tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21323796377719628352024-03-07T06:06:12.161+02:00SCRAPPY ANGEL QUILTSa blog of quilts, ideas of quilts, dreams of quilts, with a bit of knitting on the sideAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-32029051415182681792012-06-23T20:39:00.000+02:002012-06-23T20:42:36.706+02:00CAN´T STOP KNITTING<br />
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I can´t stop knitting! The weather is not at all summery so what else can I do?</h3>
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This top is made out of cotton and I am knitting the same model in a winter version out of Alpaca right now.</h3>
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Then I knitted a merino and silk scarf as a present. It is so soft and light.</h3>
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I can slip the whole thing in my finger ring!</h3>
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This is another project which lasted a while!</h3>
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<span style="color: purple;"> </span><a href="http://www.quiltjona.blogspot.de/" style="color: purple;" target="_blank">Bea´s BOM</a>. I wonder wether I should add another border or leave it like that.</h3>
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I think I will put that project aside for a time and see if inspiration hits!</h3>
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With all the rain here, the plants in the garden are growing like in the jungle so that I have to spend a lot of time with the pruners.</h3>
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I wish you all a nice summer with your families and friends.</h3>
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If you have a look <a href="http://www.scrappyangelquilts.blogspot.de/search/label/treadle%20machine">there</a> and <a href="http://www.scrappyangelquilts.blogspot.de/2008/05/sun-rain-sring.html">there</a> (look especially at the dates!), you can see that this quilt was a quick birth. I will call it ALMOST POWERLESS because I hand-sewed the baskets, assembled the top on my treadle machine, hand-quilted it and only added the binding with my sewing machine.</div>
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It is a very comfy quilt as the batting is a very thin cotton one. The reason I finished it is because I want to show it at an exhibition soon.<br />
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Then now for something completely different. I have some left-overs from my last baby quilt project and saw something very cute somewhere on the internet. Forgot where but that was enough to inspire me and here is the result:<br />
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It is not very big (20 x 25 cm or 8" x 10") but cute for a small baby room ( near Paris I should say!).<br />
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Painting the canvas was fun and a learning experience and who knows, maybe I will make some more for future babies!<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-31658119849462384272012-03-19T22:19:00.005+02:002012-03-20T12:24:45.199+02:00OLDER PROJECT<span style="font-size:130%;">Do you remember <a style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);" href="http://scrappyangelquilts.blogspot.de/2008/08/no-time-to-quilt.html">that project</a>? I decided to finish it using scraps, small scraps!<br />I have sewn all the stars and am coming along with the sashings.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7VYLnvRwYVZBCFK1BBJDpdhX76EhTaKl4rS3Gj6avZnS4-FLPEcb_G-JfXNCGJeAPvuhivaYLc3teM-ztIYed95XqRhfLFJqvn80_-KHDYT5Ovlz_RE5SeC8M1SZSzgQRRbp9lrOr7c/s1600/DSCI0217.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7VYLnvRwYVZBCFK1BBJDpdhX76EhTaKl4rS3Gj6avZnS4-FLPEcb_G-JfXNCGJeAPvuhivaYLc3teM-ztIYed95XqRhfLFJqvn80_-KHDYT5Ovlz_RE5SeC8M1SZSzgQRRbp9lrOr7c/s320/DSCI0217.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721919211759855666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">The sewing project does not look like spring at all (not like what is going on in the garden at the moment!) but I HAVE to finish some stuff before I start a new one.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfmSThgoNCty0wJfOlc17J0mKputgCtlaQ83QHwu8pr2UD0pRAvcVYnvRomG0REAoMwX4B_-nqIiwo76A5wttWxc6AcB2G5fPdjQQmvocat96Z-ztY4gVde9q0zrHOH1KL7oOG5VbYTE/s1600/DSCI0218.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfmSThgoNCty0wJfOlc17J0mKputgCtlaQ83QHwu8pr2UD0pRAvcVYnvRomG0REAoMwX4B_-nqIiwo76A5wttWxc6AcB2G5fPdjQQmvocat96Z-ztY4gVde9q0zrHOH1KL7oOG5VbYTE/s320/DSCI0218.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721919206053558690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">When I don´t feel like sewing I go back to my art journal. I have fun adding pages, trying everything I can put my hands on.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsA3WNHGeyWs1D_pq6gH0MUzoG_Fthe6YoFpGem-z5DQ8DKZq1hcV6-gz2PYr2uo2VqBcWs59P787exYU4jz4nYUo8acZ6ohtgXKNrvd7CMu1ea1byDSFYKTdL81bJlJbAr9yCignP4qw/s1600/DSCI0219.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsA3WNHGeyWs1D_pq6gH0MUzoG_Fthe6YoFpGem-z5DQ8DKZq1hcV6-gz2PYr2uo2VqBcWs59P787exYU4jz4nYUo8acZ6ohtgXKNrvd7CMu1ea1byDSFYKTdL81bJlJbAr9yCignP4qw/s320/DSCI0219.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721919196282682674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Some pages please me more than others, but that´s the point, isn´t it? I am still learning.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAEOzMLmIl2d-oqxnXrZUONma8pYcBWrkDvs6epBz75xJJhJim1je3XZJJkuUOnj5rdiG9N_C4R8vsehDVOYh15Ei-zlKZqkgN45zRDscb4frrcnc6bcvvauO8s2SgeEOE63N1aSG0ts/s1600/DSCI0220.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAEOzMLmIl2d-oqxnXrZUONma8pYcBWrkDvs6epBz75xJJhJim1je3XZJJkuUOnj5rdiG9N_C4R8vsehDVOYh15Ei-zlKZqkgN45zRDscb4frrcnc6bcvvauO8s2SgeEOE63N1aSG0ts/s320/DSCI0220.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721919189919601362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I think I will never stop learning though!<br /><br />Have a nice spring outside or inside.<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-66182190029262329902012-02-16T21:31:00.002+02:002012-02-16T21:53:42.803+02:00QUIET AND NOT SO BUSY!<span style="font-size:130%;">Title is an allusion to my <a href="http://hobbydunjour.blogspot.com/2012/02/quiet-but-busy.html"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">sister´s post</span></a>!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">As I keep on exploring new arty paths and renovating my entrance hall.<br />For Christmas I asked my DH to make a new shoe rack. He obliged gracefully, if only a bit late and I was left with some sanding and painting. I like the new piece of furniture very much. Imagine before a small pine shoe cabinet with most of the shoes on the floor in a heap. Above was a older cross stiched sampler I made as I was much younger.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4q74d2qWVEqA5R_IaxNDv_83H35ef5vulu5HFJymlqDe6TQ8fpa6Acnz1-BsxYcV0iAjRU1LQPZQihgqS48d9sg9lR-ZduT5QP6Rlmy7tDu9kXcyxLdH-M68hHyxkK3BZ-s5iUOMP72c/s1600/DSCI0200.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4q74d2qWVEqA5R_IaxNDv_83H35ef5vulu5HFJymlqDe6TQ8fpa6Acnz1-BsxYcV0iAjRU1LQPZQihgqS48d9sg9lR-ZduT5QP6Rlmy7tDu9kXcyxLdH-M68hHyxkK3BZ-s5iUOMP72c/s320/DSCI0200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709819462993242562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">So new art was needed too.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoPelZot3GsNlhnm5mPCHIYe-6jxjCAzY31Of-y5HCJFu-ECX1I_u6P25Bz71VE-HQcBBuV6TrfsdhxRkYQX1APj0YVPZyqv0awkID43In6PvHaDTFARYI86fKNiwcKqZ_obQmMTTIZs/s1600/DSCI0209.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 193px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoPelZot3GsNlhnm5mPCHIYe-6jxjCAzY31Of-y5HCJFu-ECX1I_u6P25Bz71VE-HQcBBuV6TrfsdhxRkYQX1APj0YVPZyqv0awkID43In6PvHaDTFARYI86fKNiwcKqZ_obQmMTTIZs/s320/DSCI0209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709819675695802066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">And that´s what I came up with. I used wall paper, magazine bits, gesso, bubble wrap... and I had fun!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9z-jq-uOJhyphenhyphen9Tqykp2_IGIWF2LzPz_23OMyO-h4QMjaFPC7NliKe3lFbbaiExkMJABrb_vwH2eCtIot2SF2viYAGkvrS731BxQKcG-GMm3qpQRnyGTq7FXAN-9EUAZWvybi5zLp7xI7Y/s1600/DSCI0199.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9z-jq-uOJhyphenhyphen9Tqykp2_IGIWF2LzPz_23OMyO-h4QMjaFPC7NliKe3lFbbaiExkMJABrb_vwH2eCtIot2SF2viYAGkvrS731BxQKcG-GMm3qpQRnyGTq7FXAN-9EUAZWvybi5zLp7xI7Y/s320/DSCI0199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709819469401596242" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEKQ0VS2BeRPHVMjEPGUP6Wc9GsUrDLNZBMsJW2yFf1Dlg2Ji0Dqx7PFHsJJv6eSV-0MFRk_vFh2iKhmfRTcZVJy2Z5C_7vANIhzCa8MffKRmDmdGYVxvkmw5Gko0MOrAku9dSW3rT0s/s1600/DSCI0196.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEKQ0VS2BeRPHVMjEPGUP6Wc9GsUrDLNZBMsJW2yFf1Dlg2Ji0Dqx7PFHsJJv6eSV-0MFRk_vFh2iKhmfRTcZVJy2Z5C_7vANIhzCa8MffKRmDmdGYVxvkmw5Gko0MOrAku9dSW3rT0s/s320/DSCI0196.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709819392295553330" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTH3IsbI4lLF5_AGJgOHKamFgs7TnPsDMTPOvVULJsJl4mDuB-_92WqIyAIgaPRTYEa9xpttof80ZES-aqnu0vby-8uBcL6hDjuJLXpDYXVdMuk0Ol1HxlasYQlLNba10woLiMatAjIM/s1600/DSCI0197.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTH3IsbI4lLF5_AGJgOHKamFgs7TnPsDMTPOvVULJsJl4mDuB-_92WqIyAIgaPRTYEa9xpttof80ZES-aqnu0vby-8uBcL6hDjuJLXpDYXVdMuk0Ol1HxlasYQlLNba10woLiMatAjIM/s320/DSCI0197.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709819421315156914" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCHETiil8Z5ayB2Qz3_KxByIQKRq7tqTnsyYIxOEVdCuAxljYjLTistRx23faevbG8N9EaSCqZ0Xk5sZRfoT6zoO5xrF_zn3j0mfLeCIrQIsoGra8Iv-l9bR46mW99UsC67-Dvu66cYE/s1600/DSCI0198.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCHETiil8Z5ayB2Qz3_KxByIQKRq7tqTnsyYIxOEVdCuAxljYjLTistRx23faevbG8N9EaSCqZ0Xk5sZRfoT6zoO5xrF_zn3j0mfLeCIrQIsoGra8Iv-l9bR46mW99UsC67-Dvu66cYE/s320/DSCI0198.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709819431132917378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I wish I had bought bigger canvases as these ones look a bit small above the shoe shelves</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">(they look bigger in real though). But I bet I will make some more and anything is an excuse to go to a favorite <a href="http://boesner.com"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">shop</span></a> of mine</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Take care</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-52706283832624648912012-01-25T22:14:00.004+02:002012-01-25T22:31:28.868+02:00MANY PICTURES OF MANY PROJECTS<span style="font-size:130%;">A lot of pictures to show what my mother and I have been busy with.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I finished machine quilting the baby quilt for my cousin´s daughter:</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXatwoApOTm0GKnVt88NjYFGRtx88Ddmw5onv7GmnPfJqbK-cpkNA7nVl1EaOwpzrN-RejH2rTkPgGBsvYe1zEOcDp7IbfK2BjlJe8ZMNA5STagLs3Oka0iEXA9zUfgZxiU73bzoWr0X8/s1600/DSCI0139.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXatwoApOTm0GKnVt88NjYFGRtx88Ddmw5onv7GmnPfJqbK-cpkNA7nVl1EaOwpzrN-RejH2rTkPgGBsvYe1zEOcDp7IbfK2BjlJe8ZMNA5STagLs3Oka0iEXA9zUfgZxiU73bzoWr0X8/s320/DSCI0139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701666251305188626" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXRCqOqR-pRgIKyJ9z_LKG5t3XY9OV5jjSDEeJco4ctosuIvvhwI41-67vAk5lAEY8Zl0vRDe1zURAjlY6Z7PVvWmZGmn_hlbgbnhexzUCta0VIku6pgZcIeAiE_uzWImh-qywRFrGNg/s1600/DSCI01401.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXRCqOqR-pRgIKyJ9z_LKG5t3XY9OV5jjSDEeJco4ctosuIvvhwI41-67vAk5lAEY8Zl0vRDe1zURAjlY6Z7PVvWmZGmn_hlbgbnhexzUCta0VIku6pgZcIeAiE_uzWImh-qywRFrGNg/s320/DSCI01401.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701666266611399202" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizVHotlPhpTUV55yIv7pFvv3g3bcevSEllOjbKX2a7I5t1G8m36UOw_zhJWr1MgR9uTNTFOkJrFA1Xz5WV8mjNyr0NYTjNUKCFNkJGuYLhXkgFhapQfHj9pViPINOSQlN6ftRWipMV7Y/s1600/DSCI0138.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizVHotlPhpTUV55yIv7pFvv3g3bcevSEllOjbKX2a7I5t1G8m36UOw_zhJWr1MgR9uTNTFOkJrFA1Xz5WV8mjNyr0NYTjNUKCFNkJGuYLhXkgFhapQfHj9pViPINOSQlN6ftRWipMV7Y/s320/DSCI0138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701666250493048210" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1H_ZcvZA2kp-1wAl7GqLEj4AERm2CZDQ8YofQq6G3GyzGLBQoKXaXzK0zaTM35GTyYTge6RgjFU9cEhi_jzYf-snDZCoAWtuAwwsw4cKMSDUxtWbbqZ_G9EBdlRBQkqKZ4TQvf4pstM/s1600/DSCI0153.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1H_ZcvZA2kp-1wAl7GqLEj4AERm2CZDQ8YofQq6G3GyzGLBQoKXaXzK0zaTM35GTyYTge6RgjFU9cEhi_jzYf-snDZCoAWtuAwwsw4cKMSDUxtWbbqZ_G9EBdlRBQkqKZ4TQvf4pstM/s320/DSCI0153.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701666247903767122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I must say, I am pleased with the result. The colours were a bit out of my comfort zone but I got used to them. So much that I made a bag to go with the quilt!<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zj8WGtQw1bvuQNZshQ5mDaOhQzPvkKfXPaQfT_qrCTaWHUh-JafbcK-pDVAscWS2srMIBTPmYs6LRyVXoovsmXH8HjKswWcdKeJua8wgywjrBQhjT1rMzZoYRw4-LoWlabDvNm5lrAU/s1600/DSCI0157.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zj8WGtQw1bvuQNZshQ5mDaOhQzPvkKfXPaQfT_qrCTaWHUh-JafbcK-pDVAscWS2srMIBTPmYs6LRyVXoovsmXH8HjKswWcdKeJua8wgywjrBQhjT1rMzZoYRw4-LoWlabDvNm5lrAU/s320/DSCI0157.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701666268672617618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">The bag is not big enough to store the quilt in ( it is 10" x 9") but maybe big enough to put some nappies.<br /><br />When my mother was here over Christmas, I gave her bits of fabric from the baby quilt and that´s what she made with them.<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uNDSvKZWXjU5pmF3roEEGaODMF9Qsp-wNKwCG4OF_0iZS0fLhUWWjOsXNzXtli78WdLc2I5qP4b8P3FA5GuvU6NUkAl6hFWfV491pZ89tIu5MGV-xAMACIF_3qZ6jK28fsDXGPbOhsc/s1600/patch+lucie011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uNDSvKZWXjU5pmF3roEEGaODMF9Qsp-wNKwCG4OF_0iZS0fLhUWWjOsXNzXtli78WdLc2I5qP4b8P3FA5GuvU6NUkAl6hFWfV491pZ89tIu5MGV-xAMACIF_3qZ6jK28fsDXGPbOhsc/s320/patch+lucie011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701666508823093154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">It is a wall hanging with appliqué and hand quilting. </span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJgblUYbv1t1sQpOOQqEpTtwZ577Q3At_Hss6fpCtf6vX7bU_Lc39A6zUbHGyAJPUBXGvtHyF4Zu1cGg4fje2yZmDLduC8gX6PD6VzrHhGJBHjv1nPmQYTLa2oO3mnoi89h-VG0s4ydk/s1600/patch+lucie+021.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJgblUYbv1t1sQpOOQqEpTtwZ577Q3At_Hss6fpCtf6vX7bU_Lc39A6zUbHGyAJPUBXGvtHyF4Zu1cGg4fje2yZmDLduC8gX6PD6VzrHhGJBHjv1nPmQYTLa2oO3mnoi89h-VG0s4ydk/s320/patch+lucie+021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701666535436706994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Now the little girl will have something to snuggle up and something to look at!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Still no snow around here, not that I complain but my DS would like to use the sledge he got at Christmas!<br /><br />Keep busy and inspired.<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-82613380311102713352011-12-29T21:25:00.004+02:002011-12-29T21:38:40.885+02:00AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!<span style="font-size:130%;">Christmas came and went. All run well with nice company and mild weather.<br /><br />In the meantime the recipient of this quilt is born (a very cute little girl named Lucie) so I ´d better hurry to get it finished.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_bNR1epbdhBsFUjh0pu9bOQ5_uj7GSgbOmnQ06OPkwW24itjLl184ZiHdV7xZqx8cwlgrJZTOofN6h8wyjY3n5IMDVzgxvz8YS2lOVF3naPxIWcY5-aWo4QCVcOH8TkDDx8LCpb5i30/s1600/DSCI0130.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_bNR1epbdhBsFUjh0pu9bOQ5_uj7GSgbOmnQ06OPkwW24itjLl184ZiHdV7xZqx8cwlgrJZTOofN6h8wyjY3n5IMDVzgxvz8YS2lOVF3naPxIWcY5-aWo4QCVcOH8TkDDx8LCpb5i30/s320/DSCI0130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691634112677196962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">The pictures are not great but they are the best I can manage with the winter sun.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoso9jsQC39f92DCKB34ZanulUy1_4K7HTqnBvNHgLo__CPwy75s9UZN4Rfud1qXjeGxWshXcyKK7XL2_PngoC-MFEsG4EijAV0JfA3zBlEctZcY_2JagH_Te39HKEaHhwbV0fX6YJ5Ao/s1600/DSCI0132.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoso9jsQC39f92DCKB34ZanulUy1_4K7HTqnBvNHgLo__CPwy75s9UZN4Rfud1qXjeGxWshXcyKK7XL2_PngoC-MFEsG4EijAV0JfA3zBlEctZcY_2JagH_Te39HKEaHhwbV0fX6YJ5Ao/s320/DSCI0132.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691634103767489010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I will machine quilt it with flowers and loops in a white thread.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtauBDdz_qX_dYNOMFvV0fkdFyI4lMUn5fU3q-EkEW46piZVWTTP7RiAxzh2zuhKJSSP5HX6ka7mWQz8TbtwJUlBWJPfLu_SSp6Rvvzqp-BZIqCeygx310Bw2Qq7qLzFQR7APHbw_TdZA/s1600/DSCI0131.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtauBDdz_qX_dYNOMFvV0fkdFyI4lMUn5fU3q-EkEW46piZVWTTP7RiAxzh2zuhKJSSP5HX6ka7mWQz8TbtwJUlBWJPfLu_SSp6Rvvzqp-BZIqCeygx310Bw2Qq7qLzFQR7APHbw_TdZA/s320/DSCI0131.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691634104099902370" border="0" /></a></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">I wish you all the best for 2012.<br />May you have a peaceful,rewarding and joyful year.<br /></span></span></span></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-5697749258786855902011-11-27T20:42:00.003+02:002011-11-27T21:18:20.170+02:00WALLS REQUIRE ART<span style="font-size:130%;">We have been living in our house for over 10 years</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">now. That means some walls needed some fresh paint. I started with the toilet (I don´t think you want to see pictures of that!) and then I painted the entrance with a light linen colour.<br />The wall on one side looked naked and we needed a shelf anyway to put keys, letters,...or so I told my DH. He built a shelf which I painted with about 10 coats of satin white and then made a collage to put above:<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qPLrbDQUxdcP6pDSp47Rgdr1FMQbRax_oZQ0erJUHxZ9bYP_geH8page1NFn5GL_LTPelWQdq8ZrMcMTnNG5cCN6AoNS92YpgDCUKy8ra-m5dhQ3EV5NKwGVqIku5AP3SuA2FFbdIQ4/s1600/DSCI0052.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qPLrbDQUxdcP6pDSp47Rgdr1FMQbRax_oZQ0erJUHxZ9bYP_geH8page1NFn5GL_LTPelWQdq8ZrMcMTnNG5cCN6AoNS92YpgDCUKy8ra-m5dhQ3EV5NKwGVqIku5AP3SuA2FFbdIQ4/s320/DSCI0052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679751898075788034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">It is made out of old and new magazine pages, pictures I found in discarded school books... I printed the cutlery on a tea bag! I added some scrap booking papers ( yes dear sister, I have some of them too!) and I called it done.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Even if I see things which I could have done differently, I like the colour scheme and the over all feeling. Can you guess? It won´t be my last collage.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYOiTCgJlaR5mHiE3ZCiQfvDCL_xpt2NwC5FZ_OAhjnbQDOw_CF8Rryjs5ZVYqm8bexPEb8FLs_j1-RLW_JeD5AsnwTifOaxi1ze1C8F-8PlnXPKjeXhKkO1cYoeoFUv8susMiowE6pk/s1600/DSCI0054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYOiTCgJlaR5mHiE3ZCiQfvDCL_xpt2NwC5FZ_OAhjnbQDOw_CF8Rryjs5ZVYqm8bexPEb8FLs_j1-RLW_JeD5AsnwTifOaxi1ze1C8F-8PlnXPKjeXhKkO1cYoeoFUv8susMiowE6pk/s320/DSCI0054.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679751906031332066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I started yet another baby quilt (this time for a girl as you can guess) for someone in my family in France. I will add appliqué flowers on the white borders and see how it turns out.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY558JZuLOhAPEA5D2IeJT_72Kf9qmyILAEdBgYmqw_tQGLfAOhngnyuiBmrEuQGgET_kaEnBTNwYl9V0wrQKmrjlOz39hf2lbxzP71K3AX185XVz7E8lezVFGUIvobtp1bKR8UWsLRD8/s1600/DSCI0056.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY558JZuLOhAPEA5D2IeJT_72Kf9qmyILAEdBgYmqw_tQGLfAOhngnyuiBmrEuQGgET_kaEnBTNwYl9V0wrQKmrjlOz39hf2lbxzP71K3AX185XVz7E8lezVFGUIvobtp1bKR8UWsLRD8/s320/DSCI0056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679751899414162514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">This time last year I was complaining about the snow, well this year winter is taking its time. I won´t complain now, just that it could be colder to get rid of all the bugs still around!<br /><br />Have a nice advent!<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-73864476012446920912011-10-18T21:31:00.004+02:002011-10-18T21:50:50.010+02:00WELL, WELL, WELL<span style="font-size:130%;">Runs in cold mornings, pumpkins galore and less work than usual: that´s what it looks like around here at the moment.<br /><br />My mother likes sewing and has a lot of time in winter so that she can finish a lot of tops. But she does not feel like quilting them all (she quilts only by hand) so from time to time she gives me one top to machine quilt. <br />This is one of them:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNguFWOiWyTPQ-M41sQdVWUMYnpeopAtLGi1z1NMwPeLYMw9iaMboBRqgZmI_CgIZC3DmrDLV1r_236gBsAjoj5X5-8ZN58WQbqpf12k7YgwkRdP-1N19zRgpnsn2iMnzr7UEKCx8ow4o/s1600/DSCI0024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNguFWOiWyTPQ-M41sQdVWUMYnpeopAtLGi1z1NMwPeLYMw9iaMboBRqgZmI_CgIZC3DmrDLV1r_236gBsAjoj5X5-8ZN58WQbqpf12k7YgwkRdP-1N19zRgpnsn2iMnzr7UEKCx8ow4o/s320/DSCI0024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664917840009354498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I was inspired by Fall and quilted leaves and pumpkins. I hope my mother likes it.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Jvog8NaW02COmQRzGFWlv6CZlrO5UaWPrxMA_N9-XO_0tiAmOzn0BjGW_X3JvuyTZlL31aTuMo6AlWukEnCo0XZ_IKnZxqUeHAgBz3uRoMVJZju834KDbI4ObqGBQIeTdoUBmd62PoI/s1600/DSCI0025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Jvog8NaW02COmQRzGFWlv6CZlrO5UaWPrxMA_N9-XO_0tiAmOzn0BjGW_X3JvuyTZlL31aTuMo6AlWukEnCo0XZ_IKnZxqUeHAgBz3uRoMVJZju834KDbI4ObqGBQIeTdoUBmd62PoI/s320/DSCI0025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664917837197764322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">At our quilt group we have a haiku project going on. It was my turn and that is what I came up with. It says " forgotten dreams, whispered words, the pictures of the past have disappeared</span>"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBMk_GccxHg86j-R6kfP2fEhFp1DsrFndIOyVEvhi14CVdSceVU7ahhovoSq-uij3c-l-7hVUD4DWnS1i1hDfS4Tj6lnjaC9SW0-ynOXz992tScqMtXFx4jtrVNGcP0G1FIoWS7178hA/s1600/DSCI0015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBMk_GccxHg86j-R6kfP2fEhFp1DsrFndIOyVEvhi14CVdSceVU7ahhovoSq-uij3c-l-7hVUD4DWnS1i1hDfS4Tj6lnjaC9SW0-ynOXz992tScqMtXFx4jtrVNGcP0G1FIoWS7178hA/s320/DSCI0015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664917845803588210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">When the project is over (in february), we will have around 20 little quilts which will hang together. I will show more pictures then</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Till next time!</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-50161158192411995402011-09-26T19:27:00.006+02:002011-09-26T20:19:12.788+02:00STILL THERE<span style="font-size:130%;">Yes, really, I am still there! After some relaxing sommer holidays, some gardening ( it felt like a lot!) and some renovating I am back to my hobbies:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPt-UxPnI2lgY0uz5-j52wkJP8PB1U352Qqs_Qk0P07UFPQW-MaN3zTp6dA2DQVUMaUrP8kOBrC3kIpxFYGHegw2DIQPDv3gr_VjXWpG2h_wJwgdwgCPvmgLjpP6H8BieZhQTDmuODFE/s1600/DSCI0013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPt-UxPnI2lgY0uz5-j52wkJP8PB1U352Qqs_Qk0P07UFPQW-MaN3zTp6dA2DQVUMaUrP8kOBrC3kIpxFYGHegw2DIQPDv3gr_VjXWpG2h_wJwgdwgCPvmgLjpP6H8BieZhQTDmuODFE/s320/DSCI0013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656731486816463682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I knitted some socks with left-over yarn. That´s why they are not very long.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPt-UxPnI2lgY0uz5-j52wkJP8PB1U352Qqs_Qk0P07UFPQW-MaN3zTp6dA2DQVUMaUrP8kOBrC3kIpxFYGHegw2DIQPDv3gr_VjXWpG2h_wJwgdwgCPvmgLjpP6H8BieZhQTDmuODFE/s1600/DSCI0013.JPG"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MCXwB_Tiq_bypD8whCYB4fNLIjkU8EJiTDyOiJtg71cJozViwQ8GNlP_KLPJNWd13F3zt7M0GxSZ10C8ENRU-eCr4gu_0Yq49pPI5v6R3BSEeL486mE7eridBpmSJA4m74z-TfVSP-0/s1600/DSCI0014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MCXwB_Tiq_bypD8whCYB4fNLIjkU8EJiTDyOiJtg71cJozViwQ8GNlP_KLPJNWd13F3zt7M0GxSZ10C8ENRU-eCr4gu_0Yq49pPI5v6R3BSEeL486mE7eridBpmSJA4m74z-TfVSP-0/s320/DSCI0014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656731487037395826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">But they are still nice enough to walk around the house and the garden and that´s less yarn in the basket.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7BxDRpwnrTDlvwrBu9IIVwpKTSwBaKA4REuPispIyAPElHYS3DM9_XtsmZnPRDoMM7iwTteuL0V6WN_AA1eK1UGSi7KWquep5dI4jGkHZjIJ7cgTKgEohShmbhHmYzb1ahQISoGIlaE/s1600/DSCI0009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7BxDRpwnrTDlvwrBu9IIVwpKTSwBaKA4REuPispIyAPElHYS3DM9_XtsmZnPRDoMM7iwTteuL0V6WN_AA1eK1UGSi7KWquep5dI4jGkHZjIJ7cgTKgEohShmbhHmYzb1ahQISoGIlaE/s320/DSCI0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656731482748383106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I also got new glasses. And that was not funny at all. They are with progressive- addition lenses which are just a bother! After more than one week, I still have to move my head a lot to see clearly. It is getting slowly better though I think.<br /><br />We are having a wonderful weather here at the moment. That means some more work in the garden but great walks and runs too.<br />Have a nice time!<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-70524561468556820042011-07-08T20:58:00.003+02:002011-07-08T21:14:50.698+02:00CREAM AND BLUE<span style="font-size:130%;">Well, that was a quick finish.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> I quilted the baby throw on 2 afternoons in a meander pattern</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">and I must say that I really like it!</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHnDqJr150HJg9DzmWh0NBWo8PN0MCfn7RVP5fPtAWxLYbGh2e53jv4wWqdVjvLucATjkKMcH0M9W4h6-48yADonnibfGf8zh_QyPePrHAPoB8doVl_vwkqTY9EeuNw86f-QnBNqAqTs/s1600/DSCN2318.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHnDqJr150HJg9DzmWh0NBWo8PN0MCfn7RVP5fPtAWxLYbGh2e53jv4wWqdVjvLucATjkKMcH0M9W4h6-48yADonnibfGf8zh_QyPePrHAPoB8doVl_vwkqTY9EeuNw86f-QnBNqAqTs/s320/DSCN2318.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627058864025729714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The colours are muted but I tried to vary the textures for the baby. The quilt has linen, cotton, ...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEtv1QLkQvvV6DlbPrbSZW3fhUAwT4IuG-6GJTaO7-lOeMPp2k55AZtj0Bd8zT67nm7mSKWJW1Lyg-jVEGUhRNxts-c8Xz4QNlKaQ88Ziz7lSXa2B-06J-8Vg-7cgSur6axqwmbheV3M/s1600/DSCN2321.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEtv1QLkQvvV6DlbPrbSZW3fhUAwT4IuG-6GJTaO7-lOeMPp2k55AZtj0Bd8zT67nm7mSKWJW1Lyg-jVEGUhRNxts-c8Xz4QNlKaQ88Ziz7lSXa2B-06J-8Vg-7cgSur6axqwmbheV3M/s320/DSCN2321.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627058873910302578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />and some "teddy bear" fabric!<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjT4vC1GP8HDfpfJsYYPClVOHx6Ni01rrxgVNtrP16YMRkYS_kYKWs6uG9TQFZJ3z-Mdel_EhhBKLoNfitzmC12xPvXp8volwPn6Cs_BMX8-i0zC10GISM0y0ATNQ9d-8fVsnZvBU78xs/s1600/DSCN2320.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjT4vC1GP8HDfpfJsYYPClVOHx6Ni01rrxgVNtrP16YMRkYS_kYKWs6uG9TQFZJ3z-Mdel_EhhBKLoNfitzmC12xPvXp8volwPn6Cs_BMX8-i0zC10GISM0y0ATNQ9d-8fVsnZvBU78xs/s320/DSCN2320.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627058879854789922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Only 2 weeks til the holidays and I am really looking forward to them</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Have a nice time and enjoy your favorite hobbies.<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="width: 75px; height: 39px;" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-86049694947506281302011-06-18T19:27:00.002+02:002011-06-18T19:39:05.207+02:00ANGRY<span style="font-size:130%;">We stayed ELEVEN days with no telephone nor internet! I am really angry at our telephone company. I had to spend hours trying to get through with my mobile, I was sent to ten different departements where nobody knew nothing about nothing and just as I begun threatening them, did they react! What a bother...<br /><br />Anyway now everything is back to normal, I hope.<br /><br />I finished the top for the baby quilt. I am machine quilting it at the moment. It looks better in real because the colours are richer. And by the way I got the pattern<a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/2010/08/birthday-cake-quilt-and-fabric-giveaway.html"> there</a>.<br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQynDkjHUlSO-21B0brMcyXnBh8nL26OicaP1-WGkaYe_er9RClo7o9at5C4iOf9EwyhOJQ9EsgCCDT4oRKBUrvd0mu90_-KCkmjxgWJ4sBeZkWyVAGFdb5BpEYnxnESPigqZgYjR3-w/s1600/DSCN2309.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQynDkjHUlSO-21B0brMcyXnBh8nL26OicaP1-WGkaYe_er9RClo7o9at5C4iOf9EwyhOJQ9EsgCCDT4oRKBUrvd0mu90_-KCkmjxgWJ4sBeZkWyVAGFdb5BpEYnxnESPigqZgYjR3-w/s320/DSCN2309.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619613179616326786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I have a lot of blogs to read so that´s all for today!</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-34901582022166924242011-05-29T19:41:00.005+02:002011-05-29T19:59:41.873+02:00Bonne fête, Maman!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdGNLlJqxXkvqalLFM_Oi0Gi88bKTAOF6x3dwcTAKhV0fEQIFw-Mk-FoXQRCw-lutXZG3HasyN4u1p3QgqV5c6WKb-bbnKbTFlXD13WRKCeYy7QYEFDXGgRlhhdB5sfpbdhCBG1MJLNw/s1600/La_Fete_des_Meres.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdGNLlJqxXkvqalLFM_Oi0Gi88bKTAOF6x3dwcTAKhV0fEQIFw-Mk-FoXQRCw-lutXZG3HasyN4u1p3QgqV5c6WKb-bbnKbTFlXD13WRKCeYy7QYEFDXGgRlhhdB5sfpbdhCBG1MJLNw/s320/La_Fete_des_Meres.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612195393121140178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Today is mother´s day in France and that is something which won´t happen to my mum tomorrow as she is on holiday in Turkey having a great time I hope. For those of you who don´t speak french, it says "Mother´s day, the day after" and on her apron "We love you, Mummy"!</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQToe5nM3mPkgYBRxuEZuJYlyxaZkAAq105jt9-JTpQFCd1MXIZjCKbHBMWA_fHA7XlA0yUq0SD_dzCL69d2QdYnz1oa1p2wXbPWPHu21YuqhWIK-jaetQWLKSeK-oqHTyBWthBDBfvE8/s1600/DSCN2294.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQToe5nM3mPkgYBRxuEZuJYlyxaZkAAq105jt9-JTpQFCd1MXIZjCKbHBMWA_fHA7XlA0yUq0SD_dzCL69d2QdYnz1oa1p2wXbPWPHu21YuqhWIK-jaetQWLKSeK-oqHTyBWthBDBfvE8/s320/DSCN2294.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612195393784490002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">After a very long stop, I started piecing patchwork again. This will become a baby boy quilt. The mother-to-be wants muted colours but I think I will still add some aqua blue like the blue in the right down corner block. Only 63 more blocks to go!<br /><br />I am still busy filling up my art journal:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQ7xvL8aBeCRLRSYPel5Ef17pfL6fDglM9tA_XJwomdXTindoFELeUbHaSO6Ft8E1InVdP5DSiT3fcEZBE3l6S3c2MbnryI35ozJAaXjO848bTixhas2RbGXLrI5tpOvsVKlaTmOlgnM/s1600/DSCN2285.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQ7xvL8aBeCRLRSYPel5Ef17pfL6fDglM9tA_XJwomdXTindoFELeUbHaSO6Ft8E1InVdP5DSiT3fcEZBE3l6S3c2MbnryI35ozJAaXjO848bTixhas2RbGXLrI5tpOvsVKlaTmOlgnM/s320/DSCN2285.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612195395855706194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJivO0XJEBAxaBjEaBeZcW7kFfz7Rggs-Ik0dBX4Ai5b-AZOEuU4dwPbldQ6c7-kjYUg0IBQsmGTJSudHv_Cn3pG0CdEaF2NlBfhQJYYz_exs6Q4VTnQUZwQocLCBNK5tO_2CTCoH_3x0/s1600/DSCN2286.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJivO0XJEBAxaBjEaBeZcW7kFfz7Rggs-Ik0dBX4Ai5b-AZOEuU4dwPbldQ6c7-kjYUg0IBQsmGTJSudHv_Cn3pG0CdEaF2NlBfhQJYYz_exs6Q4VTnQUZwQocLCBNK5tO_2CTCoH_3x0/s320/DSCN2286.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612195400757371906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Unfortunately the garden wants some attention too so that I am not as creative as I would like to be but I am working on it.<br /><br />Till next time!<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-17412169094476077392011-05-14T20:47:00.003+02:002011-05-14T21:06:22.161+02:00DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND!<span style="font-size:130%;">Well, actually just from my<a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://hobbydunjour.blogspot.com/"> sister</a>, who posts much more than I do.<br />So here are my art journal beginnings.<br />That´s the book I started with. It is a Christmas present from dear friends. The paper is really nice but the cover was a bit boring.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pXavLtHRFbYn4OtPNqswaz5VvEd2fwfHc-sDOKfpOX5fnpVwuka_W_XT1dhYWrtXVr1jyNekLzR3fJekUJWK9AzghOHSXdUitvVmgcOxU677XFxTRPiJYp_oFL59BpbCI9yP77yREN0/s1600/DSCN2253.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pXavLtHRFbYn4OtPNqswaz5VvEd2fwfHc-sDOKfpOX5fnpVwuka_W_XT1dhYWrtXVr1jyNekLzR3fJekUJWK9AzghOHSXdUitvVmgcOxU677XFxTRPiJYp_oFL59BpbCI9yP77yREN0/s320/DSCN2253.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606646664250442866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I changed that first with the help of gesso, acrylic paint and gel medium.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6gBr3X7hjg5J0UPHJxwvQlhTw4Z8AhMjV1TAIKo7KgKTbKd-o8kMnUQCrlrOWT3Ck0b3F2qUm6CsrPDugGjLeSKGQRczTRCjA1lCzSGX9WK3xIDHZQXL0TG9fyhTisdaKdV9AtoDwS4/s1600/DSCN2249.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6gBr3X7hjg5J0UPHJxwvQlhTw4Z8AhMjV1TAIKo7KgKTbKd-o8kMnUQCrlrOWT3Ck0b3F2qUm6CsrPDugGjLeSKGQRczTRCjA1lCzSGX9WK3xIDHZQXL0TG9fyhTisdaKdV9AtoDwS4/s320/DSCN2249.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606646669472678770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Then I started:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeHsfD6zIw9-nLMIy-dC-JhQ4Xzl4ApSqmAWQy3ZYUqIK0-HuPUiOGFijNFQ6NzJRTXAhDICJfRHKnQnQY6c1VPuWCondKLONp6-N7eAzTxphj_sBxhjINzFR1dh8b3529twnGbnfIxI/s1600/DSCN2281.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeHsfD6zIw9-nLMIy-dC-JhQ4Xzl4ApSqmAWQy3ZYUqIK0-HuPUiOGFijNFQ6NzJRTXAhDICJfRHKnQnQY6c1VPuWCondKLONp6-N7eAzTxphj_sBxhjINzFR1dh8b3529twnGbnfIxI/s320/DSCN2281.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606646670562074914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApdDJ5lXWDmu5JCFkI_RK9qHrh32qCdnW40Lc29nLqf4JBNk9BT2HEDy89qFGn1XhaOS2KGPQRDXfltClzvniojG8JJuj_b9D9oBAdl9S6RYN_G2AkaaLbUlnt9IckgtkA2OgmWMyhfI/s1600/DSCN2283.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApdDJ5lXWDmu5JCFkI_RK9qHrh32qCdnW40Lc29nLqf4JBNk9BT2HEDy89qFGn1XhaOS2KGPQRDXfltClzvniojG8JJuj_b9D9oBAdl9S6RYN_G2AkaaLbUlnt9IckgtkA2OgmWMyhfI/s320/DSCN2283.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606646678724407186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyxHiWbf1n6ESkdRGhzsSoJ5S2QaeffELtauVuaF8LFFzqYDcxxL9afJV0W2UIbV1ivZTO2z-z2YDoRts-ONZmdgd3Zk7Zqh_qPsSoP-87LH9oublyjrEDrz85pb2dBuXrTwnzWQb2oY/s1600/DSCN2284.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyxHiWbf1n6ESkdRGhzsSoJ5S2QaeffELtauVuaF8LFFzqYDcxxL9afJV0W2UIbV1ivZTO2z-z2YDoRts-ONZmdgd3Zk7Zqh_qPsSoP-87LH9oublyjrEDrz85pb2dBuXrTwnzWQb2oY/s320/DSCN2284.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606646681031823954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I enjoy the journey, the thoughts I put in this first journal, the colour combinations I try, the way it makes me look at things and people from a new angle.<br /><br />Maybe I will add some fabric to it in the future. After all, I have some (sic!) shelves full of it!<br /><br />I hope you enjoy your creative journey too. Be daring!<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-37818584698276791542011-04-17T21:01:00.006+02:002011-04-17T21:19:09.473+02:00SEWING MACHINE HERE I COME!<span style="font-size:130%;">Gosh, it has been a long time! I am at the computer every day and still it takes me so long to post something. Just because of all the other interesting websites, blogs, videos,...<br />But as I am teaching a course on machine quilting soon, I spent some time with my sewing machine too. I tried new motives and I like them, especially the top left; it looks like coffee beans!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qaqINhse2Or4mixRT1J6kIme9SHiGqJrTWGhqn6i6VH12rVzK1YpxAm3dDPTb1a-pNlg9PMG-zCNB2nUTXNdrCI18Tae1kxkduJsYANn_dgM_Ti8XMzSSyCTe9gfuJJ_taPp9bLpt0E/s1600/DSCN2240.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qaqINhse2Or4mixRT1J6kIme9SHiGqJrTWGhqn6i6VH12rVzK1YpxAm3dDPTb1a-pNlg9PMG-zCNB2nUTXNdrCI18Tae1kxkduJsYANn_dgM_Ti8XMzSSyCTe9gfuJJ_taPp9bLpt0E/s320/DSCN2240.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596630968593611586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUiVfmLWfb663g4LFaVgjZtbD5kDQWPYtWwqGVoPH-8wBv9gVa2pqj3tH9g3pKyTcy7oOzX0nKLzOvjctva6nBejCDUWqjlcWJGSvGNy-_w6MFqrXUCw_VBkGs4rCwBDUDryZ2R02flw/s1600/DSCN2236.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUiVfmLWfb663g4LFaVgjZtbD5kDQWPYtWwqGVoPH-8wBv9gVa2pqj3tH9g3pKyTcy7oOzX0nKLzOvjctva6nBejCDUWqjlcWJGSvGNy-_w6MFqrXUCw_VBkGs4rCwBDUDryZ2R02flw/s320/DSCN2236.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596630959331369730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStA3XQJ61_yBbtTRjkQX2QAdEckLRFD37uOa3BEWu-nVzvO1nYnptlqy6JtXVus_Ju9M7pNncRWf2GV1XypI-YCmQM9GpiGJljIcW9jb9H-xeE7Vk65K3GdReGasWj7DiMJZLIlzlaV8/s1600/DSCN2237.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStA3XQJ61_yBbtTRjkQX2QAdEckLRFD37uOa3BEWu-nVzvO1nYnptlqy6JtXVus_Ju9M7pNncRWf2GV1XypI-YCmQM9GpiGJljIcW9jb9H-xeE7Vk65K3GdReGasWj7DiMJZLIlzlaV8/s320/DSCN2237.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596630950726743810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbRrAtCC4X-CA77c4IXjMrcxY4AEKCEKq_RzoAXcgb4TKOhT8VyNLXt2d_3PuRgns89n_ip8bas9RzJ_qmL8hqRbAoyADKVMco6K-cNlmteMDU4A0Yzca69jLmgbiu1r4k5ItJQ6Gw5w/s1600/DSCN2238.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbRrAtCC4X-CA77c4IXjMrcxY4AEKCEKq_RzoAXcgb4TKOhT8VyNLXt2d_3PuRgns89n_ip8bas9RzJ_qmL8hqRbAoyADKVMco6K-cNlmteMDU4A0Yzca69jLmgbiu1r4k5ItJQ6Gw5w/s320/DSCN2238.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596630942975489218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKyo2gnS9U1Lb5L3SOnNZzsovwGepebcvyuh8lWFVfsMPsbOzwrjy24UW_yEIqDDWiFXcIdsfWyUt_TukMLoLMshgw-7VLsN0TX28BvFBdbfeKy2Cxb4IJxou8wF8mKYcoDpmw-AJ2_Y/s1600/DSCN2239.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKyo2gnS9U1Lb5L3SOnNZzsovwGepebcvyuh8lWFVfsMPsbOzwrjy24UW_yEIqDDWiFXcIdsfWyUt_TukMLoLMshgw-7VLsN0TX28BvFBdbfeKy2Cxb4IJxou8wF8mKYcoDpmw-AJ2_Y/s320/DSCN2239.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596630933986279458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I knitted a small jacket for a sweet baby girl. Baby things get knitted so fast. It lasted me a bit longer to spin the wool first and dye it. The mother liked it and was glad the jacket was not pink!</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rierUQvTzKcHlMUreSc2o1FcJpyNL9wjpYXwJjl0lJUTNe_UTYZRLsFOO-ZFWru4d8wSSwLCVv6rGEj_kMM73A0wLB5oG_FpsfiE98P7Rdn0HEAQCKfCBoSQ0aTg2iWH0u2_AaZBCvI/s1600/DSCN2245.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rierUQvTzKcHlMUreSc2o1FcJpyNL9wjpYXwJjl0lJUTNe_UTYZRLsFOO-ZFWru4d8wSSwLCVv6rGEj_kMM73A0wLB5oG_FpsfiE98P7Rdn0HEAQCKfCBoSQ0aTg2iWH0u2_AaZBCvI/s320/DSCN2245.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596631337706627202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">As I said before I am trying to learn drawing and I started an art journal which is quite addictive. I will show more of that next time. Til then Happy Easter!</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-82061492732872940612011-03-06T21:47:00.006+02:002011-03-06T22:11:18.956+02:00SUNNY TIME<span style="font-size:130%;">It is still very cold over here but the sun is shining a bit longer every day. Time to grab some tools and put some order in the garden.<br /><br />Till then some pictures of my new projects.<br /><br />First a top which did not cost me a cent: I had a shop bought jumper whose wool was too nice to throw away but which shape shout too much "I was made in the 90s and I am proud of it" (wide shoulders, too long,..). So I undid it and then plied the wool as it was very fine (machine knit). Then I made a pattern as I went along, being inspired by some other patterns from magazines.<br />I am very happy with the result and it is a piece very easy to wear.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OoDng0hwEC875dtSoyBbD69018_sdI-UhFKNrm7iisFAq_XT79PSb0BbMZCNqceQRYoO1A8-kVGC7fOktMa0jXgbjenUXAcH2Be_vxllQhk_4maFx-k52PpJm_L4fzk2Iy-SytVT-Qk/s1600/DSCN2242.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OoDng0hwEC875dtSoyBbD69018_sdI-UhFKNrm7iisFAq_XT79PSb0BbMZCNqceQRYoO1A8-kVGC7fOktMa0jXgbjenUXAcH2Be_vxllQhk_4maFx-k52PpJm_L4fzk2Iy-SytVT-Qk/s320/DSCN2242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581056925022245266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I worked some more in my sketchbook:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6V3oapdyfTIP_Cw-PT1Zr86aNPWR53hGlVO8-t7LsUG4kHc2Hj11kzDeQ1qmhRZcFk3Nzb84R8k1wGzxGPySmGtdTfQMnF3CAVISNRjYcDuyQKbzAXrfozp5O5ErhcwWBfg4R92h7YA0/s1600/DSCN2234.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6V3oapdyfTIP_Cw-PT1Zr86aNPWR53hGlVO8-t7LsUG4kHc2Hj11kzDeQ1qmhRZcFk3Nzb84R8k1wGzxGPySmGtdTfQMnF3CAVISNRjYcDuyQKbzAXrfozp5O5ErhcwWBfg4R92h7YA0/s320/DSCN2234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581056935877243554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Trying new things like acrylic paint, coloured pencils,...</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimV3WpqOK6u7U2H7WeHV1GOojfuopp7i-bFbWh2XKNUSRVmQOdqTYOhK9gSMN9F63tGL-QN_uh4fQv_lyNLDaA1RKFJcPJbfVecpt9xJ98yd9KuBV3Pjlf_WNhcDZT19OybhJnTzEXWMc/s1600/DSCN2233.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimV3WpqOK6u7U2H7WeHV1GOojfuopp7i-bFbWh2XKNUSRVmQOdqTYOhK9gSMN9F63tGL-QN_uh4fQv_lyNLDaA1RKFJcPJbfVecpt9xJ98yd9KuBV3Pjlf_WNhcDZT19OybhJnTzEXWMc/s320/DSCN2233.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581056943290952018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I am having fun! I hope you too!</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-70868292912070119172011-02-04T20:41:00.006+02:002011-02-04T21:12:41.862+02:00FEBRUARY RANDOM<span style="font-size:130%;">Winter lasting a bit longer than I like, I tried to bring some spring at home. Inspired by<a href="http://thesillyboodilly.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> this lady</span></a>, I sewed first a square to see how it goes. I am glad I made first a small quilt as I learned a few things in the process. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuRqScBnpH4OvADUZlIRlteSHJvCuwaWNdpUDwUTyfRP_0c_K1HwzUfISE_wFFXs_UkJvH01MZmiwoTrFX3mWe-na3KQVEYAeqKPNXqHADAHMOjfjPljiB-nf3CUXS-ucGTx5A3G_PjY/s1600/DSCN1858.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuRqScBnpH4OvADUZlIRlteSHJvCuwaWNdpUDwUTyfRP_0c_K1HwzUfISE_wFFXs_UkJvH01MZmiwoTrFX3mWe-na3KQVEYAeqKPNXqHADAHMOjfjPljiB-nf3CUXS-ucGTx5A3G_PjY/s320/DSCN1858.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569908001725864578" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">But I like it and I think I will make a table runner out of the rest of the fabric. I can imagine it will look good with some fresh flowers on top. Spring can arrive!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLp8zlrKNC9lgNWiuTxFazUqZs42o4X1LWcoXKSevFYaXqpuuVjh1d0QAnn1h0x30jcps34xoQ5tGXpr55CnhBbCHi4Y-Jprb-IlAF_W9UucYNp6RcC2IeCp3nB_9FcLj5-d4DZsGZMk/s1600/DSCN1855.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLp8zlrKNC9lgNWiuTxFazUqZs42o4X1LWcoXKSevFYaXqpuuVjh1d0QAnn1h0x30jcps34xoQ5tGXpr55CnhBbCHi4Y-Jprb-IlAF_W9UucYNp6RcC2IeCp3nB_9FcLj5-d4DZsGZMk/s320/DSCN1855.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569907615286555026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaSAWiPItJXyAfUuj9z7WBG_JIiKe4PwyYcc3UIhgzhc1XEU5niyN8uwJ_IxHwSj3Q1cZ_4ZlgRGQRFaDjcBDKXizAlBJM5jexW-vk7ZYzJxF-DMlAow-G-NNpbLBR7TEHCPH5dyPy1Q/s1600/DSCN1857.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaSAWiPItJXyAfUuj9z7WBG_JIiKe4PwyYcc3UIhgzhc1XEU5niyN8uwJ_IxHwSj3Q1cZ_4ZlgRGQRFaDjcBDKXizAlBJM5jexW-vk7ZYzJxF-DMlAow-G-NNpbLBR7TEHCPH5dyPy1Q/s320/DSCN1857.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569907623447890770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I made another sketchbook, this time for my favorite niece (mind you, I have just one at the moment!) as she is a keen sketcher.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWakxDpC5PpbuCZDLvSCc5WSsxnA15T0ifHXjish1NAtjPxY5IKO0iSxlGXQi822fw_UhKJX4936iCWniLyCUHpTSwkth8fxn7mwncaajS5Znrd8Sywn2qKllCZekJDFp8-UnK3MeaQpQ/s1600/DSCN1851.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWakxDpC5PpbuCZDLvSCc5WSsxnA15T0ifHXjish1NAtjPxY5IKO0iSxlGXQi822fw_UhKJX4936iCWniLyCUHpTSwkth8fxn7mwncaajS5Znrd8Sywn2qKllCZekJDFp8-UnK3MeaQpQ/s320/DSCN1851.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569907594832893298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhYrG6goQ1Dyg5z86L9N1C_eP_t4wG8VeyPRvttO8S1KamGQTNZH8nekfnJjNhckF5icRS64f7Gfw4ct6Fh8byPvVQDHRFVHBvoYLRtZjiut_b2Ee3pV0tOB_daMz6VON5870nhgXuvY/s1600/DSCN1854.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhYrG6goQ1Dyg5z86L9N1C_eP_t4wG8VeyPRvttO8S1KamGQTNZH8nekfnJjNhckF5icRS64f7Gfw4ct6Fh8byPvVQDHRFVHBvoYLRtZjiut_b2Ee3pV0tOB_daMz6VON5870nhgXuvY/s320/DSCN1854.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569907603851360706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZnuHWwSbfzHVu4RML2Rf3mIAbsybwtAsMCVNInx0lPXDCCSGRnXm0R-Q1_RXjpnlNV5IJeQ9A-dnUT8FsVcZBhX9zZbC6P04UmPmr4AXoKym8WlFqXUiskWtO-wv1uLcKV_B1Z7hAe4/s1600/DSCN1853.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZnuHWwSbfzHVu4RML2Rf3mIAbsybwtAsMCVNInx0lPXDCCSGRnXm0R-Q1_RXjpnlNV5IJeQ9A-dnUT8FsVcZBhX9zZbC6P04UmPmr4AXoKym8WlFqXUiskWtO-wv1uLcKV_B1Z7hAe4/s320/DSCN1853.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569907598266173346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I had fun playing with gesso and gel medium, making the green paper.<br />I made a drawing of a lady to send with the book and you can see<a href="http://www.hobbydunjour.blogspot.com"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> there</span></a> what my niece and her mother thought about it ( as I have said before I am just a beginner!)<br /><br />I started a new jumper out of recycled wool which I hope to show next time.<br />Til then have a nice time.<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-42440278647337316532011-01-07T20:29:00.005+02:002011-01-07T20:49:30.899+02:00RESOLUTIONS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKmeqcthvmh0wZ6BHqPODTNQ0I2xRNCrbu3-OuUEVUuP8k4wnL1-izv9cU9d7-CX9S0rZyBu4vBO3Q5roYeuZUpYpd14ZRKWZ-bMK5EUG5YM1e2SLJIQAr2iLsqJphF0dk8qB3ewmzj4/s1600/bonne-annee.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKmeqcthvmh0wZ6BHqPODTNQ0I2xRNCrbu3-OuUEVUuP8k4wnL1-izv9cU9d7-CX9S0rZyBu4vBO3Q5roYeuZUpYpd14ZRKWZ-bMK5EUG5YM1e2SLJIQAr2iLsqJphF0dk8qB3ewmzj4/s320/bonne-annee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559514531281467714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">There have been some people wondering what I was doing ( for example in Brittany!).<br /><br />We were just under snow, some renovations and work! But after 2 weeks of rest and snow melting I am back!<br /><br />So first I wish you all a Happy New Year. May all your projects, resolutions and ideas come true.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">My resolution this year is to learn to draw and water colour.<br />To this effect I made a sketchbook with some fabric a pupil brought me back from Indonesia.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAbDL3RGLy3Bwuw86a5jObXiualsTmp0sQtzH-OQQYZWqjrMh73n3Aae7gWBAiV_H3t6MPWtOyK2d3Mh5Kfkd9u_GZI9kYzy8VIOJ5uXk2T6QVJjOlADM5d6dDiAQyIQ3DiReFaNsnQM/s1600/DSCN1845.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAbDL3RGLy3Bwuw86a5jObXiualsTmp0sQtzH-OQQYZWqjrMh73n3Aae7gWBAiV_H3t6MPWtOyK2d3Mh5Kfkd9u_GZI9kYzy8VIOJ5uXk2T6QVJjOlADM5d6dDiAQyIQ3DiReFaNsnQM/s320/DSCN1845.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559514537222429922" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">It is made of different types of paper, some in colour to be able to try new things.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqt0_DwmHdxAsmK14MW9WTURWlft8VUEbkcloPoqNw42PGXXxU24-KyGFUbx0LQ4sJUlg3JqJkf5UjjzXvvV9uebvmbqPlWydnJ06uLRmqugVPUV-wm70kq9LxJZWZoFKIr3JUrbxPlw/s1600/DSCN1846.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqt0_DwmHdxAsmK14MW9WTURWlft8VUEbkcloPoqNw42PGXXxU24-KyGFUbx0LQ4sJUlg3JqJkf5UjjzXvvV9uebvmbqPlWydnJ06uLRmqugVPUV-wm70kq9LxJZWZoFKIr3JUrbxPlw/s320/DSCN1846.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559514543731901074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I haven´t started this sketchbook yet but I did draw a bit in my old one:</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4H7LxxvSCtDHbroinkNZkklvtsFKVHMPEtXQla3J3ZVL29zGJZznibUclZhMv8lmrYmKmsJV70nvIKPSbL4tXhhb_o0GevG7ELXkhrn8zwNhKjgRphFz0fEfz0utu53hMZHJeuYdbn0/s1600/DSCN1843.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4H7LxxvSCtDHbroinkNZkklvtsFKVHMPEtXQla3J3ZVL29zGJZznibUclZhMv8lmrYmKmsJV70nvIKPSbL4tXhhb_o0GevG7ELXkhrn8zwNhKjgRphFz0fEfz0utu53hMZHJeuYdbn0/s320/DSCN1843.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559514546348635762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUAbgfzDJW27eHvg81lxau4CWZfNY2nBqRy5oOSAqdV3iKlLdgeRP2onQGnLM50GYgkk6uJuD94dW-lQlfB7QJUKL3cheU0AaIHafOUDhyphenhyphen0yjTUwsgX-XRp-TjPiAJZA3NHGZ6BZlWbo/s1600/DSCN1842.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUAbgfzDJW27eHvg81lxau4CWZfNY2nBqRy5oOSAqdV3iKlLdgeRP2onQGnLM50GYgkk6uJuD94dW-lQlfB7QJUKL3cheU0AaIHafOUDhyphenhyphen0yjTUwsgX-XRp-TjPiAJZA3NHGZ6BZlWbo/s320/DSCN1842.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559514557907431138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">It can only get better! It is fun though.<br />So I will keep on trying.<br /><br />Have you made any resolution this year?<br /></span><img src="file:///C:/Users/GWEN/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><span style="font-size:130%;">I wish you a nice winter time.<br />Till next time<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-9228903902893850192010-11-02T21:42:00.004+02:002010-11-02T21:57:05.571+02:00IF ONLY I DID NOT HAVE TO GO TO WORK<span style="font-size:130%;">Don´t get it wrong, I love my job! Teaching adults is a very rewarding activity I think.<br />BUT it takes time which I could spend sewing, spinning, knitting, drawing, painting,...<br />All of which I NEED to do it seems...<br />Anyway, I finished knitting this nice wrap. Said wrap will stay in my possession ( that´s for my dear sis!)<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZ1KAa1dbo1Cwqpp1o-YOCzS1IEiks8basUxWeR-ypqCuKYC35ZLvKnYhBlohcnKnYwRRIZXGaWGvyTT40FVxO6VekiWct1jTE1g4xQe92it3poK2THK5UiTLu3xm_iO_R2j5GE4hiYw/s1600/DSCN1806.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZ1KAa1dbo1Cwqpp1o-YOCzS1IEiks8basUxWeR-ypqCuKYC35ZLvKnYhBlohcnKnYwRRIZXGaWGvyTT40FVxO6VekiWct1jTE1g4xQe92it3poK2THK5UiTLu3xm_iO_R2j5GE4hiYw/s320/DSCN1806.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535041285054604498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYp0b7jdx98Ib6wCXZXtU2NL_n5KXOF7CE3CpNjRU1S9fx0cpTFTiui9VlVmz-i2keWEerUkyu-nqycXfAD63ivcltXtnvlb1njJUo6klgbW209cECUfBC6j1UBCPovGQmImUrlaXHlM/s1600/DSCN1808.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYp0b7jdx98Ib6wCXZXtU2NL_n5KXOF7CE3CpNjRU1S9fx0cpTFTiui9VlVmz-i2keWEerUkyu-nqycXfAD63ivcltXtnvlb1njJUo6klgbW209cECUfBC6j1UBCPovGQmImUrlaXHlM/s320/DSCN1808.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535041276452973826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">It is 100% merino and very soft, quite warm too.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0fNtyHON4QvmMLLuhFnxj7CbbM4dtL_kpCOxTdJcjmN_G_G_UU85Hp_CjEKebr7gq-eMGDb_6EF7AAZkwBSPZVa_pF7sM85pp6EsrdKX0yHv67swLvmkt3c4nM25q2UKSwWjOKQnQH0/s1600/DSCN1807.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0fNtyHON4QvmMLLuhFnxj7CbbM4dtL_kpCOxTdJcjmN_G_G_UU85Hp_CjEKebr7gq-eMGDb_6EF7AAZkwBSPZVa_pF7sM85pp6EsrdKX0yHv67swLvmkt3c4nM25q2UKSwWjOKQnQH0/s320/DSCN1807.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535041266818150850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Just the right thing for the coming winter.<br /><br />I wish you a nice cosy warm time.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-16943327164841763772010-10-09T20:08:00.004+02:002010-10-09T20:20:13.785+02:00HALF-TERM ALREADY<span style="font-size:130%;">Still gorgeous weather, a perfect indian summer over here.<br /><br />It is already half-term for my DS. We went to the library yesterday to get enough books to last 2 weeks (that means 2 backpacks full! One for him and one for me).<br /><br />In the meanwhile I finished the top for my mum.<br />(modeled by me). I hope she likes it. <br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLubYQ03MRYcSy4iorFlqr8Ll3lW9T879WcPnL49RtXeM_S0xLfqu4KCtAQ2ZiDBLNonKyTpELV8zkBVU0ms-QBuwX77qCAQoaGwRFM2A4XQuCxVCJQ04BkUATNPP0vGHkzVEs1V27EE/s1600/DSCN1801.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLubYQ03MRYcSy4iorFlqr8Ll3lW9T879WcPnL49RtXeM_S0xLfqu4KCtAQ2ZiDBLNonKyTpELV8zkBVU0ms-QBuwX77qCAQoaGwRFM2A4XQuCxVCJQ04BkUATNPP0vGHkzVEs1V27EE/s320/DSCN1801.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526110572207969410" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I will know next week-end as I will see my whole family then.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8BCW2KvBrMDUan1_6OTgSpUlLb_DTc0BZMgpdXRXuw4fCfdHGU1WllyOrjc3XJZDcn6VKlYJY-M4lhYKWgwMZC6ofVW-zxfXSbXZ9MQ1jLcTHCUDwVLY6-7vE0wcmIwbe3NCUKQ3cLU/s1600/DSCN1803.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8BCW2KvBrMDUan1_6OTgSpUlLb_DTc0BZMgpdXRXuw4fCfdHGU1WllyOrjc3XJZDcn6VKlYJY-M4lhYKWgwMZC6ofVW-zxfXSbXZ9MQ1jLcTHCUDwVLY6-7vE0wcmIwbe3NCUKQ3cLU/s320/DSCN1803.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526110579585025458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I have finished a lace wrap too but it needs blocking, so pictures will be only next time.<br /><br />I wish you a nice week-end.<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-7850036242194906242010-09-22T20:37:00.004+03:002010-09-22T21:00:32.224+03:00WOOLY BUSY<span style="font-size:130%;">We were lucky with the weather today, beautiful sunshine and mild temperatures.<br /><br />And enjoying the weather were those funny flowers. I say funny because I remember buying bulbs which were supposed to give many small pink flowers. Instead I have these ones.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlJkobclwh5b7RQI69Tem-onugBTqs7XwZO3gaU6DNE0wIdZZuV-UGKp0ZdMfFGN9N0M7RzwIckp-ilsKyV2qBpFxYEqdrmYX60ZXR3fAFz7tECOg0StavY-YJf0-VszQyn79EGV-srs/s1600/DSCN1793.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlJkobclwh5b7RQI69Tem-onugBTqs7XwZO3gaU6DNE0wIdZZuV-UGKp0ZdMfFGN9N0M7RzwIckp-ilsKyV2qBpFxYEqdrmYX60ZXR3fAFz7tECOg0StavY-YJf0-VszQyn79EGV-srs/s320/DSCN1793.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519794955481325826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">They are huge and last only one day! They make nice pictures though!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQ8DBwJLdEgZHPOpJcpOaKblJG0jSgLTX7cLVfw-RbSGMgdNYrdni-yt29VvowRNXEijKv3jpfhmaQQQY9N-kERctzO7nTe7KVHdUdwnFF79Js80we3DkvHToQIgKTQ875N9LlxbVTkg/s1600/DSCN1794.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQ8DBwJLdEgZHPOpJcpOaKblJG0jSgLTX7cLVfw-RbSGMgdNYrdni-yt29VvowRNXEijKv3jpfhmaQQQY9N-kERctzO7nTe7KVHdUdwnFF79Js80we3DkvHToQIgKTQ875N9LlxbVTkg/s320/DSCN1794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519794942820503282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">On the crafty side, I have been in wool up to the neck! I mentioned earlier on that my mother brought me a huge bag of raw wool from Ireland. She scoured it too which was very nice as it smelled a lot.<br /><br />That´s a picture of the raw wool</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGlqsBsi92iarZ2AkXpZjuY46I7nOuOeFX7YhAdKjt1BuhN_hgHx4q0wSbWWgVAcXY9Pk9qauplD1m8QCjDWdYZmsGP-G22zhY-MlChu67DlHqx2Wgk0Dr2aZTDCDH-WZ_m_4ZAhzvso/s1600/DSCN1797.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGlqsBsi92iarZ2AkXpZjuY46I7nOuOeFX7YhAdKjt1BuhN_hgHx4q0wSbWWgVAcXY9Pk9qauplD1m8QCjDWdYZmsGP-G22zhY-MlChu67DlHqx2Wgk0Dr2aZTDCDH-WZ_m_4ZAhzvso/s320/DSCN1797.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519794984559997378" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">which I carded</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfs9rnb5079RCwOW5s_9V67Mo7urXjAUoFbYiMb_C1Ln5p4cz5jNCVKpvb-li4OptS987JS5qPI437-ijLqtfsdq09bcYB-5VYckNTJQN24TSOOigh8zsPP8mzJoaSaCg74pCUgvNJ6C4/s1600/DSCN1796.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfs9rnb5079RCwOW5s_9V67Mo7urXjAUoFbYiMb_C1Ln5p4cz5jNCVKpvb-li4OptS987JS5qPI437-ijLqtfsdq09bcYB-5VYckNTJQN24TSOOigh8zsPP8mzJoaSaCg74pCUgvNJ6C4/s320/DSCN1796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519795395059672786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">and then spun</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenZaTKnDYcDDD4pjzwtBottysRGSF-Z79PjASs7-xIB_QSZH4tq-RwL2rknXofYZOmOax_Gt3jRhWooeXe23WQn3Plq42zN3BMHbmn8-4XuRNvt3-cjccjdHOD-GotCFIMK1UNgO2Cwg/s1600/DSCN1795.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenZaTKnDYcDDD4pjzwtBottysRGSF-Z79PjASs7-xIB_QSZH4tq-RwL2rknXofYZOmOax_Gt3jRhWooeXe23WQn3Plq42zN3BMHbmn8-4XuRNvt3-cjccjdHOD-GotCFIMK1UNgO2Cwg/s320/DSCN1795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519794973249317714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">before dyeing it.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uw6cnLY5Uc-30bYcIXKeX5iJuHjZ5ijUnfbj_-PzVhjIIHRkYDQIrPMU880DlfdiDPD8RzlW_d7lr7i1w_bcisDNX17UJwFJJsG5BeQBS9nxvMclKYTp7ELckHLMUL1QmwPYx3ZirUA/s1600/DSCN1798.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uw6cnLY5Uc-30bYcIXKeX5iJuHjZ5ijUnfbj_-PzVhjIIHRkYDQIrPMU880DlfdiDPD8RzlW_d7lr7i1w_bcisDNX17UJwFJJsG5BeQBS9nxvMclKYTp7ELckHLMUL1QmwPYx3ZirUA/s320/DSCN1798.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519794964224105410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I wanted to dye it purple but it turned out a kind of denim. I am knitting it now and I can already say that it is going to be a very warm garment.<br /><br />I wish you a nice Indian summer.<br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-4172414042186511332010-08-29T19:48:00.004+02:002010-08-29T20:01:54.528+02:00A BIT CHILLY FOR AUGUST<span style="font-size:130%;">We are back from our holiday which was very nice and restful.<br />Here is a picture I painted of our holiday cottage.<br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmw6w59v2uwwlHRxhywdkAkp5dxNUNcEjF1iOr-X3dIFwpma8RzdIecMnkaBhCvE2xE_vOGjHaIc5ox5ZIeKgWDbCtVF8wbYnHfbPI82g9gPQmc9OzAEo-AB4gUM8QrnG06JVnnhyphenhyphenr60/s1600/DSCN1792.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmw6w59v2uwwlHRxhywdkAkp5dxNUNcEjF1iOr-X3dIFwpma8RzdIecMnkaBhCvE2xE_vOGjHaIc5ox5ZIeKgWDbCtVF8wbYnHfbPI82g9gPQmc9OzAEo-AB4gUM8QrnG06JVnnhyphenhyphenr60/s320/DSCN1792.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510890987726683810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Since I came back I made a stitchery for my sis. She wanted that phrase which I then put beside some design. I hope she likes it.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT64HXK1Ybf_k_iDcsamFXuFBJ5I7SveZF5hses0bXOZXX1Aoqxy3a7AaNcXDsNMfw-rdOAJxYFJgrVpfDoISV8oqL1Rsd7gk-_LSd0cjtAcKiMrOaqsEMYjns1Od4XD_EB4Da9yzDOYI/s1600/DSCN1790.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT64HXK1Ybf_k_iDcsamFXuFBJ5I7SveZF5hses0bXOZXX1Aoqxy3a7AaNcXDsNMfw-rdOAJxYFJgrVpfDoISV8oqL1Rsd7gk-_LSd0cjtAcKiMrOaqsEMYjns1Od4XD_EB4Da9yzDOYI/s320/DSCN1790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510890970588603026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">As it is raining a lot I can´t card a huge bag of raw wool my mother gave me. It is a messy job which I can do outside only. I hope to show some of that next time.<br />Tomorrow is school begin and my DS is starting in a new school. A bit excited and a bit afraid too. Let´s see what tomorrow will bring.<br /><br />I wish you a nice summer end<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-90022637578935419362010-07-21T15:11:00.003+03:002010-07-21T15:30:01.500+03:00GONE<span style="font-size:130%;">Tomorrow we are going away on holiday. We are looking forward to it.<br />Before we go, some pictures to keep you waiting until we are back!<br />My brown top is growing. The blocks won´t stay in that order but I like seeing them on my "design wall". I can check the size better that way.<br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bgsV9C0jR01CQfxn7wSyBqqo5dD38421lxhijKIJyMu2roZnUdawhApGslesHCB7m1BDGWoQRCP5kVEpijACD-X29DpLYJh5hhM3K-EIFQYXX0aprlrLOytyHTZUxNBhGtT5iTznijk/s1600/DSCN1745.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bgsV9C0jR01CQfxn7wSyBqqo5dD38421lxhijKIJyMu2roZnUdawhApGslesHCB7m1BDGWoQRCP5kVEpijACD-X29DpLYJh5hhM3K-EIFQYXX0aprlrLOytyHTZUxNBhGtT5iTznijk/s320/DSCN1745.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496331950772271122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">And now for something completely different!<br /> My DS likes drawing so some time ago we went to <a style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);" href="http://www.boesner.com">a great shop</a> to get some material. The place was so inspiring that I had to buy things for me too. And then I discovered <a style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);" href="http://www.dannygregory.com">Danny Gregory</a> and his books.<br />From then on there was no come back! I have started keeping an illustrated journal.<br />There is still a (very!) long road to go before I can achieve anything good but the way is the goal! It is fun, very rewarding I think and it makes me watch things in a different way.<br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RM6jkQ2SpDxeVpH7ce2BU_Y-_ZX1qhjkCG_36XiCh-oxg-C7A1oXmEpfFuLrP_1zTUUIggqOeh7FQE94al8XVOesZEph1i1V1MCQ9J-n6_O73ykuxPO_3UFFL9yH3xcLTK-wIcCmfdE/s1600/DSCN1747.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RM6jkQ2SpDxeVpH7ce2BU_Y-_ZX1qhjkCG_36XiCh-oxg-C7A1oXmEpfFuLrP_1zTUUIggqOeh7FQE94al8XVOesZEph1i1V1MCQ9J-n6_O73ykuxPO_3UFFL9yH3xcLTK-wIcCmfdE/s320/DSCN1747.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496331964729861698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioM-d7SO4zZ2vsr-hG_9ogARovPTK2PZ6TxTBkDtXR3QYPBvkuhSInwkEBTHCmZFOjH5eNSL26oKSSO2ljDpVPM-DoL4gNGuk19rQg3Dn69P-yingbTOEEM8oDHnpwvUYE0UldjPLpaJA/s1600/DSCN1746.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioM-d7SO4zZ2vsr-hG_9ogARovPTK2PZ6TxTBkDtXR3QYPBvkuhSInwkEBTHCmZFOjH5eNSL26oKSSO2ljDpVPM-DoL4gNGuk19rQg3Dn69P-yingbTOEEM8oDHnpwvUYE0UldjPLpaJA/s320/DSCN1746.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496331956382788578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HWvgLTKsIZJ23SwmYcnVXUC-98BxK_CwNkiDNyuRb4XkDClD2Bh1afuhMrQeDacG0y2RpTMUGOPJxiH1O2NGAfLbMIih_2P3GXSXTfyxWAhNJfL40uYg_pCuqVP7km_fxpGdglw9wgg/s1600/DSCN1748.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HWvgLTKsIZJ23SwmYcnVXUC-98BxK_CwNkiDNyuRb4XkDClD2Bh1afuhMrQeDacG0y2RpTMUGOPJxiH1O2NGAfLbMIih_2P3GXSXTfyxWAhNJfL40uYg_pCuqVP7km_fxpGdglw9wgg/s320/DSCN1748.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496331974952015010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Of course my son (10) doesn´t spare his critics but that´s ok. We both learn that way.<br /><br />That´s it for now. I hope to draw more on holiday and to have lots to show when we come back.<br /><br />Have a nice summer<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-10032862783973138152010-07-02T20:47:00.004+03:002010-07-09T13:00:42.665+03:00NOTHING NEW!<span style="font-size:130%;">Work, hot weather and more work, that´s all there is here at the moment. Only 2 weeks til summer break and 4 weeks holiday!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OXkFdNoPFuJMdCYo03Al5lzAmBjUMxE_Ga4C-jdOgyY_s6x-hMr2SiL7iTRyD9drDbcXQz4uD8WroT2SKeB7NxbnWVnRavKB2PJzOjgqSYdrEjUMKdVjoRj-QtM-MiQhc5zPVI3gnWY/s1600/DSCN1730.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OXkFdNoPFuJMdCYo03Al5lzAmBjUMxE_Ga4C-jdOgyY_s6x-hMr2SiL7iTRyD9drDbcXQz4uD8WroT2SKeB7NxbnWVnRavKB2PJzOjgqSYdrEjUMKdVjoRj-QtM-MiQhc5zPVI3gnWY/s320/DSCN1730.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489368296135499954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">On the commuter train I can do some knitting and I finished this <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://storage.canalblog.com/22/75/536066/53371916.pdf">Lady Kina</a> quite quickly. The pattern is great and easy. The yarn I had chosen was a pain in the a*** though. It is a cotton/ bamboo blend</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">not at all elastic and very difficult to unknit or to sew.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtP_ILTvaopFrfs-KzpKE9qCV7-3ZzEr8Jy6IKUvb-37RirEjeAZzny6it43bB9LnjqBRHwIQGbytOkvg6JWA1mrSGQVa7knMnW8EDVFfAAh3WE9B0uk4DLjVwdd7l3735-BwWI2BI8i0/s1600/DSCN1731.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtP_ILTvaopFrfs-KzpKE9qCV7-3ZzEr8Jy6IKUvb-37RirEjeAZzny6it43bB9LnjqBRHwIQGbytOkvg6JWA1mrSGQVa7knMnW8EDVFfAAh3WE9B0uk4DLjVwdd7l3735-BwWI2BI8i0/s320/DSCN1731.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489368302972181234" border="0" /></a>Still, I like the result!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">At home I added a stitchery border to my confetti top.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5Kdrih25pLbhOPPZvE21RfAljZrXpafDJZpBUINZYzd_TMWUOXt6I3WRw_Cl1kTe6PpXsL5qs7F8z3lOrx_gLuL5VxO-I7G1bKKvrG97eWGIxTCqkjx6nPgNmHSf9IVs1kPtPg8424w/s1600/DSCN1733.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5Kdrih25pLbhOPPZvE21RfAljZrXpafDJZpBUINZYzd_TMWUOXt6I3WRw_Cl1kTe6PpXsL5qs7F8z3lOrx_gLuL5VxO-I7G1bKKvrG97eWGIxTCqkjx6nPgNmHSf9IVs1kPtPg8424w/s320/DSCN1733.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489368336596095746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlJWtHRi0X5Wiml4T1K5oWRT1-eS_u9KAgtDRbnAJT_AeftIh9FJkyXrtqPUuIxKdVzp2YoW7A0GlSwTUaLImWieg1xa7NhYLFvqmtZpRcK0uFGL_hGpvQ1w-SkL_byfnKbQ4Mfnazqs/s1600/DSCN1732.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlJWtHRi0X5Wiml4T1K5oWRT1-eS_u9KAgtDRbnAJT_AeftIh9FJkyXrtqPUuIxKdVzp2YoW7A0GlSwTUaLImWieg1xa7NhYLFvqmtZpRcK0uFGL_hGpvQ1w-SkL_byfnKbQ4Mfnazqs/s320/DSCN1732.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489368318114240962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I will start the quilting after the holidays. I am tending towards a machine quilting. But we will see.<br /><br />I wish you a nice week-end with nice temperatures.<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-67908191675628109062010-06-11T21:38:00.005+03:002010-06-11T21:55:19.889+03:00STRAWBERRIES FOREVER<span style="font-size:130%;">My <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Strawberries forever</span> is finished.<br />I am very happy with it. It was a good opportunity to use repro fabrics that I had in my stash. Even the batting is pieced!<br />Thanks a lot to<a style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.humblequilts.blogspot.com/"> Lori</a><a href="http://www.humblequilts.blogspot.com/"> </a>for this quilt-along.<br /><br />I will leave you with more pictures!<br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGM4DHEtwUurS7btH190lMoVzI-86_HFiOfITwxKFE6xHhaR9zmqYf3syTFMwZjtVlNjMkTsTLzxX1wKBK-SlSFYd-9NbBKfFCxuMWz8kExd38B_PeuiuaJQOO0CDJewb-IPGGIpc_iq0/s1600/DSCN1712.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGM4DHEtwUurS7btH190lMoVzI-86_HFiOfITwxKFE6xHhaR9zmqYf3syTFMwZjtVlNjMkTsTLzxX1wKBK-SlSFYd-9NbBKfFCxuMWz8kExd38B_PeuiuaJQOO0CDJewb-IPGGIpc_iq0/s320/DSCN1712.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481588535252418066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rh2J1Jo5P2r42NxVbAVi3MFUpjQIGwffeJy-XbC5jnowpCG7e9qzuHysFHuc-kPr0aJkpY9_W2lNRztzmhyphenhyphenmBJ2VqLsj3VZ3IAOz43FLze-9vlblLnDV0mRfc1366O4p8TS6gjXtL7A/s1600/DSCN1706.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rh2J1Jo5P2r42NxVbAVi3MFUpjQIGwffeJy-XbC5jnowpCG7e9qzuHysFHuc-kPr0aJkpY9_W2lNRztzmhyphenhyphenmBJ2VqLsj3VZ3IAOz43FLze-9vlblLnDV0mRfc1366O4p8TS6gjXtL7A/s320/DSCN1706.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481588510198313778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefjmPolyiKQVq22OrSqGGLWqQMX9gtmQNm0grW2HBBCgZIpJB9TstUCCGpRjFGjJa7hV9L-KhFM2APY1XqlXZL8SYRpFUVlQEy_sKQFUOsaIREdQBLh51m2MTwYLhouzPmbTvjUmAtGI/s1600/DSCN1713.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefjmPolyiKQVq22OrSqGGLWqQMX9gtmQNm0grW2HBBCgZIpJB9TstUCCGpRjFGjJa7hV9L-KhFM2APY1XqlXZL8SYRpFUVlQEy_sKQFUOsaIREdQBLh51m2MTwYLhouzPmbTvjUmAtGI/s320/DSCN1713.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481588503437922642" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">See you next time!</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132379637771962835.post-4263301118266541372010-05-29T22:20:00.007+03:002010-05-29T22:38:57.469+03:00BONNE FÊTE MAMAN!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi-cb7YUSfwt7s8ghRRa7QXKe1O1WAVrH5EcmrsDfcopxixnoknwxJ8CrnpAlK_e5gXFT8Uvg43wf6buFgZJeTeABXG7XZh-2st77iYu0B_kORZtRV8UpOntYzHkNDnBPATeMrHZLH04/s1600/fete-mere.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi-cb7YUSfwt7s8ghRRa7QXKe1O1WAVrH5EcmrsDfcopxixnoknwxJ8CrnpAlK_e5gXFT8Uvg43wf6buFgZJeTeABXG7XZh-2st77iYu0B_kORZtRV8UpOntYzHkNDnBPATeMrHZLH04/s320/fete-mere.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476774639338143074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Today is mother´s day in France. I thought the picture was very fitting as my mother is just back from Ireland where she got me (under adventurous circumstances) some raw wool for me to spin!<br /><br />When<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> <a style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/">Lori</a></span> started her quilt along, I liked her pattern so much, I had to start a <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">strawberry field</span> straight away. The design is wonderful and her directions fun. I am quilting it now and as it is small, it should not take that much time to finish.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZq6kghjKTLuauMXJpDuM7WJtN81d2lvnDIAXS-C2c-KskVh7z50DJyod3I02kIG5yU93GPEzsPYS-zXt0PfedY7VWG9yHmMYObXgV9qm9BuDf39uiDBQMZbBdAeW_SUCZdEfUy7iHKhY/s1600/DSCN1682.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZq6kghjKTLuauMXJpDuM7WJtN81d2lvnDIAXS-C2c-KskVh7z50DJyod3I02kIG5yU93GPEzsPYS-zXt0PfedY7VWG9yHmMYObXgV9qm9BuDf39uiDBQMZbBdAeW_SUCZdEfUy7iHKhY/s320/DSCN1682.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476774647893344322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I wish you a nice sunday and a nice mother´s day whether you are in France or not!</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85677/gwen/6521af07cb58639694c3f62c8ee5cd85.png" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646813747432237322noreply@blogger.com5