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

Quilting and knitting

I'm quilting this top using my Bernina 830,

and having heavy trouble with the bottom tension, it is just driving me crazy,

I've turned the machine off  and on several times but nothing happened.

So now it is off for the day and I will do some blogging.

This top is waiting to be quilted, well it has to wait - Bernina is on strike.

Just finished this sweater for my son for the winter in Holland.

My other son who lives in Iceland asked

for a real Icelandic "lopapeysu" with a hood.

Last September when I was in Iceland I brought "lopi" back with me home,

and will start soon on this sweater.

There is always something to do,

never a dull moment.

Enjoy what ever you are doing, life is beautiful.

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

Miniature

Wow - I got ribbon in Iceland,  for the best handcraft.

I could hardly believe it when I got e-mail from

Borghildi Ingvarsdóttir the chairman of the Icelandic Patchwork and Quilting Association telling me this.

Unfortunately I could not be there, but my son Ófeigur, was there for me. 

The Icelandic Patchwork and Quilting Association, Íslenska bútasaumsfélagið, was established in the year 2000. At the inaugural/first meeting there were 140 members from most parts of Iceland. Today the members are 400.

10 years anniversary

Congratulations to Íslenska bútasaumsfélag.

Mariner's Compass

Some years ago I learned how to draw Mariner's Compass at the QU.

The other day I used the drawings and made these four 12" circles.

It was fun - paper pieced -  I do like paper piecing.

I will have to do some more or I can use this as four corners for a big middlepiece.

Block #7 was my sixth block for my CWB Quilt

Here they are - all six of them together.

I also finished E-5 for DJ

you can have a look at my Dear Jane blog

Have a wonderful week and thank you for stopping by.

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

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