Fabric Spectacle !

 Welcome in Barneveld!

 Sunshine and shadows!

 The yearly fabric market in Barneveld!

 It's Spring break! and it's busy!

 Lot's of fashion fabrics!

 Spring!

 Hand dyed and printed!

Big prints!

 and fun panels!

 Fashion fabrics for everyone!

 And if you're in Barneveld...

 Don't forget to visit the vending machine for eggs!

It's written in black and white !.....

or these days on Internet!....

Wobbly stitches are OK !

by Sharon Boggon

For me wobbly stitches rule! I have noticed that some beginners to embroidery apologise for their wobbly efforts. To be honest I don’t think it is necessary. I will tell you why. This is the 21st century. We are surrounded by machine made things. Some of these things are ugly, some are beautiful, some are practical, some have sentimental value, some are status symbols and some I look at and wonder why they exist. All these things have different roles in our life. All serve different purposes but the thing they have in common is that they are machine made. They are smooth or straight or, well… machined. As humans the things we make with our hands are not perfect. We may strive to make things as well as possible but there is always a ‘flaw’. I don’t see it as a flaw because if it is, it is the flaw of being human.

Pintangle (click here)

Thanks Sharon!

Crocus!

 Crocus Wikipedia (click here)

 The first crocus seen in the Netherlands, where crocus species are not native, were from corms brought back in the 1560s from Constantinople by the Holy Roman Emperor's ambassador to the Sublime Porte, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq. A few corms were forwarded to Carolus Clusius at the botanical garden in Leiden. 

 I'm sure glad they are a sign of Spring here!

Lesson 5 !

This afternoon was the last lesson !

Hand quilting basics (click here)

Now it's time to work on the homework!

WAGGGS Thinking Day!

Happy Thinking Day !

 A day to celebrate Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

around the world!

2019 World Thinking Day Message(click here)

Let's go outside!

 Snow Drops!

 Witch hazel

 a different Witch hazel

Perfect weather in February for 

The Dutch Hosta Society (click here) 

World's first Rotary Cutter is 40 !

What sparked the first OLFA cutter (click here)

Now you can find rotary cutter everywhere ! 

There might be a block for you in this 40 week quilt along !

OLFA Quilt Along (click here)

Signs of Spring!

 1 C this morning and warming up to 12 C this afternoon!

Enjoy your Monday!
Tuna tin can upcycling quilt magnet pincushion(click here)

It's on the wall !

Jenny of ELEFANTZ(click here)

has created a fun year in stitching club!

 Jenny's Rewind Stitchery Club(click here)

This notepad holder design is hanging on the wall!

Thanks Jenny!

14 Febuary !

It's mid February already! Spring is coming!

Not too early to think about hostas! 

Sprinkle a few anti slug and snail pellets today!

A bit of happiness !

Wishing you a bit of colour !

Dutch Design !

What fun! Dutch tiles in fabric!

 Dutch Heritage tiles (click here)

 How to use them in a project you might ask?

Use them in a table runner!

Traditional Bunschoten-Sparkenburg fabrics

are used in the other tiles!

Corner stones ... from the Dutch Heritage collection!

3 different looks....

with three different fabrics!

Tea time!

A great way to enjoy a fresh brewed cup of tea!

Ikea Tea infuser LJUDLOS

Easy to fill, easy to clean!

Highly recommended! If you like tea!
Sew Incredibly Crazy Valentine's sew along(click here)

They're good !

Let's talk about the weather!

Because that's what we do !

It's freezing in Winnipeg, Manitoba(click here)

Winter storm warning in

 Grand Forks, British Columbia(click here)

Townsville, Austalia (click here) record breaking floods !

I hope Jenny of Elefants(click here) gets through it!

We're at 1C ! Not bad at all! 

Perfect for Dutch Split Pea soup out the slow cooker!
and a try at  Vintage block (click here) !