Crochet

I found a pattern of crochet Hexagon at Lionbrand under the Category: Crochet-along.

They really have lot of nice patterns for crochet and knitting.
I have always wanted to do a Hexagon quilt but it will have to wait until I have finished my DJ or CWB.
It is enough for me to have these two sewn by hand at the same time.

But I can crochet this Hexagon while I watch TV, I just have to get some more colours.

Navajo - February BOM

I have done the first three BOM's from Brenda Papadakis

Now I have to wait until April for the next block.

Meanwhile I will work on my CWB block number three

and do some more DJ blocks.

Texas Ranger

This is my January BOM - Texas Ranger - from Brenda 

It is new for me to use so much pattern fabric (busy fabric),

but I think it is OK.

I'm enjoying making these small blocks.

 Lets see what happens at the end of the year, will I have 12 blocks????

Or I could do also the appliqué BOM Brenda is offering too, then I would have 24 blocks.

Well, there is so much to do - not so much time!!!!!!

The weather is so nice at the moment, I think I'm off to play some golf.

Have a nice weekend.

Star of the West

This beautiful fabric was bought in Amsterdam from Den Haan &  Wagenmakers, without knowing what to do with it. 

I think it came out OK in this little BOM from Brenda Papadakis,

March block.

dyeing

I have been dyeing and here are some pictures I like to share with you.

This is sunset.

This one I can use as a sky on a bad day.

I have also been doing some stenciling, using freezerpaper, it is really fun.

Can be used as a front of a book cover.

On this one I painted over bobble plastic.

I also dyed some more fabric for my DJ.  Only 39 blocks and 7 triangles done, still a long way to go.

Thank you all for stopping by and happy quilting and dyeing.

Dear Jane

Here is a photo of my finished blocks for DJ,  made with my hand dyed fabric, some are paper pieced and some hand pieced and appliqué. I have made 37 blocks and 4 triangles. So it is only 132 blocks, 48 triangles and 4 corners left to go. I don't mind, I love making these tiny blocks.

My four triangles. I will do one or two today.

Have a nice weekend.

Lot of snow in Luxembourg

After all the snowfall yesterday it was perfect going out for a walk in the forest today.

What a lovely day this was, not to cold - about -3°C and no wind.

And  I was so full of energy when I came back from the walk.

I hand pieced one block for my DJ, baked and cooked a delicious fish soup.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend.

CWB block two

At last I manage to finish my second block for the CWB quilt. I really enjoy doing hand applique it is so relaxing.

It is funny now that I'm retired, it seems to be less time, or I have to much to do.

Now I will do some DJ blocks before I prepare the next CWB block.

Take care

Back from Miami

Well, now I'm back to Iceland after 10 days golf trip to Miami Florida. It was terribly cold in Miami, even though coming from Iceland, I was freezing the first four days, then it started to warm up a bit and was nice and warm the last day. Well that is life.

I didn’t do much sewing there, but I managed to start on block number two for my Civil War Bride quilt. I hope I can finish that one before I go back home to Luxembourg on the 24th of January. 

It has been a long time away from my sewing machine, I'm really looking forward going home again.

There is no place like home

Happy New Year

Going through my old quilts on New Years Day I came across these silk quilts, which I made many years ago, using my DH neckties. He used to love buying silk ties and I loved to cut them up when he didn’t use them anymore. He still has over 100 silk ties, which he is not yet willing to give to me. I will just be patient, I know I will get them one day. It is funny looking at these old quilts, I would do them differently today.

This one, Cathedral Windows,  has some beautiful ties

but the other two have very old  ties and not so beautiful.

I wish you all a happy and healthy New Year

 and a very good quilting year.

Happy Christmas

The Icelandic Yuletide Lads are descended from trolls, and were originally bogeymen who were used to scare children. Children feared  these  lads in the past.  The Yuletide Lads started to change in the twentieth century and became more friendly. They started to wear red clothes and they give children presents in shoes which the children put on their windowsill at night, starting thirteen nights before Christmas. The Yuletide Lads have mellowed but still tend to pilfer and play tricks.

I made these Lads many years ago,  and take them up every Christmas, I just love them. They all have different names like:  Sheepfold Stick, Gully Oaf, Spoon licker, Pot licker, Door slammer, Shorty, Bowl licker, Curd Glutton, Sausage Pilferer, Peeper, Sniffer, Meat Hook and Candle Begger.

I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

1st block

My first block finished, and boy did I have fun sewing it and listening to a audio-book at the same time.

But it takes a lot of time. Now I will  prepare the second block and take it with me to Iceland over the Holidays.

Christmas poem

Twas the night before Christmas, I'm glued to the tree.
I'm wondering what Santa brought just for me.
Could it be fat quarters or a pattern or lace?
Or a quilt kit, I said, with a smile on my face.
And that's when I heard him,
"Hi Santa," I said"
You know....good little girls should be in their beds ".
"I know I should Santa, and now I've got caught.
But I was just so excited to see what you brought."
"Well, let's take a look in this room where you work.
"He shook his head quickly, And left with a jerk.
I heard him exclaim as he put it in gear.
"You've got enough stuff, I'll see you next year!"
author unknown

This Christmas poem was in my e-mail (dearjane-list) yesterday from Caroline Van Maele, in Belgium.

I just loved it, and wanted to share it with you all, the photo is of a Santa I made many years ago.

I have not been doing any sewing for the last days,
 I have been in bed with flu.

Last Tuesday I went to Strasbourg to pick up my new Bernina 830, but haven't been able to touch it.

Civil War Bride

This weekend I started the Civil War Bride quilt.

My first block is being hand applique. I'm not very good at applique but it will get better as the quilt grows.  I'm needle turning and using silk thread. I find the Desk Threader a must have, it really saves time.

This is the desk Threader from Clover. I got it in September in Alsace, France. It really works, but for how long I do not know!!!!

Broken Star

Hi every one. This is a picture of my Broken Star, quilted and finished at last, and a close up of the quilt.

It is 260x260 cm or 100"x100" inches. I'm very happy how it turned out.

Birgit at http://www.creativebits.biz/ did a very good job quilting it for me.

It is though a strange feeling, having someone else do the quilting. Is the quilt just half mine and half hers?

No it is mine I paid for the quilting. But she did an excellent job.

Click on the picture and see for yourself.

Dear Jane

When I got back from Portugal this was in my post. This summer I signed up at Twiddletail doing Rainbow Jane and this is my first month.  But I have already started my journey with Dear Jane. -  25 blocks and 2 triangles done, using my hand dyed fabric.

This is a beautiful fabric from Twiddletail, bright colors. I guess I will be doing two DJ.

I have heard that some ladies do more than one DJ quilt - even up to five!!!!

I just love doing these tiny blocks.
I post then on: http://www.paula-dearjane.blogspot.com/ 

Going on a trip

I'm going to Portugal to morrow,  play golf for two weeks,

and this is what I make sure to take with me,

prepared fabric for three Dear Jane blocks, to be hand pieced,

my knitting, and of course Jane Austin book.

What a lovely journey  this is going to be.

Happy quilting everyone.

View

The picture in the middle of this wall hanging is from

a golf course in France printed on a muslin.

Next step is to quilt this wall hanging.

This is a little landscape.

My Broken Star went to Germany, I found a "Longarm lady" there who is going to do the quilting for me. It will be finished in December. If the quilt had been smaller I would have enjoyed quilting it myself. I love free motion quilting.  At the moment I'm quilting a silk quilt, will post a picture later. I just wanted to tell everybody I found this lady in Germany just across the border. Her link is http://www.creativebits.biz/ 


Now you all take care and happy quilting

Autumn

Now the autumn is indeed here in Luxembourg,

with all the beautiful colors the nature can show.

Here is just one picture.

Then it is time to do some knitting for the winter.

My daughter wanted a short cardigan, wide around the nect.

Well here is one I finished yesterday. I hope she likes it.

It is Marino wool, pearl stitched (as we call it in Iceland).

And for me I knitted this shawl  to wrap around my neck with Alpaca Wool

And also crochet a black shawl I found on the internet this summer at "knitting daily".

It is called Stella Circular Shawl. Maybe it is still there at interweave.com/knitting

This one is made of Cashmere

What will I do with this Kidsilk haze?

Thank you all for stopping by and enjoy whatever you are working on.