Showing posts with label quiltersgilde. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quiltersgilde. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 August 2016

Even nagenieten..

Zo..even lekker onderuit, bakje koffie erbij en nog even nagenieten van al dat moois.


Gisteren met Bea van onze Bee groep naar de Tentoonstelling geweest van het Quiltersgilde. 
Terwijl de terrasjes buiten bomvol zaten, was het in de Grote Kerk van Breda heerlijk toeven.


Wat een prachtige werkstukken allemaal..

leuke,
mooie,
grappige,
inspirerende, 
overweldigende,
kleine en hele grote,
mooie door eenvoud 
of juist heel ingewikkeld,
maar een ding hebben ze gemeen,
het zijn stuk voor stuk unieke kunstwerken.
Petje af voor alle quilt(st)ers en bedankt voor het insturen zodat wij er allemaal van konden genieten!

Heb niet heel veel foto's gemaakt maar deze quilts vond ik zelf erg mooi:

" Gedragen" van Marjolein Peters, Oosterhout

"Midwinter hoornblazers" van Nelleke Kooij, Almelo

"Zonsopgang" van Carolein Kasse, Breda

We hebben echt genoten, het was een geweldige dag, 
en onderweg terug naar de auto nog even een heerlijk ijsje gehaald bij de ijsboer..

en of ik nog inspiratie opgedaan heb?
Ja, tuurlijk en ook weer heel erg veel zin ook..mijn vingers jeuken alweer om wat te gaan maken,
nou ja, eigenlijk moet ik zeggen AFmaken.. :-)
En wat betreft iets nieuws voor in de nabije toekomst lijkt het mij wel een leuk idee om dit eens een keertje uit te proberen, de confetti techniek

"Trouw" van Hanneke Nijsse, Kapelle
 Zo..de koffie is inmiddels op..
ik kruip nog even achter het naaimachientje!

Tot de volgende keer!
Essie



Tuesday, 29 September 2015

(Almost) Finished!!

I've been busy,
Ben druk bezig geweest, 


putting on the final touches on my quilt, adding beads and applique pieces..
met de puntjes op de 'i' van mijn quilt, er zijn kralen aangezet en vierkantjes geappliceerd..

And then some final quilting..
Toen de laatste stukjes doorgequilt..





Squared the quilt and finally I could put the binding on! Yeah!
Now only a tunnel and a label to do and then it is really, really finished..;))

De quilt netjes recht gesneden en toen mocht eindelijk de bies eraan!! Jippie!
Nu alleen nog de tunnel aanzetten en een label maken en dan istie echies klaar..;))




Finally as promised a few pictures of the exhibition of quilts from Colorminds held in the "Bergkerk" in Deventer. Here is a small selection:
 
Tot slot had ik vorige keer beloofd nog een paar foto's te laten zien van de tentoonstelling van Colorminds in de Bergkerk in Deventer.
Had er minder foto's gemaakt dan ik dacht, hier is een kleine selectie:

Let the sunshine in II - Marjolein van Wijk

(forgot to write down who made this)

Golden Gate Bridge - Nienke Smit
Detail

Keep Faith - Marjolein van Wijk


'till next time!
Essie



Monday, 14 September 2015

Quilts in Deventer


 Zo even een snel blogje.
Gisteren naar de tentoonstelling van het Quiltersgilde geweest in Deventer.
We hadden besloten met het pontje over te varen..erg leuk!

De kerk is al in zicht..

 Het was weer erg gezellig, we waren met zn drietjes.
Dit keer een kleine buit, 2 gele lapjes voor de sterren quilt en het lapje met de balletjes kon ik echt niet laten liggen.. ;))


Veel mooie quilts gezien, ze waren allemaal erg mooi en zeer de moeite waard te bekijken, maar kan ze niet allemaal laten zien, dus hieronder een kleine selectie:

"Inktvis" van Nel Berkhouwer-Sijbrands
"Colourmadness" van Marlies Janssen
"Colorful Wedding" van Lynn ten Kate
"Bright Beginning" van Inge van Velzen-van Leeuwen
"Rolde Beauty" van Henny Meerman
"De tijd vliegt net als de ganzen" van Wil van Wijk

We zijn ook nog naar de tentoonstelling van Art quilts geweest in een andere kerk iets verderop, hiervan laat ik volgende keer wat foto's zien.

'till next time!
Essie









Monday, 16 December 2013

What a nice surprise..!

Just saw here that my blog is chosen for the "Blog van de week"  (Blog of the week) on the Quiltersgilde Blog
I didn't see it at first, I thought that block looks familiar! I have one just like it...Hang on a minute..it is mine!...DUH!! Hhahaha...:)))

Yesterday I posted that I might make a Christmas quilt, today I found this old UFO in the box on top of the cupboard..
It's not exactly a Cristmas quilt...but it is certainly a winter quilt!
It is a pattern from an old Quiltmania, I've slightly adjusted the little boys and girls, because I thought they didn't look quite right.
It is now sandwiched, basted and ready to quilt.
It has been a while since I have done some hand quilting but I'm going to attempt it tonight..
When it has been quilted I will need to put some details in the pictures, it is missing some skis and some general lines to stop them from floating in the air.

Will keep you posted!
Essie


Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Quilt show and Love Entwined compass ring

On Sunday me and 3 more ladies from our bee went to the quiltshow in Alkmaar.
We had a lovely time, seen some beautiful quilts. Amongst which were 3 amazing quilts that all won a prize in Houston last year.

My quilt was there too, here I am with my quilt:

I made more pictures of the show but will show them another time!


What I wanted to show you today is how I done the outer ring on my compass for the Love Entwined.


I traced the ring onto Floriani using only the inside seam lines, not the outside seam allowances and then carefully cut out this ring on the traced lines.

Eerst de lijnen van de ring overgetrokken op Floriani, niet de naadtoeslagen maar alleen de binnen lijnen van de ring zelf. Daarna de ring voorzichtig op deze lijnen uitgeknipt.





Then I cut a piece of background fabric about 10 inch square.

Dan een stuk achtergrond stof van ca. 10x10 inch uitgeknipt.







I placed the ring onto the wrong side of the background fabric with the shiny side down and ironed the ring onto the fabric, being careful not to warp the shape of the circle.

De ring op de verkeerde kant van de achtergrondstof gelegd met de glimmende kant naar beneden en heel voorzichtig gestreken zodat de ring zijn vorm behoud en niet vervormd.





After that I placed the background fabric back on top of my pattern and carefully traced the seam allowance on the inside of the Floriani circle.

Daarna heb ik de achtergrondstof weer op het patroon gelegd en voorzichtig de naadtoeslag aan de binnenzijde van de ring overgetrokken op de stof.

Then cut away the inside circle.

Daarna de binnen cirkel uitgeknipt.

And cut into the seam allowance every 1/4 inch or so.

En de naadtoeslag ongeveer iedere cm ingeknipt.

Then I put some glue on top of the Floriani circle and folded over the seam allowance and ironed in place.

Daarna lijm op de Floriani cirkel en de naadtoeslag omgevouwen en gestreken.

Fold your circle in half and finger press the edges, then open up and fold it over again and press to get 4 folds north-south and east-west. Align these folds with your 4 points of your compass.

Vouw de cirkel in de helft en geef een vouwtje, daarna nog een keer in de andere richting nog een keer vouwen zodat je 4 vouwen krijgt, noord-zuid en oost-west.  Plaats deze vouwen op de 4 punten van je kompas.



Carefully pin the ring on top of your compass using first 4 points of the compass, then the points in between those and so on.

Speld voorzichtig de ring op het kompas door eerst de 4 punten vast te spelden en daarna de punten daar weer tussen.

..untill you have a completely pinned ring and now you can applique this using your own preferred method of applique.

..tot de hele ring is gespeld en nu kan hij geappliceerd worden op de manier die je zelf het fijnst vindt.

Before you start your applique, be warned!
If you have a cat, you might not get the chance....hahaha

Voordat je met appliceren begint, wees gewaarschuwd!
Als je een kat hebt, krijg je misschien niet de kans om te beginnen...hahaha


Next time I'll do the little circles on the ring.

Volgende keer doe ik de kleine rondjes op de ring.


See you next time!
Essie








Friday, 6 September 2013

An (almost) finish..

Today I've been working on the binding of my "Berlin" quilt.
I really enjoy doing that, love watching those raw edges disappear.


Does that mean it is finished?? Well...no, it's not quite finished yet..but nearly!
Still have an applique piece to add and maybe I'll put in some hand stitches..not sure about those just yet?
And lastly I will put on the hanging sleeve and a label. Got a great idea in my head for a label, but need to look into that, will show you if it works out!

Today the stabilizer arrived in the post, so I can continue with the Love Entwined.
However, not sure if I'll have the time this weekend.. Tomorrow will probably be a shopping day and on sunday we'll be going to the Quilt show in Alkmaar.


But next post will show you some more of my progress on the Love Entwined and of course some pics of the show!
See you Sunday maybe and if not, 'till next time!
Essie



Sunday, 1 September 2013

Hi there!
Holidays are over for most of us and things are getting back to their usual routine.
Lots to do and a busy ( but fun!) week ahead...
First a quick update, these are the Jane blocks I've done over the last couple of weeks:

C-13, "Lakota Sioux" mostly foundation
pieced
D-1, "Alison's Guiding Light",
also foundation pieced
These blocks I made while we were in Birmingham, thought I'd bring a couple of easy blocks so I'd have something to do in the evening ;-))

D-7, "Meeting Place"
D-6, "Challenge"
D-13, "Field of Dreams"

Have started on blocks D-2 and D-9 already and as I mentioned in a previous post still need to do the applique pieces on blocks C-5, C-7 and D-4. The Floriani Stabilizer has been ordered and will hopefully arrive some time this week. And with that I can also continue working on my "Love Entwined".

Yesterday I received confirmation in the post that my entry for the OEQC has been accepted. Most of the quilting has been done, will try to get that finished this week and then I can put the binding on. Then all I have to do is add some hand stitching for finishing touches and make a label and hanging sleeve.
This week wednesday is our first Bee evening and next weekend is the annual quilt exhibition of the Dutch Quilters Guild (Quiltersgilde), so lots and lots to look forward to!

For now, have a nice evening and see you next time!
Essie

Thursday, 15 August 2013

This came in the post yesterday...

Some time ago I posted here that my quilt was accepted in the annual quilt exhibition from the Dutch Quilters Guild.
Well, not only did it get accepted they also asked me if they could make cards with a picture of my quilt on the front. I was very honoured to be asked and of course I said yes! ..so I sent the quilt out to them to be photographed and yesterday these cards came in the post.



Tonight I will take the quilt to the drop-off point, a quiltshop in Dordrecht, and from there it will go to the exhibition which starts tomorrow in three weeks. Here it is ready to go.






I will leave you with a few pictures from the Festival of Quilts, Birmingham.

Here is Anco Brouwers being interviewed by Luana Rubin, check out her channel on youtube here, she has lots of videos of several quilt shows.

This I believe was the Best of Show, and well deserved!
those roses are so beautifully made, they look so realistic!
shame I couldn't get the entire quilt in the picture, also forgot to see who the maker was, sorry..

Some more stunning traditional applique quilts:

"Arabesque" by Antonella Cibin, Italy
"Garden of Dream" by Fusako Takido, Japan
 I'll have some more pictures to show you next time..

Essie






Saturday, 18 May 2013

Good news after a bad start..

What have I been up to this week?
... well I've been busy quilting

Last monday the car broke down..wouldn't start. We finally got it running after a push and drove straight to the garage to get her fixed.
It was just the battery that had packed up but all in all we've spent nearly the whole afternoon in the garage.

When we got back home I received the good news that my quilt got accepted into the annual show of the Dutch Quilters Guild (Quiltersgilde) and was doing happy dances the rest of the evening.
Next day I went straight to work on it because it still needed to be finished, still need to do the quilting, then the binding and so on..
That is what I am doing every minute I have now and that's why Jane will have to wait..
I'm going back to do some more quilting,

"till next time!
Essie