How do you know that you are a quilter?

You Know you are a Quilter If........
There's more Fabric in the House than Food
"Fat Quarters" are not the heaviest part of your body
Your ironing board is always set up but you never iron clothes
You think of your job as an interruption of your quilting time
You pet Fabric
People are always picking threads off you
You can measure a scant 1/4 by eye
"Featherweight" Doesn't mean Boxer
Your "UFO's" are not from outer space
You clean up your sewing room & they think you are leaving

I found this on a quilterscommunity and wanted to share it with you. 
 

Sunday Jane-C5/K5

C5-Eye of the Cyclone and K5

Big Dot Dress

Last year I made a blue summer dress with big white dots on it.  I don't know why but I only wear it one time.
Today it's gonna be a warm and sunny day and I just refound my dress somewhere in the back of my closet. With some lovely espadrilles creating a summerlook. So look what I'm wearing today.

 I'll think the first  gives the right match. But I love the white Tommy Hilfiger Shoes too.

New Phone

A few days ago I purchased a new phone.
I not a person that buys a new phone every year.
 I will take you to a tour. You'll see the phones I owned.
This one was my first, I think it was in 1992 but it could be 1 year earlier because I'm not quite sure. It was a really big one. When I want to take it with me in my little bag I had to take of the antenne!At this one you see that the antenne is shortened.

Then I got this one, everybody was laughing out loud when my old big phone was ringing and it was time to get a new one.(I thought this was the Nokia 3310)

In 2001 or 2002 I purchased this one. It was great because I could connect it with my palmtop and the GPRS from my phone connect with the citymaps of my palmtop. Wow I had my own Gadwinsytem with this!
I really loved this phone because it had infra-red so it could talk to my laptop. I could swap with it and email and it even had bluetooth. It was a very good phone and it is still working. But it had bluetooth1 and everything else has now a days bluetooth 2 so it can't connect anymore. My palmtop died years ago and is replaced by a notebook and I have a  little gadwinsystem for in my car, I have cards to travel trough whole Europe. And the emailfunction doesn't work anymore because my provider doesn't support that function for this phone anymore. So after 8 or 9 years it was time for a new one.

And a few days ago this 3G 5230 phone . I LOVE IT!!! First I was looking for the HTC mini but I'm a Nokia lover so it was Nokia again. (And it has internet, email and citymaps, isn't it awesome!) How long would this one last?

Recipe on Donkey and the Carrot site

You really should try this recipe, or at least take a look at it here:  The Donkey and the Carrot Recipe
And she has a great blog too!

Sunday Jane-C9/K9

C9-Jane's Tears and K9-Scouts Honor

DIY Home Made Yoghurt

I saw this recipe at Emma's Red Velvet Blog. So you can make your own yoghurt.
http://redvelvetgirls.typepad.com/emma/2010/04/diy-homemade-yogurt.html
Emma has a awesome blog and I just spend already an hour reading...

For the Dutch readers I put another yoghurt recipe. Voor Nederlandse lezers een iets ander yoghurt receptje.

Wat heb je nodig:
Melk (Als je volle yoghurt wilt neem volle melk. Voor halvolle yoghurt neem halfvolle melk.)
Verse gewone yoghurt 
Lege fles of pot
Pan
Huishoudfolie
Keukenthermometer

Voor veel yoghurt heb je ook veel melk nodig maar om uit te proberen beginnen met 100 ml. Zo kan je ontdekken of het lukt en of je het lekker vind.
Melk in de pan en verwarm het tot 85 graden, wel blijven roeren.
Laat de melk weer afkoelen tot 40 graden.
Meng 2 theelepeltjes yoghurt door de melk. Als je meer yoghurt wilt maken is die twee theelepeltjes ook genoeg. De yoghurt zorgt ervoor dat de reactie in gang word gezet zodat de melk word omgezet tot yoghurt. Als je nu heel veel yoghurt wil maken doe er dan 1 of 2 lepeltjes extra bij om het proces goed op gang te laten komen
Zet dit op een warme plek, het is de bedoeling dat het ongeveer 40 graden blijft. Hier moet het 18 tot 24 uur blijven staan.
Bewaar de yoghurt na die tijd in de koelkast of op een koude plek.Zo voorkom je doorzuring.
En joepie!!! Je hebt Yoghurt!! Wil je vruchtenyoghurt, doe er dan wat aardbeien of  bramen in. Aardbeien kan je zelfs kweken binnen of op je balkonnetje.Zo heb je goedkoop heerlijke yoghurt gemaakt.

I'm looking for a very good and easy recipe for  ayran. This is Turkish Yoghurt.

                                                                        büyük ayran

Stevie Wonder

I love Stevie Wonder!
Especially the song Overjoyed.
Listen and Enjoy!
Overjoyed

Garden Angels

This quilt I made a while ago. I did the applique on the machine and boy it was tons of fun to do it!

 

Sorry , maybe the sun stripe bothers you, but it wil give a good impression anyway.

Halva or Halawa

It's called Halva or Halawa and I want to find some recepies with it. Do you have some for me?
This is Halawa with nuts but there is also a plain Halawa and one with chocolate!

Sunday Jane-A7/M7

A7- Dad's Plaids and M7- Junko's Garden

I did the M7 with freezerpapare but I always having trouble with the last part. When I take out the freezerpaper, my applique goes wrinkeling..Maybe some ironing will help.

Update Josephs Coat Quilt

On my table there are leaves all over. Time to put some on my designwall and see how it gonna look.

Making old coasters new and modern.

How do you give your old coasters a new and modern look.

This is how you do it:

Look in all your cabinets for old ugly coasters.
Take a nice piece of fabric of a paper with a beautiful print.
Draw circles on the fabric or paper.

Then take your own home made look-a-like modge podge glue.

 You can find the recepie here:http://maksitaksi.blogspot.com/2010/05/home-made-modge-podge-look-like-glue.html

Glue the coasters wel.

Put the fabric or papers on it and glue the edges extra.

Let it dry. If you want you can add something extra on your coasters. I did some Dutch mills and wooden shoes.

Let it dry.

Then put some glue all over your coasters and let it dry again.

Here are your beautiful new modern looking coasters.

To Celebrate!

I love to make flag with names on it. Its always a special gift for someones birthday don't you think?

Take care!

Home Made Modge Podge Look-a-Like Glue

Home Made Modge Podge Look-a-Like
1 3/4 Cup of water, 1/4 Cup of sugar, 1/4 Teaspoon (cinnamon) oil , 1/4 Cup flour (no matter wich you choose), 1/2 Teaspoon alum (powdered)
Put the sugar, flour and alum in a pan.
Add 1 cup water and keep stirring.
Boil it until clear and smooth but keep on stirring. Remove it from the heat.
Add water and oil. Use less water if you want more thickness. Stir until its mixed well.
Store your own home made glue in glass container with airtight lid.

Home Made Modge Podge Look-a-Like with some shine:
White glue, I use cheap glue voor wood and some water
Take 3 Cups of glue on 1 Cup of water or less but always use 3 to 1. (3:1)
Put some water, not to much and see if the thickness of the glue is ok for you.
Than add 2 theespoon of vernis( it has to be waterbased). Stirr it. Then put your home made glue in a glass container with an airtight lid.

Modge Podge Look-a-Like met wat glans:
Meng 3 delen witte lijm (goedkope houtlijm volstaat) op 1 deel water. (Dus 3 staat tot 1)
Voeg naar eigen inzicht water toe om de gewenste textuur en de dikte te krijgen.
Voeg 2 theelepels vernis (op waterbasis) toe voor de glans. Bewaar je zelfgemaakte lijm in een glazen pot met luchtdicht deksel.

Home Made Modge Podge Look-a-Like:
1/4 kopje suiker,
1/4 kopje bloem maakt niet uit welke,
1/2 theelepel gepoederde aluin,
1 3/4 kopje water,
1/4 theelepel olie (kaneelolie),
Doe suiker, bloem en aluin in een pan. Voeg geleidelijk aan 1 kop water toe, blijf roeren om klonten te verwijderen. Kook tot de substantie maar blijf roeren. Haal van het vuur en voeg water en olie toe. Gebruik minder water voor een dikkere lijm. Roer tot het goed is gemengd. Bewaar je zelfgemaakte lijm in een pot met luchtdichte deksel.