slowly, but constant

is my Baby growing
Last block I finished is G 8,
YES all the points are fine, just the picture isn't good

BTW:
27 days until I meet Bonnie
AND Caroline, from Belgium
AND Valerie, from France
AND Carolyn, from Maine
we 3 are members of a private, little Yahoogroup who met at the DJ Retreat in Shipshewana! isn't that exciting?

DJ class and

Last Monday the 1th DJ classes took place.
I showed the progress on my Row Jane and explained the measurement of the sashing and triangles. How to add the kites and the scalloped border. The mainfocus was on F 5 this time to explain handsewing.

While I was in the shop somebody crashed my car ............ grrr its younger than one year. Of course mine is the Ibiza ...

slow like a snail

this weekend I spent many hours in my studio, working on a Christmas Row Jane
made in 2oo5 with participants from the States, UK and me. Susan
was one of the ladies. It waited 5 years now to get finished. Due to the fact that I'm teaching a Dear Jane class locally I'll get practice with the border and scalloped edges on this UFO - NOW
I asked for input on a private Yahoo group and Barbs proposal was to add stars into the kites - because of the Christmas fabrics
I choose F 7 Star Struck for 3 corners and will do G 6 Papa's Star in the 4th corner. To get it matching I'll do it it 3,5 inches and frame it like F 7

Unfortunately I made the wrong fabric choice, it would have been much better to have a red background and a golden star ....
But I learned a lot - stay tuned

Next question:
would you do the fabric of the scalloped border
in creme/golden or in red ?????????????
HELP please

a n d BTW: there are 3 spots left in the pay it forward game ....

Pay it forward 2011

Pay it forward 2011:
I promise something handmade to the next 4 people who leave a comment here. However, to be eligible, you must repost this status, offering something handmade to 5 other people. The rules are that it must be handmade by you and it must be sent to your 5 people sometime in 2011.
One person signed in already: Caroline... - WELCOME!!

This game is supposed to be continued

I posted this also on my Facebook account - and will close here, when I got 4 more people

Excited !!!! - just 45 days from today

Caroline from Brussels and I are two of a bunch of lucky quilter who are going to have a workshop with - TADA - YES - drumroll - with
Bonnie Hunter from North Carolina
She is running a fabulous blog and has a GREAT website with many, many FREE patterns - especially for scrapquilt lovers. Watch the right side of the screen under "Free Scrap Quilt Patterns"
She is such a generous, clever and efficient person. She teach how to use scraps!

Caroline and I met via the dearjane community and visited each other more than once. In 2oo5 we where supposed to travel together to the DJ Retreat in the lovely Amish village Shipshewana, Indiana. Unfortunately she had serious health issues, so I had to travel on my own. Glad to meet her again!
Like another Janiac ( hi Rosemary! ) we started counting the days:
45 days until we meet near Stuttgart.

"Cathedral Stars" is the workshop we are doing together on Friday.

In the evening we'll see Bonnie's trunkshow

and to make it complete I was lucky to get a seat in "Star Struck" on Sunday, which is planned in violet and green mainly.

I played with EQ to plan ahead the size I like, no need for that big quilts here.
YES, I know both patterns are on her website for free, but I think it is much more fun to meet her in person!
happy dancing here

My taupe DJ 23-0-0-208

During the weekend I managed to make 2 Birthday DJ blocks for a Janaic from Finland in white-on-white/blue. The blocks for the next Birthday are prepaired in musling/red/orange.
For my baby I did M 12, pic later
- my printer just isn't cooperating, due to missing ink .....
wishing everybody a nice Monday

H 12 - Hannah's Heart - variations

Due to the fact that I'm the frontwoman of a Dear Jane group at the LQS I'm in charge to analyze the blocks more seriously than I would, if I just sew my Baby.
H 12 is an interesting block, which I sewed many times before for various charity projects (healing hugs quilts)
When I looked at this welknown block seriously I realized the difference between the original block made by Jane Stickle and the scetch Brenda Papadakis signed.
Somewhere in the worldwideweb I found the way to do it closer to Janes' version.
Unfortunatly I don't remember where - so if somebody knows the IT adress please let me know, I'ld love to give credit.


I pieced 8 triangles for the heartshapes ( see my picture from the back ) and appliqued the outer frame of the background fabric on top of it. This was a littly tricky because of the sharp points ....

The white-on-white / icy blue version is going to be an addition to some swapped blocks I have so far. A new built European Dear Jane Club is swapping Birthday blocks in colors we ask for - so my frosty blocks will get some company during 2o11.

I 1 is also finished - so it reads now
My taupe DJ 22-0-0-189

A 6 Dad's Plaids

simple, but pretty and ready

A 3 - Hunters Moon

is just reday - made during the TV evening
tricky block


- will have to prepair another one for my students later to show them how to do this block
The 2nd block will me made from my white-on-whites and frosty blues with silver
Now my signature line is reading
My taupe DJ 20-0-0-151
http://beadtex.blogspot.com

my first DJ block in 2o11

is a compensation for the simple M 10
somewhere I saw an interesting block which I signed in EQ. Today I made it from my taupe fabrics - very little contrast here ....

WELCOME: HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New Year to everybody!
we are celebrating the easy way, just the 2 of us -
AND the scared doggie of course, Nelli hate Sylvester
too much noise outside

HEALTH, love, friends, creativity and time that's what counts the most for me

Frohe Weihnachten - Merry Christmas

Den Besuchern meines blogs wünsche ich ein frohes Weihnachtsfest und eine schöne Zeit im Kreise Eurer Lieben

"Zwischen den Jahren" wünsche ich Euch Zeit zum
Faulenzen, Lesen, Spazieren, Nähen oder Quilten,
Sticken oder Stricken oder an der Eisenbahn
Ich werde hoffentlich einige DJ Blöckchen nähen können -
und was habt Ihr geplant?

Merry Christmas to my English spoken readers
Enjoy the free time before the New Year arrives
I hope you'll have time to be
lazy or read or walk or sew or quilt or knit or embroider
What do you prefer?

doppelte Chance

Juchhu - Ilona verlost die gleichen Goddies wie Irene vom Bastelzimmer
wenn das nix ist ...... viel Glück

Chance

heute möchte ich auf ein tolles Candy hinweisen, das allerdings ich zu gewinnen hoffe ;-)

Engel

Wer einen Engel sucht und nur auf die Flügel schaut,
könnte eine Gans nach Hause bringen.
( von Georg Christoph Lichtenberg)

8th of December

Today I got a cute little santa and Mrs. Dr. Susan bucket (to translate the German name: Frau Dr. Elke Eimer) - so funny

and I finished 2 DJ blocks: B 3 und E 1 during TV time in the evening

Nikolausi * Teil 2

Morgens dauert es immer ein Weilchen, bis ich RiCHTiG wach bin .....
Nachdem ich nun schon gut eineinhalb Stunden wach war entdeckte ich ein verstecktes Pakerl mit einer sehr interessanten Form

Dem Papier nach zu urteilen, muß mein Mann zumindest beim Einpacken geholfen haben.

Wir hatten dieses hübsche Tablett vor einiger Zeit an einem Sonntag im Schaufenster gesehen und er ist dann extra nach Nördlingen gefahren. Die Verkäuferin meinte erklären zu müssen, dass es so abgeschabt aussehen MÜSSE - worauf er sagte, er wisse das nenne man Shabby Chic .... Ihr Gesicht hätte ich gern gesehen.

Nikolausi

Entgegen unserer Familientradition habe ich in diesem Jahr kein Gläschen Eierlikör für den Nikolaus und keine Schale Milch für das Rentier vor die Tür gestellt.
Zum Glück ist der Nikolaus aber trotzdem zu mir gekommen. In dem Adventskalender meines Mannes

fand ich eine Hör CD auf die ich mich schon sehr freue: "Charlotte MacLeod's Mörderische Bescherung"
Da meine Freundin mich in diesem Jahr ebenfalls mit einem Adventskalender überrascht hat konnte ich mich noch über lustig gestreifte, mollig warme Kniestrümpfe freuen.



Das Pakerl von ihr habe ich allerdings noch nicht ausgepackt, da mein Paket an sie -trotz der Ansage, es wäre am nächsten Tag dort noch nicht angekommen ist. Ich habe es am Donnerstag versandt.
Also gibt es später hier sicher einige Bilder zu sehen

For my English spoken readers:
I'm talking about "Nicholas"
In the morning of the 6th of December especially children are curious what Nicholas put in their boots during the night. I love to celebrate this day, may be that's the child in me. Pictures later
BTW: we are getting new snow today!

Menschen

Menschen zu finden, die mit uns fühlen und empfinden,
ist wohl das schönste Glück auf Erden.
Spitteler
** Du weißt, wer gemeint ist **

Advent und seine Freuden

Dieses Jahr bin ich reich beschenkt zum Advent
"jo, iss denn scho Weihnachten?"
This year I got many, many lovely gifts:


Ines, meine Tochter hat mich mit einem schönen, lila Adventgesteck erfreut - selbst gemacht, in ihrem Lieblingsblumenladen "Rosengarten"
My daughter Ines made this cute Advent-decoration for me - in my favorite color: violet

My dear husband surprised me with a little box, inside 24 little parcels, for every day until Christmas (we are celebrating on the 24th). How cute - AND wrapped in violet paper ;-) Today I found this cute little horse, it now is standing at the frontdoor. Damit hast Du mir eine GROßE Freude gemacht!



My friend Monika sent a big parcel to my Birthday, one big box is filled with 24 packages as well, so I have to open 2 gifts every day! pictures later -
Doing a happy dance here