A day well spend

The first day of the New Year I spend reorganizing and cleaning out my sewing room.
We celebrated Sinterklaas surprise evening and a lot of crafty stuff was going on in the house. My room was a mess.
So I decided the first day of 2013 was cleaning day. Even my pins are in the right place.....

all my pins sorted....

And after that I still had some time to finish up two Christmas projects.

pennyrug started at the regiodag in Maasbracht

workshop @ Françoise Maarse

So all in all a very good start of the new year. How about you?
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

Organizing my sewing room

This weekend my son helped me putting up some shelves. Now I have to do the rest!!
I have found some treasures while unpacking and reorganizing. On a photo board, I made myself while living in Shanghai, I stuck some pictures from quilt outings in the US. And finally I can display my quilts on the wooden rack I bought while traveling to the Amish community in Indiana.

hiding my fabric stash from the sun

my Amish wooden laundry rack with quilts

Some pictures I found while going through all my papers. I stuck them on my Chinese fabric covered photo board.

Anita, myself and Angel in Paducah

Donna and myself at the quilt-in

In Paducah with Eleanor Burns

Now the final clean up and I am ready for big things!!!

Happy sewing,

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