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Muriël
Leiden, The Netherlands
If you want to contact me, do so by leaving a comment on my blog.
Interests: quilting, fabric, knitting, ceramics, felting, paper collage, cooking, reading, writing, cats, drawing, sewing
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Working on my skirt
How is it going with my goal for May, my skirt from feathery AMH fabric? I made the pattern, washed and ironed the fabric and cut out all the pieces of fabric needed for the skirt. So it is going... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at Hopfaldera
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Marcelle and Anouk
Today I want to show you my Marcelle Medallion. I don't have the book that the pattern is in (Liberty Love: 25 Projects to Quilt & Sew Featuring Liberty of London Fabrics by Alexia Abegg), but I do have the... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Giveaway winner!
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I am happy to announce that Kathy from Australia won the giveaway! Congratulations, Kathy! I will send the prize to you as soon as I can. I was a very lucky girl myself, because I also won a giveaway! I... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Grandmother's Choice update
I'm still working on the Grandmother's Choice block of the week project. Each week I make a block in red and white, and it's still fun. We've made 36 blocks now, only 13 to go! I'm already thinking of how... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Giveaway Day May 2013
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***The giveaway is now closed. The winner will be announced as soon as possible.*** It is Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day again!! Welcome to my blog, if you came over from Sew Mama Sew! And welcome back, if you have... Continue reading
Posted May 5, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Plan for May
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It's time to set a goal for the new month of A lovely Year of Finishes. This time it will be a project that I haven't started yet, but something I have been thinking about for a while. Actually, I... Continue reading
Posted May 1, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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A little house in Zierikzee
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A while ago I made a quilt block (for Charise in the Cocorico bee) picturing the house that my grandmother used to live in. My father liked the quilt block very much; it is also the house that he grew... Continue reading
Posted Apr 29, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Dank je, Rineke! Ik geloof dat ze nu weten wie het bericht heel geplaatst...
Toggle Commented Apr 25, 2013 on Finished picknick quilt at Hopfaldera
Finished picknick quilt
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I completed my Lovely Year of Finishes goal for April: to make a picknick quilt out of a quilt top I had made a long time ago. Here it is: The quilt is made of 14 Friendship star blocks and... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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On with the sampler
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I made another block for my sampler of some sort. It is the Squash Blossom block from a tutorial by Anita of Bloomin' Workshop. In this block you can see the background fabric that I'm using for this sampler. It... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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From Hope to Comfort
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From September 2010 until now I have been part of the Hope circle of do. Good Stitches. Do. Good Stitches is a charity quilting bee consisting of (many) circles that make a quilt each month for various charities. Hope circle... Continue reading
Posted Apr 4, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin If you want to you can follow my blog using Bloglovin. Continue reading
Posted Apr 4, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Plan for April
It's Lovely Year of Finishes goal setting time again! This month I want to finish a quilt that I have started a very long time ago. Years ago actually, way back when I was just starting out. I think I... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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This looks pretty good: http://www.dekoffiekar.nl/home/11
Toggle Commented Mar 30, 2013 on delivered cappuccinos and alec baldwin at angry chicken
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Round and round and round
I thought I would give you some eye candy to go with all the Easter candy that will be around this weekend. These are all photos of medallion type quilt blocks (or add-a-border blocks or round robin blocks) that I... Continue reading
Posted Mar 28, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Converging corners quilt finished
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Two bees with one stone... The members of two online quilting bees made blocks for this quilt using Kona Stone as the background fabric. Yes, I have finished my Converging Corners quilt (tutorial by Film In The Fridge) and so... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Getting there
How is it going with my goal for March? It's going pretty well. the quilt top, consisting of 24 blocks I have all the elements of the quilt sandwich ready to be piled on top of eachother and to be... Continue reading
Posted Mar 16, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Goal for March
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A dilemma: two days ago the fabric for my February goal finally arrived (safe and sound with a tax billl attached to it; 18.90 euro, I hope the government will spend it well ;-) ), so I could just repeat... Continue reading
Posted Feb 28, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Lone Star
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I did finish something this month, but not the project I had planned for A Lovely Year of Finishes. Unfortunately my fabric still hasn't arrived, but I still have hope, because just last week I received a quilt block that... Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Grandmother's Choice: we're half way there!
In the Grandmother's Choice Block of the Week we have just passed the halfway point. We've made 25 blocks, so that's a nice number to make a mosaic of. Here are my blocks: See the blocks from the whole group... Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Progress on Pippi
A little middle of the month progress report on my planned finish for February: it's not going very well :-( This is because the fabric that I ordered still hasn't arrived. I hope it will soon, but then I will... Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Sampler of some sort
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Besides setting monthly goals to finish projects this year (January, February), I am also starting a new project that I want to work on during the year or even longer maybe. It will be a sampler quilt inspired by the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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You cat sounds very cute!!
Toggle Commented Feb 2, 2013 on Goal for February at Hopfaldera
Goal for February
In this Lovely Year of Finishes my goal for February will be to finish my Pippi quilt top. The blocks for this quilt were made by my fellow members of the Cocorico bee. These are the wonderful blocks I received.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 1, 2013 at Hopfaldera
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Good tip! That would make the seams far less bulky. Thanks!!
Toggle Commented Jan 30, 2013 on Three zippers in one pouch at Hopfaldera
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