Mokken voor een quiltster Mugs for the quilter

Op de poppenhuis beurs in Arnhem heb ik een paar mooie mokken gevonden. Sommigen hadden al een quilt tekst en anderen heb ik laten beschilderen. De foto's zijn niet zo duidelijk maar het geeft wel een idee.

At the dollshouse fair in Arnhem, the Netherlands, I found some nice mugs, I had some of them painted with texts for quilters and one of them had the text "I love quilting" already. The pictures are not all very clear, sorry for the bad quality but it gives an impression.

De mokken staan in de winkel, in de etalage en in de toonbank. Alle kleine details maken de winkel steeds realistischer.

I've put one of the mugs in the counter inside the shop, the others on the windowstills. These little details make the shop even better I think.

Since I was trying to make some pictures of the mugs I made some more inside the shop.

Borduurpakketten, compleet met linnen, patroon en garens

The packets of embroidery kits, they come complete with pattern, linnen and threads..

Er zijn ook pakketjes te koop voor de dames die het moeilijk vinden om lapjes bij elkaar te zoeken.

For those ladies who find it hard to choose fabrics, complete kits are sold and sets of fat quarters can be found in the shop.

Nog meer fat quarters en een plekje om te zitten en een boek door te bladeren.

More fat quarters and a place to sit down and look at books.

Achter de toonbank is het iets rommelig, zakken met vulling, meestal hobbs. De snijmatten beginnen een beetje door de buigen, niet de beste plek om ze te bewaren maar er is vraag naar dus moet het op voorraad zijn.Gelukkig zijn knoopjes en DMC garens keurig gesorteerd. Voor het DMC geldt, dat de juiste kleur snel gevonden is als je het nummer weet.

Behind the counter it is still messy, the shopkeeper has tried to order it a little. But the bags of batting have to be put somewhere. Of course you'll need different types and sizes. The cutting mats start to bend a little not the best place to store them, standing up like that. Luckily the DMC embroidery treads are sorted by number in the drawers, so it is very easy to find the right color as long as you have the number.

Another workshop

Some time ago I went to another workshop by Wim van Soest. I love his workshops because after a days work I go home with a finished product that looks beautiful.
This time I made a leather hatbox.

I made the hat a long time ago but it fits nicely inside.

I have followed other workshops before and some things I have put together for a picture. The chair and pillow are no workshops. The chair was made by a friend for my birthday some years ago and the pillow I embroided many years ago, the pattern comes from the dutch dollshouse magazine Poppenhuis en Miniaturen.

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Kladblogdag

Yesterday was the second time I went to the 'kladblog' day. A meet and greet day of miniaturist here in the Netherlands. Since I got a ride from some friends, I had to leave early and missed the workshop Lisette gave, which was a pity since she made a beautiful table.
A lot of people made small gifts for the others so it was a little bit like a gift bonanza!

The gifts varied from material to knitware, the little clown is knitted, and everything is beautiful!
Several people brought some of their work, and every time I enjoy looking at all the details. Some things are familiar because I had seen pictures on the blog but seeing it for real is always better.
And this was not all, Wil gave some wood and fineer and I entered a workshop swap and went home with 12 small workshop packets which I can make at home. So I know what to do the coming time.
Just a great day!

little quilt inside the shop

When I made the shop "Steekje los" ready for transport last week I noticed that I didn't have quilts inside the shop. There isn't space to hang them. So I took one of the smaller quilts from the quilt exhibition and a towelrack from one of the houses and put it in the shop. It looks good, so for the time being I will leave it like this. Now I have some space in the exhibition for a new quilt. The only problem is what kind of quilt to make... I like so many and have started to make a quilt in 1:1 scale, but I will think of something.



Little quilt in country colours



Making birthday gifts

For two of my miniature friends I made some birthday gifts. Of course I forgot to take pictures but luckily one of my friends made pictures.

One friend wanted some fruit, so I made banans, apples, oranges and grapes.

My other friend has a shop filled with angels. So I made this little angel, she can make a pillow or place it on the wall (embroidery on 16 treads per cm).

Nieuwe quilt New quilt

In het weekend het ik een klein quiltje afgemaakt. Het is gemaakt van kleine stukjes stof die over waren nadat mijn moeder een grote quilt had gemaakt. Het is een kleurige quilt geworden geïnspireerd door de quilts van Kaffe Fassett.  

During the weekend I finished a small quilt that I made some time ago. It is made from small pieces of fabric, left overs from a 1:1 quilt my mother made. It is very colorfull, inspired by quilts designed by Kaffe Fassett.

Op het moment hangt het quiltje in een kleine scene, maar of het hier blijft weet ik nog niet.
At the moment it hangs in a small scene... but I'm not sure if it will stay here.

Deze scene en twee anderen waren te zien bij het "Open huis" van de quiltwinkel "De Frottende Freule"

This scene and 2 others together with one of my shops were displayed at the "Open house" of a quiltshop called the Frottende Freule in Schildwolde in the north of The Netherlands.

Hier kijkt een bezoekster in de poppenhuis handwerkwinkel.
An unknown visitor is looking into the shop.