lucky girl !

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 suggestion

I was honoured by it.

Today I recieved an envelope from far away "Down Under"

Along with the stash was a lovely card with some sweet words on it ...

and look at that !

All those wonderful pieces of fabric !!!
A real treasure

They will easliy find their way into my little or bigger quilts.

I'm a VERY lucky girl, I think

THANK YOU

JACKY

*

Because I almost ran out of little blue squares

I started cutting and ironing again ...

( the folded size is 2,5 cm / 1" square )

so I could sew new "star" nine patches together.

some sunny days

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 still missing)

...

and the follow-up on the stitching plan for a big cloth

I'm using up the little already folded squares,

that were planned for something completely different

that never got any further than pinning them on this piece of plastic.

I'm first making nine patches,

which I think look like stars,

then add bigger squares in between

I want to use them on the red brown ikat fabric

on which I stitched the big moon.

( but that big cloth needs some REAL good thinking

about how to continue ... )

mandala wednesday

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 )

moon

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 time now, and finally did.

Just checking if there was enough "moon" already

 with a pizza form

( great template for felting too ) 

and then cutting it out.

The next step will be to "needle turn" it

on the beautiful red brown heavy cotton ikat fabric

When I saw this fabric I immediately thought of a big cloth

 I will baste on the moon first and wait a bit with other stitches

... just looking and thinking what will come next ...

a day well spent

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 peeled of

and another layer of the "right stuff" was added.

In the end all was well, only not the intended colour ...

I tried some spirals, a bit like my Kaffe Fassett clutch

( I made them "inside out" )

After a lovely creative day we went home late, but happy

each one with a fine pair of slippers.

Today I finished the last bit of rolling,

throwing and kneading,

washed out the soap and rinsed them in vinegar

Winter : here I come !



painting on windows

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 liked it as well.

Later, some collegues asked if I could also do that for them.

I was "happy" when they decided to leave the drawings

for the entire year, or even longer.

Now that I'm retired

( and having so much of my own to do on my hands )

I'm no longer asked and that's fine with me.

Untill recently,

I was asked to paint again something on the windows ...

I have kept a lot of full size drawings

for "you never know when"

One was picked and I started yesterday

( by taping it on the outside : that's easier than sketching all over again ! )

This morning ( while it was raining, HA ) I could start inside ...

... and was done before lunch !

( teacher and children satisfied, ... one more to go ... later )

( The one I did next to the front door two years ago
is still okay : no sun comes there ...)

( p.s. : my Fiberrainbow - heart for Mo'a is on it's way to the USA )

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 !