Wednesday - siggy day

I received a few siggies this week and this afternoon I will put 5 envelopes in the mail to make 5 ladies very happy!!
I really enjoy reading all the letters and looking at the different siggies. So far I received 7.
Don't know if every Wednesday will be a siggy-day, but for the moment I don't mind.
The Chinese fabric from Shanghai makes me think of all the lovely quilt meetings with our International Quilt group. I miss those weekly meetings and all the friends a lot.  

Keep those envelopes coming!!

Rose-Anne

Wednesday = siggy day?

Just a short note about my siggy.  I already received a few siggies and here is a picture of mine.
Great to read the stories and see the different designs.

my siggy

I decided to declare Wednesday my siggy day for the moment. I'll see how busy I get.

If you want to know the story behind my siggy, you will have to send me one ;)

Have a great day,

Rose-Anne

New project

Now I have settled down a bit in my new house it was time to start a new project. I had been looking forward to this for a long time, but did not start because of all the packing and unpacking I had to do.
But in January I emailed Annelies with the request to put me on her siggy list. I ordered an ink pad here and I was ready to start making siggies myself.

 Anke was the first to send me her siggy. A start of a collection from all over the world I hope.
A special Dutch tin box to keep them all safe.

Have a good start of the week,
Rose-Anne

catching up

I had some catching up to do. I missed part 3 of the mystery quilt project, because I was traveling the beginning of January. And the part 4 lesson was already planned for the end of January! But I finished both today and am looking forward to the next meeting in de Quilterij in Den Bosch. It is still a big surprise how all the blocks will fit together, but it is fun working on them.

part 3 and 4

part 3

Now it is time to start building houses, no excuse of freezing temperatures any more!!

See you later,

Rose-Anne

Friends all over the world

While unpacking boxes and decorating my new sewing room I come across lots of little things that remind me of my friends from different times and places. The tiny little tea set Carmen bought for me when I left Shanghai, the box with pictures of Joke's paintings made by Hilde for our 25th wedding anniversary, the quilt I received in Lincolnshire last summer before returning to the Netherlands to name a few.

It slows me down, seeing all those items. I see faces, hear voices and remember the fun things we did together.
The room is still a mess, some plugs are not fitting in the sockets and I need more shelves. But when I am between the boxes and fabrics, I feel warm and at home.

Two weeks ago Hilde came to visit. She was our first official guest in our new house. She helped me unpack a few boxes and arranging my fabrics in the drawers. It was fun seeing her again and she spoiled me with 2 handmade gifts.

Now I have to work hard to catch up with my mystery from de Quilterij.

So see you later!!

Rose-Anne