Fall break: craft time!

I'm enjoying a short fall break, one week of sewing, knitting and crochet. And a short trip to Berlin as well. Lucky me!

The sewing resulted in a new bag and a small wallet... just in time to take to Berlin.
Some of the fabric was bought on previous trips to New York and Tokyo (!) and others around the corner in my hometown and "worktown".  Nice to see how they match.

The technique of quilting in straight lines and adding fabric on the go I got from the "Oh Fransson-blog" by Elizabeth Hartman. I loved it! It is really easy and gives a nice texture.

And now for the results:

 

the other side of the bag

 

 

and the litte wallet

 

 

The sewing of the snap closure was not as easy as I expected. I must admit some of the thread is showing on the inside. But don't you love the deer with the glasses?! Fabric bought in Tokyo as well.

 

 

Maybe I can find some nice fabric in Berlin as well... mmm... were to go?! 

Summerproject no 1...finished

wanted to finish this before leaving on a holiday to England... that did not happen. So now I'm back and...did it!

I bought the Melody Miller "Ruby Star Shining" fabric when I was in New York in januari, thinking of using it for a quilt, but the bright red in this fabric just didn't speak to me when I got it home...so I cut of those parts. Cut out the typewriter and used "Vliesofix" to put it on the top. Used a linen-cotton blend and some kona for the rest of the bag.

Now I'm thinking about using the rest of the fabric for a picnic-blanket...since it is a firmer kind of fabric. But I'm out of the linen-cotton, so shopping first!!!

Blue bicycles

A new quilt... this one was a puzzle for me. Improvising as I went along. I love how it turned out and learned a lot about planning a quilt, I hope.



size: 120 cm x 126 cm

Bought the Kokka fabric with the bicycles in New York, found the purple print in my stash (I think it's Eva, by Basic Grey), bought some sollids at Hawthorn thread and the red dots and blue print (Windham, Indigo) at Quilt it & Dotty. Used the Windham-fabric for the back as well, I love it!

To sash

Remember the "to sash or not to sash"-question...well...

I decided to sash the wonky cross blocks. It gives it more structure and I like that.

I have forgotten to take pictures of the back...

I used a piece of indonisian batik that I had "lying around" ;-)

Finally finished

It took me ages to finish this quilt. Quilted by hand!

All fabric Kaffe Fassett and the solids are Kona.

and now I'd like a "how to photograph my quilt-course"...

Thinking about a new project

Is this going to be it?

Little embroidery figures I made last year (including a "Julie Jackson" in Dutch) combined with some red fabrics. I need more fabric :-)  

  

And I need a design... blocks, some sort of log cabin maybe...

To sash or not to sash

that's the question ;-)

Showing a WIP for a change. Used this wonky-cross-block tutorial by Elizabeth Hartman:

http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/2010/04/wonky-cross-block-sew-along/

Started when I found the yellow print in a stack of Tula Pink fat quarters I bought some time ago, but never got around to using...the colors in it were too bright for my taste. Now I decided to use them separately and the yellow one "spoke" to me. Found some turquoise and yellow charms to match. The turquoise print is from De Haan & Wagemakers. Need to find another matching print... and need to decide whether or not to add sashing between blocks.