Friday 22 November 2013

DUTCH DARLINGS 2

                                         Again the year is going to quick
                                                 it must be 25 November


                                         Yesterday evening I went to the Dutch Darlings
                                               ( levende klederdracht)documentary
                                        at the IDFA (international documentary film festival Amsterdam

                   It will be on Dutch TV Monday 25 Novemberr  ned 2 at 20.55 till 22.00 hour

 
some more pictures of Dutch costumes
 
Staphorst.
 

dutch darlings

                                       Yesterday evening I went to the Dutch Darlings
                                               ( levende klederdracht)documentary
                                        at the IDFA (international documentary film festival Amsterdam

                   It will be on Dutch TV Monday 25 October  ned 2 at 20.55 till 22.00 hour

The 3 Ladies are from Spakenburg
 
In the Netherlands are only a few villages
where you can see the traditional costumes
 
Most ladies are very old so this tradition will be gone in a few years
 

Thursday 10 October 2013

Beaver Island 2

                                               I show you some more pictures.



                                 Our friends from the 5th week made this round robinquilt top for us.
                                         Isabeau made the middle blog and they did the rest.

                                       Last year Kathy made  the middle block and 
                                        we from QuiltBee "NUT EN GENOEGEN"
                                         made the top Kathy did the quilting here it is

 
The signature block from us.
 
 
And Group 5 made this Quilt for Gwen.
She stops with the retreat after 30 years
 
 
some details of blocks

 
 

Tuesday 8 October 2013

BEAVER ISLAND QUILT RETREAT 2013 (1)

                                                         I was the last 2 weeks in the  USA
       The goal was The 30th BEAVER ISLAND QUILTREAT from GWEN MARSTON
 
You see us In front of the Quilt Week 5 from last year made for Gwen.
 
I share some Quilts which were made in the retreat
 
 
 
Last year I brought DUTCH Fabric for CATHY
She is making this quilt.
 
 
The rest of the pictures I show you the next weeks.

Monday 23 September 2013

ST. MARIE AUX MINES

                                               I was at the QuiltShow in ST. Marie Aux Mines.

                                               I saw a lot of people and quilts

                                               I want to share the Jonathan Holstein Quiltscollection.

                                               This collection was In Amsterdam in 1972.
                                                I asked him to sign the cataloge.
                                                He told me that he went to Dutch Musea
                                               and when he asked to show him their Quilts
                                               They told him we don't quilt here
                                               Strange when you see books with antique dutch quilts
                                               from AN MOONEN








 

 
 
 
 
The catalogue of 1972
 
 
 




Tuesday 10 September 2013

THE SHOW OF THE DUTCH QUILTERS GUILD.

               Last week I went to Alkmaar to see the quiltshow of the Dutch Guild.

                     There I saw some beautifull quilts I want to share with you.





 






 

 
 
                                                When I saw this Quilt I thought....
 
 
 
It looks like my antique Quilt.
I can imagine that she made the pieces much bigger.
 
 
Tomorrow I go on the way to Saint Marie aux Mines.
 
Abeltje gets company from a friend
 
 
 
 
 

Friday 30 August 2013

BIRMINGHAM 2

                  In Birmingham I met a nice lady from India her name is Geeta Khandelwal
                                          
                                 Quiltmania made a magnificence book with quilts from India.

                                I have been in India 5 times so I was trilled to see this Quilts.
                                It made me  to want to go back.
                                         
                                          


                                          Here you see Geeta Khandelwal(r) and Chura Gupte
                                                       In the booth of QUILTMANIA.

                                                              Another picture of the book :

                               Godharis of Maharashtra Western India by Geeta Khandelwal
                                                                  Published by Quiltmania

 
There was a expo of the quilts from the book
 
I went to a lecture about the quilts.
The difference with the way "we"quilt is that
these quilts are made from the border to the middle.
 
 




                                                                          Geeta In her Booth.
 

Thursday 15 August 2013

MANDY PATTULLO IN BIRMINGHAM

                               Last weekend I was at the Quiltshow in BIRMINGHAM
                                           I saw there  the little textiles works of

                                                         MANDY PATTULLO

                                                     www.mandypattullo.co.uk.