Painting

Last friday we started painting our appartment. The walls will be yellow, and the diningroom has also a terra-cotta-coloured wall. The painting is going quicker than expected. Rob almost finished it monday and tuesday. The appartement looks very good, with lots of space. Still two weeks to go before we moving in.

Stars in the livingroom

Yesterday my parents send me this pictures. Here you can see my star-quilt hanging in their living room. They're living in a small village in the eastern part of Holland. Here I grew up. I'm very proud to see my quilt hanging on the wall in their livingroom.

Mouse

This is mouse, it's a patron from Atelier Bep, these patrons are really fun to make. My mother knitted the sweater, I'm not good at knitting, and this sweater/cardigan was rather complicated. Thanks mum. Tomorrow mouse is moving to our new house. Today we got the keys so tomorrow we will start painting, and the 15th novembre we will living in The Hague.

Creative week

It's been a very creative week. In the weekend I finished my crazy exchange gift, and put it wednesday on the mail. So it was arrived at Jacq's house thursday. It was much fun, because I spoke with her on the telephone wednesday and I didn't want to say who I was sending post. I think she is just as curious as I'm.

Eight eight-pointed stars

This weekend I finally finished my eight-pointed stars quilt. The last thing to do saturday, was to put my name on it. It's a present for my mother, the 24th octobre she will be celebrating her 65th birthday. Today we celebrated it with the family. The quilt has eight stars, they're all different, and have beautyfull names: Blazing star, Liberty star, St. Louis Star, Circling Swallows, Castle Wall, Middle Ages, Broken Star and The Jewels in a frame. It took me more than an year to finish the quilt, it's completely made by hand.

Compasses (3)

Last thursday we had our third lesson about Compasses. We have learned how to make a heart in the middle of the compass. It's not very complicated, but making compassses, you have to be very accurate. I'm not sure what I want to make of my compasses, but it will be a present for Rob's grandmother, when she becomes 82 years old in march.

My exchange-gift arrived in Belgium

So now I can show you a picture. This is what I have send to Pascale. Three little stars for X-mas.

Trip down Memory Lane

Still one month to go in Almere. Today my friend Yolande, her kids Ewout and Peter, myself and Paco went on trip down to Memory Lane. I know Yolande for almost 20 years. We were neighbours in our first appartement in Almere, and we became good friends. She lives in Leiderdorp now for twelve years. Today feels like saying goodbye to Almere, so we went along all the houses were we lived.

Crazy Exchange

Friday I received my first exchange gift. A beautyfull pinkeep was delivered by the mailwoman. Amarins from Leeuwarden made me this. It was a complete suprise because I've been only a member of the exchange group for 2 weeks. Now I have to made something for her within a month. Wednesday I send a gift to someone in Belgium, I can't show you the picture yet, because it has to be a suprise.

I think I'm really going to like the exchange-group, because I like to make little projets. The idea for the Exchange Group is: you send someone a little home-made gift, and within a month this person sends you a little gift. There are members in Belgium, Finland, USA etc. you can do stitchery, knitting, quilting etc. etc. So if you're interested you can have a look at the forum. See the link on the right site.

Elm Creek

Yesterday my Elm Creek Books that I ordered at Bol.com arrived. Yippie!!! They're in English, two books with the first six novels. That will be a lot of reading after finishing my homework for Thursday, and after the search for new curtains in our new home. Still a few weeks to go before we're moving to the Hague.

Last saturday I learned my mother and sister-in-law Ekaette how to make a top. They liked it.

I hope she can find sometime because my nephew Nathaniel (7 months) moves around a lot.