I’m still here

Hello. My name is Cille. I’m a quilter and it been +3 months *gasp* since my last update. Though it’s been mighty quiet in my corner of blog world I did a little quilting here and there (but not enough to feel really productive).

Summer holiday was spent in Florida and it was a blast for the whole family. We spent the first 9 days near Boca Raton at my friend’s apartment overlooking the ocean. It was absolutely stunning! After then we drove north to Orlando. There are so many places I want to go to in the US but considering the boys age I think Florida was the perfect choice. I did buy some fabric but not near as much as I had envisioned. Guess my brain quilting centre was really in low gear. Now of course I’m a bit annoyed with myself for not going crazy while I had the chance, but it’s kind of late to change that now.

So, do you want to see some projects?

I decided our livingroom needed some colors so I dived into a huge pile of Amy Butler fabrics I’ve been collecting over the past year or so. I made some pillows (just need to get a zipper for the last one) and a footstool for my reading chair.

 

I also *cough* couldn’t hold back starting a quilt with these fabrics but just started cutting the fabrics and haven’t taken any pictures yet. I think I was in bad need of some color action.

The inner cushion for the footchair is made from and old duvet and a couple of pillows. The boys for once had great pleasure of helping with a quilt project.

There’s also a sweet girl in my office that is expecting her first child – a boy. She’s due in a less than 2 months but here in Denmark you are off work 1 month before, so I need to finish this baby quilt for her. I just got some really cute striped binding so all I need is to attach that. She’s into very calm colors (at my eccentric current state I would say almost boring) but I want her to really like the quilt so I used some Tula Pink ‘Salt’ fabrics. Since it will be an autumn baby I made it with heavy fleece on the back. The pattern is Lattice from Kati @ thebluechair.  On the picture it looks more puffy and stiff that it really is. I's so soft and cuddely.... I'll get a better picture once I finish the border.

I decided to add another border to this giant beauty – it will be a bed quilt. I had to get some more blue and it arrived yesterday so now I just need to decide which block to make. I’m considering a couple of options… I already decided that this quilt will go out to a long arm quilter - first time for me. It’s rare to find long arm here in Denmark but there’s one close to where my Mom lives in Sweden and I’m thinking I might take it to her.

 

Doesn't the Ferris wheels look fantastic from the back?



 



I started quilting the Dresden flower quilt but kind of stalled in the middle of it. I’m doing stripes across on the black white background and are planning to hand quilt the flowers. The stripes are just sooo boring to make. Oh well, I guess it will be finished in due time.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday update

So what have I been up to this week?  Well, I'm making sure it's spring inside as well as outside :)

On Friday I took out a project I started a few months back and finally made some headway on it.

My oldest son gave me 10 fat quarters of fabric for Christmas two years ago that he himself had picked out. True to his personality there were lots of graphic fabrics with forks, cows, zebras, butterflies and you name it and to be honest I had no idea what to use it for. You gotta love that he made an effort though so I really wanted to make sure it got used in a good way.  I finally got the idea to make a pieced background in black 'n white and and place colourful rainbow color pops on top of that - very much inspirered of some of Kathy Doughty's quilts..

Last week I wasn't sure about the project, but now that its coming together I have to say I really like it. It's different but lots of fun and I'm on a steep learning curve with dresdens and appliqué. That's always fun.

So it might not look like a lot of progress since Friday, but this week I managed to sew quite a bit and now I only have 5 flowers left and of course the centres.

I'm linking up to Lees Wednesday WIP.

It's a good thing I like hand stitching...

Because there's plenty left for a couple of days of fun :)

Flying low

This quilt has been flying kind of low on the radar recently but I'm determined to make some progress by throwing myself on to unfamiliar territory and face making bias steams for the flowers. Today we're of work. If that doesn't call for some quilting time I don't know what does.

A little progress...

Time goes by so fast these days and with lots of work and teachers on strike for 3 weeks now (the kids have not been to school since before Easter and we still have to keep up with our work)  crafting must take a step back. I do manage to make a few blocks here and there, so luckily there's a little progress to report... Though not much.

I made this wonderful bag in just two evenings. It's based on Stehanie @ loftcreations latest pattern Caity Did! I love how big it is and especially the little criss-cross feature on the front. Such a fun little detail I wouldn't  have thought of in a million years.

It's perfect for me - I'm a true shoulder-bag-kind-of-girl - always carrying lots of stuff around. It will be great for quilting supplies, shopping - even a fun addition to my normally quite classic work wardrobe.  I will start putting it to good use already tomorrow morning that's for sure :)

There was supposed to be a lovely button too, but I skipped that part. Busy little me never closes my bags anyway. Would have looked awfully cute though. This is a little more simple...


Another project I'm working a little on I's my EPP project I started last summer. With the new job time was suddenly very limited and I couldn't see the project finish anytime soon. So I decided to start adding borders. I selected a block from Modern Blocks and are halfway now. I've asked the members of my Bee to each make a block for me. When I get the last ones I should have enough to finish it and then start thinking about the next border.



This will be great... I can just feel it in my bones :)

Linking up to Lee's Wednesday WIP