PINK RESULT (and raffle)

Hi everyone
(drum roll)

the final result off my PINK  RIBBON  Challenge 2025

€ 875,-

(there are still two beauties left
but they will be sold another day, and it always takes a bit of time
and energy before all the last (extra) bits are made and sent)

Yeeeaaahhh !

I know I myself worked hard for this result,
but I wouldn't have reached this
without the help of all my wonderful customers
who donated so generously !

(a heart, harvest of our golden Ginkgo tree)

A very  BIG  THANK  YOU  to

JOLAN, ELKE, ALLISON,

MARTINA, NANNA,

JOKE, ANNE JULIA, MORAG,

NAYLSA, BIANCA,

MADELON, JUDITH,

JACCO, TWINK, FEMKE,

LARISA, KORINA, DAWN,

SUSANNE, JULIA,

MIRANDA, JOLANDA

(22 names because more than one
snapped up two or even more jewels !)

THANK  YOU
each and everyone of you
that supported me to
achieve this great result !

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And the last bit for now :
out of 43 people the raffle chose

ANGELA
(from Germany)

for the 15 years anniversary giveaway piece !

GIVEAWAY and two left . . .

Pffffffft

Yes, this happens every year :
as soon as day 31 of "Pinktober" is gone
I go out like a candle
or like a soufflé right out of the oven into the cold.
As much as I LOVE my self-imposed work
the energy really lasts only so many days.
But don't worry, I will get back on my feet !
Two more commissions nearly there
and most of my packages sent off.
(though I hate the fact that customs asks nearly impossible things
when sending to the US)

My grand total isn't known yet
so that has to wait another while
BUT
my GIVEAWAY
is finished !

fiberrainbow
15  years

Woven blue fabric strips
(thanks Jude Hill)
with fifteen felt circles on it
stitched, just for the fun of it !

Please let me know
if you like to participate in the raffle
down here in the comments
(or somewhere else)

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And there is still one of my Textile Jewels not sold
be in time to catch it !!!

day  12

SOLD  !

day  24

Please be aware that I truly don't know if I can fulfill
my Pinktober Challenge next year :

my hands are getting worse and I might not be able to
carry on making 31 Jewels then
. . . . . . . 
we will see

leap day giveaway

Not just another extra day
. . . . .
Congratulations to all those people
that have this special day for a birthday,
not growing older as fast as all the others do !

Is that sad or not ?
Well, I think all of them celebrate their day :
either on the 28th of February or the fist of March . . .

Special days appeal to me
so like other times, I thought I should celebrate it
with a GIVEAWAY
(not only for those people that are born on the 29th
but for all of you who likes to visit my blog !!!)

I drew a mandala on 300 grams water colour paper
24 x 18 cm, the mandala itself 12 cm diameter

You can tell here (or oo Insta) that you would like to have it
and in about two weeks time
a raffle will decide who wins it.

result of the raffle

drum roll
. . . . .

The WINNER of
my very late giveaway of last year's blogaversary
(eleven years of blogging)

is 

MADELON

 

(all the names of comments here and on FB)

(all folded and in the bowl)

(and this name "jumped" out !)

Easy this time :
no need to send it with snail mail
because Madelon lives close by !

finally the giveaway . . . and all the best !

Sometimes things are over before you really notice.

The December month is always
a busy time in so many ways
that you can hardly keep up with
the passage it time.

So on this very last day of the year 2021
I managed to have my long promised
giveaway
(for 11 years of blogging !)

"fly free"

(torn, cut and stitched on 300gr watercolour paper)
13 x 18 cm

Just leave me a comment if you wish to participate in the raffle
(in one week's time)

I wish all of you out there a
happy
creative
colourful
healthy
2022

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 !

giveaway at last

I already said
that November is slow for me
but now I'm picking up the pace again !

The last Stitch Club workshop
by Ali Ferguson
who told us (in her wonderful Scottish accent) how to make a book from scratch.
(I'm busy, but am not able to show anything : gifts in the making)

I also knitted socks as a present for a dear old friend
(and she doesn't know yet . . .)

And at last there was time to work on the

GIVEAWAY  !

Ten years of blogging went by
but I had to postpone this celebration
because I was simply TOO busy
with my Textile Jewels for Pink Ribbon.

It all started (after reading / following lots of blogs about art and stitching)
with a leap of faith to participate in Jude Hill's online class
"Patchwork Beasts"
Someone in that wonderful stitching community convinced me
that blogging was easy-peasy . . .
(and the rest is history !)

"Stitching is done with the heart"

(+/-  7 x 24 cm)
GIVEAWAY !

   the start                    and                 finished        

There are hearts, one with an indigo dyed striped moon,
on a piece of break-down-printed sturdy cotton,
rainbow kantha stitched,
and a bit of my "magic thread".

You can probably understand why I had to "borrow"
Jude's black-and-white nine patch :
she is the source !

Thanks
(again)
Jude !

If you want to participate in this fun play
please leave a message in the comments.
I will be drawing a "winner"
in about ten days.

Happy stitching to you all !

WORK ! (and giveaway)

I threw the dice

(three and six)

so Angie please send me an email with your address

and the LEAP day mandala comes to you !

Last week on Friday

lots of work has been done in the garden :

a new fence !

Raindrops, just when the last screws

went into place !

Wednesday and today

I worked in the garden too :

preparations for tomorrow

when the gardeners

will raise the terrace

About halfway collecting stuff

(that came from all over the place)

that needs to be dumped.

I was busy removing and saving bits along the edge

that come under pressure when the terrace is raised,

but also enjoying some early beauties !!!

(remember Hetty ?) 

These lovely Helleborus were hidden in a Tallictrum

I got when my dear garden friend Rhonda's sister

moved (back) to Australia

Curious if all goes well tomorrow ...

For now :

Pfffffffffffffffffft

(don't know how you keep up the garden work, Mo ... ?!?!)

day 17 (and something I almost forgot)

Today Man and big grandson

went ice skating,

so I was home alone to do my stitching.

First I finished some new textile beads

(made on commission)

for my friend (felt teacher) Corinna Nitschmann

and put them in an envelope

ready to bring them to the post office.

Then I decided what to do with the green felted circle ...

So here it is  :

the PINK  RIBBON  Textile Jewel for day  17

A wet felted circle pendant,

a textile bead, some wooden beads and seed beads

and a (water soluble) star

hanging on a long wax cord with slip knots.

(6 x 11 cm)

"Green" stretching its tiny fingers

to all sides : nature will continue !

For a donation of

€ 10

SOLD  !

 this pendant can be yours,

to wear or give away as a present.

A token of fertility of nature !

All you need to do is send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

All the money will go to the Pink Ribbon Fund !

"KERMIT"

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And what I  ALMOST  forgot :

my blogaversary giveaway raffle !!!!!  

(that I promised for Sunday 15)

HAZEL

is the winner !

The little Summer Solstice piece will come flying to the US, Hazel !

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And some thing really weird I saw this morning in the garden !

Apparently our Ginkgo tree is a good place

to sleep through the night :

.........

you might be able to find the nine that I "caught" here ...

but in fact there were fourteen !!!

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Hope to see you tomorrow

for the next Pink Ribbon jewel

October nearly upon me ...

October means two things for me :

1

Blogaversary  : number seven !

(so a  GIVEAWAY  is appropriate)

and  2

Pink Ribbon month is about to start

(though I'm still not quite sure what to make)

For the giveaway I have my little

SUMMER SOLSTICE piece.

15 x 15cm

(5.9 x 5.9")

Leave a comment here if you want to join in the raffle.

I'll announce the winner on October 15 !

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For the Pink Riibbon challenge

I will make textile jewels again, that's for sure.

But I might use various techniques this time,

not just felting ...

My sewing machine is on the table

and I made various trials these last few days ...

Time will tell, no doubt

:-)

some machine stitched textile beads ...

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In the garden things are really slowing down now,

but the Verbena bonariensis is still going strong

and so are the asters and the Allium tuberosum

(also known as garlic chives)

And although the tourist season is nearly over

the special horse-and-carriages are passing by in their slow pace.

SEE  YOU  TOMORROW

WHEN  PINK  RIBBON  STARTS  !

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 !)

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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 !!!)

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Ohhhhh 

and now I have two more felting exchange pieces to make

Might finish them just before it all ends