Finished project !!!

Vughtse Kermis

I started working on this quilt after I moved back to the Netherlands in November 2011 at the Quilterij in Den Bosch. Françoise Maarse made the design of this little mystery quilt called "Little Carrousel".  Yesterday evening I finished stitching the binding by hand. Still have to put a label at the back.

This flower was modified by me to make it into the perfect "Françoise flower".

A lot happened since I worked on the first blocks...... The Quilterij moved to Vught, I moved to my permanent home, I found a job as a boardmember of the Quiltersgilde and together with  five lovely ladies we started our quilt bee the "Vughtse Stuckjes" every other week.

I have the feeling after finishing this project, I must change the title of my blog.....
Instead of "expat quilter returns home" it should be "expat quilter feels at home".
It feels like I have lived in Vught all my life!! Thank you dear friends to make me feel so at home.

Happy quilting,
Rose-Anne

Little Carrousel almost AFFO

The final stitches have been made, I tried to use up all left over fabric to assemble the back of the quilt. All is left now are some small scraps ;) Yeah!!

the back all pieced together

And I finally used the "Heat Press batting together" I bought ages ago in Paducah.  It works perfectly for this small quilt.

ironing on the cloth tape to fuse the batting

look at that! 

my new friend ;)

All I have to do now is the quilting. I will use my machine, because with all the seams it will be hard to hand quilt my little Carrousel.
Françoise has already started the new mystery this month called: Mysterie Sweet Hearts. But I still need some time to finish this one. And my dear Françoise: I won't need the "red de restjes" workshop as you can see looking at the pictures ;)

Happy Quilting,
Rose-Anne

Mystery part 10

After a busy time because of the quilt show in Deventer, I almost forgot what my sewing machine looked like....
But I made today into a quilt-day and finished the top of the mystery quilt Little Carrousel by Françoise Maarse.

hang in there Little Carrousel, help is on the way

strips for the 2cm wide border

preparing the first border

adding the second 10cm wide border

work station

Now I can show the result to the "Vughtse Stucjes" quilt bee tonight at my house.
Still have to sew the mitered corners, but I will manage before 8pm.....


Happy sewing,
Rose-Anne

Homework.......done!!

Little Carrousel

Last Friday we got together for the 9th part of the mystery by Françoise. It was the first time we met after she closed her shop in Den Bosch.  So we came to her 'atelier' at her home.
Today I sewed all the parts of the little Carrousel together, so my homework for summer is done!!
Look how cute the carrousel turns out with the horse, carriage and elephant.
Very eager to find out what will happen in the borders....
For that I will, unfortunately, have to wait a while.
But I have enough little projects to keep myself busy.

Enjoy summer,

Rose-Anne

Mystery part 7

In between working in the garden and dusting (outside of the house is being painted) I managed to get started with part 7 of the little mystery.
Next week we will already get the next part, so I will have to do some gardening inside.

part 7

Pretty little flowers and one with a special ribbon for Françoise.

special Quilterij flower

It will be a row of 5 flowers

Happy sewing,
Rose-Anne

Part of the mystery solved???

Last week I finished part 6 of the little carrousel mystery quilt. And I think I solved part of the mystery!!!

part 6 sewn together with part 2

will this be the lay-out? only Françoise knows....

Happy sewing,

Rose-Anne

First Quilt Bee at my new home

Last night our quilt bee got together in my new home for the first time. Finally I have enough light and no more stuff on the dining room table and was ready to receive the ladies. We did some sewing, quilting and had a look at my sewing room. 

For me this group is very important, because I am new in town. It gives me the feeling of being part of something special, sharing the passion for fabric and quilting.

I was so excited that I forgot to take pictures!! Here are some pictures from the day after......


Here some pictures of the show and tell in my sewing room.

my teapots with handkerchiefs waiting to be sewn into a quilt

Shanghai red triptych made for a challenge  

Hawaiian block I made in Shanghai

Here some pictures of the dining room where we had a very productive and entertaining quilt bee.
We even might have found ourselves a name.....

dining room with added light

I was working on my mystery block 6

basket with flannels for doll making was a hot item for 2 ladies

Happy sewing,

Rose-Anne

Mystery part 5 Little Carrousel

I started working on part 5 of the mystery quilt.
It's lots of fun. Will have to add some beading to give it the same bling as the other stitchery.

part 5

carriage with lots of bling

Happy sewing,

Rose-Anne