Eine liebe Freundin erwartet im Januar einen kleinen Jungen. Natürlich wollte ich ihr ein gequiltetes Geschenk machen.Dieser kleine Babyquilt ist entstanden. Die "Auflage" war, ihn nicht zu bunt zu machen. Also habe ich ein paar Streifen einer Joel Dewberry Jelly Roll verwendet und einen einzigen Log Cabin Block gemacht. Die historische Bedeutung von Log Cabin Block gefällt mir sehr , demnach stellt der Block die Blockhütte (das Zuhause) dar, und das Zentrum ist traditionell in rot gehalten, es symbolisiert das Feuer, daß immer brennen mag, um das Zuhause zu wärmen. Ich habe diese Zentrum etwas modifiziert und um das erweitert, was in keinem Zuhause und in keiner Familie fehlen sollte: Die Liebe.
A good friend of mine is having a babyboy in january. Ofcourse I wanted to make her a quilted gift. This is what I came up with. My friend asked me not to make it too colourful. So I used some Jelly roll strips from Joel Dewberry modern Meadow line and created one big log cabin block. I really like this historic idea that this block symbolizes the Log cabin (the home) and that traditionally the center is red and means the fire which shall always burn in the chimney, to warm the family. I added the most importand thing for a family and a home: LOVE
Diesen Quilt zu machen hat mir großen Spaß gemacht, angefangen vom Paperpiecing des LIEBE blocks über das straight line quilting bis hin zu ein wenig Handquilten in der Mitte. Ich habe mir ein paar Youtube Videos angeschaut und zum erstenmal versucht so richtig mit der Hand zu quilten. Leider hatte ich keinen Fingerhut, so daß meine Finger nach dem kleinen Stück schon ziemlich schmerzten.
I really enjoyed making this quilt from the paperpiecing of the love block, over the straight line quilting to the handquilting, which I tried for the first time (I watched some youtube videos to learn how it is done correctly...). Unfortunately I didn´t have a thimble so my fingers hurt quite soon.
Überhaupt finde ich youtube eine wunderbare Quelle für Anleitungen und Hilfestellungen. Ich liebe es, mir auf diese Art und Weise neue Dinge beizubringen und inspiriert zu werden.
Anyway, I think youtube is a very good source for tutorials an help. I love it to learn some new tings and be inspired this way...
How do you learn (quilting)things that you don´t know?
Wie lernt Ihr (Quilt) Dinge, die Ihr nicht wißt?
Miriam
Montag, 28. November 2011
Sonntag, 27. November 2011
Ein fröhlicher Sonntag/ Happy Sunday
Langsam muß ich den Tagen wirklich mit Sarkasmus begegnen, denn meine fiese Erkältung geht in die dritte Woche. Ich würde so gerne mal wieder ausgehen, mit Freunden ein Bier trinken, lange ausgiebige Spaziergänge machen etc. Am Freitag war nochmal ein Konzert unseres Gospelchors (an dem ich natürlich nicht mitsingen konnte, buhu...) und ich wollte es mir dann wenigstens anhören. Danach war ich noch mit einer Freundin in einer Kneipe. Nach einer halben Stunde mußte ich abbrechen und sofort nachhause gehen, weils mir so übel ging. Also muß ich wohl noch eine Weile ruhiger treten.
Tja auf jedenfall wollte ich Euch den Denyse Schmidt DS Collections Quilt nicht vorenthalten, den ich vor wenigen Wochen endlich fertiggestellt habe:
Well slowly I have to become a little sarcastic, because my cold is going in the third week now. I would so love to go out again, meet some friends for a beer,taking long walks...
On friday, there was a concert of our Gospel Choir again, (of course I couldn´t sing, buhu...) but at least I wanted to listen. Afterwards I went for a little beer with a friend, but after half an hour, I had to cancel and go home right away, I felt terrible. It seems like I have to be calmer for a little more time.
Anyways, I wanted to show you the Denyse Schmidt DS Collection Quilt, that I finally finished a few weeks ago:
You all have a lovely sunday!
Miriam
Tja auf jedenfall wollte ich Euch den Denyse Schmidt DS Collections Quilt nicht vorenthalten, den ich vor wenigen Wochen endlich fertiggestellt habe:
Well slowly I have to become a little sarcastic, because my cold is going in the third week now. I would so love to go out again, meet some friends for a beer,taking long walks...
On friday, there was a concert of our Gospel Choir again, (of course I couldn´t sing, buhu...) but at least I wanted to listen. Afterwards I went for a little beer with a friend, but after half an hour, I had to cancel and go home right away, I felt terrible. It seems like I have to be calmer for a little more time.
Anyways, I wanted to show you the Denyse Schmidt DS Collection Quilt, that I finally finished a few weeks ago:
You all have a lovely sunday!
Miriam
Mittwoch, 23. November 2011
The Cold /Erkältung
I have a terrible cold for ten days now. I hardly can remember beeing ill for so long in my whole life. Though I have the feeling that it is getting better slowly, I just do this on my days off:
Ich habe jetzt schon zehn Tage lange eine fiese Erkältung.Ich kann mich nicht erinnern jemals so lange krank gewesen zu sein. Obwohl ich das Gefühl habe, daß es so langsam besser wird mache ich an meinen freien Tagen nicht viel anderes als dies:
Even watching series and reading blogs is getting boring (sorry no offence...;-) I am still enjoying all your posts).
I also do a little quilting, but the sewing mojo is not in the house right now. I hope I will be over it at the weekend.
You all have a nice day!
Sogar Serien glotzen und Blogs lesen wird langsam langweilig ( entschuldigung, nicht falsch verstehen...;-) natürlich lese ich all Eure Posts noch gerne!)
Ich quilte auch ein bißchen, aber so richtig will der Drive nicht einkehren... I hoffe das ändert sich dann am Wochenende.
Euch allen einen wunderschonen Tag!
Miriam
Ich habe jetzt schon zehn Tage lange eine fiese Erkältung.Ich kann mich nicht erinnern jemals so lange krank gewesen zu sein. Obwohl ich das Gefühl habe, daß es so langsam besser wird mache ich an meinen freien Tagen nicht viel anderes als dies:
Even watching series and reading blogs is getting boring (sorry no offence...;-) I am still enjoying all your posts).
I also do a little quilting, but the sewing mojo is not in the house right now. I hope I will be over it at the weekend.
You all have a nice day!
Sogar Serien glotzen und Blogs lesen wird langsam langweilig ( entschuldigung, nicht falsch verstehen...;-) natürlich lese ich all Eure Posts noch gerne!)
Ich quilte auch ein bißchen, aber so richtig will der Drive nicht einkehren... I hoffe das ändert sich dann am Wochenende.
Euch allen einen wunderschonen Tag!
Miriam
Sonntag, 13. November 2011
More finished projects
I had such a wonderful weekend. We celebrated two amazing gospel concerts with the Modern Gospel Choir in one of Berlins most beautiful churches. It was so much fun and I can say... we where really good. So now I am husky, but I still can write and sew. So here is the plan:
-show you more finished projects
-take pictures of more finished projects
-finish projects
-go to the Berlin Modern Quilt Guild this afternoon( Yeah!!!), maybe I finish the projects there ;-)
Here you can see the finally finished Kaleidoscope Quilt. I slept under it for about a week now and I can tell, I had the sweetest dreams. It feels wonderful, cosy and happy. It took me so long to finish it, because I couldn´t decide what to do with the back. Finally I just took some simple very soft solids, pieced it together and voila! I also quilted it quite simple. Just echoed around some Kaleidoscopes, and tied it here and there.
These are some pillows which I started maybe half a year ago. I like the results of these log cabin block pillows, I guess they make some nice christmas presents (for all of my friends, who don´t read my blog, or don´t even know that I have one...;-)
So this is the the little DS collection Picnic Quilt which took me a terrible while also, but now it is finsihed, and I didn´t wait until I can go to a picnic again (next summer), but cover me on my couch while I am writing this.
You will get to see a picture of the finished result soon.
So I guess today at the BMQG meeting, I will think about how to put together the blocks from the bee Germany. I made a mistake with telling about the size of the blocks, and now the block are so different, that I don´t know how to put them together... I will try to figure that out later. Wish me luck!
-show you more finished projects
-take pictures of more finished projects
-finish projects
-go to the Berlin Modern Quilt Guild this afternoon( Yeah!!!), maybe I finish the projects there ;-)
Here you can see the finally finished Kaleidoscope Quilt. I slept under it for about a week now and I can tell, I had the sweetest dreams. It feels wonderful, cosy and happy. It took me so long to finish it, because I couldn´t decide what to do with the back. Finally I just took some simple very soft solids, pieced it together and voila! I also quilted it quite simple. Just echoed around some Kaleidoscopes, and tied it here and there.
These are some pillows which I started maybe half a year ago. I like the results of these log cabin block pillows, I guess they make some nice christmas presents (for all of my friends, who don´t read my blog, or don´t even know that I have one...;-)
So this is the the little DS collection Picnic Quilt which took me a terrible while also, but now it is finsihed, and I didn´t wait until I can go to a picnic again (next summer), but cover me on my couch while I am writing this.
You will get to see a picture of the finished result soon.
So I guess today at the BMQG meeting, I will think about how to put together the blocks from the bee Germany. I made a mistake with telling about the size of the blocks, and now the block are so different, that I don´t know how to put them together... I will try to figure that out later. Wish me luck!
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