Quilt bee and Jane

De afgelopen weken waren weer ontzettend druk, en helaas weinig tijd gehad om te handwerken...afgelopen zondag een heerlijk dagje uit gehad, we zijn naar de Handwerkbeurs geweest in Zwolle met een aantal van onze Bee en afgelopen woensdag was onze Bee avond.
Hier is Henny die haar sampler laat zien aan Riet (links) en Bea (rechts)..ze heeft prachtige diepe rode kleuren gecombineerd met roze en groene stoffen.

Last couple of weeks have been busy again, and I'm finding it hard to find the time to do some stitching...last sunday we had a lovely day out, we went to the "Handwerkbeurs" in Zwolle. This is a craft fair with shops that sell anything to do with needlework, from knitting to embroidery to felting and of course quilting! 

And on wednesday we had our Bee evening.
Here is Henny showing her sampler to Riet (left) and Bea (right)...lovely colour combination with the deep reds, the pinks and greens.

Zij en een aantal anderen zijn de cursus machine patchen aan het volgen bij Marijke Hesse waarbij ze ook speciale randstoffen in de blokken verwerken.

Dit zijn een aantal blokken van Riet.

She and some others in our Bee are following a class with Marijke Hesse on machine patching and they are also using special border fabrics in these blocks.
These are Riet's blocks.

Petra is bezig deze kleurige sampler van de cursus die zij volgt bij de quiltwinkel "Quiltbee" in Dordrecht.
Niet duidelijk te zien op de foto maar de hoekblokken hebben bloemen in trapunto. De quilt wordt met de Quilt-as-you-go methode aan elkaar gezet...ze doet alles met de hand.

Petra is working on this colourful sampler, she is following a class in a quiltshop in Dordrecht called "Quiltbee".  Not very clear in the picture, but the blocks in the corners have trapunto flowers.  The blocks are joined with the Quilt-as-you-go method..she is making this quilt by hand.


En tenslotte nog een kleine update van mijn Jane blokjes, niet zoveel als ik had gehoopt te maken, maar  het zijn er toch weer 2 die af zijn!

Dit is blok E-13, "Moth in a web"
Ik heb dit blok opnieuw getekend zodat hij meer lijkt op het originele blok uit Jane's quilt. Het blok dat in het boek staat is toch wel heel verschillend. Het is genaaid op een ondergrond (ook wel paper pieced of foundation pieced)

Last but not least a litlle update on Jane, not as much as I would have liked to have done, but nevertheless still 2 more blocks that are finished!
This is block E-13 called "Moth in a web"
I have redrafted this block to look more like the original block from Jane's quilt. The block in the book is quite different. Mostly foundation pieced.

En het andere blok is E-9, "Quilt Jail"
Wederom foundation pieced.

And the other block is E-9, "Quilt Jail", also foundation pieced.




Meer heb ik niet te melden, ik ga nu naar boven om wat te werken aan mijn "Old Masters" quilt.

That's it for today, right now I am going up to do a little work on my "Old Masters" Quilt.

Have a nice day and see you soon!
Essie

A little behind with Jane..

It has been a very busy week at work this week and I'm starting to get a little behind schedule on my Dear Jane..

Completed these blocks over the last couple of weeks:


This one is block E-12 "Mary Ruth's Corset"
and is completely foundation pieced.



The one below is block F-3 "Snowball", also foundation pieced.

Blocks E-10 / E-6 and E-5 are nearly done, still need to do the applique bits to finish those.

Once they are done (hopefully this week)  I will be sort of back on schedule with 7 blocks for this year.


Yesterday I prepared the foundation pieces for blocks E-9 and E-13.
For E-13 I also redrafted the block to look more like Jane's original block.






Today I have finally started on my "Old Masters" quilt...
Don't want to reveal to much but here part of it taped to the window...my makeshift light-box.

People outside must be wondering : " What on earth is she doing up there!?"..hahaha!

Fingers crossed with this one..;)) Hope what I have in mind is going to work!


Have a good week,
'till next time!
Essie

Making some tests..

with my new Inktense pencils on a few scrap pieces of fabric.

The piece on the bottom left is coloured with the Inktense pencils, it is a little paler than the rest.
The one next to that is treated with Textile Medium after the colouring, it made the colours really pop and come to live!
Also the one next to that which is treated with a 50/50 mix of water and Textile Medium looks good.
The one treated with just water, the one on the top right, didn't come out so well as the colours have bled outside the shape.
I have heat set the right side of all the pieces with my iron and will now wash them to see how they hold up..

More to follow..
Essie