I have to say….

 

…and ice cream!

…please….

Keep on sewing!

 

Back on the saddle again!

I’ve made more blocks for the “Feather” quilt

and I’m thinking about how to sew the blocks together,

it’s fun to arrange and rearrange.

To better calculate how many blocks I need,

I trued up some blocks and added partial blocks using only the

background fabric.

I really like the way it’s turning out! :-)

sigh…..

Winter says

“hello again!”….

Just when it was starting to

get a bit warm….

Wishing you a cozy

and lovely week!

The flu got me…

 

A running nose…

Headache…

Fever….

Coughing, coughing….

Had to go to the doctor….

Medicines….antibiotics….

Tee…

Sick of being sick….

But I am recovering,

and I’ll catch up

as soon as I can.

WIP and a little pouch

 

Three more Feather blocks  are on my table,

I want to make as many blocks as possible using the same fabrics,

that means, I have to spare a little.

For some blocks I’m going to use only one fabric for one side of the feather,

I hope it will work fine.

I can now tick off one item of my endless “Wish-to-do list” ,

it’s this lovely pouch from Debbie’s Triple-Zip Challenge :

It’s a good one for little things,

her tutorial is easy to follow.

 

Maybe I could make another one using more of this fabric

that has nice sayings:

“make life simple” ,

“make life creative” ,

“make life relaxing”

Wishing each of you

a lovely Valentine’s Day!

 

 

Scraps, strips, and feathers

 

 

I’ve been working with strips again,

it’s fun, satisfying and creative.

The fun:

I can use any any width, any color.

The satisfaction:

it goes fast,  just sit and sew.

The creative part:

simply play with it, look for the different options,

go anywhere you want.

First option, a star:

Chevrons:

Alternating the chevrons:

“Squares” on point:

Changing directions:

 

And there are so many more options to play with!

I’m going to make more blocks….

as the whim takes me!

Suffice to say that

I got carried away…

I had to start another project that also uses strips!

I usually save tiny pieces,

but these ones here are going to the bin!

The pieces have  to be cut diagonally, so, in my case,

using scraps, I had to sew the strips off-center:

Always check to keep the pieces consistent:

A little while after, the first sets:

 

Preparing the stems:

Finally, the first feather block,

I’m in love with it!

We celebrated another birthday at home,

I baked another cake ;-)

“I feed my soul…

by the stitches I sew”

and,

I feed my hips

by “cake” bits!

Have a lovely and creative week!

PS. The feather block is from a pattern from Anna Maria Horner “Feather Bed Quilt”.

Choices

 

The wall hanging top is finished,

all pieces fitted together,

phew…

Looking for a name is

just as difficult as thinking about

how to quilt a quilt,

many options….

Spinning Sea glass…

Blueberry Ice…

Glacier…

Ice Floe…

Arctic Flower…

Diamond dust…

I’ll let all these names

and associations “percolate”…

Who knows…

I might come up with

a good idea for quilting, too.

Soft and cuddly yarn,

love the color combination.

But first,

I have these socks

on the needle ;-)

I baked another cake…

It’s my “one weakness”…

Have a lovely and creative week!

Looking for a name

 

Hi there!

It’s been cold,

snow shoveling,

again and again…

Call me crazy, but

it looks beautiful to me

when it’s all white!

When I looked through my stash last week

the shades of blue was the color combo that appealed to me – not really a surprise I guess…

And so I started cutting,

and cutting.

Slowly getting into shape…..

If you look close,

perhaps you can notice that I changed the dark blue,

I found another one that matched better.

I’m pleased with the colors,

but I don’t have a name

for this wall hanging…

Any suggestions?…

Before sewing the last pieces…

I had to bake a cake yesterday,

don’t you feel hungrier

when it’s cold?…(or is it only an idle excuse?…)

I assume the rest of the cake will be gone this afternoon,

DS2 said “it tastes good, mom,

you can bake it again!”

Have a lovely and creative week!