Stitchy Fingers

Hi all, This week I took two days off at work to attend a "Masterclass Amish Quilting" organised by Marcha from " De Quiltster " in Dreischor - Holland. This class was taught by Alexia Rosfelder who learned this technique from Esther Miller (an Amish lady living in Germany for quite some time now). For me the adventure began when driving through Zeeland and crossing the "Zeeland brug (bridge)" with a span of 5km! The view is incredible! I stayed at a lovely Bead-and-Breakfast "Lekker bij Maas". The owners are Martin (a chef cook) and Astrid who are very kind. The room was lovely and cosy and the food just delicious (fresh eggs at breakfast because they have some chickens in their backyard :-). So ... why quilting this way? Well, because this technique allows you to quilt in different directions and after some practice stitches should be even and small. As I'm making a Dear Jane quilt for the moment I would also like to be able...

Recently I won two movie tickets and I decided to invite my sister in law. So off we went this Tuesday to see "Eddie the Eagle" starring Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman. Basically it's a feel good movie based on true events: Michael Edwards (born 5 December 1963), better known as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, is a British skier and ski jumper who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. Finishing last in the 70m and 90m events, he became famous as an example of an underdog or "heroic failure", and of perseverance and achievement without funding. His lack of success endeared him to people around the globe. The worse he performed, the more popular he became. He subsequently became a media celebrity and appeared on talk shows around the world. The press nicknamed him "Mr. Magoo", and one Italian journalist called him a "ski dropper". However, admirers praised him as representing the true O...

Hi all, It's been a while - as usual - but here's a new post! ;-) I recently visited the Creativa fair in Brussels. For me it's one of the best fairs during the year. First of all because the "cold and dark" Winter is over and you feel that spring is in the air (lots of lovely "fresh" designs). The start of a new creative season with plenty of new things to discover ... Here's an impression of the whole thing ... Le Comptoir des Fleurettes - Editions de Saxe   Joëlle Tissus - Le Jardin de Nana Fils a Soso - Babachic   Neelam - Border Wollie Les Loisirs Créatifs d'Eugénie  (quilling) A lovely display by Azza Créations - interior of a house (4 pictures above)  And something to cater for the interior (food) and exterior (art) There was also a lovely display of the prize winning quilts of last years (2015) Open European Quilt Championships. As there were quite some quilts, I'll ...

I can't believe it ... Belgium has been hit by a terrorist attack! In which direction is this poor world evolving? So much hatred, so much violence and for what? I'm speechless ... in rememberance ...