Stitchy Fingers

Guess what the mailman brought me yesterday? I've been waiting for almost two weeks for it! Yessssss ... my Serengeti mandala kit arrived on my doorstep. Don't need to harass the mailman any more ;-)! Just look at all those lovely colours! Silks, beads, sparklies ... YUMMY!!! How it arrived ... I always wonder how Cindy gets is so nicely in it's bag Floss toss with flash Without flash ... You can also see how far I am with part 1 ;-) Guess what I'll be doing this weekend!?

As already told before, I love reading (and collecting) magazines and books on all kinds of "creative ventures" ;-) So ... I just wanted to show you my most recent purchases :-) I really love those small booklets from Mango Pratique and now I've bought a second one of those series called "Coeurs" (or hearts). The second one is from Julia Line - the creator of Long Dog Designs. This one is a little bit special because it is devided in two. On the one side you have a big map with all the charts and on the other side you have a thin book with all the photographs. And the third one - my absolute favourite - takes us to the mountains :-) A big part of my fun is just looking and browsing in all those wonderfull books and dreaming about when and how I will stitch them (even if it takes another five years before stitching can start). Sounds familiar no?! ;-) Sending you lots of sun and stitching time! And have a nice week...

Yessssss! Yesterday I went to a quilt course given by a nice young lady ! I wasn't completely new at it because I already followed a course together with my mom ... but now we talk of something at least 12 years ago ... so you can understand I wanted to refresh my knowledge a little bit! ;-) Ellie gave us a small introduction to the history of quilting and then we started to scetch two blocks : a friendship star and a Ohio star. After that we proceeded with drawing our templates for cutting our fabric. No big deal ... but then the fun part started = stitching everything together :-) Here's an impression of our table halfway our course (look at that lovely pincushion in front of the table) It was fun but practice is needed in order to become an experienced quilter :-) I count on Ellie to give a couple of other courses in the near future in order to obtain this goal (round forms and how to quilt everything together). Ellie quilts now for about 16 years (she ...

Okay, I know I'm a little bit late but my week was quite busy :-). I stitched on my HAED Revelations and the first carrot (from Cross Eyed Cricket) for my Easter decorations. I don't think I'll be able to stitch and finish them all on time, but the start is already there. Still waiting for my Serengeti mandala kit which should arrive next week (if everything goes well). Have a nice weekend!

This Saturday I visited the craft fair called Creativa in Brussels. Two friends went along (the one quite creative, the other one giving her first tries :-). There was lots to be seen in the five different "villages" : Textiles, Art, Craft and Hobby, Kids and Flowers and decoration. I highly enjoyed because it's one of the best creative fairs in Belgium :-) Here are some pictures: Atomium Brussels Entrance of the hall Dessins DHC where I bought a chart for an octagonal box Anny Boutique - where I found fabrics for making my first quilt Dreaming of that big left box for my craft room (it's quite expensive b.t.w.) Close-up Some Gorjuss kits (photo taken with Pirlimpin in my thoughts :-) Ceramics and "papier maché" (chewed paper :-) Woodwork and Herbs, spices, tea and vinegars Some of the quilts on display The round ones are my favourite! It's from an artist called Pascale Bebronne (FR) ...