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!

So much to catch up...

Wow, more than one month without blogging. How could that happen? I will tell you.
For the last two months I was in absolute chaotic and panicing stress.
I renovated two shops,moved from the old one to the new one, had to do some craft fairs, to earn some money while no shop was open, and finally last saturday, we opened our new shop which is called "Liebling Neukölln" (Liebling = Darling and Neukölln=the area in Berlin where our shop is). I am really proud, we made it a little gem.



So now lets hope that people come and buy our lovely stuff.
Since saturday I am sewing (private things) like crazy. I want to finish some projects so I can start new things. I have so many ideas in my head, but I promised myself to have nothing to finish left before I start something new. And wow there was a lot.
I finsihed some pillows, here is a picture of the most simple one, there are three more to come, I am waiting for the right light to take some pictures.
There were also three Bee Blocks, I was not too late, but it felt terrible to have them lying around undone... This one is for Johanna from the Bee Europa 2011 Bee. She asked for some kind of tree block for a quilt for her brother. This is what I came up with, it is quite abstract but somehow I like it.
This one is for Julia from Little Girls Quilts for the bee Germany 2011 and as we speak I notice that I screwed it up!!! She wanted a 16,5" Block and I made mine 12,5". Damned... I absolutely hope she can use it somehow...
Ok well...
The third block is for Ulrike from "Lieblingdecke" also for the Bee Europa 2011 for the month November ( now I am ahead...) She asked for any kind of star, and I made her a little lone star block. Although this took a while, I really loved making this. Maybe someday I will do alone star Quilt for myself..
Last but not least I finished the Many trips around the world quilt top made out of Denyse Schmidts picnic and fairground collection. That was fun, too, but I have a little of a problem to find the right fabric for the Back... I can´t decide. Well this one and the back for the Kaleidcope quilt are the only projects which are left, before I am "allowed" to start something new. Lets see if this works. This is it for now. You all have a wonderful sunday!!!
Miriam

A very productive sunday...

... lies behind me. I had a long weekend which means that I took the whole sunday as a sewing day. It was a perfect day for that as it was raining cats and dogs for hours. I started with a huge latte sitting in my pj on the kitchen window sill putting the last hexies together for the pillow which is going to go with my kaleidoscope quilt.I appliqued the whole thing to a brown linenish fabric attached a Tula Pinks "Flutterby" binding and here it is- the finished pillow.

I absolutely love it!!! I can´t wait to see it with the quilt. Uhhh, this is not nearly finished... Waiting to be basted and then quilted...
But I can tell you I finished another quilt which was in line. The x and + modified quilt for a friends birthday which was in august. But here it is, beautiful and finished, I quite like it and I hope she will, too.

The last thing I want to show you today are the wonky houses which I made for Monaw in the Bee Germany this months, she sent out some beautiful colourful fabric and we could play with them a little bit. Here they are Monaw I hope you like them.
Have anice week everyone,
yours Miriam

I Jumped on...

...the hexie train finally.
In Birmingham I participated in a nice hexie workshop, at least half of it. On my way to the exibition center I took the train in the wrong direction so I saw some nice landscape of England while I was driving one and a half hours. I was so angry and sad that I would miss half of the workshop. But when I finally arrived, I could totally embrace the hexie feel and learn something. And here I am. Making little, tiny hexies. I will "hex" a nice pillow matching my kaleidoscope quilt, which is waiting patiently to be (hand-)quilted(?). Well, very ambitious plans, I know. I never handquilted anything and now it has to be the King Sized Quilt.
We will see if it is going to be finished this year, maybe I set christmas as a timeline.
Have a nice day everyone!

Some Goodies...

When I was at the Quilt Festival in Birmingham I told myself that I am "allowed" to spend some money on fabrics and stuff. On my first day I was just so overwelmed by the quilts, the people and of course the massive amount of wonderful fabrics, that I could´nt buy anything. And then on the second day I said "buy something... just do it". Nothing happened, then after a while I bought a little something and as if I opened a gate, suddenly I shopped, shopped as if there was no tomorrow. Here you can see some of the beautiful fabrics I bought. I am absolutely looking forward doing something nice with them.

A wonderful bundle from Mandy by simplysolids.


An absolutely cool find: three fat quarters of Katie Jump Rope


Some cute fabrics (which are not Liberty, allthough they could be)


And two half yards of Antique Treasures (I love the vintage feel of these! I already ordered some from the same line, this will become a wonderful quilt...)

Featured...

I have to say I am really proud of beeing featured on Amy´s creative Side Quilt Blog.
Thank you Amy!

Here I try to update!

It has been an unbelievably busy summer this year. And I wish I could have told you all the amazing things that happened earlier. But unfortunately the lack of energy made me decide to let the blog sleep for a little while. I hope you don´t mind.
What can I tell you? Where to begin? Well the business first:
Why I was so busy was the fact that I am going to move with my little shop here within Berlin. A friend of mine is this amazing crocheted jewelry artist, and we decided to make a shop together. The move will be at the end of september and therefor there is still a lot to do.
The new place is a sunny shop in a litlle different area and I am very exited, though a little scared, too.

Well another cool thing was my trip to Birmingham to the festival of quilts. When Tacha, one of the amazing girls from the Fat Quarterly Quilting magazine, told me about the festival a few months ago, I knew I wanted to go. I can tell you, I had a really good time. I saw amazing quilts, here are just a few of the hundrets of pictures I took,


and besides that I met Tacha, Katy and Brioni and had a blast at their stand of Fat Quarterly giving out there cards.



The next good(or bad) thing was the fabric which could be bought at many many booths. For sure I could not resist and bought some nice little cuties. For example this wonderful fatquarter set from Simply Solids, Mandy the owner is a really nice and funny person!!! And at the end I learned how to make hexies in a very nice workshop.
This is it for now, but I will go on updating you in the next days, I hope.
Take care,
Miriam