Done

The tree small quilts. Really really simple, 5" squares, only if I had the fabric in charm packs :)



Plus, the heilroom quilt and the Echino one got themselves new names. Not bad at all for the third try with free motion, I might say.

[read: I love how it turned out! :)]

I think I might have found that mojo I lost some time ago :)), 'cause I also made a huge pillow and a really really scrappy quilt, but I still need to take decent pictures.

P.S. Any ideas about writing names other than applique, embrodery or free motion would be very much appreciated.

Sneak peak

Remember my new kitchen?

With my white... everything? Well, here it is now :)

Husband had a great idea with the handles, we could only find small red ones and they just didn't look good. So we played with them a little :)



Even though it changed completely, I'm still in love with it and it's our favorite place in the house

A lot of WIP

An almost finish Echino baby quilt, just to take my mind off a not so beautiful week.

Unfortunately, my walking foot died. Again. And I was just not going to believe it. So I quilted and quilted, somehow hoping in the end it will look good. It didn't. I have a strong feeling I have to take all the quilting off and do it again.

[remember the little fellow that won't help me with pics? here he is again]

So I got even more angry and I cut.

And rearranged a hundred times

And even super cleaned the sewing machine.

And cleaned the threads' box

And started 3 awsome baby quilts.

[baby blue]

[baby smile]

[baby princess]

Now I am [not at all] patiently waiting for my walking foot. Isn't it a little too much 3 walking foots in one year?

Frustration

It seems I feel a lot of this these days...
I cannot make a decent picture. It's either my camera [more like we're in a little war here, I can't seem to figure her out], or the fact that none of the little fellows in my house are helping here...

[That's Finn McMissile, in case you were wondering....]

I did start to give free motion a chance, things look like they could be done, but I can't say the same thing about making pics of pillows. I just suck at this!

Oh, wait, did I tell you I chose a new home for the fabrics in the giveaway and can't, for the love of God, remember where I saved the picture? So I have to chose again? 

It's just one of those weeks, where nothing goes as it should!

I truly hope that for Sonia this is a better week :)

 

sonia said...

Your blog is lovely, indeed!!!

October 23, 2011 12:28 PM 

Ups - a little giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED - Thank you very much for entering. I will draw a winner on Monday.


Posting about my kokeshi book made me see that my [pardon my lack of modesty :))] lovely blog is more than one year old and I didn't even notice.

I really feel like I should invite you to some tea and cookies, but since we're all quilters here, what better way to do it than with fabrics? So I jumped to my recently destashed stash and got a little something.

There are some really nice prints from Joel Dewberry Heirloom, my absolute favorite is the one on top. They are fat eights or so.

There are some really nice neutrals, Moda, Wendy Slotboom and Amy butler [18" square]

And a lot of charms. More than 50 [I carefully counted them and forgot after the first picture :)))] from different collections, I think I saw some It's a hoot, Lilly & Will, Bliss, Sugar Pop and Sweetwater. I think :D

But feel free to count :)))))

Just leave a comment telling me what you're wearing :))))))))) if you'd like to have them. 

I'd love if you'd follow my blog too, but you don't have to do it for the giveaway only. However, you must have an e-mail address, either to your profile or the comment. No e-mail = no entry.

I would really like for my regular readers to have an extra chance. It's so nice not to have to talk alone.

So, if you know me [you're an old follower, we talked, we met, we exchanged mails, whatever:)], leave an extra comment. If some of you win, I will add something more, something I feel it's more you than the fabrics above.

I will ship all over the world, comments are open until Friday, October 28th, midnight romanian time [GMT +2h]

Two new pillows

I finally got a chance to play a little with the Go! cutter. I really love it, you know? :)
The only problem I really have with it, is that it doesn't piece :D. Really, cutting tumblers or circles is a PITA, but even when they're perfectly cut it's still darn hard to piece.

Anyway, for one of them I used the tumbler, for the other the drunkard's path. I love both of them equally.

But as I was taking pictures today, I realized that although my mom kept saying they are winterish :), they look so autumn to me. Don't ask me why, I just feel like I'm preparing for winter but I'm not there yet :)

Each of them has a zippered back and they look so much nicer than the envelope ones. I have to add zippers from now on!

I tried the rounded corners for the pillow because I keep planning a kokeshi quilt [for almost an year, since I received this kokeshi book] and the round corners were a must.

You have to admit they're pretty cool :)

I'm adding this pillow to Rachel's Celebrate Colour in Home decor for Octomber. Just in case you didn't see what others made, you should really take a look.

I'm so ready for winter here :)

Inspiration

The order from the lovely Monica from Mondragon arrived. What a fest for my eyes!

So did the solids.

I am in h.e.a.v.e.n!