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

Parcel

The postman delivered a parcel to me from Lis for being her 50th follower. Isn't that just nice, she made this lovely pincushion, full of colorful pins, bag full of beautiful blue buttons and a beads. Thank you Lis, I love it all.

Well she also sent me a chain letter or a swap called Quilting Tree. There are no threats of bad luck, just some quilting fun. I send two 6 inch PURPLE squares to the first person on the list, put mine on the bottom of the list. Send two 6 inch PURPLE to 4 friends  who quilt. So simple - In the end there should  be 72 squares  in return. That should be enough to make a quilt and it will be fun to see where the squares come from and to join them together.

The problem is, I need three addresses to mail to.

 If any of you are interested to participate in this Quilt Tree, you can e-mail me your address and I will send you two 6 inch Purple squares, and the letter of course.

Happy stitching

Civil War Bride

Block number 9 is my fifth block for Civil War Bride.

The blocks are all so excited, it is hard to decide which one to do next.

 I chose this one because of the tail. I appliqué each feather instead of piecing.

I could have paper pieced the tail, but I didn't think of it until afterwards.

Well - anyway the bird is here.

Which block will be the next one - I wonder?

Wednesday flower

My flower garden is still growing.

I went to Iceland for ten days to visit my family, and made some flowers while traveling by cars and planes.

But the big pink one I did yesterday - Wednesday.

I also did some dyeing yesterday,

I needed more fabric for my Dear Jane, which is still growing but slowly.

I did Rust Dyeing too, but it is still curing, I will post picture later.

Have a nice day and God bless you all.

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

Þingvellir

Just finished another mini-quilt, size 8 1/4" x 11 3/4".

Some years ago took a picture of this old church at Þingvellir in Iceland,

I always wanted to work it into fabric and now it's done.

At Þingvellir – literally "Parliament Plains" – the Alþing general assembly was established around 930 and continued to convene there until 1798. Major events in the history of Iceland have taken place at Þingvellir and therefore the place is held in high esteem by all Icelanders.



Today Þingvellir is a protected national shrine. According to the law, passed in 1928, the protected area shall always be the property of the Icelandic nation, under the preservation of the Alþing.

Two new books

I bought the Material Obsession 2 at a quilt festival in Lux last month and liked it a lot, I just had to have the other one as well. I ordered it through Amazon in UK and in two days I had it in my hands, just lovely.

So many beautiful pictures,  one's mind -  inspiration in full.

And now I have all this beautiful fabric from Masako Wakayama,

that I bought at the quilt festival in Lux.

It is very soft and I'm sure it is a good quality.

Can't wait to start something nice.

Hope you all have a nice week and happy quilting.

Six more Flowers

The weather has been very nice this weekend here in Lux.

 And as I'm not much in to gardening, I enjoyed  sitting outside in my garden (not in the sun, though)

doing some Flower Garden, they are really fun to make.

I have not still decided whether I appliqué on a background or piece them together.

I also basted a top and used Sharon´s  technique.

On her webside you can find all sorts of free classes which are very helpful.

Quilting is easy with this basting, you don't have to start in the middle, just start at the top or the bottom.

 I have used this technique twice before and it is perfect.

Happy quilting.

Festival in Lux

Going to the Quilt Festival in Wilwerwiltz (Luxembourg) yesterday,

I was amazed to find Masako Wakayama and her quilts there.

She is a well-known international quilt artist who opened her Quilt shop

 "Crib Quilt" in 1987 in Tokyo, Japan. 

 She also has a fabric line called "American Country" which is absolutely gorgeous.

In the picture above Masako is showing us how to use Punch Needle,

unfortunately the needles were sold out.

Hear are some pictures I took.

The pictures do not need any explanation, they just speak for them selves.

Here is the link to Crib Quilt you can find the English up in the right corner.

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Take care and happy stitching.

Civil War Bride

Well  - block number four, I'm so proud of myself.

I thank the ladies in the  CWB group, they give me so much inspiration and courage.

Tin and Hexagon

I went to OEQC in Veldhoven last week. It was really good. I got more of  "Den Haan & Wagenmakers" fabric for my Snowball-quilt and I also bought some fabric for my Hexies.

The show was great, the theme was "Rhythm" and next year the theme will be "Blues".

I hope it is the color blue not the feeling blue. Maybe both.

I went to Rotterdam as well and at the Tuesday Market I found this Tin,

I had to have it, I don't know what it is about Tins, they always speak to me and say "pick me".

One more hexy flower done. This beautiful fabric was sent to me from my Secret Pal.

Every month I get a package from her with beautiful fabrics.

Twice I have got "Marimekko" which is absolutely gorgeous.

Until next time, happy stitching

Hexagon

This is my first  Hexagon ever, - I made it yesterday and it will not be my last.

Last year I bought this plastic pattern from Clove, it is 1 3/4"

and it is so easy to use.

- But the content of the bag was only 30 pieces and that is not nearly enough,

- I should have bought more than one bag.  

Well,  if I ever come across this pattern again I will buy some more.

I might join a Hexagon club and make one flower a week. - I think about it.

That is all for now

Happy stitching

Snowball

When visiting Cathy's blog the other day and saw her Snowball quilt she is doing with Kaffe fabric,

 I thought I would use my Den Haan & Wagenmakers fabric.

I cut it up to 6" squares and 2 1/4" squares.

You can see on her blog how simple it is.

I'm going next week to Veldhoven in The Netherlands,

attending the OEQC quiltshow,

Then I  will  buy some more of DH&W fabric

and maybe some other stuff too.

Until next time... Happy stitching :-)

Angels in my hair

I just finished reading this wonderful book.

I just have to share this with you all.

It is about  our guardian angle and the angels that are all around us.

 "Angels in my hair" is the autobiography of a modern-day mystic, an Irish woman with powers of the saints.

You can also visit Lorna Byrne website. The book has been translated to many different languages.

It is really worth reading.

The bride is here

Now the bride is here. This was my third block in the Civil War Bride Quilt.

All three together, only seventeen more to go.

Mini quilt

Just finished this Mini-Quilt.

It is a photo of my daughter walking the dog near the lighthouse Grótta on Seltjarnarnes.

The fabric is from my hand dyed stash.

Volcanic eruption

My son Ófeigur sent me these pictures he took one night when he went to have a look at the Volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland.

It is amazing.

Must have been beautiful but then also a little scary.

This picture must be taken at dawn,

it is taken from similar spot as the one above.

This picture is from a newspaper  in Iceland

Crochet

Think I will change to these colours, and do the green one later.