EQA

I went to the "The National Quilt Happening" in Belgium last Thursday, it was fun.
I saw some beautiful quilts and one Dear Jane quilt done by Fernande Authuys. 

To my surprise there were some small quilts from EQA (European Quilt Association) 

9 from each country. 

I took some pictures:

Iceland

Denmark

Britain

Finland

The Netherlands (This one I liked very much)

Luxembourg

Norway

Sweden

Germany

All of them very pretty. 

And of course I bought  some beautiful fabrics

I needed some brown for my planned tree quilt.

Now I'm off to play some golf, it is such a fine weather today.

Until next time

Happy stitching

Paula

Farmhouse Quilt

Now the strips have turned into houses, 

I'm machine appliqué this quilt with raw ends.

It is fun but I wonder how it will last.

Can anyone tell me?

I use "Lite Steam-A-Seam2".

12 houses are done, 

now I will have to work on the blocks in between.

My third block for "Sweet Nostalgia" was September block "Back to School".

I want to share with you a link to Edyta's video,

where she shows her fantastic quilt small/big bag

Have a look at this:

Bag/purse

You can find the pattern at her blog if you scroll down.

Until next time

Happy stitching

Paula

Have been making strips from fabrics I ordered from

 Patsy Thompson long time ago.

When I got this "Friendship Strips & Scraps" book by Edyta Sitar 

I found an opportunity to use that fabric.

I'm going to do this quilt on the cover. 

Actually I would like to do every single one in that book. 

The book is just great.

I have all hers books. 

She recommended Aurifil threads, so I ordered a kit,

to give it a try, and what a difference.

I have been having problems with what I thought was my sewing machine,

but it turned out to be the thread I was using.

This is what I'm knitting at the moment, a cardigan for my son.

Lovely Italian yarn from Lana Grossa,

 Merino Wool / Baby Alpaca / Cashmere. 

So soft and nice to work with.

I tried to get dye from that seaweed I told you about, but without success,

will keep trying.  

This yarn was dyed with dye I made from birch and mint.

Have also done some DJ blocks.

Thank you for stopping by, I would love to see what you are doing.

Until next time,

happy stitching.

Paula