up to her flat on the third floor) * Today would be a felting day together with daughter's Stitch'nBitch friend but unfortunately she got ill, so daughter felted on her own. She started on a

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Today the weather is slowly changing : we had very cold freezing days for over a week. ( unfortunately for a lot of people the "monster - tour" will not be held because the ice wasn't the required 15 cm over the whole length of the 200 km ... ) But lots of people had fun on the ice ! Smaller tours were held in all parts of Holland and lots of people were taking part. (

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At last : WINTER decided not to move on unnoticed !  It's freezing up to minus 20 C and we had a few centimetres of snow yesterday. But ... we aren't used to that ! So that kind of weather brings on a lot of trouble in our small country : lots of people got stuck in their cars in endless traffic jams ... busses and trains that didn't go on time ( or at all ) ... central heating that

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I didn't think it would be like that, but after I finished my first ever hat and it passed the test of wearing (we had nice cold weather) I started a new one this week !  I wanted to try out something   I also used on my commission bag. (yes, that's finished too, but only after it's with the new owner I will show you) I started with the dots, but forgot to take a picture

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There are many things I want to try. I mean : that I want to try making things. I'm always curious if my craftsmanship is good enough to create something I see that someone I admire has done. Most of the time it's then that you realize that making wonderful things takes a lot of time and a lot of practice ! Felting wasn't "my baby" in the beginning but when I realized how it worked,

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"container" A wide variety of things probably comes into your mind when you think of that word. As my first felt project of this year I wanted to make a start for the "felt-along" : thirty odd people, who love felt in all it's aspects, who sometimes like to set themselves a goal to make, under the same denominator, something interesting out of FELT The "felt-along" is

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No, winter hasn't been around here (yet) Still hoping for a bit of snow or ice ... ( though not everybody will agree to that ) No, nature isn't expecting much "winter" anymore as it seems one would say, looking at this ! ( but I might be totally wrong .... )  * I do love the colours of this new self-striping Regia sock yarn ! The top one are socks for me, knitted by

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Oooooh wow, a whole week of the new year is already gone ! where was I ? Taking it reeeeeal easy : fun with the grandchildren, a bit of sale - shopping in my favourite Cora Kemperman shop, a bit of knitting ..... just  s l o w l y  starting again Within two weeks there will be two happy, I hope, birthday boys ! ( one big, one small )  * Today I took some time to play with

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Christmas over, so now I can show what I was up to last week The idea was born out of the fact that some of my dearly loved ones could use  some heavenly support. But making the first one brought me back to reality quickly : it takes quite some time to make an angel !!! As a start I cut up some embroidered linen shirt ( I'm so lucky to have these little tweezers to turn

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Yes ..... I started making things again but sorry to say : I can't show it yet ! ( ssssshh christmas present .... ) I finished a pair of socks, started a new pair and am still working on the purple green striped pair that matches the baktus skarf ( so it's kind of sock-time ) Although my christmas cards weren't as funny as the home-made ones like last year's ( I just bought

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Things are still very slow around here. I'm happy to tell our loved-one is improving every day ! But all of this has kind of taken it's toll on all of us. In the last few days we have been busy with a .... puzzle ! Our all-time favourites are the ones of MORDILLO (this one was our recent "Sinterklaas" present) We have been enjoying Mordillo's work since the seventies : his

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Today I had a lovely day with a dear old friend. She faced a long car journey with her man  in rainy and stormy weather to meet me in Rotterdam, and it was fun together like it always was. She brought me a wonderful piece of Kaffe Fasset "Megamendung" and some pieces of lace. She provided me earlier with some old odds and ends so I took the finished pieces with me, to show her

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These last two weeks have been very, very busy ... but the best part is : our dearest loved-one is on the way to recovery, getting better by the day a true miracle We were very happy that we could celibrate "Sinterklaas" as we would normally have done : presents for the children and a present with a funny poem for the grown-ups  (just like it should be) (there's a great

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Last weekend daughter and I had a fabulous felting class with Marjolein Dallinga ( we had looked forward to it for over 3/4 of a year ! ) And YES ! it was all we hoped for and so much more It was three days of working very hard on three projects and we learned sooo much A lot of new techniques and inspiration to start working on ! THANK YOU,  MARJOLEIN ! * And

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A bit later than I thought this weekend I finally finished the special "Baktus" shawl, the one with the lacy side.  I got the pattern at one of my favourite yarnshops "de Schapekop" in Nieuwpoort. It's true that I did buy a few times on-line, but with yarn I like it best when I can feel what I'm buying and also colour wise I think it's much safer Mmmmmmmm I love these self striping

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Isn't that a beautiful date ? ( well : not everybody in the world is having this same funny date ...) Eleven ... some say : it's the number of fools, some say : it's the number of wisdom ...  Foolish things can be said by "wise people" however... wise things can be said by "fools" ( I think it depends a lot what's your own point of view considering what's being said ) *

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When I'm knitting I like to use fingering weight yarn : a lot of stitches on a fine needle. ( Don't make thick sweaters anymore nowadays : with central heating you don't need them and outside the ever present wind blows through ! ) I've used different brands of "sock yarn" for the socks I knitted, a 100 gram skein is enough for a pair of socks up till quite big ! For my size I

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The autumn colours in the garden are fading away all to quickly. But even on the ground the display is still beautiful almost magical ... magical ??? The one Dahlia I had this year, I planted in a pot, to prevent an early death by slugs and snails. But probably the spot wasn't sunny enough, ánd ... I pinched out the top to make it grow a bit broader. Thát it didn't like

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Last Saturday daughter and I visited the "Handwerkbeurs" in Rotterdam (a crafts fair) Daughter bought some lovely yarns for new knitting projects, I, a book with patterns for tiny "Waldorf " dolls, some beautiful variegated DMC, some fat quarters of quilt fabric and I collected a bag with stuff for Procion dyeing that I had ordered in advance. Today I had ( another ) fun day dyeing

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We're enjoying lovely autumn days quiet sunny weather, no storm in sight ( yet ! ) Otherwise these beautiful colours would be gone in a day * The new box with colourpencils is coming to good use by Man !  They work really nice on the heavy paper ( I checked them out too .....  ;-)  ! ) * I took some bits and pieces of an old UFO and added some more : among others, a

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The 26th of October was a wonderful sunny day 44 years ago just as sunny as it was today ! Well ... how would I know that so accurately ? that's easy : we had a wonderful sunny wedding day ! ..... And today : a bit older, a bit wiser (sometimes) and still lots of sunshine ! Sunshine (inside or out) brightens up your life !  May you all have lots of days

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Blue and white or white and blue ? I think I have enough nine patch stars now. Yesterday I spread out the big ikat cloth with the moon and while I was stitching the nine patches there was someone waiting patiently till I had time for some TLC ( his sister is not as demanding for attention as he is ... dear house guests again for a few days ) After I had all the "nines" I wanted

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That's me ! in more ways than one I would say but I'm not telling you all of them, that would take ages !!! But this one I'd like to share with you : some time ago I got this e-mail from one of my blogging-world stitching friends : Jacky who lives in Australia. She asked if I would like some scraps of fabric from her. Well, what do you think ? Ofcourse I said yes to this lovely

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The last few days have been really sunny autumn days with a bright blue sky. The days were also bright in the events they brought : ... some good news ... man's quiet but joyful birthday with presents for new creativity ... a very nice and very crowded Stitch'n Bitch coming together ... the very last stitches on the "Feathered Star" (only the sleeve on the back is

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The second mandala with the "Tzolkin" as inspiration. 12 October 2011 is day 6 in the wave of the Blue hand and the seal of Yellow man. ( For me this October day  was also about breast cancer awareness ) Themes were openness and transformation balance and equality and the power of free choice I also had a lovely day with my dear friend M ( she's doing fine )

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Full moon today or rather tonight, though there is nothing to be seen here because a thick layer of clouds is hiding it all ! What a pity. That's why I thought today was an appropriate time do to some moon stitching. A very light "colour blanket" done all by hand ( as I do most pieces lately, thanks to Jude ) This will be the moon in the new cloth I wanted to start for some

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Sometimes days are rushing by  no matter how lazy or busy you are. But yesterday I can tell you, was a day spent well amongst some lovely people a lot of wool, soap and warm water We felted a pair of slippers ( yes : "winter" is coming nearer ) ... laying out fibres, you see that lovely blue ... ? that turned out to be a disaster : would not felt at all !!! Luckily it could be

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Yesterday and today I was painting. Not on paper, not on a canvas but on a window ! When I worked as a schoolteacher in Primary School with the youngest children I often made illustrations to a theme we were working on, on the classroom windows. After some time they were removed and replaced with something else. For me that was great fun, because I like to draw and the children

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Yes ! Late last night I wrote all the names that answered before midnight October 2nd on little cards and this morning I let my RNG in the form of an origami die, decide for all of you ... and the winner is : Mo'a ( sorry for all the others ... next time better ! ) Please Mo'a send me an e-mail with your address and this little fiberrainbow-heart will fly over to

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It's the last day of September (already) so tomorrow is "blogaversary" It's still hard to realize a whole year has gone by since I started here but then again LOTS and LOTS have happend ! I have been stitching these last days but I give only a sneak peek HA that's all ! Interested ??? Don't forget to leave a comment in the previous post then you might be the

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Last weekend we had our grandchildren staying over ( and the cats ) They love all the extra attention, and doing things together is great fun. Man found a "Loupe" puzzle in the attic to start with and I found an "old" package of small origami papers and a book to work from. ( After a while I knew them by heart again ... ) On the last, very sunny day, I had some canvases, brushes

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Early this evening I went to the hospital in Rotterdam M is doing well, under the circumstances. She was in pain earlier but got medication for that. We'll hope, wait and see. And when she's going home this weekend a friend will be staying over. Yesterday evening, when I added names and a bit of magic thread, I was carefully watched if I did everything in good order ... ( Hope

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My little piece with the clouds and the sun is ready to move to it's new owner ( only our names and a heart are left for later tonight ) So just wait a little bit longer : she must be the first to see all of it tomorrow, or maybe the day after that ... Only sneak peeks for now a square sun a dress .... a leg .... some dots and that same corner finished now ! A 

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Last Friday I made preparations for e new ( small ) piece : a golden yellow silk / hemp piece of a "Paapje" remnant and as a thin cloth to baste on a piece torn  from the sleeve of an old linen shirt with a bit of Kaffe Fassett cloud. I started stitching today and show you only the smallest piece ( the coat is nearly 2 cm high ... ) ... to be continued ...

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Today in Rotterdam with our Stitch'n Bitch group we did something very special : we made a joined mandala drawing for our dear friend M sending her all our love to strengthen her a bit for next Thursday * You might remember I showed an "oak tree" that popped up in our garden this spring well ... I didn't plant it though I had a hunch who did ! Earlier this year a

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Yesterday evening we had our first coming-together of the mandala drawing group. This time the inspiration will come from the ancient Maya Tzolkin Calendar. It is quite complicated in the beginning to understand : it's about "solar seals", "waves", "colours" and "numbers" and every day of the year has a combination of these elements in an on-going cycle. ( A bit like the Zodiac or the

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Remember this little person ? He was swimming in his soapy pool awhile ago. It took some time, but he slowly evolved ... First he was waiting for some decent trousers ( jeans like a real sixties guy ) Then again after some days : he was patiently waiting for his sweater of true Noro Kuryeon Sock yarn. ..... "Ooooh my goodness, mam do you see this ? I can't go out

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I always loved the undulating sides of some scarves. ( normally you try to make the sides of your felt flat and definately not with waves ! ) Altough I 'd never done this before I had a rather good idea how it must work : so much of the end result is preordained by the way you lay out the wool rovings. Apart from the waves I wanted some leaves too I left the ends of the leaves

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A little bit earlier than planned ( it's still September and not October ) I want to tell you : to be aware of your body and to take good care of it so that you enjoy it for many years to come. Yet sometimes you can get the feeling your body is letting you down is cheeting on you ....... I went to one of my dearest friends today for a little support : she is starting her

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I always loved picture-books probably because I like to draw When I worked as a teacher in Elementary school, and especially the last 15 years with the youngest groups I collected quite a "few" ! Ofcourse I used them at school but I would have bought them anyway. Although I retired 4 years ago ...  and the grandchildren read their own books ... I bought the most

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When I was in the felting mood I tried another plan that I had for some time but didn't get to. I wanted to make a shawl with holes or rather a collar. I layed out the wool rovings on the paper pattern that I made in the right (bigger) size It was not very easy because I didn't want the fibres to go in only one direction well I finally managed to get it

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August is rushing to it's end already. The storm at the US East Coast has blown away so it's a safe time to think about some more feathers for Jude's Magic Feather Project. In the attic I found a paint stained shirt of Man that I was about to throw away untill I noticed the shirt pocket : in one corner was the tiniest embroidered horse. Well thát deserved

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Always when I'm floating around on the internet I find new interesting things and ideas. Quite some times I'm amazed what people are making : so many beautiful things are being made ! In the "felting business" I like very much what Gabi is doing : I love her animals and "persons" they're friendly and funny ! ( I love it when people put some humour in their art,

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A few days ago I found the first bright red leaf of one of the trees in our garden. I thought that a bit early for halfway August ! But you never know for sure with this time of the year all of a sudden the earth smells different, a lot more spiders hanging around (to catch you in the morning, when you're not aware of them yet) a little earlier dark in the evening

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When I looked at all the gathered feathers of the Magic Feather Project I saw that mine arrived safely in New York at last so   here is the first and here is the little extra : a felted one I love how all these different feathers are flying in from all over the world to Jude so she can make them into something special for the hurt children that

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The little mending problems are solved. Often these mending-things are lying around and get dusted over before they are done. But these weren't mine ! First I took care of the burning accident I chose the shape of a heart because the hole looked a bit like one finished When I think about "burns" I always think of the most beautiful burns

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We were invited to a triple birthday party. There had to be presents. One and two weren't that difficult, but the third ....? So I started this morning with my special home made chocolate cake that's always a well recieved present. Mmmmmmmmmm ! It's called Torta Caprese and found it in "Allerhande" a few years ago (that's a two-weekly advertising journal of a great

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Sometimes it's not easy to start with what you want to do : yesterday evening I wanted to go on with "Water" but our house guests for the weekend were desperate in need of some T L C ! ( that's what they wanted to show me I think ... ) Well, after a while I was able to do some stitching. Today I put the backing on, and because the actual quilting was

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Yes ! The feathers are ready for take-off to fly all the way to New York. First there was the looking for inspiration and sketching some ideas ( daughter brought some beautiful feathers ) but I could not decide yet. Then later last night : bleep, the light went on, and I knew what to do! I started stitching at about 11 pm and stitched on and on .

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Yes, the ideas must be tested. I made a small bag today, for which I got my inspiration from Kaffe Fassett's fabric. First I wanted to use it for the inside but then I decided that the outside would be fun ! For that I had to go through daughter's stash of pre-felt and cut out a lot of circles. Then I had to decide on the size of the bag,

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Although I love to stitch on "Water" it is still felting-time at the moment. After finishing my blue bag ( and showing it off on Saturday ) there are still more and more ideas that I want to try, most of the time one leeds to another ! I did something in special colours today but I don't want to show too much ... ( probably later, I don't want to

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Well, noooo ...  nót what you might think  not thát blues, I am very happy at the moment. thése blues my "holy" blues ! I've finished my ultramarine blue bag !!! Yesterday I felted the "failure" inside pocket and today I cut it to the right size and stitched it (yes, sorry ...) in the bag, the felt is really dense and thick so that was not a problem. Now all is

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There was time in the sun to stitch a bit more on "water" The little pleats are stitched. They are there because I added Jude's cloud. So the strip on the left side had to come down a bit :  I didn't want to loose the nice "lightning" on it. But then I realized I had stitched the bottom part already, so ... pleats I discovered something else. Normaly I use one or two strands of 

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The new piece I started began as a long strip, a scrap from Connie cut to a quarter circle became the "earth" for the fern ( that was already on the cloth ) But then I added another strip next to the first one to make it a square and started basting all of it down. Some batik fabric with kind of flowers also cut in a quarter circle and some yellow silk completed the ful circle I love

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Although I did a lot of other things ánd I didn't sign up for Jude's "Magic Cloth" series ... needle and thread have started itching again ( not literally ofcourse ) Add to that the wonderful scraps from Connie ... I just started with some pieces and let it grow on it's own ..... an idea is already forming in my mind to where it may lead ( about 28 x 28 cm  now ... ) * Our 

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While Connie gave some good and simple instructions I made a fresh start with my eco-dyeing adventure. It really is a matter of trial and error for me, error it was, most of the time to be honest. I hardly ever get the bright and sharp prints I see with others but, I'm still going strong and trying again. The picture of my Sanguisorba gave Connie the idea that I might give it a go

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I made the felted strap for my blue bag today It's drying now and I'll sew it on probably tomorrow so not much to show. But in the garden one of my favourites has come back and has come back beautifully. The Sanguisorba officinalis was in a place that wasn't quite right ( at least that's what I thought ! ) so I moved it two years ago to another spot more in the background because

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This day day started gray and clouded. I had to feed our daughter's cats for a day so went away in a dress, legging and a jacket. Then I visited a friend and it was already getting really warm.  I ate my late lunch in the garden and had to change my clothes because it was hot in the sun. At dinner time the sun was still shining brightly but there was a distant rumbling of thunder ...

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Last Monday we had a birthday girl : 10 and one of her presents was .... a wand ! She's quite mad about Harry and all of his books ( the last one is being read to her now, although she could easily read it herself ) The wand came in a box and was brought by owl ( ofcourse ) ( Man, daughter and me went to see the last movie yesterday .... I think we plan a marathon view

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Sun and clouds today, enough sun to sit a bit in the garden with the felted vest. Time for a few stitches. Accents only, to bring out the subtle prints of plants and string that survived the felting process The orange that stands out a bit is from a package of yummy silk things and bits I bought, the silk embroidery thread is what I used to tie up the dye bundles, so it

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With the felted vest drying, no sun, but a lovely temperature  it was just the kind of day to work in the garden. There was a lot of clipping, pruning and dead-heading to do One part (in the back near the water) looked just like a little jungle : I carried arms ful from there ! Ofcourse there were a lot of little visiters and there was time enough to admire them. And in

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Just one week ago that I had my first day (of two) of Pam's workshop at Dorie's place. Dorie doesn't live close by so I was very pleased that I could stay for two nights  with my long-time friend Anita, and having time to chat too. ( her house is only a five-minute-drive away from Nes a/d Amstel, so I didn't have to get up really early! ) It was so nice, gathering up with a bunch of

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Pfffffffft ........ Workshops are great ! ( but you can get very tired ) Tonight I came back from a wonderful eco-dyeing and felting workshop with a bunch of very lovely ladies. ( The weather was lousy those two days and I had a bumpy ride home through the storm and rain : boy, what a summer at the moment ! ) The Australian felt artist Pam de Groot was giving this workshop at

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Hi there, I'm back again! After some days away : some biking along the river Maas, a lot of reading, a bit of knitting, some drawing and a lot of other nice things ..... ... the river Maas ... ... a thunderstorm ... ... a bit of nature ... ... and some house guests. * And today I'm off again to my  Pam de Groot  workshop !!!

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The longest day : summer is here though you would not have said that the last few days when torrential rains came down and the sun was nowhere to be seen. But this afternoon : there he was and the garden looked happy and green ( It is so funny when you realize that on the opposite side of the globe it it the shortest day ! I saw that at T's place : cold days and mushrooms and

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When you start making something, new ideas keep popping up as you go. The solution to that : have another go four layers : two white, two yellow .... and a swirl tadaaaaaah ! a bowl Also better photos (without the bottle !) of yesterday's vase (not a very watertight one I confess, but you can put a glass one in it) For this one I used only two layers of white More

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It's so good when you can teach people a little bit of the things you like doing yourself. Having been a teacher all my life, it's kind of a natural thing that I want to pass on my knowledge and make others as enthousiastic as I am. The results of three ladies felting yesterday and close up : * It's obvious after such a lovely day that I want to do something myself,

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We had a lot of rain today, so on to the knitting instead of working in the garden. The plants though were very happy with a good soak (they were gladly dripping) There was a pattern of a shawl from our favourite yarn shop that I wanted to try (the Drops yarn was in my stash) It ís a kind of "Baktus" pattern (increasing at one side every four rows) One side is strait and the

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When I got home from some shopping yesterday my garden friend (one of the "quilt sisters") had dropped of a present quite a heavy one, to be honest ! Two giant garbage bags, though not filled with trash : there was some big Polygonatum (Salomon's seal), Verbena hastata and a giant Thallictrum !!! (one sister is leaving the country, so her garden is emptied by garden friends) As I

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Living with water next to the garden is fun ! There is always something to look at (even only the water ... is sometimes enough) But this time of the year visitors are passing by regularly No ..... I don't think these are beatiful .... these I like better, there are seven little ones (yes, one is behind mummy's back) but sometimes someone else is there just waiting

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Today there wasn't too much sun so I had to do a long postponed job : this box-tree was badly in need of a haircut ... ... and so was the other one. I usually do it a bit earlier in the season when all the surrounding plants are not yet thát high, but the sunny weather prevented it. So today was a good day for that haircut ! You see ? Els Scissorhand was here ! ( I

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Yesterday there were two lovely sisters (no not mine) who wanted to know a bit about patchwork and quilting. We had a busy day with a lot of talking, showing, explaining and ofcourse stitching !!! a lunch break, and more stitching ! They went home satisfied and I think there will be at least one who will continue stitching * The garden had a much needed shower so at the moment it

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Here she finally is : my Square Moon on the border is written  "what if    ...    the moon    ...    was a sqaure ?" The idea came up during Jude's Whispering Sun, moon, stars  series She had asked herself some time before : what-if the sun was a sqaure ? so I asked myself what if the moon was square ... (because I had some lovely off-white nine patches with which I made some

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It's always fun to see when people have the same enthusiasm for certain things as you have : when you see "that it runs in the family" Daughter and I are true textile lovers : we look at fabric and fibers with our hands ! But look at the grandchildren : after the careful start with knitting, now there is stitching ! A tiny jacket ... and the very first colourblanket : green

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Mmmmmm stitching outside in the sun or in the shade ! The weather is lovely but the plants in my garden(and everywhere else) are quite thirsty at the moment. It's time for a good splash of water from the clouds (or from the watering can) Stitching on the hanky border words finished.

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Hi there, June  June ? where did May go ??? (rushing by in a hurry and a load of work) Oh  no, when I think carefully : May is when the garden is exploding into colour and that I  didn't miss! And it was Jude's "Whispering Sun, moon, stars" month which I immensly enjoyed ! I picked up my "square moon" cloth again. The thrift shop hanky was nice and thin, but I put

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What happens if you have too many ideas ? Most of the time you end up doing nothing at all. There is my "square moon" to take care of, there is a new felt-fabric to make, there are the new fabric pieces from Jude,  there are at least four "woven" pieces including the background of last years "August" journal-quilt and there are even some "beasts" left-overs. But where to start ???

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Today I recieved a very special present. With the envelope still sealed, I was already "over the moon" because I knew the envelope came from Jude !!! WOW Megamendung !!! (the real one) .... and lots of other pieces .... .... moons .... .... and Jude's magic thread .... and ... one of Jude's stitched hearts ! Ideas, ideas whirling around in my head ... ....what a treasure

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Again I gave a little felting workshop today and three satisfied ladies went home in the afternoon. (Sorry, totally forgot to take pictures) After a LOT of rolling on Sunday, we (daughter and I) went on throwing on Monday ... and un-doing stitches ... measuring and rinsing ... and dripping .... Unfortunately it was already too dry when I took it inside. So : the

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The garden looks very beautiful this time of the year although it was rather dry, which some plants didn't like very much. But there is water next to our garden where I can fill up the watering-can. And the rain of last night was well recieved. But look at this normally nearly round leaf of the Lady's mantle : what tiny lady is making herself a brand new dress from all the

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It was a hell of a day This whole day and this evening we have been on our knees : that was only because of the  big  felt work in progress! (and we are by far not finished) Daughter had made the huge ring of sunrays in two halves of pre-felt I cut out the ring with a duplicated pattern and daughter did the details on moon and sun with a felting needle Then we stitched

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The piece that I'm working on for the Sun / moon / stars Whispering is slowly getting to it's end. But sometimes the stitching isn't easy ! Because some of the indigo fabric is very densely woven. On top of that (literally) is the nine patch of the square moon, so then there are about six layers ... sometimes a pair of tongs is the only way to get the needle through. In a

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This is about w.i.p.s Ofcourse :  most of the time it's about work in progress here ... That way you can see how things develop and grow, that's more fun then showing just a finished product. (At least that's how I think about it) So : Work In Progress But this time it isn't mine, but daughter's ! (By the way : she's the one who got me hooked on felting) This is the beginning of

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(Well Blogger is still acting funny: this was a post I did last Wednesday  May 11, and had to repair, but now jumped to Sunday ???) Second Wednesday in the month is mandala day, sorry to say, that it was our last one (for now) This season (that is September, October, November and December of last year and Februari, March, April and May this year) the subject for each evening was

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In May Jude Hill started a new "Whispering" It's a beautiful concept : she picks a subject for possible new work and lets you in on all her thoughts, try outs and techniques so that you can enjoy seeing how she works and use it in your own work as you are trying to work along with this  "Master in Cloth and Stitch" that Jude is. Whispering in May is called Sun, Moon, Stars As an

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Today I can finally show the whole "Caterpillar" The new owner (Rina) came this morning to collect it ! Caterpillar versus Polygonatum The extra leaves stand out nicely, just as I intended to and just like they do on the real Solomon's seal. (These are the Solomon's seals last Sunday in Arboretum Trompenburg. They are much bigger than the wild ones I used to have in my

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Mother's day is the day that I like to visit the spring garden fair in Arboretum Trompenburg  in Rotterdam Our garden is overflowing but ... there is always that tiny spot where there is room for that special plant you always wanted ! So, with my dearest garden friend, I went te Rotterdam this beautiful sunny morning. There are some special nurseries with the most beautiful

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I signed in on Jude's Whispering, she "whispers" in May about the sun, the moon and the stars. It's fun to be part of an inspiring process again. The star I started beforehand is being slowly stitched now I love the light playing on the quilted surface Today we brought the socks that I finished this week to daughter's best friend : these socks will be walking in Peru in a short

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Today is Koninginnedag (Queen's day) in Holland. It's a day that a considerable part of our country is coloured orange ! I like that colour but I didn't join the party. Our queen (with a lot of her family) celebrates her "birthday" somewhere in Holland. Though her real birthday is in Januari ... but then it's a bit too cold to celebrate outside, so she decided to stick with the date

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Today I recieved a belated birthday present ...... from our daughter (...another one ) Because of the "special number" birthday ! You can count the little squares but I can tell you : there are a hundred, 65 are the normal bright fabric and 35 are still "veiled" (that's our way of telling : hope you live to be a hundred) There are some luck charms and bells at the bottom The

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After falling seriously ill and nasty treatment now thirteen years ago I switched to being (almost) a vegatarian and subcribed to a weekly bag of organically grown fruit and vegetables. (I love "Odin" on his eight legged horse !!!) You never know what will be in it (unless you look on the internet, which I hardly ever do) but I learned to live with that and even appreciate it! ..

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When I walk in the garden in spring I love it when I discover new growth or buds. It's the time of the most rapid changes Allium Christofii only a bud now, but a big spiky sphere in no time ! Another Allium Purple Sensation ( ... what's in the name .... )    ... promises for next year ...  ... and for some friends ! Happy Easter weekend to you all !

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Last week on Wednesday we had our monthly Mandala drawing group The subject for our inspiration this year is animal spirits ( I already showed one ) This time the Eagle was chosen : we have a meditation and there is some special music to go with it this is "my" Eagle I saw recently some great photo's from an "Eagle - Cam" on Deanna's blog The camera follows a Eagle couple

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What a great party it was yesterday  with a lot of dear family and friends. There were quite a lot of preparations but with the skilful help of man and daughter it was very neatly done. Before the guests arrived coffee an tea waiting and ...  the yummy part of course ( nót home made but from a very fine bakery ) Later on there were all sorts of more good things to eat

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Today is b....day ! that's .. beetle - day ? an old beetle and a new beetle ~ or .. Beatles - day ? "... will you still need me will you still feed me when I'm 64 ? " no, ..... that was "...Yesterday ..." ~ or .. bonbon - day ? no, we will get lots of bonbons tomorrow. ~ or .. blues - day, ... bargain - day, ... bad hair - day ... ? NO  b....day is

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