zaterdag 7 januari 2012

Spakenburger Houses

Yes, I'm also one the quilters who's joining the "Quiltvirus Building Houses from Scraps".

Till now I have made five houses. I don't think I will  keep catching up making one every day. The fabrics I have chosen are scraps/parts from traditional Spakenburger costumes. 

All the windows and doors will be red-white. The red-white represents the colour of the scarfs the Spakenburger women wear. And the blue? Well the blue skies of the Netherlands (in summer).
Of course like all the other quilters I have special box for it. Marne and Elaine send it as a X-mas present for Rob with salmon in it. The salmon will be used for lunch tomorrow. And poor husbands who are married to quilters, we can always use a nice wooden box for one of our projects.

Did you know that Seattle is the heart of the Pacific salmon fishery. The painting of the box is from one of the original North-West Tribes.

The Pacific Northwest Coast people believed that Salmon were actually humans with eternal life how lived in a large house far under the ocean. In the Spring, they put on their Salmon disguises and offered themselves to the villagers as food. The tribes believed that when entire fish skeletons were returned to the sea, the spirits would rise again and change into Salmon people. In this way, the cycle could begin again the following year. Since the villagers feared that the Salmon people would not be treated respectfully by White people who had no knowledge of the taboos and regulations, they did not want to sell Salmon to the first White men.

9 opmerkingen:

Katie zei

What a nice idea for the doors and windows. And a great box! :-)

Little Bird Threads zei

What a fantastic anecdote about salmon. Your houses are gorgeous. You have a new follower!

-Jacqueline

Supergoof zei

Wat zijn ze mooi! En ook zo helemaal jouw huisjes,... ik vind jouw stoffenkeuze ook een heel leuk idee.
Heel veel sterkte nog!!!!!!

Klaske zei

Het gaat goed met je huisjes zie ik wel!Prachtige stofkeuze.

Aviary zei

Pretty! Thanks for the post.

LuAnn zei

I love your little houses. The red checkered fabric looks like curtains in the window.

Nicole Gamble zei

So simple and so perfect!

Annemieke zei

Via Karen kwam ik op jou site, leuke berichtjes en foto's! Je huisjes zien er erg leuk uit. Ik vind de stofjes van klederdrachten altijd al erg aantrekkelijk. Kan je ze makkelijk kopen in Spakenburg? Alleen tweedehands of ook nieuw?
groetjes
Annemieke

Karen zei

Wonderful Spakenburger Houses!! I like how you call it 'new virus' on your sidebar!