Liebster blog award

At first a picture of the finished Loose Feathers 2011 project. Because of some miscounting the open seam is smaller then I planned, but it looks alright. I choose a finish like this because it is too expensive to have every project framed. I prefer to have the Chatelaines framed with all their silks and beads.

DD discovered this spectacular blooming plant in the public garden nearby. It is 'groot hoefblad' in Dutch, 'Petasites Hybridus' or 'Butterbur' in English.

Heli honored me with a Liebster Blog Award! Thank you very much Heli.
Liebster is a German word meaning favourite, dearest or beloved. The Liebster Blog Award is awarded by bloggers to other new bloggers who have fewer than 200 followers, to help spread the word about their blogs and to help them gain wider recognition.
The Liebster award comes with four conditions that each recipient must satisfy when accepting:
1. Choose 5 up-and-coming blogs with less than 200 followers to award the Liebster to.
2. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
3. Post the award on your blog. List the bloggers you are giving the award to with links to their sites. Leave comments on their blog so they know about the award.
4. Share 5 random facts about yourself that people don't know about you.

It is very hard to choose, because there are so many lovely blogs.
Moonbeam Anything and everything but mostly stitching
Yvon Jioya's world
Michele A Simple Thread
Anne Marieke A Passion for Threads
Agi Agi & the X Factor

Now the hardest part, the five facts about myself:
1. I like to read detective thrillers, but also fantasy like Lord of the Rings.
2. I am a really terrible housekeeper and prefer stitching to cleaning.
3. I get travel-sick in everything that moves, like cars, boats and roundabouts.
4. I don't like to exercise, except hiking.
5. I love chocolate, especially the big creamy things.

Loose Feathers: another finish

The Loose Feathers 2011 'Winter' part is finished too. Now I am looking forward to more information about the 2012 Loose Feathers series. This is going to be an antique sampler in four parts and more details are expected in the beginning of April.

DD loved the little cushions I made of the birdies. Thank you for all your kind comments.

Loose Feathers 2011 'Autumn'

During this IHSWeekend I finished part 2 'Autumn' of the 2011 Loose Feathers series. I hope the Blackbird Designs ladies will release part 3 in November as is written on the chart. Part 3 is called 'Winter' and I am really looking forward to it.
These BBD projects are quite easy to stitch, compared with the Chatelaine designs. So I decided to start part 9 of the Anniversaries of the Heart series for a change.

After a long period of neglect I got Abi Gurden's 'Tree of Stitches' on the frame again. Only two parts of leaves were left to do and Horace the Rabbit and Lester the Owl.

And I am sorry: no Herbularius during this IHSW, not a single stitch.

Loose Feathers 2011

No Herbularius update but a finish. This is part #1 of the 2011 Blackbird Designs Loose Feathers Club. Part #2 should have been released in September, but will be shipped out in October Alma wrote on her blog.

On Saturday mom and I have been to the old house again to clear cupboards. There are many cupboards in the old house, all loaded with 'stuff'! Many boxes with very old photographs, so mom told many stories about her childhood in Indonesia. She lived there at the time it still was a Dutch colony. Next Saturday we are going to clear more cupboards.

Thank you for visiting and for all your lovely comments.

Herbularius problem solved!

Abi and Joyce will send parts of their Eterna 4220 skeins, so we can finish Herbularius part 2 without frogging and searching for a substitute. Thank you so much for your great help, Joyce and Abi! And also thanks for the supporting and encouraging comments. I am very pleased we could solve this problem in this way.

Because the postman brought me the package with month 8 of the Civil War Chronicles BOM, I decided is was time to finish the month 7 blocks. I made four of these blocks.

And of course my hairy helper kept an eye on what I was doing.

Then I found a box with fabric and threads of the Blackbird Designs Loose Feathers Club 2011 and started stitching. I hope the next part of three will be shipped this month.