Monday, April 22, 2019
This is my 6-point diamond star for week 16 of the #fussycuttingsewalong hosted by @naomialicec 💚 Apparently it’s not an easy job finding angled shapes in my stash, but thanks to P’s adventures with Minecraft, these little guys appeared in the green section (yes, I’ve been reorganising my fabric this vacation. Really gives your mojo a kickstart!)🧵
Friday, April 12, 2019
Tuesday, April 09, 2019
Friday, April 05, 2019
Tuesday, April 02, 2019
Friday, March 29, 2019
Thursday, March 28, 2019
This is my 6-point diamond star for week 12 of the #fussycuttingsewalong hosted by @naomialicec 🐘 These little fellows remind me of childrens clothes and toys and childrens television from when I grew up - and a song about elephants walking on a spider’s web 🎶 en elefant kom marsjerende bortover edderkoppens fine spinn / one elephant came marching along the spider’s fine web 🎶
Friday, March 15, 2019
This is my 6-point diamond star for week 10 of the #fussycuttingsewalong hosted by @naomialicec 💜 This week I’ve chosen this little boy and his pig as my whole motif contribution, and I think he’s quite the little vintage cutie 🐽 Helping me take the picture were A’s little bunnies 🐰from #sylvanianfamilies
Thursday, March 07, 2019
This is my 6-point diamond star for week 9 of the #fussycuttingsewalong hosted by @naomialicec 💜 Honoring and celebrating #kvinnedagen #womansday with purple, I’ve chosen these fabric for my star to represent the quilters in my family - my mom, my grandmother and my great aunts. The fabric in this star are all bought with or given by one of these great crafters. 💜 Quite unbelievable, but this year we’re marching for some of the same causes as my mom did over 40 years ago..
Friday, March 01, 2019
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Friday, February 22, 2019
Friday, February 15, 2019
This is my 6-point diamond star for week 6 of the #fussycuttingsewalong hosted by @naomialicec This fabric has been saved for a special project - and with this week borh being lines and love, I thought it had to be perfect. ❤️ It has been saved since I bought it from the store I worked in when I was in my late teens, which - with a litte math and thinking - menas that this fabric has been in my stash for over 22 years. #feelingold It is one of the oldest fabric in my stash - and there’s still a piece left 😍 No idea of who the designer is though.. 🤔
Friday, February 08, 2019
Saturday, February 02, 2019
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Halloween Mini Swap 2018
The following post was supposed to be posted early Fall, but somehow ended up being left out.. which was really not my intention at all! And I do have a follow-up post about what I received too - which I will post, I promise!
I joined a Halloween swap on Instagram this Summer, and my parcel is now currently waiting for the "good to go" signal from the swap's coordinator.
Sending to one person and receiving from another is kinda exciting. I'm curious to see what will be sent to me - and I'm anxiously awaiting word from my receiver to see if she likes what I've made for her.
She liked happy colours more than the traditional Halloween colours, so I decided early on that I was going for the brighter shades in my stash (of hoarded Halloween fabric). I really like stitcheries, and decided that the main item had to be just that. I found this gorgeous, happy little bat on a board on Pinterest, made a few minor changes (I skipped some of the teeny tiny stitches going here and there, and added some glow-in-the-dark details in thread). I ended up hand quilting it using the same fluorescent thread (another hoarded item, I think I have two spools). Love the green fabric and the details that were added by the characters.
I've added three extras, as the rules for the swap said, and decided to make all three of them. A mug rug made of Tula Pink fabric (the turquoise and pink fabric), a coffee cosy (I think the fabric qualifies as "ghoulish"? or....?), and an ornament (adorable!) with Frankenstein and pumpkins.
The backing fabrics are all from my stash - a couple of them are so old they're almost qualified as antiques *hahahaha* The hearses is the newest of the three - and I think I need to find an adorably, perfect project for the last little piece left.
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Happy Fall, changing colours and candlelight stitching!
I joined a Halloween swap on Instagram this Summer, and my parcel is now currently waiting for the "good to go" signal from the swap's coordinator.
Sending to one person and receiving from another is kinda exciting. I'm curious to see what will be sent to me - and I'm anxiously awaiting word from my receiver to see if she likes what I've made for her.
She liked happy colours more than the traditional Halloween colours, so I decided early on that I was going for the brighter shades in my stash (of hoarded Halloween fabric). I really like stitcheries, and decided that the main item had to be just that. I found this gorgeous, happy little bat on a board on Pinterest, made a few minor changes (I skipped some of the teeny tiny stitches going here and there, and added some glow-in-the-dark details in thread). I ended up hand quilting it using the same fluorescent thread (another hoarded item, I think I have two spools). Love the green fabric and the details that were added by the characters.
I've added three extras, as the rules for the swap said, and decided to make all three of them. A mug rug made of Tula Pink fabric (the turquoise and pink fabric), a coffee cosy (I think the fabric qualifies as "ghoulish"? or....?), and an ornament (adorable!) with Frankenstein and pumpkins.
The backing fabrics are all from my stash - a couple of them are so old they're almost qualified as antiques *hahahaha* The hearses is the newest of the three - and I think I need to find an adorably, perfect project for the last little piece left.
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Happy Fall, changing colours and candlelight stitching!
Second finished project in 2019
In my advent calendar my mom included a kit for a tablerunner for our new table, complete with pattern, pre-cut fabric and binding (I only had to provide batting and backing - neat!). And in a few quiet moments (divided through most of the Christmas holidays) I managed to finish this in time for New Year's Day, making this my second finished project in 2019 (There's currently no photos of the first finished project, but I'll get to that soon.)
Since I began subscribing to the SewSampler boxes from FQS, I've had a bit of practice sewing blocks - something I didn't really do very much previously. I can see that my earlier projects were more simple squares, stripes and more stitcheries rather than blocks. I always had the impression of this being too difficult for me, that I wasn't accurate enough when sewing to be able to make these blocks.
But look at these stars! They're amazing! All the points may not be 100% perfect, but they're close - and it looks really great! Being challenged and testing out techniques in my own speed is really fun.
The petrol star even matched my Christmas knitting (a large wrap-shawl called Abbie storskjerf)!
Since I began subscribing to the SewSampler boxes from FQS, I've had a bit of practice sewing blocks - something I didn't really do very much previously. I can see that my earlier projects were more simple squares, stripes and more stitcheries rather than blocks. I always had the impression of this being too difficult for me, that I wasn't accurate enough when sewing to be able to make these blocks.
But look at these stars! They're amazing! All the points may not be 100% perfect, but they're close - and it looks really great! Being challenged and testing out techniques in my own speed is really fun.
The petrol star even matched my Christmas knitting (a large wrap-shawl called Abbie storskjerf)!
Christmas tree 2018
We decorated our Christmas tree early in December, and in doing so, I was reminded again and again of friendship and a tie that connects and binds us all around the world. Ornaments of rememberance - of trips, of experiences, of family members no longer with us - and of secret santas from all around the word.
Thanks to Chookyblue I’ve gotten to know so many fellow crafters - and each Christmas is another reminder of how lucky I’ve been - and how lucky I am.
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