and the winner is . . .

I waited ten days 
(ha, appropriate I thought)
but now we have a winner for the 

10 years blogging giveaway

MARIA  !

Congratulations Maria,

and please send me your address !

ready for the draw . . .

Sorry for the others . . .
(there will be something like this  some other day
and then you may win ! )

Have a good week everyone !

nearly there ...

Ohhhh ...
how fast time went when you look back !

Another year went by

with highs and lows
with dear things to remember
and things best forgotten
...........

I hope, you all out there in Blog-land,
that you catch one, or even a few,
wishing stars
so that some of your dearest wishes come true
in the year to come ...

And my wish for you is a

healthy
joyful
peaceful
creative
and innovative

  2018  

Els

we have a winner ....

Oh my ....

someone will be very happy

and others disappointed

Well that's the way it is, with this kind of thing

(maybe lucky another time !)

This super November moon

will go to :

who lives in Sweden

(or is it Finland ?)

Dear Emileitha,

send me an email with your address !

(that was yesterday evening, but I didn't

have time to post it .... so today it is !)

*

After making all these

Pink Ribbon textile jewels

I finally found time to make the BLUE earrings

that I wanted for a long time.

I have LOTS of earrings,

but not the blue I wanted

...

Yeaaaaah !

Of course the back is some tiny bit of Kaffe Fassett !

(that's the problem with making things yourself : 

most of the time,

you are the last person in line !!!)

*

Ohhhhh 

and now I have two more felting exchange pieces to make

Might finish them just before it all ends  

day 8 (and VKG day)

Before I present my new Jewel

I have to tell you about where I was today :

I was invited to show my Sara Lechner Challenge house

at the membership meeting of the Dutch felters association

(Vilt Kontakt Groep)

I was going to meet some people I knew for some time

(but had never seen in "real life"!)

It was a LOT of  FUN

to meet old ánd new felting friends.

I didn't participate in the little felting project

but looked at and talked to

a lot of very nice women.

Because some knew of my Pink Ribbon project

I took the Textile Jewels that weren't yet sold

(and some extra like I made last year)

and guess what :

SOLD !

All of them !!!

Thank you sooooo much Jolan and Ellen !

(and all the sweet ladies that donated)

But as you can probably understand :

I have to go to my next "reserve Jewel"

(I took my little embroidery kit with me today ...

but nothing was completed ...)

So here is Pink Ribbon textile for day 8

A square jade green pendant

embroidered with a spiral, with a bright green silk back.

Some beads and a tassel and

it hangs on a long aqua thin cord.

( 4 x 9 cm)

 On the backside :

a four-leaf clover

(suited for this special day !!!)

A donation of 

€ 10

briengs this pendant to you !

Just send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

SOLD !!

*

Some impressions of the VKG day

:-)

See you tomorrow !!!

day 7

Is seven a lucky number ???

Well it might be yours !

Pink Ribbon textile jewel for day 7 :

A square pendant with bead tassel

on a 52 cm purple cord with small clasp.

(the pendant is 6 x 9 cm)

The front is hand dyed felt and the back aubergine silk.

Embroidery with thick silk thread and rayon

and many seed beads.

If this shiny Textile Jewel appeals to you,

you can make a donation of 

€ 10

and it will come to you.

So just send me that email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com !

All the money will go to the Pink Ribbon fund

SOLD  !

*

And again about the number seven :

This month I started my seventh year of blogging !

When I remember, six years ago, the first

careful steps in Blog-land ...

I almost have to laugh now.

Blogging let me keep in touch with

far-away stitching friends

(a lot from Jude's "stitching community")

and other friends I gathered

in the course of time.

The best things were of course : meeting some

in real life

!!!

Every year I had a  giveaway  when I celebrated

my Blogaversary

.....

I'm really busy at the moment,

but

there will be one

(because I think it is fun !)

So please have a little patience with me with regard to that one

I'll tell you when

and how

See you tomorrow with another Textile Jewel !

PARTY !!!

Oh my, what a weekend !!!

In April I had my birthday with a nice round number

and Man will soon have his birthday,

also a nice number,

so we wanted to throw a big

PARTY 

this summer.

Yesterday was the DAY !

A lot of our friends and relatives

were able to come

to the "THEETUIN" in Rijsoord

for a sumptuous lunch there.

For the children there

was lots they could do, outside or inside.

The lunch ánd dessert buffet

was outstanding.

(One of our friends even made a song for us !)

We had such a good time

having all these dear people together !

The weather

(we really have an "Indian Summer" right now)

was nice too, though not too hot yesterday.

So

THANK  YOU  ALL !

Ada, Anita, Anja, Anne Julia, Bob, Brenda,

Damian, Daniëlle, Danny, Delphine, Dylan, Gene,

Hans, Harold, Ilse, Jaïr, Jan, Jeannet, Jef, Joke,

Lara, Larisa, Lia, Luuk,

Maartje, Madelon, Marijke, Mario, Marja, Mick, Mireille,

Naylsa, Nina, Onno, Patrick, 

René, Rhonda, Roos,

Sacha, Silvia, Sophia, Sven,

Valerie, Willem en Yvonne,

it was a day to remember !!!

(most of them gone now as goodbye present .....  ;-) ..... )

*

On Saturday daughter and I

plus the two big grandchildren

were with out stall with felt and other stuff

on the "Open Monumenten Dag" near Oud-Beijerland.

The sun was shining all day and we were glad

there were some big walnut trees for some shadow.

Working n the shade it was better than in the sun !

We met some lovely people,

stall holders and customers,

but I was pleasantly surprised

when someone called out my name :

My dear blogging-friend Sandra,

she's the one who convinced me to go blogging, 

at the end of Jude's "Beasts" class ...

We finally met in real life !!!

What a bonus to a lovely day !

*

And of course busy with new things ...

(necklace in the making) 

super fun day

I had looked forward to this day

for a long time !

Today (and also again tomorrow)

there is a felting exhibition and fair

VILT EXPO

in the Eusebiuskerk in Arnhem.

It was not only fun meeting again 

with felting friends and suppliers,

but daughter went with me and 

I would meet my Blogging-friend Birgit again !!!

(we tried to arrange a meeting before, but that never worked out)

So we arrived from the "west" and the "east"

and met in Arnhem

interior design (Ellen van der Wiel) and needle felt (Caroline van Noord)

One of our favorite suppliers : Adrian Salomé

So many yummy colours !

           Linda Lammerts            and              Ina Singeling                

Carla Louwes

and the delicate fantasy work of Fransje Smit

(and there were many others)

We admired, talked with all kind of people (known or unknown)

bought stuff,  drank tea and coffee, and talked together

and went to "Dudok"

(yes : there is one, and it looks just the same as the one in R'dam  !)

and drank more tea and coffee

and talked a lot more !

What a super fun day,

thanks Birgit ! 

*

Some days ago I received a sweet present from

another far-away friend in Germany :

a tiny bit of sleeping spring !

Thanks Delia !

a little further

Step by step

or rather stitch by stitch

the Solstice cloth is "growing"

Just looking

A "Megamendung" ray (yes a piece from Jude) 

with more swirls on the face.

And then, when I came home from a trip to Rotterdam,

there was a package from Germany !

Birgit had already announced it would soon arrive !

In it were yummy goodies for Christmas

and some of the snippets I sent her

that she would dye for me in her indigo vat !

(must make another picture tomorrow with better light !)

A lot of vintage lace, cloth and doilies

even some indigo moons !

To use for stitching and felting

;-)

a far away friend and a new challenge

It's not always important 

how close by or far away friends are,

more important is the feeling they give you !

Today arrived a little package from the US.

I was told it would be coming,

even knew a bit what was in it.

But to really hold it in your hands 

is special !

Nancy made something for me because of her blogaversary

(a year ago ! yes : she started when she knew 

who it would be for ...)

A real  s l o w  cloth piece 

(just like we learned from Jude Hill, right Nancy ?)

a tiny woven pouch

and a sweet card.

Such a gift really warms the heart !

Thank you so much Nancy !!!

*

While I was busy working on items 

we could take to the summer festival,

Sara Lechner started another "Challenge"

a hanging doll this time.

I was so busy doing other things, that I only had time

to look through the first two instructions

and glance at the pinterest board sometimes.

I didn't even have time for instruction number three

.......

But, last Monday I took the "Embellisher"

and the stuff I had collected during the first week

and made a start.

My plan was, not to make a doll exactly like Sara's,

but : a mermaid.

(hmmmmm ... I discovered someone else ended up

with a mermaid as well, but I decided to stick with my original plan)

Growing

Front and back of the same lady

(I could work a bit differently because I had seen lesson one ánd two !)

One side of the body fixed with the embellisher

the other side sewn together.

The face is embroidered on the wool itself, and a tiny blue extra cap

to fasten the hair on.

For now, "swimming" in the garden

A sideview with the tangle of seaweed-like hair

It was another fun "Challenge" Sara !

THANKS !