Some January finishes and WIP

This little quilt is made out of scraps which I almost discarded. Now it is finished, it looks quite cheerful and I'm happy I saved the little squares.

I used my Bernina 807, from the seventies, for it.  I found this sewing machine once in a thrift store. It came in its original red case, compleet with all the assessors. After cleaning and replacing the bobbin winder spool, it is sewing great.

Facts:

Machine sewn and quilted.

Size: 80cm by 87cm (31,5 by 34 inches)

Fabrics all cotton, Batting: wool

This is a little pouch with a crocheted edge. The outside fabric is made of an antique French piece of fabric I bought in Nantes  few years ago. It was just the right size.

 Inside fabrics are new and thrift store fabrics.

The crocheted edge is made with a perle cotton number 5. ctually I embroidered all my Teddy bear noises with this;)

 In the meantime I'm working with all the hexagons made out of scraps I told you about in my previous post. This is the middle part....

which is growing into this. The next rows will be turning from light yellow into brighter yellow. The inspiration for this came from an old Dutch quilt which is in the open air museum in Arnhem .

Have a nice weekend,

GroetjesAnnemieke

Toile de Jouy

Saturday I found these antique pieces of old quilts with toile de Jouy prints, at an antique market. They are small and some are very worn but I loved them so took them home!!!

This is what I read at the museum at Jouy site and Wikipedia: Making fabrics with these kind of pictures started mid 18th century in Ireland. They became very popular in Britain and France after that. The term 'toile de Jouy' is French and came from the toiles produced in Jouy-en-Jonas (near Paris) starting around 1760. Later these toiles were produced in many more places in France and they all had their own patterns.

So I have a selection of different pieces and they come from different French areas. I don't know which pieces come from where. I hope to find out soon. I already ordered a book about toile de Jouy.

 Interesting and strange pictures aren't they? Some seem to tell stories I think.

Some pieces are quilted (so there are 3 layers) and other pieces are just pieces of single fabrics.

Lots of possibilities to use those in a wall quilt ( probably to fragile to use as a bed quilt). I washed them and laid them out on a bed. Every time I walk by I enjoy looking at them! 

May be any one of you know sites or books with reliable information?

Wishing you lots of creativity,

Groetjes

Annemieke

Dutch Antique textiles fair Maarn

Dit is mijn eerste bezoek aan deze antieke textielmarkt en ik keek mijn ogen uit! Deze dames stonden achter de kraam van het museum uit Bunschoten-Spakenburg.

This is my first visit to the antique textiles fair. And boy were my eyes spoiled! These ladies were representing the Bunschoten-Spakenburg museum (two Dutch towns famous for their traditional costumes).

Deze heren wilden ook even poseren. Helaas weet ik niet meer waar ze vandaan kwamen, ik dacht van Urk. Als ik mij vergis wordt ik graag gecorrigeerd.

These gentlemen also wanted to pose for the photo. Unfortunately I can't exactly remember where they're from, I thought from Urk if I'm not mistaken?

Oude borduurzijde, geweldig zoveel bij elkaar en allemaal nog in de oude verpakking.

Old silk embroidery yarn; amazing so many colours and still in their original packaging.

Ook oude zijde...daar word je bijna hebberig van.

Also antique silk... it almost makes you greedy.

Schitterende stof. Ik ben weg van die kleuren.

Beautiful fabric. I love those colours.

Oude mutsjes. Ik was bijna vergeten hoeveel historie we zelf nog hebben hier in Nederland.

Old hats. I forgot how much history we still have here in the Netherlands.

Hier verkochten ze broderie aan de meter. Erg mooi. En zeeuwse schortenstof.

Here they sold cotton lace per meter. Very pretty. They also sold Zealandish (Zealand, the provence in the South-West of the Netherlands) apron fabric.

Bij Sanny de Zoete zag ik deze erg mooie stopsamplers hangen. Ik was weg van de voorste. Nu een beetje te duur voor mij, maar erg mooi!!!

At Sanny de Zoete I saw these very pretty samplers. I absolutely loved the one in front. A bit a lot expensive for now, but still beautiful.

Bij Sanny kocht ik dit stalenboek met theedoeken stalen erin. Echt geweldig, zelfs de prijslijst zit er nog bij. Een theedoek van 70 bij 70 in een van deze kleuren hierboven kostte 46,5 cent. Sanny zei dat het boekje uit de jaren 30 of 50 kwam. Ze had meerdere stalenboeken....ik kwam er bijna niet weg.

At Sanny's I bought this sample book with tea clothes. Really great, even the pricelist is still there. A tea cloth sized 70 cm by 70 cm cost 46,5 cents. Sanny said the book is from the 1930's up untill the 1950's. She had more household sample books, I almost couldn't leave them behind.

Bij deze aardige dames kocht ik een paar lapjes.

I bought a couple of small pieces of fabric from these ladies.

Mijn  klederdrachtlapjes, ben er blij mee.

My historical Dutch costume fabrics. I'm pleased with my catches today.

In mijn volgende berichtje vertel ik je over mijn antieke quilt vondst op deze markt!!!


In my next blog I'll tell you all about the hidden antique quilt I discovered at this fair!!!

Groetjes
Annemieke

ps
This fair was organized by the Dutch costume society (kostuumvereniging)
 I asked all the people for permission to take photo's of them or their boot.