Friday, April 09, 2010

Fly on the wings of friendship :-)



On my way over the big pond - now !
Just having had a small breakfast it is still nearly 2 hours until the plane leave for the big world.

I am well stocked with clothes, sewing equipment and gifts.

I will report in again when I am in Shipshewana, IN, on Tuesday :-)

If all the butterflies in my stomach could fly, I would be on my way already.

Take care - have fun!

Hanne

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Several finishes :-)

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Another care quilt done - and both are delivered now.

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I made a gift for my favourite aunt - a keeper for knitting needles and crochet needles.

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One can off course keep other things in it too, like hair brushes or painting brushes.

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Miss Cat and I watched a nature program on TV last night.
She could  figure out where all the bird sounds came from, but the birds did not smell a thing and could not be caught………..weird……….  :-)

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Sunshine Frolics all done :-)
This is a Block Of the Month. It was kits. I have changed the border and the binding.
It was to little border fabrics in the kit. I do not buy BOM kits from abroad anymore.

I used to dislike bindings, but I don't think I do anymore, as a binding in progress is a quilt very close to done!

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Merete has done the machine quilting. It is lovely!

Hanne

Saturday, April 03, 2010

A finish and progress

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Happy Easter to you!

Easter eggs, filled with sweets and wooden - both my favourites in their own way :-)

The lovely table cloth was embroidered by my grandmother on my mother's side, who died a long time before I was born.
It is embroidered on a piece of cotton fabric which is also darned in several places. Maybe it is a piece of a feedsack ?
Even if the small table cloth is both darned and rust stained it is a real treasure!

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Here is my latest finish - a care quilt.

10 of the 24 blocks are blocks I got as a gift many years ago, and now I have added the last 14, to make this in to a nice care quilt.
It is a piece of polar fleece with teddy bears on the back, so it will be nice and cuddly for a child :-)

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Miss Cat got the honour of paw approving this quilt before it is washed.
I always wash my care quilts before giving them away.

star blocks

Now I have only 7 more star block to go !

I have started packing for my trip next week, and the 7 stars are going with me.

Let yourself be silently drawn
by the stronger pull of what
you really love.”
Rumi, Sufi poet

Hanne

Thursday, April 01, 2010

Another pleasant day in Easter Paradise :-)

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Last night we enjoyed a bottle of very good red wine - a gift from a dear friend :-)
Hand sewing, a good film on screen, wine and a good friend - it is like heaven on earth!

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This morning the big question was: What happened to spring !?!?
Snow was coming down in big amounts.
Luckily the snow has stopped now an the melting can continue.

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Weather or no weather, sewing is on our schedule :-)
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May Britt is working on Yoko Saito's purse, making great progress.

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Here is May Britt's lovely newly renovated sewing room, filled with inspiration.
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Sewing, Sunshine buns and the rest of the film from last night - life is good :-)

"Laughter is the closest distance between two people."
Victor Borge

Hanne