A Postcard From Holland

I am seeing Holland from the seat of a bike and from the deck of a barge.

Internet is hard to get,so I am sipping a Coke Light in a McDonalds in Leiden to access their free WiFi (or wiffy as they say here).

 

The weather has been pretty chilly and grey, but the bike riding has been great.  I'll share photos of the bikes and the barge in my next post.  For now, it will be mainly scenery.

Quilt Inspiration

Over 1000 windmills pepper the countryside.

 

 

Installation of a new Ambassador - pomp and circumstance

Finished Bicycle Book

I am so excited. I put the pages of the book together and it's done. There were many ways that I could construct the book. I decided that I wanted to be able to see all of the pages at once and chose an accordion style. Thinking about vertical or horizontal, I chose vertical so that I could hang it on the wall and everything would unfold. I used double sided fusible Pelltex inside each of the pages to make them stiff. Then a little beaded edge embellishing and ta da!

New Project

I have always wanted to make a fiber journal. I have a workshop coming up the middle of May and I have decided that I could use this format to demonstrate a lot of my techniques to personalize a quilt. I knew the perfect theme would be my love of cycling. I have been saving stuff for just this opportunity.

My goal is to do a page a day for 7 days and on the 8th day, construct my album. So, come back and visit daily to see each page.

1st page

I used a quote by John F. Kennedy and printed it on fabrics using my computer. Ric rac is framing the quote and sequins were attached with beads. I stitched the “pennies” onto silk dupioni with metallic thread, by hand.