Spicing up the kitchen swap...

I finished my items for the Spicing up the kitchen swap. It is an apron and a little fabric basket. I made this funny picture next to a globe, as this is how it is done, I read somewhere...;-)
I hope my partner likes the things I made. Maybe I have to perfectionise some little things, but I think I will ship them this week.

A scrappy WIP

I found the x and + Blocks here, with the link to the tutorial here and a link to the original here. I made some absolutely scrappy ones and I loved that I could use all these scraps. I didn´t think a lot about how the fabrics go together, as I never do...But I really like the look of a single block. All together seemed a bit too much for me, so I decided to add some white, to calm down the whole thing. And now the quilt is waiting to be quilted. But I don´t know how to. Do you have any recomendation?
Unfortunately work is so much at the moment, that I won´t be able to start the quilting within ten days...
But for all of you I wish a nice weekend!

Another commission Baby Quilt

A friend of a friend of a friend.... is having a baby in two months. She saw some of the babyquilts I made for my shop on facebook and came to buy one. But unfortunately none of the designs suited her totally, so we talked about a design and I showed her my fabrics. She chose the carrots and peas fabric I had, because she liked the vintage appeal and the bright colours. I decided to do an easy pattern, as the fabric somehow speeks for itself, and it couldn´t be too compicated.
The couple found a cool vintage baby stroller from the seventies on ebay. It is bright green, the quilt will perfectly go with it. Ican´t wait to see them all together, the stroller, the quilt and of course the baby and the happy couple.
Now there are just about 4-5 Quilt tops waiting to be finished, basted and quilted. But there are so many more Quilts I want to make. I think I really have to finish some before I go on...
How many unfinished quilts do you have???

A little update

There are many things going on at the moment, so there is not too much time to blog... Unfortunately! Much much work and a few interesting personal things, but today i want to give you a little update on my quilting live.
First of all I give you a little tutorial of getting a nice suntan without sunbathing:
1. Open your kitchen window
2. Place your iron on your window sill
3. Put your sewing machine on the kitchen table
4. Prepare yourself a huge Cappuccino
5. Put your sunglasses on
6. SEW!

This is what I have done this morning.

I am also participating in the kaleidoscope quilt along hosted by Don´t call me betsy and these are the wonderful fabrics I chose for it. Its all Tula Pink but I mixed the collections: Parisville, Neptune, Flutterby and a little bit of Plume. And a blueish solid.This is going to be sooo colourful, I can´t wait to start.

The last thing I can tell you is that I am taking part in the "Spicing up your kitchen swap". I can´t show to much, as it would be totally clear who is my secret partner. All I can say is I use linen, something red and I will try to embroider something...
More to come...
So guys this is it for today, can´t wait for the exciting weekend, hope you have a nice one, too.
Yours Miriam

Blogger´s Quilt Festival

I know, that you have probably seen this one before. But its Blogger´s Quilt Fetival
and I participate with my poem quilt.
I made this a few months ago, because I like any kind of art with little poems or words. I browsed the internet and found this one by the irish poet "Samuel Lover" (cool name isn´t it?).
While I was piecing the letters I noticed that I coul have been more effective with cutting the fabric, but so for the next time I know it.
It was a bit stressful to quilt this huge one, but when I finished it, I was really happy. Now this quilt is one of my favorites to be laid on my bed.
I used some grey solid cotton and a layer cake of Tula Pink´s Plume collection. I love her collections, because they are so full of phantasy and creativity.

Happy Blogger´s Quilt Festival for you all!
And a wonderful weekend!

As I said:

Saturday: basting and quilting and
Sunday: binding...uh, no! Sunday: Barbecue in the park...
Thank heaven for machine binding;-)
See the finished commissioned quilt:

I hope the mother of my friend likes it.
Happy mothersday to all the mother out there!

My first commissioned quilt in progress

"Hey Miriam, do you have one of your dog blankets left...?"
"Excuse me?"
"Hhhmm, I mean one of you kilts,qilts...quilts???"

Do you see how well known quilts are in Germany?
Well what my friend (he was joking by the way) wanted, is to know if he could buy a quilt for his mother. I said "Sure, do you know what you want? Colour, pattern, style?"
Again: "Hhhmm, something with red." AHA!
"When do you need it?"
"On the 12th of May..." AHA!
"Ok so something easy and fast."
So funny when guys have no idea what style their mother like and when they don´t know about the time it takes to make something....
Well here is what I came up with: A very simple patchwork just made out of 28 10`` squares from a bliss layer cake. I think it is going to be really sweet. The top and the back are already finished, Saturday basting and quilting, sunday binding... Done!
My first, very easy, quick commissioned quilt.
Voila!