More 'Foep'

Over the last days I made some progress on my 'Foep' quilt .

Some of the fabric choices, guarded by one of my early home made Teddies. Some fabrics are quite new, others were in my drawers for decades like the brown one with the orange, yellow and white flowers. Some are quilt fabrics, while some were old cloths like the brown eyelet fabric. There are also men shirts, old sheets and the middle  quilt part background fabric in light blue, is from a doll bed curtain.

To make the 'Foep quilt' I need lots of lace. I already had some for years and years in baskets and boxes.

 If you would like to buy some lace as I did last week, you can look for old and new lace here, here and here.

This is band (cord?) for upholstery I presume. It is French and old. 

 It was the right colour for me.

The quilting I do is simple. I use Valdani thread and make rather big stitches. I make the quilt in a 'quilt as you go' way.

I make all the appliqué birds and eggs by machine and  they need fusible web (already cut out here, on my big Teddy bear's legs) before I iron them on. After that, they are stitched down with a blanket stitch.

Some of the birds and eggs have batting in them to make them more alive.

This is what  I've done so far. I'm enjoying the whole process of making, machine sewing, hand sewing the lace, embroidering and choosing colours.

I hope to be back with more soon.

Have a nice week,

GroetjesAnnemieke

'Foep' pattern by Supergoof, you can order the pattern here (available in English too)

New Teddy bears to show

Just an impression of the new teddy bears who were created during the teddy bear workshops this autumn. This one is being made by Hanneke.

 And this little fellow is being made by Anja and waiting to be filled.

Besides the hard work of making the bears, there is always a lot to talk and laugh. Hanneke and Anja working at a table full of equipment and teddy bear parts.

Here is the result of two days work (and even some homework done by the ladies):
Anja's bear on the left and Hanneke's bear on the right. Cute aren't they?

The next teddy bear workshop was soon after the previous one and here Corine is sewing hers on one of my Singer featherweights.

Lucy is working hard on her teddy bear too and

 there is always time to talk, make pictures and enjoy the day.

 Almost done filling....

And here is the result of these two days (and homework) Teddy bear workshop:
The yellow one on the left is made by Corine and the one on the right is made by Lucy. If you click on her name you see more pictures of her bear with his lovely, new knitted pants.

Thank you ladies for taking part in the teddy bear workshops and I'm very proud of you having made such lovely teddy bears!

Groetjes

Annemieke