AFFO (top)

The "Lovely Lady Camelot" top is complete. Today I added the last corner.

my own design for the corners

What else can you do on a grey Sunday afternoon....

Not sure yet how I am going to quilt this top, hand pieced so deserves to be hand quilted.......

Will keep you posted....

Happy sewing,

Rose-Anne

Camelot oh, Camelot

The end is nearly there. I am working on block number 15 at the moment.
Time to look for the other block I made while living in Shanghai during the lessons in a local quilt-shop. All made with the same den Haan & Wagenmakers fabric and all hand pieced.
Sit back and enjoy......

apple core block made in Shanghai

Baltimore basket made in Shanghai

Camelot block 15

mini weddingring block made in Shanghai

Camelot block 14?

Camelot block 9-14

Now the fun part starts, placing all the blocks in the right place......The 16 Camelot blocks will be placed on the point and the corner blocks will be my Shanghai blocks.
Will need to put up my design wall for this....

To be continued....

Happy quilting,
Rose-Anne

Camelot on the go

Last week I was at the Handwerkbeurs Ahoy, Rotterdam. I took my Camelot blocks with me, in case I had to kill some time.
Not a lot of sewing done, but a lot of visitors were very interested in my work.
Always a joy to share your work.

block 7, 8 and 9

block 9 in the making

Aren't they looking good together?

Happy sewing,
Rose-Anne

Camelot, I love you

Still no weather for gardening so today I finished camelot blocks 3 and 4.

first 4 blocks looking good together

Looking forward to the next blocks. Fallen in love with hand sewing and round shapes.

Happy sewing,
Rose-Anne

Camelot on the go

our home for the coming 10 days

Tomorrow we will go camping for a few days. Via Luxembourg is the North-Eastern part of France our destination.  Hopefully it will be dry and a little bit warmer, so we can go for a hike.
But in case I am stuck inside, I will bring along my camelot blocks 3 and 4 to work on. I already started the third block and am loving it! Hand piecing is one of the most relaxing things to do.

camelot block 3

I will miss part 7 of the mystery in the Quilterij, but be back just in time to visit the Open European Quilt Championships in Veldhoven with a dear friend.

Happy sewing,

Rose-Anne

Building houses from scraps with a twist

My name wouldn't be Rose-Anne if I would follow a pattern to the letter. That is why I have been searching for a twist.....

I am taking another road with the world wide rage of building houses.
Due to moving house and other things that have kept me busy during the first 2 months of this year, I felt I had to look for a different approach. And last weekend an idea grew in my head.
Instead of making a quilt with 365 little houses, I will make one with 15 houses. This is the number of houses my husband and I have lived in during the past 30 years. I will incorporate the number 30, because of our wedding anniversary in April.
Using ties for the roofs (that is why I use the pattern mirror image) and old shirts for door, window and sky.
The idea is still growing, but I want it to be a quilt to celebrate our 30 plus years together. Including fabric from the evening dress I wore to our first party together.
To be continued.......

Happy sewing,

Rose-Anne

Camelot first 2 blocks

Something I signed up for together with my friend Astrid. As if we don't have enough projects to keep us busy ..... Once every 2 months, we get the patterns for 2 blocks. Astrid gave me a box with 'den Haan & Wagenmakers' fabric some years ago. I want to add the camelot blocks to a few blocks I already made with this fabulous fabric while living in Shanghai.
All pieced by hand, I love it.

block 1

block 2

finished blocks put together

Enjoy your day,

Rose-Anne