ATELIER SOED IDEE

Doe je een dansje met me mee? De hexablommen quilt is klaar! Gisteravond de laatste steekjes aan de bies gezet en nu nog warm uit de droger: Do the happy dance with me! The hexaflower quilt is finished! Yesterday evening I've put in the last stitches of the bindings and here it's washed and dryed.

Doe je een rondedansje met me? Are you doing the Happy Dance with me? Blok 11 en 12 zijn namelijk klaar!!! Because block 11 and 12 are finished!!! Ik ben ongeveer halverwege met het doorquilten van Vintage Homestead. Ff opschieten dus, want dan kan ik de sneeuwmannen tot quilttop gaan verwerken! I'm about halfway with the machine-quilting of Vintage Homestead. When it's finished I can make the snowmen into a quilttop! We hebben weer heel veel sneeuw in Vaassen erbij gekregen. Vanmiddag heeft Tijmen een Kouwe Karel gemaakt met de buurkinderen. Helaas staat hij in hun tuin... We've got a lot of snow again. This afternoon DS Tijmen made a snowman with the neighbourkids. Unfortunatly he is in their garden.... Hugs, Simone

Whoohoo! Yesterday evening I finished page 7 of Merlin & Arthur! I'm happy :))) Tralalala... Here's the total of what I stitched so far: Now I first have to draw some more grid lines, before I can continue. But there are a lot of other things shouting at me, so it's propably going to take a while before I stitch on M&A again... In the mean time I'm started a small "model stitch job" voor Bep . She asked me to stitch something from the new Hatched and Patched book "The world as it should be". It's only a bookmark, so I'll probably can show you a pic of it tomorrow. Hugs, Simone

I had TWO Happy Dance's this weekend!!! On Saturday evening I finished the Christmas Row from Bent Creek. I really liked this design and it was a quick stitch! And it's for ME again :D I think I'm going to finish it into a long pillow. And the second Happy Dance was Sunday afternoon, when I've put the last stitches in the binding of my Sheep-quilt! DH spent the rest of the afternoon under the new blankie, taking a nap ;) I've made the quilt with all different kinds of red fabric from my favourite store Atelier Bep . And for the back I used all the leftovers! The quilt is now tumbling around in the washing machine, so keep your fingers crossed, that it comes out the way it went in... I have several Christmas exchanges to work on, so I started the first yesterday evening. I hope I can show something here in between. Hugs, Simone

We have the most beautiful Autumn weather over here in the Netherlands! When I look out of my window I see leaves in all kind of colors. This is absolute my favourite season! Except for the acorns and oak leaves that are falling in my backyard... :( There are a lot of them! So I have to rake each day... When I saw this kit from Homespun Elegance, I liked it immediatly and had to stitch it. Finally something finished for me ;) Design: A chill is in the air - Homespun Elegance Fabric: 28 ct. Cashel linen "Sand" Floss: Crescent Colours Finish: Tray So, are you all joining my little Happy Dance, outside, between the falling leaves? A happy weekend to all of you! We're going to enjoy the nice weather. Hugs, Simone

Whoohoo! I'm doing the Happy Dance! Long Dog's "Do bears?" is finished!!! Just enjoy the masterpiece: Design: "Do Bears" from Long Dog Samplers Fabric: 32 ct. cream Lugana Floss: Gloriana Silk "Poinsettia" Started: March 2006 Finished: May 2008 DH does like it also, and since I've stitched this as our wedding sampler, it's going to be framed and gets a nice place in our living room.

First of all; thank you all for y our sweet comments on my nearly finished Do Bears. Despite your encouragements, I ’ m afraid the Happy Dance for Do Bears will have to wait … I still has 2,5 of those little trees to do, but tomorrow I have to pack all the stuff for o ur 10 days of vacation . So I ’ m not sure if there will be any stitching time left … I ’ m not going to take Do Bears with me on vacation, because my floor stand stays at home. I have some small projects kitted up for exchanges that I can stitch in hand . Please, keep your dancing shoes ready . I will be back on May 11 th !

Just a few more small "trees" and then Long Dog's "Do Bears" will be finished! I feel a major Happy Dance coming :))) I've made this as our wedding sampler. "2000" is the year we were married on Bonaire and "A" is DH first letter and "S" is mine of course.