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

Tentoonstelling Lappiespassie

Afgelopen vrijdagmiddag even samen met Riet naar de tentoonstelling geweest van de groep Lappiespassie uit Krimpen aan den IJssel, ter ere van hun 20-jarig jubileum.
Last Friday me and Riet went to see the exhibit of the quilt group Lappiespassie in Krimpen aan den IJssel, in honour of their 20th anniversary.

Het was reuzegezellig, nog bekenden tegengekomen en natuurlijk heel veel mooie quilts gezien, en alle klassiekers waren goed vertegenwoordigd..
We had a lovely time, seen a few familiar faces and ofcourse lots of beatiful quilts, and all the classics were there too..

Een "Nearly Insane"

Een "Baltimore Album" quilt

En ook 2 Dear Jane's..(het is haast een "zoek de verschillen" puzzel, vind je niet?)
And also 2 Dear Janes.. (looks just like one of those "find the differences" puzzles, doensn't it?)

Deze was ook erg bijzonder, al deze plaatjes waren helemaal uitgevoerd in kleine Sashiko steekjes!

This one was also spectacular, all these images were made with Sashiko stitches!




















En tot slot nog deze,
ook een klassiek patroon maar dan in mooie moderne kleuren, geeft een hele frisse uitstraling.
Ja, zoiets zou ik ook nog wel eens willen maken..



And last but not least,
a traditional pattern with a modern twist, love the colours..
I would love to make something like this one day..









Ik heb helaas niet de namen genoteerd van alle maaksters (of makers), mijn excuses daarvoor.
Dames van Lappiespassie, bedankt voor een leuke tentoonstelling!
Wij hebben er in ieder geval ontzettend van genoten!

Unfortunately I forgot to write down all the makers of the quilts, my apologies.
Ladies of Lappiespassie, thanks for a great exhibit, we thoroughly enjoyed it!

'till next time!

Essie

(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

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

I had a dream...

It feels like a dream.. (and 5 days later it still does!) but it was very real and it really did happen!
Last Wednesday I received a telephone call, with the most exciting news...my quilt entry for the OEQC in Veldhoven had won a prize! And not just any prize it actually won the award for this year's Theme "Berlin".



















Ever since that phone call it has been an exciting few days, on the Thursday evening I was invited for the championships dinner during which all the prizes were awarded.

My prize was a box full with all spools of Aurifil thread, it has the whole range of colours (!!), I am really thrilled with it as you can imagine..!
I received such a great response to my quilt, it really was overwhelming, I really never expected that.

Friday was time to pack because on Saturday me and my friend Jo were going to the workshop "Celtic Connections" with the lovely Pat Archibald.
If you ever have the opportunity to go to one of her classes I would highly recommend it.
Take a look at her website here, she makes the most amazing quilts.

We stayed the night in Veldhoven and after a lovely (big!) breakfast on Sunday we took our time to look at all the quilts in the show and of course we took a tour around all the shops.. ;-))

My quilt and all the other winning quilts will be going on a small trip around the world, first they will be on display in Houston (during market and festival) and they are also going to Berlin twice, first in November at the Kreativ Tage Berlin and then again in May-June at the EXPO Berlin.
I can't believe my quilt is actually going to Houston!! :-))

Next year's theme for the OEQC is going to be "Old Masters", I've already got an idea in my head what to do with that so...  see how that develops, in any case..I've got lots of colours of thread, something colourful perhaps?

'Till next time!
Essie

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

What I'm working on right now..

I've been busy this week with my compass for the LE, this is how it looks so far:

I'm quite happy with how these colours turned out.. ;-))
The middle circle still needs to be appliqued and then onto the outer ring with the little mini circles all the way around it. I'm waiting to order the "Floriani Stitch N Wash" stabilizer which I'll be using for the applique. (see here for more information on Esther Aliu's blog)

I also think the stabilizer will come in very handy for use with the applique pieces on my Dear Jane blocks.
I'm working on block C-5, here you can see I've ironed the freezer template on the white fabric, I then cut out the inside and basted this on top of the pinwheel block for applique-ing, after that a circle will be cut out of the little pinwheel block and that will be appliqued in the centre..

...and for some reason I find myself working on more than one block at a time so also working on blocks  C-7 and D-4, still need to do the applique pieces on those
And blocks C-13 and D-1 are halfway done as well !

I'll show you the finished blocks next time, for now I'll leave you with some eye candy from Birmingham Festival of Quilts

An overview (don't be fooled, it was busy!)

Small Selection of the Horizons Exhibit by the Quilt Guild

"Jonny asked for lizzards" by Joyce Dorsett, UK

And some very bright colourful quilts:

"The Seasons" by Liz Jones, UK

"Coloured Windows" by Sheilagh, UK

"Blowing Bubbles Undersea" by Huei-Lan Chuang, Taiwan

A close up of some beautiful applique

"Transition Fragonfly" by Sandra Wyman, UK

More to show you next time,
Have a great weekend!
Essie

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