in my mailbox

From Hannie in the Netherlands a fantastic postcard and an atc. I like them both very much, thank you Hannie :) I will send her a fabric paper postcard in return when they are ready.

fabric paper

Yesterday I made a new piece of fabric paper. I have got old music-papers from my SIL and nice paper napkins from Maureen (GB)

Now I have to iron it, cut it up to postcards and atc's and add some embroidery or something else. If you scroll down on this blog you find the receipt how to make it at my first piece :)

Album Amicorum pages

I almost forgot to show you the Album Amicorum pages (15x20cm.) which I have sent and received last week. Above the page I made for Lida ( the Netherlands).
Lida wrote to me that she likes blue and moss-green.
Below the lovely page Lida made for me. On the backs a little poem.
We did a private swap.

part of my WISP quilt

This is again a part of my WISP ( work in slow progress) quilt. the size of this block is 6x8 inch, 20x40 cm. When all the blocks are done and set together it will measure 120x120cm. and hopefully becomes a nice lap-quilt, soft and warm. I do only embroidery on this quilt, no lace, no beads. It is a challenge to use as many different seams as possible.
I made all the blocks from old wool clothes, 2 blouses, 2 skirts and a dress. Never trowed them away because of the good quality and the nice colors. My fave colors for my clothes!

Gerry's RR block "Gypsy Rose".

Above is Gerry's block with work on it from Lisa, Meg and Wendy.

Gerry's block after my work. I added the gypsy girl, the roses and flowers around her.

The seam left from her, the buttontrail, the little heart and wood flower on the top left.

This block is 30 cm and belongs to Gerry K. and flies home next week.

Round Robin block home

Here is my RR block, embellished by Gerry K. Lisa, Meg and Wendy. All members of the Yahoo group Crazy quilt international.

They have done beautiful work!! Please click on the photo to see the beautiful embroidery and beading details. Thank you ladies, I am very pleased with my block :)

Spring blooms swap received.

This lovely mini-quilt came in my mailbox yesterday. It is made by Holly Elam. AL, USA.

The size is 20x16 inch, 51x40 cm.

Fathers day ~ Hurray :-)

Fathers day, he has had a very !! nice day, fishing trout in a lake nearby, with success!
( photo made for our daughters ;-)

AA swap

Album Amicorum page made for Ria in the Netherlands, size 15x20 cm. 6x8 inch.
We did a private swap. Below the page I have got from Ria.

in my mailbox

This is a fabric book page made for me by Maureen ( Australia).

Maureen is also a member of the Fibre fever group.

My theme is "a cottage garden". the size is 6", 15 cm. square.

Isn't it fabulous?

fabric book page

Fabric book page made for Helinä in Finland. Helinä 's theme is "walk in the woods".
This is a monthly swap in the Fibre fever group.
The size is 6 inch, 15 cm. square.

in my mailbox

Yesterday I got this lovely quiltie in my mailbox. It is made by Jane Rogerson ( GB) .
We are in the Unlimited Textiles group. The quiltie is 5 inch square.

fabric paper postcards

Postcards made from fabric paper. It is always handy to have some cards in stock :)

The lady on the photo is the grandmother of my grandmother :)

Here is the link; how to make fabric paper.

http://friedaquilter.blogspot.com/2008/10/fabric-paper-collage.html

Whit sunday

Pinse liljer, the Norwegian name for this flowers which bloom now. They got their name because the bloom on Whitsunday ( Pinse in Norwegian).
They smell very nice.

Comforting heart

In a little group I belong too , crazy quilters around the world, we have the habit to send a cq heart to each other when we go trough a sad time in our life.
It was my cq friend and swap-sister in 2008, Hideko who lost her mother a few weeks ago, so I made a comfort heart for her. Most of the others in the group will do that also. When Hideko likes it, she can make a little memory quilt of the hearts.
This heart-block is 15 cm. 6 inch.

Pincushion swap

The pincushion which is on its journey to the USA. There it will find a new owner within two weeks. I made the naked pincushion a while ago and embroidered the sre roses and added the flowers in the weekend when I learned that the receiver likes blue :)

The diameter of the pincushion is 12 cm. 4,5 inch.

Silk ribbon embroidery roses and needle-lace flowers. ( oyas from Turkey)

There is enough empty space left to stick pins in the cushion.

I made a little package with fabrics which are nice together and put in also an fabric-paper atc, which is not on the photo. I hope the receiver likes what I sent her.

A long time ago I made a tutorial how to make this pincushion.

You can find it here. Below every photo is a discription what to do.

fabric pc

Fabric postcard made for Michelle F in Canada as a little "thank you " for organizing the Spring blooms mini quilt swap.

Mini quilt swap

Here is the mini-quilt which I sent away a few weeks ago for the Spring Blooms mini-quilt swap. I added a needlefelt bookmark and an atc for the fun.
Now it has arrived in its new home in the USA and Jennifer wrote me that she likes it and will use it next Easter on her wall.

fabric book pages

Fabric book page made for Helga, for the Fibre Fever group.
Helga's theme is "Angels among us". The fist idea when I read Helga's theme in January was to use a person's photo, like mother Theresa or Florance Nightingale.
Helga received the page today and she wrote to me that this was her idea too.
She was very happy with this page. ppfff..... :-)
the size is 15cm, 6 "square. Below the back.
And below that, the page I received, have a look, beautiful made!!

At the same time I made Helga's page, Mieke in the Netherlands made this page for me. My theme is a country garden. Mieke made a page with strawberries, I love it! Not only flowers in my garden book, but also fruit and vegetables.

fabric paper

I made my first fabric paper. It is on the kitchen bank now. Now a serious question, how do I get it dry????? It is soaking wet from the water-glue. Can someone who did this, help me?
Please write a comment, I need my kitchen space! LOL

Stitchery

When I saw this stitchery a while ago on a blog, I immediately felt in love with it. The whimsical clock has so much humour, wish it was truth, 28 hours in a day :-)
The pattern is from "más telitas" it is for free here.
I have made the clock in outline stitch (the reversed sister of stem-stitch).
The size is now 14x17,25 inch, 36x44 cm.
As always you can click on the photo to see it large.
I have made this for myself to hang it in my studio!

Quiltie

Quiltie made for a swap in the Yahoo group "Unlimited textiles".
The theme this month is surprise. We could make what we like :)
I made a CQ quiltie and I hope Louise likes it.
The size is 5 " , 12,5 cm square.

AA page

Album Amicorum page, 15x20 cm. CQ style.
Marianne likes to work with flowers and she makes the most beautiful Ikebana arrangements.
I thought a touch from Japan is nice for Marianne.
We did a private swap.

On the back a Haiku ( Japanese poem) in Dutch made by me.
It says:
Internet friendship
photos, flowers and handwork
attention to each other.
With the translation the 5-7-5 rule doesn't work but in Dutch it does.

Fiber book page

CQ work, size 15x15cm. 6x6". This is a fabric book page made for Jeanne.
Jeanne and I are in the group Fibre Fever and we do a book page swap this year.
Although Jeanne had to drop out because of serious an eye disease I felt so sorry for her and made a page all the same. She has received it now so I can show it to you too.
Jeanne theme is ' the four seasons' and I made 'summer'.
Summer is for me: humming insects, strawberries and flowers.

received AA page

Yesterday I got this Album Amicorum page from Janny ( the Netherlands).

A lovely cottage and nice CQ work on it. A little poem on the back.

We did a private swap.

Thank you Janny, I like it very much!

Today's tittle is.. Empty jar

today's title is... Empty Jar.
Those jars are in my window pane for years now.
They stood in my mothers living room for years also.
When she died 14 years ago I got them.
I like to see how the green colors change in the different light from outside.
They are both green, the one on the right is very old.

received atc's

Those beautiful embroidered atc's came from Anne L. from France.
The cross stitches are very tiny, click on the photo to see the fine work!
This is my third swap with Anne and I am always surprised with the fine work.
Thank you Anne!

Lisa's RR block

This is a RR block, it belongs to Lisa B. (USA)
The size is 12 inch, 30 cm. square.
Lisa wrote in her booklet : " Think Spring " !
We are in the Yahoo group Crazy Quilt International.
When the block arrived at my home I felt in love with the colors and the fabrics Lisa used to patch this block. Therefore it was not difficult for me to work on it.
First, I stitched all the empty seams with different threads and different stitches.
After that I made the apple blossom branch in the corner on the lace piece.
Then I sewed down the pink needle-lace flowers. This are "oyas".
I bought them from Rengin's Etsy shop. ( which you can find in my sidebar).
In Turkey are ladies who made this nice work to use on the edges of their shawls.
Then I added all the beads to my seams and two glass butterflies.
I didn't want to embroider too much on the fragile old lace. It is so nice that the pink plain fabric comes through.
Now the block goes to Gerry K. and I am convinced that Gerry will do her magic on this block and add some birds and bees and other creatures which fly around in the Spring.
Below the block how it came to me.
As always you can click on the photos to enlarge.

Album Amicorum page

This Album Amicorum page came today from Willeke in the Netherlands. A little piece of Holland , she wrote on the back.
The size of an AA page is 6x8 inch, 15x20 cm.
Thank you Willeke, it looks lovely!

Fabric collage

Fabric wall-hanging for the renovated guest room. The size is 24x20 inch, 61x51 cm.
Photo taken outside, in the sun on the ground.
That's why it doesn't look straight ;) But it is !!
This winter my DH has renovated a guest room.
Painted, new wall-paper and I sewed new curtains and a new wall-decoration.

AA page for Janny

This Album Amicorum page is for Janny in the Netherlands. Janny is a gardener, so I thought some garden tools are welcome :)
A little kitty for the company too.
The size is 15x20cm, 6x8 inch.
On the back a little poem.

AA page for Willeke

This piece of Crazy quilt is an Album Amicorum page made for Willeke in the Netherlands.
The size is 15x20 cm, 6x8 inch.