Thursday, August 11, 2011

Today I am talking to our all time favorite person, Anita Kleynhans


Anita was an active member of the group, Langenhovenparkies, before she became ill.  She started quilting simply because she wanted to and claims she doesn’t have time to do anything else. 

I spoke to Anita yesterday and her prognosis is not good at all.  Her liver is giving in completely and she suffers from major tired spells.  However, as we all know her, still time for a joke and if you speak to her, she doesn’t sound ill at all.

The positive news however is that she has no pain and still contemplates the thought of joining us at our quarterly guild meeting next week.  What a girl!!!

Q:   In short tell us a little about your family:
A:   I have 3 children, 7 grandkids and 2 great-grandchildren

Q:  Are you a morning or night person?
A:  A nightowl

Q:  Which do you prefer – sweet or salty snacks?
A:  Sweet

Q:  Do you collect anything and what?
A:  Only fabric

Q:  If you could be any animal, what would you be?
A:  a Giraffe – (she’s tall enough to qualify)

Q:  What is your favorite color?
A:   Purple

Q:  Do you believe in ghosts?
A:  No

Q:  Do you have any other hobbies apart from quilting?
A:  I don’t have time for anything else

Q:  Have you even been addicted to a computer/video game and which one?
A:  No

Q:  Name ONE bad habit you have and are aware of.
A:  I eat way too much sweet treats

Q:  What do you regard as your best personality trait?
A:  Punctuality

Q  Are you mostly a messy or clean person?
A:  Clean

Q:  If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go?
A:  Australia

Q:  What is your favorite drink?
A:  Coke

Q:  What is your favorite gift to receive?
A:  Perfume

Q:  Which type of gift do you like the least?
A:  Hand lotion

Q:  If you could change your name, what would it be?
A:  Have never even thought about it

Q:  Name one thing not many people know about you
A:  I was a farmer’s wife

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

2013: 17th National Quilt Festival, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

A little more information on the VENUE where this planned festival will be taking place can be viewed by clicking HERE.
Are you looking forward to this as much as we do?

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Quilted Fabric Postcards

One of our guild members, Elsie van der Bijl, not only organizes a local fabric postcard exchange but also belongs to an international group of postcard swappers.  When she visited me earlier this week she brought me a sample Fast 2 Fuse and showed me how to make one.  Being totally addicted to the internet I checked out a couple of other sources on how to make these lovelies to share this with you.  Needledmom has a great tutorial which can be found by clicking HERE


I then also found this video for those struggling to get hold of Fast2 Fuse.  Do take a look at this too.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Looking for inspiration??

We had the wonderful opportunity to see all the beautiful quilts entered in the National Quilt Festival in Stellenbosch but can any quilter ever see enough??  So for those who could not make it to the Stellenbosch festival and those who could but still need some inspiration; here is some more.

The International Quilt Association just released their Spring 2011 journal in e-format.  So go get yourself a cuppa, sit back and page through this electronic magazine by clicking HERE.


Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Golf Days as fundraisers


Karin is organizing 2 golf days to raise funds for the goodie bags for our planned 2013 South African National Quilt Festival and we’d like all our members to tell their hubbies and their friends to support her on these days.

The dates are:
Saturday:  5 November 2011 – Dewetsdorp golf course
Friday:  18 May 2012 – Bloemfontein golf course

If you have your own business and wish to sponsor a hole and have your banner/advertisement placed by the hole or wish to buy a tickets, please contact Karin as soon as possible.


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Peek-a-boo Drawstring Toy Sack Tutorial

Not having little ones at home anymore I often overlook kiddies patterns but this one immediately caught my eye.
Canadian Susan posted this on the Sew-whats-new website and I can already see many other uses for this.  I can still feel myself getting annoyed when searching for something and usually finding it in the very last bag I would look in.  This should fix that problem.

You can find all the fabric requirements and tutorial for this handy storage bag by clicking HERE


Monday, August 1, 2011

PFAFF Block Lotto reminder

This is just a quick reminder to all members to start making your PFAFF Block Lotto blocks to be handed in on or before 17 August 2011.
To read all about the block and see what the completed quilt would look like, go back to the original post by clicking HERE.

It has come to our attention that many groups are now having their own Block Lotto and we do not have a problem with this but do remember that this is a fund raising project for our planned National Quilt Festival in 2013.  So come on ladies, let's all work together towards making a big dream come true.

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