Christmas Swap Inchie ornaments

First!!! Sorry for the bad quality of the pictures, one to bright and the other to dark.

A couple of months ago I signed up for the Christmas Swap Inchie ornaments. But time flies and last friday I received an e-mail from Michelle from Quilting Bloggers to remind me of sending my inchies to my partner. Oeps I didn't do anything.......so last sunday I started to work on the inchie ornaments. Luckily it wasn't a lot of work, but it was a lot of fun to make them and today I send them away to Australia, to my partner for this Swap.

Last sunday I finished the first block of the table runner for Christmas.
And even for the better, before you know it, it is Christmas.

Inspiration....

Last friday at my work, at the quiltshop, there was an Inspiration morning. The theme was magic numbers. A friend of mine maked a beautiful pillowcase of nice christmas fabrics, making use of the technique with magic numbers.

She was laying out her sewed blocks and we looked toghether what was a nice way of stitching them together. I came up whit the idea of laying them in a way so they become smooth lines.

My friend Toos was verry happy with this idea an another course member Ineke noticed that a table runner was also a nice design when you put three pillowcases toghether.

I immediatly was very excited about this idea, and the same evening I designed the table runner and figured out how much fabric I will need for the table runner and two pillowcases.The next day, when I was at work again, I bought the fabric.

Above you can see my choise of the fabrics and the first results.

I have been painting

For two weeks ago I have been painting with two friends of me. We have painted that day with acryllic paint onto aquarelle paper. First I made the background ( with the use of an old credit or phone card), you can see the original colour in the middle of the mandala. Then I draw the mandala with the five pointed star and the flowers and fill them in with another colour of paint. I gave the mandala some accents with a golden marker, and I added some more red paint surrounding the mandala.
I was so nice and fun to do!!
I hope to do it again soon.

Above a detail of the mysterie quilt I finished last week. And beneath the total quilt top.
It is a design made by Francoise of the Quilterij in Den Bosch. A project wich I have been working on for a year, every month a piece of the design, and not knowing what the result is going to be.

But I find the result wonderful, I am very content with it. Now the quilting work is waiting to be done. I think another year for the quilting.

Friendship bag Swap

3 weeks ago I sent my friendship bag for the Swap to the States to Deborah Thomas.

Last week she e-mailed me that she had recieved her package and she was so happy with the bag I sent to her.

In the picture you can see what I have made. A little bag in dutch fabrics and a little pin cushion from the same fabrics. In the bag I put 3 of the same fabrics, a piece of ribbon ans a fitting post card in the same colours.

Good ol summertime mini quilt Swap.

I am done. My mini quilt for the good ol summertime swap is finished. I hope my partner in Portugal likes it.

I really enjoyed it, to make this quilt. It was a lot of work but also a lot of fun to do!!!!