A star update

It seems the only things I do these days is making star quilts. Not that I hear anybody complaining but maybe, just maybe, I should try to make something else soon. Until then please bear with me and all my WIP stars.

Last week I started the Swoon quilt with my Mum when we visited her in Sweden.  I bought the pattern a long time ago but were always a bit hesitant to start it. I’ve seen so many beautiful Swoon quilts in Blog-land and I got more and more nervous about making it. To actually pick the right fabric...

Finaly I pulled myself togeteher, picked up some Kaffe Fasset fabric bundles and dived into it without thinking too hard about it. And holy cow… The Swoon fever hit me hard. It’s been a delightful week swooning – it is truly an amazing block. My Mum is smitten too.

About the size… I definitely like the 9 stars the most but it is simply too big and I really have nowhere to use it. The 4 stars are a more practical size for me but it needs a little … well a little more.

So now I am making a lot of small stars – the geeses are really small but I get to use some of the scraps and you know how that pleases me.

This week I also finished piecing the Made in Cherry quilt top. What to say… I don’t think I really like it. This is a first for me. I find the colors too purple and pink and the star is too big. I think I will fold the top and put it away for a little bit. Hopefully I will find good use for it one day and will want to finish it. Here in Denmark there is really no charity organizations that collects quilts. And would I  give away something I dont love myself anyway? I don't know. Time will tell I hope. I will hold back on the batting and the back until I feel better about it.

Enough about me and my WIP's... Now head on over to Lee's blog to see some truely lovely projects.

 

I'm still here....

It’s been a long time since last update. It’s been busy times here, too much work.  I’ve been too tired to quilt much and have ended up falling asleep in front of the TV way too often. 
But now my work is balanced again, my pro bono work (a web site) is launched and everybody is happy.  I’m in Sweden visiting my Mom, we’re drinking plenty of coffee and chatting about this and that. Life is good.

My Mums place is an old family house that’s been in my family since 1830. My Mom lives in the small house (and it’s really small!) while my Brother lives with his family in the big house.  This means plenty of cousins and family around at all times… and I have yet to hear anyone complain about that :)

I brought my sewing machine up here. After my Mum got hooked on quilting last year we enjoy quilting together. I brought the Swoon pattern and a few fabrics and now we’re both swooning

My Niece made a small quilt for her bunny last fall and this time I brought her a pack of squares this time. Luckily Stephanie posted a wonderful heart pattern on Valentine’s Day and Freja was sold.  She is quite talented – does everything except cutting herself.  Here’s a picture of when she was arranging her squares.

Before I left Denmark I nearly finished piecing my big *Made in Cherry’ quilt. I ended up with a blue background but didn’t take any pictures so that will have to wait until I’m back home next week.


Did I ever show a good picture of the quilt I made for my oldest? I think I never got around to it actually. He still loves it – uses it every day and even brought it to Sweden. The pattern is so versatile and a great way to use scraps.