batting, fabric, batting, fabric, ...

I couldn't really blieve my eyes today- after paying the fees for the next semester there is actually something left to spend on fun things - so now I need to decide, faric for new things or batting to finish old things ...Well while I trouble my brain with that luxury problem I used up some of my stash and scraps - or are scraps considered stash?

an angel block

             And block 8 - Bouquet                    and              block 9 - Box for my Farmer's Wife

And here they are all together - a great way to use up scraps, though it will be a tough time choosing a sashing that won't clash with all the colours ... and no there is no way I'm going to use white ... ohh and I still need to add a handle to my basket.

Löni

Lazy Bum Global retreat

The Lazy Bums had a global retreat on Saturday to get us all on the way for the January challenge: get blocks from samplers done (Farmer's wife, just takes 2, ....)

Well I had to work till 4 so I didn't get that much done, but I had some fun choosing scraps for the easier blocks of the FW ... yeah I probably should aim for getting the complicated ones done first, but I didn't feel like doing anything that could possibly frustrate me ....

So these are my 12 new blocks ... I was under the impression I had 14 new ones ... hmmm maybe I forot some pictures, or I'm just bad at counting ...

For the next few days I need to do a bee block, a doll quilt and have fun ... and then it's back to the serious stuff agian, writing papers and essays...

Löni

Northern Lights - Landmädel QAL

Warum hab ich mir bloß den Dezember asgesucht ...auf gehts zum votletzten Block für diese Jahr. Ich hab mich für die Nummer 61 entschieden "Northern Lights".

Was braucht man also für einen 6,5" Block:

Stoff A: vier 2" Quadrate und ein 4" Quadrat
Stoff B: vier 2" Quadrate und ein 4" Quadrat

Aus den 2" Quadraten werden zwei 4er Schachbrettblöcke und die 4" Quadrate werden zu HSTs (das ist ein Link zu einer Art tutorial, jedenfalls weiter unten im Text kommt was dazu - ich war einfach nicht fähig auf anhierb eine deutsche anleitung zu finden - ich näh/ quilte einfach zu viel auf Englisch)

So bügel ich übrigens meine Schachbrettblöcke, damit man nicht diese Unmengen Stoff in der Mitte hat ...

Ach ja ein Grund warum ich nomal auf Englisch schreib - da ist meine Rechtschreibung um Welten besser ...

Damit ein frohes Fest und ein gutes neues Jahr!

Löni

Landmädel 1 / Farmer's Wife 1

Am Montag hat der Landmädel QAL angefangen und heute bin ich "endlich" dazugekommen meine Version zu nähen. Ich hab mich für die Restekiste entschieden und irgendwie war mir heute nach "sonnig".

On Monday the German Farmer's Wife QAL started and today I finally got around to sew my version. I decided to use my scraps and somehow I felt liek sewing something sunny today.

 Well I also got a bee block done - I just did it in the wrong colours ehea yeah ... "jewel tones" are a bit of a mystery to me. So I'm goign to do it again .. but this time I will ask if the colours are right beforehand. What are "jewel tones"?

Ohh yes I got my May Doll Quilt in the post .. it's really lovely and is sure goign up on my quilt wall - as soon as I find time to sew on the hangers, and get nails in the wall.

Sorry I just had to show it again - it's so sunny - and here you can see it's sunny here in real too, we have temperatures in the 30ies - why did I ever think this would be better than the cold spell we had for so long?

Leo

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