Today I met up with Ruth. The Australian quilter living in South Africa. It is really great to meet someone who you know only through reading her blog and seeing her once in a while on Facebook.
An easy place to meet is near Central Station, which in my case is the Bijenkorf. We did a little sightseeing and naturally visited a quilt shop.
I've never been to the Begijnhof. I must say it is worth the visit. And from the Bijenkorf a short walk. You get an whole other perspective on Amsterdam.
See the wooden house (het houten Huis) in the picture above? It is the oldest surviving wooden house dating from around 1420.
The Begijnhof is an enclosed courtyard dating from the 14th century. It was originally built as a sanctuary for the begijntjes, a Catholic sisterhood who lived like nuns, although they took no monastic vows. What is surprising that these houses around the courtyard are still occupied by single women.
After a quick lunch we walked to De Haan & Wagenmakers the quilt shop in Amsterdam. Here is Ruth & Araminta looking at the fabrics.
You know that we were really there when you click on this URL.
And this is Ruth & me.
Here is Annelies assisting Ruth. I had just paid for my stuff. Will post about what I bought in my next post.
Sadly, after our coffee break, we had to say good bye. We didn't have the best of weather, but that didn't deter us.
Here is me driving home.
Driving home on country roads.
Ruth, thanks for a great day. Hopefully you enjoyed it as much as I did. Have a good flight home.
2 comments:
Helen it was so nice to meet the three of you !
Happy Easter !
It was wonderful to meet you in person finally! And thank you so much for taking me to the quilt store, I'd never have found it on my own I don't think.
Will be doing a blog post about our meeting of my own over the next few days :)
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