My klas by Elaine Barnard - HUISTOE

Ek het die klas van Elaine Barnard baie geniet!  In murg en been is ek 'n tradisionele kwilter, maar geniet dit so af en toe om sommer net ietsie anders te doen.
Tydens die klas het Elaine ons gewys om met Bird's Nest en ander garings sommer so maklik te skep op 'n wateroplosbare materiaal.
By die huis gekom met my skepping, was daar darem net te veel gate in na my sin en ek het daar en dan begin om lappies en wolle by te voeg.

Ek het 'n foto geneem van die pad wat ek van Colesberg af altyd terugry na 'n klas.

Elaine het gese ons kan fotos saam bring na die klas en dit was presies wat ek gedoen het.

Ek het oor alles gestik soos sy ons in die klas gewys het.

En die hele prentjie het begin verander na iets wat ek kon herken!

Toe het ek vir die blok kante gemaak om dit diepte te gee.

En dit in 'n regte kwilt verander.  Oom Manie het vir my 'n hek gemaak en my eie persoonlike man, Stoney, het vir my 'n kleiner windpomp gemaak.  Elaine het vir elkeen van ons ook 'n windpomp van draad in ons kit gegee, maar dit was 'n bietjie te groot vir my skepping.
En hier is dit:  HUISTOE

Die kwiltfees is verby!

Ons kwilt nou 'n bietjie aan ons eie kwilte en geniet net al die komplimente!

Hier kiep-kiep, daar kiep-kiep......

My tafel in die kombuis het ‘n glasblad op om die kwilt op die tafel te beskerm.

‘n Glasblad kan maklik skoon gehou word, maar die lawaai is iets om op ‘n ander dag te bespreek!

Toe het ek vir my plekmatjies vir die vier sitplekke gemaak en die tema kon nie anders as hoenders wees nie, want my kombuis is omtrent iets soos ‘n hoenderhok!

Something sticky to stitch: Guinea fowl

Sometime ago, a few of my quilter-students have put in the request for me to teach them to do an Art Quilt.

I have done an Art Quilt in a class where Kathryn Harmer-Fox was the Teacher, but I think she is ‘n wonderful motivator too!  She makes you believe you CAN do it.  With that motivation in mind, I did teach an Art Quilt Class to 6 quilters.

Judie Bellingham form BellaOnline, pointed out that an Art Quilt should at least look like a quilt by the type of fabrics used and should be composed of at least two layers - the face layer and the backing layer.

It should also be quilted, to give meaning to the term: Art QUILT. Some of these stitches must be visible at the back of the quilt.

With this concept in mind, I prepared to teach my first class. 

Step 1:  Iron a layer of Vilene onto the back of a piece of fabric – something like unbleached calico.

Step 2: Trace the design on the fabric, which is now called the background.

Step 3:  Use Pritt and glue pieces of fabric (may include satin, silk, leather, organza, etc) onto the background.

Step 4:  Cover all the raw edges with stitches in a matching thread.

Step 5: Layer the top with batting and a backing – we call this a sandwich.

Step 6:  Quilt and finish off with a binding.

Step 7:  Finish off with embellishments.

82, 73 en 103!

Wat het hierdie getalle met mekaar te doen?

Ouma Cielie Prins het verjaar en 82jaar oud geword!  Ek, Gerda en tannie Magriet het haar uitgeneem vir koek en tee by Get Together langs College Crossing.  Sommer ‘n dubbele viering, want Gerda verjaar saam met Ouma op dieselfde dag.

Die vriendelike vrou daar kom vra toe wie verjaar, want sy wil vir die persoon so ‘n klein ietsie gee.  Ouma sê toe dadelik dat dit sy is en dat sy vandag 73jaar oud is!

Na ‘n lekker gelag en gekuier en gekoek & tee, het ek haar teruggevat na haar bed toe, want die ou lyf het begin voel soos 103jaar oud!

Baba wat te groot is vir 'n baba!

My baba is vandag 27 jaar oud en swerf in 'n ander land rond!
Dit se vir my dat sy nou my jongste kind is en beslis nie meer my baba nie.

Toe ons in Wisconsin gebly het, het elkeen van ons ook daar 'n verjaardag gehad.  Daar het ons begin met 'n heerlike tradisie om verjaardagkoek en roomys saam te eet.  Ons dink nou nog met wonderlike heimwee aan die lekker jaar wat ons daar deurgebring het en die wonderlike vriende wat ons daar gemaak het.

A birthday in a foreign country will always bring fond memories back to us.  The people of Spring Green, Dodgeville and Richland Center in Wisconsin, treated us with love and joy.  They kept at bay the longing for our own country and our people. 

On birthdays we always talk about our habit of eating ice cream and birthday cake together – our friends in the USA taught us this clever idea!

BOOKINGS AT COMPUTICKET!!

We have been planning for months (actually years) to be a part of this day in the history of the Oranje Kwiltersgilde (that is our name in Afrikaans)! 

Today is the day on which we can buy our tickets for registration, workshops, kits, functions and lectures from Computicket for our Quilt Festival.

The Oranje Quilters’ Guild is the host of the 17th National Quilt Festival 2013 – Kaleidoscope. 

This festival will be held at the Eunice High school in Bloemfontein.

Our guild was founded in 1989 and is a non-profitable organisation.  We have members from a wide area in the Free State, including Smithfield, Dewetsdorp and Bultfontein. These members are also affiliated to the South African Quilters’ Guild.

We are excited to be the hosts of the 17^th National Quilt Festival in 2013.  This will be our first Quilt Festival on national level.

The aim of our festival is to promote Patchwork and Quilting, as well as bringing quilters together to share, encourage and inspire each other.  We want them to have a meaningful and an inspirational experience at our festival.

This exciting event, which will take place in Bloemfontein from 1 – 7 July 2013, will offer a wide variety of workshops, demonstrations and lectures on all skill levels. 

We are inviting teachers and delegates, both national and international, to join us.

We, as the hosts of the festival, are inviting and sponsoring a group of ladies from Botshabelo, as well as a group of daughters from Ons Kinderhuis, to attend our festival.  This will give them the opportunity to learn more about Patchwork and Quilting. The aim is to encourage them enough to seek further knowledge.

We are inviting many exciting vendors to attend our festival and sell their products.  We are also looking forward to the exhibition of beautiful quilts.  This is a showcase of the best work of South African quilters.

I am greeting you today as:

Chairlady:  Kaleidoscope Quilt Festival 2013

Iessie Steenberg