Saturday

EQA

I went to the "The National Quilt Happening" in Belgium last Thursday, it was fun.
I saw some beautiful quilts and one Dear Jane quilt done by Fernande Authuys. 
To my surprise there were some small quilts from EQA (European Quilt Association) 
9 from each country. 

I took some pictures:

Iceland

Denmark

Britain

Finland

The Netherlands (This one I liked very much)

Luxembourg

Norway

Sweden

Germany
All of them very pretty. 

And of course I bought  some beautiful fabrics

I needed some brown for my planned tree quilt.

Now I'm off to play some golf, it is such a fine weather today.

Until next time

Happy stitching

Paula



Tuesday

Farmhouse Quilt

Now the strips have turned into houses, 
I'm machine appliqué this quilt with raw ends.
It is fun but I wonder how it will last.
Can anyone tell me?
I use "Lite Steam-A-Seam2".
12 houses are done, 
now I will have to work on the blocks in between.

My third block for "Sweet Nostalgia" was September block "Back to School".


I want to share with you a link to Edyta's video,
where she shows her fantastic quilt small/big bag
Have a look at this:


You can find the pattern at her blog if you scroll down.


Until next time
Happy stitching

Paula



Have been making strips from fabrics I ordered from
 Patsy Thompson long time ago.

When I got this "Friendship Strips & Scraps" book by Edyta Sitar 
I found an opportunity to use that fabric.
I'm going to do this quilt on the cover. 
Actually I would like to do every single one in that book. 
The book is just great.

I have all hers books. 


She recommended Aurifil threads, so I ordered a kit,
to give it a try, and what a difference.
I have been having problems with what I thought was my sewing machine,
but it turned out to be the thread I was using.




This is what I'm knitting at the moment, a cardigan for my son.
Lovely Italian yarn from Lana Grossa,
 Merino Wool / Baby Alpaca / Cashmere. 
So soft and nice to work with.

I tried to get dye from that seaweed I told you about, but without success,
will keep trying.  
This yarn was dyed with dye I made from birch and mint.

Have also done some DJ blocks.

Thank you for stopping by, I would love to see what you are doing.

Until next time,
happy stitching.

Paula