just wonderful

This was a SUNNY day

(in more than one way !)

Saturday early morning traffic is low :

it took us only one hour to the

"GRIETMARKT"

Someone had cancelled, so the stall

between us and our next neighbour was empty

and we were allowed to divide that space between us.

(some welcome extra space, easily filled !)

Ready for the customers to arrive !

The sun shining, the stall filled,

so just time to do a quick round at the market

and greet some lovely people we met last year.

This market is such a happy mix of artistic and ecological products.

(with a welcome of the organization

with coffee / tea and something sweet !)

Lots of people came by during the day.

I talked and explained a lot about the things I make.

I received lots of compliments,

and I had wonderful new

and even some "old" customers

THANK  YOU  all very much !!!

I hope you enjoy the things you bought, for a loooong time !

And imagine this :

when we came home

our daughter had made us a wonderful dinner !

("Kip in de Hoed"   Cherry/chicken Pie)

Totally unexpected, but 

soooooooooooo sweet !!!

Thanks my love !

we have a winner ....

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 you !

*

In all the hurry of stitching my giveaway I totally forgot

to post about my wonderful swap !

Some time ago I suggested a swop with my dear blogging friend Sus

and she agreed to that :

one of my mandalas against one of her daily drawings.

She got my "Snake" ( on black paper ) and I safely got her

  "Snow goggles"

I'm very glad it worked out well !

the circle of water

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 already done,

I did so with the tiniest stitches up front, small ones on the back

and the rest went in between the layers

( like Jude taught us )

And now "The Circle of Water" is finished !

( a bit skew, but I think that's more the photo ... )

Some of the details

You might notice I didn't forget my magic thread around the sun part

and the magnificent "megamendung" cloud I got from Jude.

I like how this un-planned piece evolved

into what it is now.

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Yesterday I also sent my feathers in the mail to Jude

for her Magic Feather Project.
It's worth while to go over there and find out all about it !!!

( others and daughters feather may follow )

...I wonder ...

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 is very

green

(.... and other colours ofcourse ...)

*

At last .....

I started some shibori stitching !

While I was going through my stash for the dyeing wokshop

with Pam de Groot in July, I found some lovely thin

white curtains (IKEA ... bought a long time ago)

After washing and ironing I tore them up in not too narrow strips.

Then I looked for Natima's tutorial on the stitching.

(She and Glennis Dolce are back from their trip to Japan !)

what a lot of work !!!

And the next step : the dyeing....

I have some pre-reduced Indigo

(but have never used it before)

... I wonder .....

*

Another try-out : 

after seeing beautiful purple stains on silk

on Jude's blog ánd after studying a bit in India's Eco-dyeing book :

....I wonder ....

what will become of this ?

(time will tell !)