A cool drink, a few days away and more 'windows'

 First of all:

A cool drink*:
Pine apple (fresh is nice) diced
handful of ice cubes
add Bitter lemon
mix this in a blender
...mjummm



Ter verkoeling*:

ananas stukjes (vers is erg lekker)
handje ijsklontjes
aanvullen met Bitter lemon
mixen in de blender
...........mmmjum


*recipe by my daughter

We enjoyed staying in Friesland (north part of The Netherlands) for a few days and I made more cathedral windows...

 We visited the Islands: Ameland and Schiermonnikoog too and took Lizzy in my 'bike basket'.

 Very old Dutch houses and an impression of the North of my country with photo's below:

 Many, many birds...

Old wooden shoes in a very nice wooden rack

And one more time my Cathedral windows, close up.

This photo of the flower head with seeds was taken yesterday in a park near my home town.

Yesterday we had very high temperatures so I didn't do much but added extra background to my cathedral windows quilt, so I can make more windows this week....it is growing slowly but I'm enjoying it:)

Stay cool (if you are having high summer temperatures as we have) and have a nice week!

Groetjes

Annemieke

Quiltshow at Hippolytushoef (Wieringen), small finishes and geocaching

We planned a day geocaching at Wieringen, in the north of Holland and there were quilts hanging in shop windows, by surprise, in a place called Hippolytushoef. These mugs were appliqued on a black background, which isn't visible in the photo, but gives a fun result! This quilt is made by Tineke Tauber.

A quilt in a bike shop. It looked like a combination of cotton and wool. I like the unusual choice of colours. Made by Marion Baijs.

These obviously Dutch quilts were made with special Dutch handkerchiefs, very nice.I'm sorry I didn't write down the makers of these two. I think the bottom one is also made by Tineke Tauber.
This quilt exhibition and 'quilt walk'  through town is to be seen until 31th of may. Further details here

It is such a nice area with old Dutch houses and farms. Very beautiful. Long time ago Wieringen has been an Island but as with many area's in our country, we made land out of water, so Wieringen is no longer an island. People still say they are living on Wieringen, not in Wieringen though!

The  geocaches we found today, were made and hidden with lots of creativity and care. One of them was hidden in an old mailbox in a 'open air' brocante shop (second hand and/or antique ware).

Everything was dispalyed just outside in a few open closets. If you want to buy something you just put the price tag and money in a small box. They just trust the buyers.
Lovely coffee pot....maybe I should have bought it....

Lots of interesting things to see!!

You could smell the see every where. One side of Wieringen still touches the water. Here we had to answer questions about the soil and plants in order to be able to log a cache.

I finished this little bag for my Mums birthday. I tried out making roses with silk ribbon. The family also gave her a dinner party. That's what she liked most: being together with the whole family. I'm so glad she had a wonderful day.

I finally finished this knitting role.

In stead of saving all the pieced blocks, embroideries, applique try outs and more, I pieced them all into one big top. The result is: I can delete projects of my to-do list, so that's good!
It was a bit difficult to make a sandwich because of the 'assistance' I got....

I will show more if I have done some quilting and embroidery on it and have better pictures;)
I already give a warning: it is a bit of a strange collection! (someone here at home even said it was ugly!)

Goofie

Goofie

  2-8-2000

   8-5-2015

Goofie in 2007

Goofie in 2011

Goofie en Lizzy in 2011

Goofie en Lizzy in 2012

Goofie with me in 2013

Goofie in 2014

Goofie, march 2015

 

Goofie, onze ruwhaar teckel is bijna 15 jaar geworden. We missen hem heel erg, maar hij was echt op en versleten. We hebben hem vrijdag de 8ste moeten laten gaan. Hij was onze grote, vriendelijke, supervriend en betekende veel voor ons.

Goofie our wired hair dachshund was 14, almost 15 years old. We miss him a lot but he was very old and had physical problems, so we had to let him go on the 8th of may. Goofie was our big, friendly Super friend. He meant a lot to us.

Liefs

Annemieke

Busy week...Supergoof workshop and Bear tea

Als een klein wondertje had ik vrijdag na een paar uur deze raampjes gelapt. Ingrid (Supergoof) gaf deze workshop in de winkel van Dorry,  Quilt it en Dotty. Ingrid legt alles héél rustig uit, echt met engelen geduld! Je kan deze methode dus helemaal met de hand doen en zonder te strijken, want zo werkt Ingrid altijd. Met je beentjes op de bank een hele quilt maken dat lijkt me wel wat :)

It alomost felt like a little miracle to have made these tiny cathedral windows in a few hours. Ingrid (alias Supergoof) taught this during a class in the Quilt it & Dotty quiltshop. She explained it all with a lot of patience. We only used thread, needle and scissors, all made by hand and no ironing at all, Ingrid's method . This way you can make a whole quilt sitting with your legs up on the sofa!

Zie je wat klein ze zijn zo naast het haakwerk (wat langzaam groeit zo dooe al die afleiding). Ik had niet gedacht dat ik er zo verwonderd over zou zijn. Je begint namelijk met platte lapjes en maakt er een soort 3D werkje van, alleen met een naald en draad, bijzonder toch?
Dank je Ingrid voor de SUPER workshop!!!!!

See how small the windows are? I was surprised by this work. Just starting with some fabric and making a kind of 3D work in the end, special isn't it? Thanks Ingrid for this SUPER class!!!!

Nog iets héél bijzonders: ik heb Margootje (teckeltje van 12 wk) van Ingrid ontmoet....SUPERLIEF. Ik ben er helemaal van gesmolten en denk nog steeds aan haar. Ik maakte nog meer foto's maar Margootje is zo snel als het licht zeg maar, alles beweegt aan haar, met als gevolg dat de rest niet scherp is.

And very special too: I met Margootje (dachshund, 12 wk) Ingrids dog....so SWEET. I totally fell in love with her. My other pictures were not good, Margootje is fast as lighting ;)

 Heerlijke lunch verzorgt door Dorry met spinaziesoep en broodjes (en we hadden al koffie met huisjescake op:). Ik voelde me er helemaal thuis. 's Middags nog een mini trunkshow van Ingrid's quilts met kleine stukjes in de huiskamer van Dorry.

Dorry made us a wonderful lunch, after having had coffee with cake. In the afternoon Ingrid showed some of her  quilts with tiny pieces.

Thuis begon ik aan meer raampjesondergrond maar dan van een andere stof. De eerste stof is grof geweven en daar durf ik niet een grotere lap (weet nog niet hoe groot tie wordt) van te gaan maken.

Coming home I started with more cathedral windows but chose a different fabric to start with. The other one was a little bit to loosely woven.

 Met mijn teckeltjes op de bank als gezelschap.

Good company with my dachshunds on the sofa.

Ook in deze week ging ik naar een 'bear high tea'bij Heidi's.  Heidi Wilma. deden een paar weken geleden bij mij een teddy bear workshop . Heidi had veel werk gemaakt van al het lekkere eten en het zag er prachtig uit. Ik heb er maar een foto (nam een camera mee die ik niet goed ken;( Gelukkig maakte Heidi er hier een héél leuk verslag van met erg mooie foto's 

Earlier this week my bear and me went to a 'bear tea' at Heidi's place. Heidi en Wilma. took a teddy bear workshop at my place a couple of weeks ago. Heidi did a wonderful job making lots of nice things to eat. I also had a great time seeing all the things she made (and that is a lot I can tell you!). Unfortunately only one photo was oke (Yes I did use a camera this week I'm not used too so it didn't work out well) but Heidi wrote a very nice post about our time together with lots of beautiful pictures.

Heidi maakte voor  Wilma en mij een beker onderzetter. Hij is zelfs geborduurd en gequilt. Dank je wel Heidi voor alles en het cadeautje.

 She made me and Wilma a very nice mug rug, all embroderied and quilted as well. Thanks Heidi!!!

Groetjes allemaal en een hele fijne week
Annemieke

Happy Birthday Goofie and two finishes!

 Onze Goofie, ruwhaar teckel,  is gisteren 14 jaar geworden! We zijn nog steeds super blij dat hij nog bij ons is, al kampt hij met steeds meer gezondheids probleempjes. We vonden het gezellig gisteren, voor Goof is het altijd gezellig, als we maar samen zijn en er genoeg eten is.

Goofie, our dachshound, turned 14 yesterday! We are very glad he is still with us all though he is having more health problems now he is getting older. We had a nice day. Goofie thought so too: as long as we are together and there is enough food he is always a happy dog.

Dit is een geocache quilt die ik gemaakt heb voor de verjaardag van mijn man. Ik maakte hem ter gelegenheid van de 5000ste gevonden cache in juli dit jaar.( Hier kan je alles over het spel geocachen lezen).

This is a geocaching quilt (you can read about the game: geocaching here ) I made for my husbands birthday. I made the quilt on the occasion of our 5000th  cache found in july, this year.

Onze geocache naam is: Cache-amount en daarom maakte ik het logo links boven. Alle applicaties heb ik met de machine gedaan. Het quilten deed ik met de hand met een nr. 8 dik haakgaren in geel.

 In geocaching every one has a cache name and our name is : Cache-amount, so I made our logo, on the top left. All the applique is done by machine. The quilting is done by hand with a nr 8 crochet yarn in yellow.

 De rest heeft natuurlijk ook met geocachen te maken maar daar zal ik maar niet alles over uitleggen, wordt zo'n lang verhaal. De quilt is in ieder geval goed ontvangen.

All you can see on the quilt has to do with geocaching but I won't explain everything about it, it will be to much about geocaching. My husband appreciated the quilt so mission accomplished. 

Deze gehaakte deken is klaar.

 I finished this crocheted blanket this weekend.

 De maten zijn: 75cm bij 1,33cm, niet zo groot maar ik wilde hem graag afmaken.

 It turned out this size: 75cm by 1,33cm, not so big but I just wanted it being finished.

Ik heb er een blauwe rand omheen gehaakt die verassend goed uitpakte vond ik. Soms zie ik zoveel projecten om me heen dat het een goed gevoel geeft om er een af te maken. Ik wil Hannah bedanken voor haar patroon van de 'as-we-go stripey blanket' . Het is heel duidelijk geschreven met erg veel foto's.

The blue, sculpted border was a nice surprise. After seeing so many projects around me, it felt good to finish this. Thanks Hannah for the pattern of the 'as-we-go stripey blanket' . The pattern is written very clear and with a lot of photo's in it.

Groetjes
Annemieke