Thursday 26 July 2012

BOM update

This week we're in Sweden visiting my family. Besides having a grand time it was a good chance to catch up on Jackie's Blogger's BOM, which I had fallen behind in making since... aehm... cough... May.

Normally I would just show a reallly boring picture with the blocks laying flat on a table... But today there were lots of kids around more than willing to help me taking some fun photos:

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So I hereby give you the May blocks designed by Cathy @ Cabbage Quilts and presented by cousins Freja and Sara. June blocks  (Designed by PamKittyMorning) are presented by Malene and Sissel. The July blocks (designed by

Wednesday 18 July 2012

Wednesday WIP



This week has been all about english paper piecing - Spring Carnival from I'm a Ginger Monkey.  I'm sorry for dragging you though another week of EPP but... I’m hooked  :) I’ve been EPP’ing everywhere thinkable this week:



Click to enlarge the picture to see the 'real' colors' - here they look a bit flashy.


I EPP’ed in front of the TV:



On the floor
    

At the hospital …. We had a major scare this week as my Nephew was hospitalized in the emergency intensive care unit. My sister is a single Mom so of course I went down there right away to support her and stay with them. Thank godness he’s ok again. But it was a rough week… Luckily I had my quilt to keep me sane with the uncertainty and endless hours of waiting.



I even EPP'ed at the public indoor swimming pool where I took the kids twice last week in lack of a proper summer here in Denmark(no pictures though as I don’t want to take pictures with so many people potentially feeling uncomfortable)

I also worked on a little surprise this week for the Bee Europa. It's en route to the UK but I think it’s save to show the picture here as I’m pretty sure Amy does not read my blog. In Bee Europa the Bee of the month sends out instructons for  for a specific block and the fabric to make it from. This month Amy requested Wonky Log Cabin blocks. I always try to make a surprise from the cut off’s. While I finished Amy’s blocks last week I was a bit stumped about what to make as her surprise.

Well here it is: A wonky log cabin needlebook. I think I spent more time on the needle book than the actual blocks, which really came together in no time. But it was fun to do and thinking that maybe I need to make one for myself too.





Wonky Log Cabin

 So that's it from me. But be sure to head over to Lee's blog and see lots more WIP's

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Wednesday 11 July 2012

Wednesday WIP

This has been a wonderful week – I’ve been stitching away and loving it. I’m on vacation. Kids are on vacation too and Lars has just returned from France where he finished La Mamotte (a crazy bicycle race where you bicycle over 4 mountains in one day).  It is lovely to have him back :) The weather continues to be really bad here with temperatures are around 59-64 degress and lots of rain so activities are limited to indoor.  I'm okay with that though as I get a lot of sewing done.
The progress on my EPP Spring Carnival quilt – my fingers are sore but do you think you will ever get enough of Amy Butlers Lark?


I don’t think so. As usual I don’t know where I’m going with this but have started contemplating different border options. At this point I am very inspired by an antique border I’ve seen. Well, I still have plenty of more stitching to do before needing to start on a border though this is going faster than I first anticipated it would.
I also made Amyinuk’s two blocks for the Bee Europa. It’s QuiltDad’s wonky log cabin block. I tried making the wonkiness subtle rather than going completely crazy. The blocks are a tad bigger than the required 12,5” so the last wonkiness can appear when cutting them and Amy can tilt them in the direction she prefers.
Wonky Log Cabin


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Tuesday 3 July 2012

July 'Just Three goals'

Vacation is creeping in on me. Not that I mind at all :) And August 1st I’ll start a new job so in between Friday and August 1st I see no work, lots of quilting and spending time with my kiddos. Yeah… Being able for focus a little less on work and more on home life I finally decided to join in on Traceyjay’s ‘Just 3’ thinking I can actually plan something without a bad conscience:
Here’s my 3 WIP's that I want to finish in July :

1) Lark EPP (sound like a surgical instrument, doesn’t it?)
In our house there’s going to be lots of sports on TV with both Tour de France and the Olympics. So naturally I plan to work on my English paper piecing project from the couch. I finally got the background fabric and started piecing it. Happy, happy, happy… It will be a while (a long one) but the goal for July must be to make at least 1x1 meter.




2) 60 degree stars
Even the best Mum needs some quality time by herself,  so I definitely plan to spend some time  my sewing machine too.  I want to finish piecing my 60 degree star top. This lovely project has suffered badly because I had some other projects with deadlines. It’s still on my wall and it it makes me happy whenever I look at it, so it’s definitely something I want to finish.


3) Wonky Log Cabin
My last goal for July is to make the July block for Bee Europa to finish as well. Amy has asked for QuiltDad’s wonky log cabin block. This will be a first for me. I made wonky things before… but never on purpose  ;)

I also plan to sneak in a little cleanup of my sewing area. It sort of has a tendency to overflow with odd pieces of fabric, threads, papers and lots of tools. My shelves are not exactly perfect either. I’m thinking about moving it to another room which will give me more light and some more wall space. Only disadvantage is that I’ll be further away from what else is going on in the house.  I still need to decide on the moving but a good cleaning and re-organise is long over-due in any case.
So that's my July plans :)  What's yours?



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