Fabric shopping update

I told you before, shopping fabric in the netherlands is not so easy. I used to order some in the states but the postal rates went up again and I had to pay taxes some time too. So I looked around in england, the rest of europe and japan for alternatives. I have some good ones on my shopping tab. I discovered a new one though in japan where shipping is free when you order more than 50 euro's! www.modes4u.com It takes some time to get here, but if you're not in a hurry... They don't carry all the lines, but they do have lot's of nice fabrics. And I was hunting for the new neon line by michale miller. A triangle quilt has been bubbling in my mind using lots of greys and neutrals and some flashy neons. What can I say I am a child of the eighties! I couldn't resist some texty fabrics, some stripes (lovely for any binding) and some little boys fabric!

See you soon!

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Hexing around

I have been working a lot and sewing very little these days. But yesterday evening I did add lots of new hexies to my stash. After three years of hexing I really needed to replace some papers, because they became to battered to work with. So I bought a hundred new papers and added the fabric to them last night with the supereasy glue method. I love the sight of piles of scrappy hexies, can't get enough of them!

I am getting somewhere with it after a few years of holiday and some couch sewing! I'm up to speed for my deadline, which is our retirement party.
So I can go at it tonight watching some new Scandal episodes, you gotta love those!
Wanna try doing some hexies. I have the link to a post explaining how in my sidebar!

See you soon!


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Feeling versatile

I made some "broken dishes" blocks for the may month of the Comfort circle (do good stitches), using this tutorial.  It's a really traditional block and easy to make.

The basis of this block, of many many blocks actually are HST's, Half Square Triangles.
To make them you basically cut 2 contrasting squares, lay them on top of each other, right sides facing each other. Take a pen and a ruler and draw a diagonal line with a pen. Then just sew two lines 1/4 inch form the line you drew.

Cut on the drawn line and voila. You have a square made of  two triangles. I'm always amazed as to what you can make of them using different layouts. Just some examples:

The possibilities are endless!




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