Three more flowers

Still working on my Flower Garden.

It's so inspirational to go over to:

"One Flower Wednesday"

where one can see and admire the flowers
the others ladies are making.

Thank you Karen for hosting.

Three more petit flowers, made of 5/8" hexagons.

Sweet Nostalgia.

June - Let's play ball.

It's  not June yet and I have finished all twelve blocks.

I started last year with the July block in that same month. 

I kept up with a block each month until now in May 

I also did June.

But this is just half way, 

Now there is: Sashing and Quilt Assembly.

Until next time

Happy stitching.

Paula

One flower

This flower is made of 5/8" hexagons. 

I have sewn 1" Half Hexagons on both sides of my top.

I'm thinking of a border and appliqué 

some smaller flowers

like this 5/8" or 1/2" on the border.

I'll make some more flowers and see how it will look. 

I just don't want to stop making flowers.

If you like to see some more flowers, just visit 

Karen  at Journey of a Quilter. She is hosting this 

Garden Party every Wednesday.

Thank you Karen!!!!

Sweet Nostalgia

This is my block for May - How does your garden Grow?

Designed by Dorothy Baker. 

Finished eleven blocks - just one more, and I can start to put them all together.

Until next time

Happy stitching

Paula

Hexagon

Just got them all together last night, 98 flowers, 50"x72" 

Now I need to fill up the border, with my "salmon pink" hexies.

That will take some time.

I bought half hexagon paper pieces, 

I don't know how that works, has anybody tried that?

Or is it better to appliqué  the top on the border?

This is my first hexagon quilt, so I'm not quite sure how to end it.

Just typical me, start something and then, think how to end it.

Nice little "siggies" arrived this week. 

Now I have collected 48 blocks from all over the world

and I will continue until I have enough for a quilt top. 

Yes, one more Sweet Nostalgia block finished, this one is for January called "Snow Days".

Until next time,

happy stitching.

Paula

It's Wednesday, that is the day we FG ladies meet at Karen's blog 

and admire and encourage each other.

If you like to see some beautiful hexagons

pop over to One Flower Wednesday

You might like to join in.

My Flower Garden is still growing, 

one could say 

"at the speed of a snail".

Isn't it a cute little fellow?

Thank God we don't have to carry all ours belongings on our back.

One more block finished for "Sweet Nostalgia" 

Hide and Seek, August block.

I just love doing these blocks.

This is a scarf (comforter) I knitted and was very easy,

you just cast on 3 sts. increase one st. at the end of every other pin until you have ca. 130 sts. on the pin, then you start to decrease one st. at the same end until you have only 3 sts. left, you cast off.

It is nice to have multicoloured yarn.

I also made two more blocks for my DJ this week.

Thank you for stopping by,

Until next time,

Happy stitching

Paula

Flowers and CWB

These flowers are ready to be added to my Flower Garden.

I have 67 flowers joined together.

It is still growing.

If you like to see some beautiful flowers, 

visit One Flower Wednesday and have a look

what the Ladies in this Flower Club are doing.

Thank you Karen for hosting this Club.

This is my 8th block for The Civil War Bride Quilt,

going very slowly there!!!

If you like to see more blocks from this quilt 

visit The Civil War Quilt blog 

Two very pretty cushions my mother made many years ago.

This is a Snowball quilt I made, using fabric 

by "Den Haan & Wagenmakers" in Amsterdam.

I'm not very pleased with how it turned out, the fabric is very nice though, 

I should have chosen another pattern.

Well next time I will.

Thank you for stopping by

and happy quilting.

Paula

One flower Wednesday

One flower from a fabric I found at OEQC in Veldhoven.

It was a great show, beautiful quilts and many good sales stands.

 Ohh and was my trunk packed when I headed home!!!

So now there are 60 blooming flowers in my garden.

I have not decided yet how many flowers I will add,

as long as I enjoy doing them, they keep coming.

Lenna Green at Stitchingcow 

has a  give-away party, if you go to her web site you will also find 

many free stitching patterns.

Until next time,

enjoy what ever you are doing.

Paula
stitching with a smile

One Flower Wednesday

Two flowers this Wednesday,

Started this "Siggie collection" and I already have four,

from Germany, Holland and USA.

This can be fun  - for a while.

This is a door stopper, inside is a brick.

Can be very useful.

To morrow I will be leaving for Iceland,

where I will spend Christmas with my family,

it will be nice to see the kids

(well they are not really kids anymore  - but still - my kids)

 and the grand children.

I wish you all a Happy Christmas and

a Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

Paula

Hand dyed fabric and two flowers

For my Flowergarden I did these two flowers and

have now 53 flowers and some hexies done.

About 100 flowers will be needed, haven't decided yet on how large it will be.

Then I made

 these butterflies and flowers to put on a miniquilt.

I like making little embellishments for quilts

I bought this

Friendship Triangles book by Edyta Sitar the other day,

it is a beautiful book and it has step-by-step technique for

creating half-square triangles among other things.

Have been dyeing

some fabric for my  Dear Jane Quilt



"Happiness is to be found along the way,
 not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late.
Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us
to sense the fact that life is good, with all of its trials and troubles,
and perhaps more interesting because of them."
                                                              Robert R. Updegraff

Take care and enjoy what ever you are doing.

Paula

Adding some flowers

I'm adding some flowers to my garden today, it's not big but it's growing.

I also wanted to share with those of you who like to knit,

this new Icelandic website called Knitting Iceland

It looks very interesting and it is in Icelandic, English or French.

Some pictures from Iceland,

An old little church, called Núpstaðakirkja, not used anymore, but it is cute.

The organ inside the Church

Núpsstaðir

In the old old days people used to live in these houses.

No electricity, No running water, No heat,

Thank God it is the past.

Happy stitching

Paula

Three flowers and a joke

Three more flowers for my Flowergarden this Wednesday,
and a picture by Rébecca Dautremer the French illustrator I like so much,
for those of you that have not seen the pictures on my Dear Jane blog.


A friend of mine sent me this joke the other day, some of you may have heard it and some not.

40 Years of Marriage

A married couple in their early 60s was celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic little restaurant. Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table. She said, "For being such an exemplary married couple and for being loving to each other for all this time, I will grant you each a wish."

The wife answered, "Oh, I want to travel around the world with my darling husband."

The fairy waved her magic wand and - poof! - two tickets for the Queen Mary II appeared in her hands.

The husband thought for a moment: "Well, this is all very romantic, but an opportunity like this will never come again. I'm sorry my love, but

my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me."

The wife, and the fairy, were deeply disappointed, but a wish is a wish.

So the fairy waved her magic wand and poof. . . the husband

became 92 years old.

The moral of this story:

Men who are ungrateful should remember:

Fairies are Female . . .

So guys, be careful what you wish for . . .


You never know what can happen . . .


Best wishes to you all and happy quilting.

Paula

Flowers and Snowballs

Wow - time flies, I haven't posted anything for four weeks now

and I haven't finished anything.

But I have done some flowers and some hexies.

12 flowers have been joined together,

39 flowers ready and waiting to join the garden.

These "Snowballs" are about ready to be sewn together,

just have to find the time.

I spent some days in Paris last week

Paris is sooooo beautiful, my favourite city and I also love New York.

Thank you for stopping by, I wish you all the best. 

Four New Flowers

Four new flowers this Wednesday and some new fabric.

I ordered from  Fat Quarter Shop for my Flowers,

it didn't take long, only a week.

Usually it takes about 6 to 8 weeks to receive mail from USA.

This should be enough, 4 meters altogether.

Some have been cut down and put in a tin, ready for use.

And here I collect my flowers - of course in a tin.

I have 38 flowers so far.

Now I will have a look at  One Flower Wednesday 

and see how the others are doing.

Enjoy your stitching.

Flower and Klosjes

My flower for this Wednesday was to put four flowers together.

I have made 28 flowers so far, the total will be 92.

As I'm a very impatient person I could not wait to see how it would look if I joined them together with pink hexagons. And I'm happy with the result.

Then I had to try to do a tiny Klosjes, (English spools, Icelandic spólur)

well I did one and it ended up in a 2,5" pincushion. Very cute, I think.

One day I will do tiny Klosjes blocks, when I have finished my Flower Garden.

Be happy and enjoy your stitching

Hexagon

One Flower Wednesday

Should I rather say: eight  flowers since last Wednesday!!!

Karen invited me to join her and lots of others to her Garden party 

We make at least one flower every Wednesday and post it on our blog,

once a week or once a month, it depends on each lady.

 It is fun and encouraging to work with a group of ladies,

all doing the same thing, among other things,

 although the flowers are all different.

Until next time

Take care