Teatime Gardening: January 2016

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Foundation Piecing!

It's a light bulb moment!

I think I've got it!

Welcome to Wilma Karels Patchwork and Quilting

She's hosting the workshop given by Heleen Pinkster

Freezer parer, tea bag paper, pattern,

scraps, needle and thread!

Step for step....

right side, wrong side, mirrored image!

A rainy windy day but a cozy morning at a quilt shop in Ede!

I'll be back in May to try a different workshop!

A bit of homework and the butterfly is taking shape!

That's the first Foundation Piece this year!

Friday, January 29, 2016

Cheese!

There's a new product available at the Scout Shop!

A plastic cheese slicer! Time to give this a test!

A nice piece of aged cheese will do!

Not too thick, not too thin!

Yes, definitely something that has the thumbs up!

Time for toast and cheese!

Thursday, January 28, 2016

What a great start for finishes! With the success of the Cathedral Windows weekend and a completed table runner it's time to finish off the 9th and last block of Le Jardin by Red Brolly! Haven't had that out for quite some time! Feb 2014! Then these 9 blocks can be worked into the quilt "Gossip in the Garden"! That's a pattern I bought in November 2014! Along with the BOM's, and stitcheries that I would love to sew along with this year, it will be a creative year indeed! Now, I just have to get good lighting. That sure does make a difference!
Here's something I have to share....it is a comment about quilting that someone posted over on Val's blog .... ".... explain why musicians are always writing a new song, or why dancers are always choreographing a new dance or potters are always throwing a new pot or why gardeners are always planting a new variety of rose bush ...." that would be a new Hosta for me! Quilting!

Monday, January 25, 2016

14.6C this afternoon!

The sun rises over Amersfoort!

Warmest 25th of January on record!

Last week Monday it was freezing!

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Easy Cathedral Windows!

That was a lot of fun!

Easy Cathedral Windows

Here's the prep! 3 x 3 inch squares

I finished it during the weekend!

A table runner for the sewing machine cabinet!

Cathedral Windows! Give it a try!

Friday, January 22, 2016

It's that time of year again!

Time for the yearly Handwork weekend!

This year we're attempting Easy Cathedral Windows!

Hope you can enjoy a bit of handwork as well this winter weekend!

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Naturally Frozen Yogurt!

Good morning!

Last night was freezing!

So I set a container of yogurt outside.

This morning, -5C! Time to test the result!

Looks good!

Just one of benefits of Winter!

Time for Hot Chocolate!

Sunday, January 17, 2016

We've got snow!

A beautiful start to the day!

The geraniums from 2015!

They did their best!

Temps this week will be a high around 0C!

Wishing you lots of laughter this week!

Friday, January 15, 2016

It's getting colder here!

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Mid January! The last few days the world temperatures have been fun to follow on different blogs! Victoria, Australia around +40C, Flin Flon, Manitoba feeling quite cold at -30C plus add on the wind chill factor! Here, we're around 0C tonight. Time to enjoy the comforts of fabric and creative adventures indoors! The hobby room is getting sorted! A great quilt design that I would love to try is Little Hazel over at Esther's Quilt Blog ! That is quite the eye catcher! Just have choose a few fabrics! Have you seen her 2016 Mystery Applique Quilt Along? Tempting indeed! Plus with elefantz gentle domesticity and the soon to be in our garden hop I'm all set ! Plus a few UFO's and....Quilting! a fun and friendly hobby!