dinsdag 13 januari 2009
Nieuwe ideeën / New ideas
maandag 12 januari 2009
The past
Wel leuk om af en toe te doen want dan zie je dat je werk in de loop der tijd toch veranderd.
Ik leer dus nog steeds bij, fijn gevoel wel. Dit werk is vrij groot, 1,5 bij 2 meter. Gemaakt van gekochte batiks en zelfgeverfde stoffen. Ik vind hem nog steeds mooi maar wel erg ‘blokkerig’. Dat ik daar geduld voor had!
The last couple of weeks I am not very productive. Busy with all kinds of silly small jobs and other things. So, this time some kind out of sheer necessity, back to the past, the pre-blog-era, December 2006.
Nice to have some reflection because you see your work developing during time. I am still learning, feels good. This one is quit big, 1,5 * 2 meter. Made of commercial dyed batiks and hand dyed cotton. I still like it but it’s a bit ‘squary’. The patience I had!
maandag 5 januari 2009
Happy new year!
Zoals gezegd, Storm is klaar maar ik denk dat ik hem nog wel ga insturen voor een tentoonstelling dus ik laat alleen een detail zien. Eigenlijk irritant dat gedoe dat je een quilt niet gepubliceerd mag hebben voor een tentoonstelling. Past niet meer bij dit (internet) tijdperk. Ook nog een beetje aangerommeld met kleine werkjes. Probeersels.
Today I went for a walk through the snow with the dog. In my opinion I may stay until the end of March, immediately followed by spring. It always surprises me that the whole country turns upside down when having a little bit of snow (several centimetres). In countries with loads of snow and for a longer period this is not the thing. Strange kind of people we Dutch.
As I already mentioned, Storm is ready but I think I will try to apply for a show so I’ll only show a detail. I find it annoying actually not to publish anything about a quilt when applying for a show. A little bit old fashioned. Doesn’t fit with this (internet) era.
Also did some small things, just trying some things.
dinsdag 23 december 2008
Christmas
Voor jullie allemaal, fijne kerstdagen en een super 2009. Bedankt dat jullie mijn blog bezoeken!
Tree, Christmas bouquets, cards, presents, we are ready for Christmas. You too?
For all of you, a lovely Christmas and a happy 2009. Thank you for visiting my blog.
Cursus / Course
Gelukkig zijn we de afgelopen keer weer lekker met stofjes in de weer geweest. Les gehad van Els van Baarle. Gestempeld met zelf gemaakte en elkaars stempels. Volgende lessen gaan we de gemaakte stoffen verder pimpen, eerst weer met Els en daarna met Cherilyn Martin. Ik ben benieuwd.
I am sure now, I don’t like playing around with paper. I started a course called ‘Quilting Special’ a few months ago. It’s a quilting course that takes about to years. Various people from various art disciplines are the teachers. Making paper collages is part of the teaching material. And I have to say, it’s not my cup of tea. Nice to check whether certain combinations or colours fit together but my process of making a quilt is different.
Fortunately we worked with fabrics again last time. Els van Baarle was our teacher. We made stamps and used these to decorate fabric. The coming lessons we will pimp these fabrics, next time with Els again and later on with Cherilyn Martin. I am curious.
vrijdag 12 december 2008
Karweitjes/ little jobs
Soms liggen er stapels van. Dingen die bijna af zijn maar nog net niet helemaal. Waar nog een klein dingetje aan moet gebeuren. En die kunnen dan bij mij eindeloos blijven liggen. Bleh. Zo was er mijn jas. Al zeker 3 weken af. Zelfs de knoopsgaten er met de hand al in gefestonneerd! Het enige dat er nog aan moest gebeuren waren de knopen. Karweitje van niks eigenlijk. Vandaag vond ik dat het er maar eens van moest komen. De jas is echt superchic geworden. En dat voor iemand die het liefst in een oude spijkerbroek met dito trui en honde-uitlaat-laarzen rondloopt!dinsdag 2 december 2008
And now for something completely different …
Last Saturday I followed an silver clay workshop together with five friends. Nice to make something 3D every now and than. Silver clay is silver powder with a binding agent which lets itself handle like clay. During baking the binding agent vaporizes and the silver melts together. All what’s left is your silver jewellery. I made a necklace with earrings (the one bottom left). Despite this is 3D you can see the quilter in me in it. Some free motion quilting done and also de circles I intent to sew everywhere. At the end of the day we agreed that everyone made something that fits their character.
zondag 30 november 2008
Stellar finished
Ik ben niet zo van de kleine quiltjes, dus ik geef het maar toe, klein stukje gesmokkeld met het formaat. De A4 werd 5 centimeter groter. Aangezien ik niet kon verzinnen welk stukje ik eraf zou snijden heb ik het maar zo gelaten.
Today the challenge of Around the World in 20 Quilts came to an end. Finally it’s the 30th of November here as well. It’s an stretchy concept in this group since there are Australian ladies in it as well. ! I made a ‘classic’ stellar. By classic I mean a piece of the universe. It’s made of painted laminating sheet (within the circles), laminated together with angelina and tulle. Than I made a fleece of Golden clear Tar Gel with lots of threads and fibres in it. This I trimmed in comet tails. Sewed a lot of comet tails extensions on and foiled it a bit with gold. It was difficult to make a small piece, so, I’ll admit it honestly, it’s a tiny little bit taller than it should be (5 cm). I couldn’t decide which site to cut off.
donderdag 27 november 2008
Storm
Het idee voor de Storm quilt is er. Buiten de stofjes die de hele groep van mij gekregen heeft (grijze en blauwe tinten) heb ik nog turquoise, zeegroen en twee tinten oranje toegevoegd. De basistekening ziet er ongeveer zo uit. Wat stelt het voor zou je zeggen en hoe rijmt het met die storm. Nou dat zit zo, al zoekend naar de juiste vertaling van een zin waarin ‘Storm in je hoofd’ voorkwam, stuitte ik de volgende zin tegen ‘a storm broke loose in my mind’. Deze zin bleek uitgesproken door Albert Einstein toen hij de relativiteitstheorie bedacht. Ik als beta mens voelde mij meteen aangesproken. Einstein, een flinke storm op zee en een beetje relativiteit hebben tot het volgende ontwerp geleid. Dacht ik klaar te zijn met verven heb ik helemaal niet zo veel goede lichte kleuren. Morgen nog maar even snel bijverven.In eerste instantie wilde ik de ruimte om het hoofd heen opvullen met het klassieke quilt blok Storm at Sea maar ondertussen ben ik erachter dat er meer mensen in de DBL groep ‘iets’ met dat blok aan het doen zijn. Misschien bedenk ik me nog.
The idea for the Storm quilt is thought about. Except for the fabrics I dyed for the group (shades of grey and blue) I added turquoise, aquamarine and two shades of orange.
The basic drawing is like this. What’s that you should say and how does it fit with the theme.
Well, things are like this, searching for the right translation of a sentence about storm in your mind, I stumbled across this one ‘a storm broke loose in my mind’.
This sentence appeared to be said by Albert Einstein when he invented his theory of relativity. I, as a beta person (that’s how we name this in the Netherlands but don’t know whether this is the right expression for people who are more a science than a language/humanities person), felt appealed to that right away. Einstein, storm at sea and a bit of relativity brought me to this. I finally thought to be ready with dyeing but now I found out that I don’t have that much of lighter colors. A bit of dyeing again tomorrow I guess.
At first I wanted to fill the area behind the head with the classic quilt block ‘Storm at sea’, but I found out that more people of the DBL group are using that one. Maybe I’ll reconsider.
dinsdag 25 november 2008
Kleine dingen / small things
I have been busy with small things. I made a book cover with cows for a friend. The cows are printed on evolon and painted after that. The evolon is nice to work with, it goes right through the printer, it’s soft and easy to handle.
Inspired by Maggie Grey’s Textile Translations I experimented with several materials. As base I used a cleaning towel. With gesso I glued scrim and polyester fibre on it. Than painted, worked on with threads and heavily sewed. I didn’t like it at first, a bit messy.
Searching in the fabric stock I found some tulle with a plastic layer. I sewed it on top of it and treated it with the heat gun. My smoke alarm didn’t like that so the result was a lot of noise.
Finally I put some gold paint on.
maandag 24 november 2008
Een keertje overdoen / do it once again
Ik had nog wat grijze lapjes en garen nodig voor de Storm quilt. Even bijverven dus. Kwam tot de ontdekking dat verfpoeder blijkbaar ook iets van houdbaarheid kent, onhoudbaarheid in dit geval. Het restje onyx dat ik gebruikte om grijs te maken bleek behoorlijk blauw en op een of andere manier zeer hardnekkig. Ondanks heel erg verdunnen is al mijn stof garen nu min of meer donkerblauw geworden. Ik heb echt voor jaren genoeg blauw borduurgaren. Het oranje moest gelukkig wel oranje worden dus er is in ieder geval iets goed gegaan.
I needed some grey fabric and yarn for my Storm quilt. So a bit of dyeing was necessary. I came to the conclusion that dye powder definitely has got some kind of best-before date or in this case should I say a worst-after-date. The leftover onyx I used to make grey seemed very blue and very persistent. Despite the diluting all my fabric and yarn turned more or less dark blue. I have enough blue embroidery thread for the next years. Fortunately the orange turned out ok.
I needed some grey fabric and yarn for my Storm quilt. So a bit of dyeing was necessary. I came to the conclusion that dye powder definitely has got some kind of best-before date or in this case should I say a worst-after-date. The leftover onyx I used to make grey seemed very blue and very persistent. Despite the diluting all my fabric and yarn turned more or less dark blue. I have enough blue embroidery thread for the next years. Fortunately the orange turned out ok.
dinsdag 11 november 2008
Het is weer bijna zo ver / almost time again
There’s a bag ready to take with me. I begun with a small bag but in the meantime a larger one is necessary. Today I finished some things so I can bring them along tomorrow.
There was a piece of hand dyed silk that I turned in to a scarf and I finished the Around the World in 20 Quilts project. Since this should only be ready by the end of the month it has to remain a secret for a while. Only a detail picture.
maandag 10 november 2008
Experiment
Ik heb al helemaal zin om hier met naaimachine en hand borduren mee aan het werk te gaan.
I processed some of my flower photo’s in Paintshop Pro and printed them.
From left to right I printed on: Lutradur, teabag paper, nappy liner, cleaning cloth and some fake-paper towel. No idea which material the last one is made of, but it’s strong en waterproof. The print on Lutradus is much to light, to less contrast in the picture but the others are beautiful. The teabag paper is very vulnerable. It ripped in a second. I definitely want to start sewing and embroidering these.
donderdag 6 november 2008
1, 2, 3, Start
At last I laid out some stuff for the Stellar project of Around the World in 20 Quilts. I made some fleece with leftover threads and fibres and Golden Clear Tar Gel. It worked remarkably well. As base I used a silicon baking sheet, it won’t stick on the sheet. The advantage of the Clear Tar Gel is that (as in the name) it’s clear, flexible and waterproof.
Furthermore I painted a laminating sheet and put some angelina and glitter between. I’m still not in the mood for this one. Both the assignment as the size are not my favourite (Sorry Chloe). But, a challenge is a challenge…
zondag 2 november 2008
Regenachtige dag / Rainy day
Het was gisteren zo’n typische herfstdag, regen, regen, regen. Wanneer ik ook naar buiten keek, aldoor vielen er druppels. Een geweldige dag dus om je op te sluiten in je hok. Grote pot thee erbij. Eerst maar eens een kleine reorganisatie doorgevoerd. Ik moest altijd zo veel moeite doen om mijn verf te pakken dat ik e
r al bij voorbaat geen zin meer in had. De verf staat nu dus recht boven mijn hoofd. Ik hoef niet eens meer op te staan om het te pakken. Goede zet. Meteen lekker gaan knoeien met verf. Natuurlijk niet eerst iets ouds aan gedaan dus ik kijk maar even niet naar de nieuwe trui die ik aan had. Wellicht is hij nu niet meer zo nieuw.
Yesterday was a typical autumn day, rain, rain, rain. Whenever I looked through the window, raindrops all the time. A magnificent day to lock yourself up in ones ‘glory hole’. With a full teapot. First a small reorganisation. I always had a lot of trouble getting my paint that I didn't feel at all like it in advance. The paint is now right above my head. I don’t need to stand up at all. Well done. I started painting at once. Of course I didn’t put on something old so now I don’t want to look at my new sweater for a while. I could be that he is not as new as I thought he was.
Ook flink in de weer geweest met de kraag van mijn jas. Hij is nu in het stadium dat ik eerst maar even de jas in elkaar zet en dan ga kijken of er nog iets met de kraag moet gebeuren.
Worked hard on the collar of my coat. It’s in the phase that I should put it together first and than decide whether something has to be done with it.
Ook nog een aantal gekregen snollige, glimmende stofjes (ik hou daar wel van) aan de brander onderworpen maar die stribbelden iets meer tegen dan verwacht. Wellicht omdat het gordijnstoffen waren en ik kan mij zo voorstellen dat daar iets van brandvertrager in zit. Toch een leuk broddeldingetje geworden.
I also experimented with the heat tool. I received some vulgar, shiny fabrics (I love them) but they where a bit resistant under the heat tool. Maybe it’s because it seem to be curtain and decorating fabrics who are more fire resistant. Nevertheless it was nice making.
Yesterday was a typical autumn day, rain, rain, rain. Whenever I looked through the window, raindrops all the time. A magnificent day to lock yourself up in ones ‘glory hole’. With a full teapot. First a small reorganisation. I always had a lot of trouble getting my paint that I didn't feel at all like it in advance. The paint is now right above my head. I don’t need to stand up at all. Well done. I started painting at once. Of course I didn’t put on something old so now I don’t want to look at my new sweater for a while. I could be that he is not as new as I thought he was.
Worked hard on the collar of my coat. It’s in the phase that I should put it together first and than decide whether something has to be done with it.
I also experimented with the heat tool. I received some vulgar, shiny fabrics (I love them) but they where a bit resistant under the heat tool. Maybe it’s because it seem to be curtain and decorating fabrics who are more fire resistant. Nevertheless it was nice making.
vrijdag 31 oktober 2008
Inspiratie, wat is dat / Inspiration, what’s that
Pff, sometimes it happens, no inspiration at all. That’s now. I want to start a lot of things but really starting, forget it. I fancy my own project for the Dutch Bag Ladies, Storm. I already know what to make, so I don’t know what’s preventing me from starting. Furthermore I have to make a start with the haiku assignment Emmy gave us, I haven’t got the faintest idea what that will become. Also the Stellar project of Around The World in 20 Quilts is shouting at me. But I’m not in the mood for that one yet. It have to be in A4 size and for me that’s such an enormous finicking. My coat is still going strong. The collar is almost finished. It’s becoming as thought of. Thang God for that because I always get sick of it when my hands doesn’t seem to make what my head already thought out. To get myself going I just doodled around on the sewing machine with this result.
maandag 27 oktober 2008
Tassie / Bag
dinsdag 21 oktober 2008
Structuren / structures
In de zomer denk ik altijd, ‘oh bleef het maar altijd zomer’. Maar als het herfst wordt vind ik dat toch weer lekker. Beetje waaien, beetje regen en vooral, lekker veel kleuren buiten. Eigenlijk is de afwisseling gewoon leuk. In de herfst maak ik ook altijd veel foto’s van structuren. Of ze er nou meer zijn of dat ik er meer oog voor heb, ik weet het niet. Afgelopen week was ik in Inzell, in het zuiden van Duitsland. De herfst was daar al een stuk verder dan in Nederland. Prachtige rode en gele bomen en blauwe luchten. Echt genieten.Actually the change of seasons is nice. In autumn I always make a lot of pictures of structures. I don’t know whether there are more structures than of that have more eye for it. Last week I was in Inzell in the south of Germany. Autumn was much further there than it is here in Holland. Beautiful red and yellow trees and bright blue skies. I enjoyed it.
vrijdag 10 oktober 2008
Tassie / Bag
I am busy making a coat of woollen fabric. But actually I am more busy with all matching things. The coat will be made of double sided wool, black with dark brown. I also bought two other colours. Red/orange and light green/dark green. I will make a matching bag of that.
Furthermore I want to make a stole and I want to embellish the collar of the coat. In the mean time the pattern is already cut. I only have to sit behind the sewing machine for an hour or so because the fabric doesn’t have to be seamed. But one way or the other, the work doesn’t run well. I think all the matching things are done soon, than it will turn cold but than my coat isn’t finished yet.
dinsdag 7 oktober 2008
Dutch Bag Ladies
Yesterday we came together with the DBL Group. It was a pleasant and inspiring day. Some of us saw each other for the first time but fortunately everyone spoke the textile language. Funny to see the differences in computing the mandala. Some used just a piece, made a new part or repeated parts. Willy was our host and she spoiled us terribly. It was my honour to invent the new assignment. I choose the theme Storm. I gave everyone a piece of hat fabric, some fibres and 5 pieces of dyed fabric. I am curious to see what one will make of that. I already know what to do myself
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