Lots of work to do...

Our friend Tale has bought an appartment in Amsterdam. It's needs some redecoration.

Saying goodbye at Schiphol

My brother, sister-in-law and nephew are leaving for China for 1,5 year.

Round Robin

Found some fabrics, to make the first border for Jacq's RR.

Sophie's quilt almost finished

Just the binding on the back, and then my first UFO for this year is ready. Still to go: X-mas quilt, flying geese, home and garden quilt, Caffee Latte, Haan en Wagenmaker, Logcabin and some other small projects.

Logcabin part two

It's really fun making logcabins. Friday I finished my homework I also made the stephouse court. In Almere I had bought a jelly-roll, I didn't know what to do with it, but now I know. I will use it for a log-cabin quilt. I only had to choose a colour for the middle heart. Rob his grandmother was visiting us, and of course we went to the Quiltshop, so I could choose a fabric. This logcabin I will made at 1,5 cm. The heart of the logcabin symbolise the fire/warmth of your home, so I think yellow is a good choice.

Log Cabin

Yesterday evening was our quiltbee in Putten. Unfortunetaly I couldn't join them. The Hague - Putten is just too far for a quick visit. But I spend my evening cutting my fabrics, and making my first log-cabin block. On januar 8th I started a logcabin-course at the Quilterspalet in The Hague. It was really fun and interesting. We've learned how to design a logcabin, and how to sew it on the machine. I had no experience at all with machine-patchwork. I really thought I was a hand-quilter. But I must admit it's really fun, the technique we've learned is rather simple, and I think (beside cutting the fabrics) I made a logcabin block in half-an-hour. I'm looking forward to my next lesson.

Happy 2008

What do I want to do this year:

- run 10 km on the 4th Mai in Regensburg (Rob will skate the half-marathon)
- explore The Hague
- finish Sophie's Quilt
- quilt my X-mas quilt, so that I can use it in 2008 (I started this quilt in novembre 2006)
- learning machine-quilting
- start with my Challenge-quilt, I started my diary on the 15th novembre
- learn log-cabin (First lesson on the 8th januar)
- join the quiltbees in The Hague and Putten as much as I can
- don't start new quiltingsprojects, and finish at least two of my current projects
- wishing everybody the best for 2008

I think 2008 will be a great year!!!!

Almost forgot to tell ......

I received a beautyfull X-mas exchange gift from Claudine (France). It's a X-mas sock with little presents inside.

After X-mas

I Have a few days off, work will start again on the 2 januar. Thursday I found myself a new hairdresser in The Hague. In the Bonnetrie I bought a lovely blue mantle/coat to wear at work. Friday Jacqueline, Rick, Gert and Alice visited us. Jacq and I had a lovely time at the bookshop (looking for quiltbooks) and my favorite quiltshop "Quilterspalet". Together we choose fabrics for my new project: log cabin. This course will start the 8th januar.

I love these colours very much.

Next week I will send my Round Robin to Marc, with the Crazy Exchange we started a round robin with 5 people: Me, Marc and Karen from Belgium, Marne from the USA and Jacqueline. So end of the year I will have a top form 1m10 x 1m10. This is the block I made:

X-mas

The day before X-mas: did some X-mas shopping and made a little X-mas tree for Rob his grandmother. In the evening we had dinner at her place.

First day of X-mas we spend in our "summerhouse", no obligations, no family just the two of us and Paco. We made a lovely walk from 17 km through the woods. The evening we spend looking at Ratatouille, great film. Still 30 blocks to quilt on Sophie's quilt. I hope to finish it in januar 2008.

The next day we went at my parents. My broter and sister-in-law and my little nephew were also present. In the afternoon we made a walk to Joppe. Every year there is a "living stable". But the camel didn't like the sheep, he was constantly chasing them.