Pieces and Patches

Monthly Archives: February 2011

Bachelor becomes Master

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It is less than 2 years ago, that I finished this quilt.
It was made on the occasion of the BSc of my oldest daugther Sanne and her friend Wouter. It is hanging in the living room of their apartment in Wageningen. During our trip in British Columbia (CND) in 2008, Sanne saw this quilt in a shop near Radium Hot Springs, where we stayed a couple of days, and immediately loved it. We took a picture with Leonore’s telephone, and during my stay in Minneapolis later that year, I found the perfect fabric for this quilt. Only 3 weeks ago, Sanne graduated from Wageningen University and is now a Master of Science in Spatial Planning. And if that is not enough, she entered the PhD program. Needless to say that her mother is very proud!

Sow and Harvest

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The Harvest Quilt is finished and now hanging in our living room. As mentioned before, I bought this fabric during our last trip to the USA in October 2010 in Intercourse (PA) in  Zook’s Fabric Store (http://zandsfabrics.com/). The quilt brings back the memories of Autumn in Pennsylvania, the colors of Indian Summer and the lovely time we spent with our friends in Pittsburgh, and in the B&B’s we visited in Addison, Hummelstown and Flemington.

This project was finished on the 22nd birthday of my youngest daughter. Birthdays of their children bring mothers back to the very day of their delivery: Leonore was born 2 months early, after I had spend 3 months in the hospital. Although she was so small, she did very well from the beginning:the pediatrician in charge wrote in her files: lively, lovely, smart. And she has proven to be all of it: she is 4th year medicine student, starting her intern in May! Time to celebrate!