STILL THERE

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:


I knitted some socks with left-over yarn. That´s why they are not very long.

But they are still nice enough to walk around the house and the garden and that´s less yarn in the basket.
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.

We are having a wonderful weather here at the moment. That means some more work in the garden but great walks and runs too.
Have a nice time!

CREAM AND BLUE

Well, that was a quick finish. I quilted the baby throw on 2 afternoons in a meander pattern and I must say that I really like it!



The colours are muted but I tried to vary the textures for the baby. The quilt has linen, cotton, ...
and some "teddy bear" fabric!
Only 2 weeks til the holidays and I am really looking forward to them.

Have a nice time and enjoy your favorite hobbies.

ANGRY

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...

Anyway now everything is back to normal, I hope.

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 there.


I have a lot of blogs to read so that´s all for today!

Bonne fête, Maman!

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"!


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!

I am still busy filling up my art journal:


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.

Till next time!

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND!

Well, actually just from my sister, who posts much more than I do.
So here are my art journal beginnings.
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.

I changed that first with the help of gesso, acrylic paint and gel medium.

Then I started:


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.

Maybe I will add some fabric to it in the future. After all, I have some (sic!) shelves full of it!

I hope you enjoy your creative journey too. Be daring!

SEWING MACHINE HERE I COME!

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,...
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!

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!


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!

SUNNY TIME

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.

Till then some pictures of my new projects.

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.
I am very happy with the result and it is a piece very easy to wear.
I worked some more in my sketchbook:

Trying new things like acrylic paint, coloured pencils,...


I am having fun! I hope you too!