A finished block and a Christmas Ornament

Block eleven is done! I want to have this finished at the end of July, so I'm right on schedule with only one block to go.
And I loved stitching this block, the coulours appeal to me and of course a schoolhouse is my favorite building LOL.

Last Tuesday Carol from the HoE board let me know the ornament I stitched was received and she liked it! I did the finishing on this one twice. At first I finished it as a flat ornament, but the result wasn't like I wanted it to be. It was't flat at all! So I did the finishing again and sent it to Carol only three days late.

Less stitching time

It's the end of the schoolyear and for me that means there are a lot of parties, saying goodbyes to colleagues, festivities that are all planned in these last weeks. So I was a few evenings out of the house,  and had less time to stitch or knit. Yet I have accomplished some progress on block 11 of the Village.

Today was a rainy day, a perfect day to stay at home and knit clue 4 of the Mystery KAL. Part 4 is n't finished yet, I hope to do it this evening.  If so, I'll add a picture by tomorrow. 
Edited June 26th: Here's a picture of part 4, it's a bit overlighted, but you can see the pattern and that's what matters ;)

KAL Summer Mystery

Last blogpost I told you there was a festival of quilts. Well, here is an update.  A French lady showing boutis or trapunto took some pictures of me and my friends. You can see them here. The friendly lady showed beautiful boutis and I promised myself to learn it, one day...
My own progress is slowly but steady.  I started block 11 of the Village.

And did I show you pictures of the KAL I am involved in? It's running through a Yahoogroup I'm in, there's a clou every Saturday, five in total.  Yesterday the third part was available and today it's finished! 

Festival of Quilts

 This weekend there was a Festival of Quilts in the province of Groningen. No way I could miss this, so last Friday four friends and I went to visit the churches, windmills and community centres in some lovely villages. Because we couldn't  visit all the locations in one day  I went again today, this time with DH. Here is an impression of the quilts we saw and the beauty of Groningen. 
There was one artist I want to mention in special, Henk van Kooten. He does the most wonderful applique. The Kimono is his work and the pictures after the kimono too. 

A creative solution, block 10 done!

Today was a perfect day to stitch. It was a cold, dark sunday and all my household jobs were done. So I sat down on the couch and stitched. Until I found out I had been miscounting. I missed a WHOLE row of stitches in the border of the last three blocks. And I almost finished one of them. How to handle? Frog the whole block? No way! So I  figured out how to adjust the block, without having to adjust the other two blocks two.  I shortened the border and tree trunks in the upper section with one stitch. I frogged the bottom row and added a green row in it. After that I stitched the bottom row again. Is that creative or what?!

Next thing to show is my progress on Silvia. I have three repeats and a bit more done now. I think this comes along pretty well.

A break at Whitsun

DH and I travelled to Germany for a little break and enjoyed three sunny days at a lovely hotel. We enjoyed a good breakfast, a lovely dinner at a terrace, a boattrip across the Rhein and sore feet LOL  And, surprise, no time to knit or stitch, apart from the knitting I did during the car ride. This is a 'before' picture (one repeat), I have now three repeats done.

We did do something quiltrelated though, we (read: I) visited two quiltshops, *click at the pictures*

 

and purchased a few FQ's and a lovely yarn.

When we got home I did stitch almost all day, so I have to show you the result of VHRH in the sun! Block 10 almost done!

As I use to do here are some pictures of our trip. 

This lady and I have something in common: sore feet!

After a good breakfast we are ready for a long day of sightseeing.

We also did a boattrip on Rhein and Mosel, a convenient way to see things without having to walk LOL

Animal parade

Circus is in town so today it's animal parade! To start with, here are two oistriches. You have seen them before, but now this block is officially finished! As a fun detail I added two pieces of fabric that belonged to a friend. She and I did our Jane quilt together and now we are doing the Bride Quilt together. I think she doesn't remember I borrowed this little piece of fabric when we did our masterclass applique last winter. For her it might be just a piece of fabric, but for me it is more than that, it's a memory of our friendship and I hope to do more projects together!

And then there are four black horses. They belong to the Apple Orchard Farm, block ten of the Village of Hawk Run Hollow.