New Stash in the Old Year

Dec25

Not only have I bought new fresh and modern fabrics in Prague but also a few colourful machine quilting threads from Gutermann and Mettler.

Look at these dots – aren’t they beautiful? And the tasty cakes, and the colourful cats!!

The Mettler thread is made in Spain, but I cannot find a place to buy it local. So made in Spain it travels to the Czech Republic and then back with me to Alicante in Spain. What a crazy world – or is this called GLOBAL ?!

Just before Christmas a thick envelope arrived from the States. Thanks for the good and quick service at Hawthorne Threads I have received a full fat quarter bundle from the Echo Collection by Lotta Jansdotter. I just love the golden-yellow shades as well as the grey ones. Cannot wait to start a new quilt.

And the matching quilting threads (once more brought from Prague) :

Keep on dreaming of new ideas, new work and new projects – it is all worth it!

Barbora

Sewing Easter is over

Apr26

The Easter holidays have passed very quickly. The weather was not Spanish at all – we have had some heavy rains and even a storm with lightning!! We decided to stay at home and get the heating working. So there was a lot of time for working on my patchwork ideas and sewing.

The project I am working on is a combination of 2 stashes : Innocent Crush by Anna Maria Horner and Pure Elements by Pat Bravo. Even though the fabrics are from different designers and different producers, I think that the colors of the pattern and solid fabrics really match. Here a small forecast of my work over the last few days:

This week is one day shorter – the same as next week. A bank holiday on Monday makes the weekend longer, i.e. more time for patchwork. I have ordered all fabrics for the backing and binding of this project and the Bazaar Style. And hopefully I can also pick up my favorite batting for the forthcoming weekend work.

This Friday I am scheduled to get my last chemo – the same day as the royal wedding – so it will be a unforgettable treatment termination.

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment. As I am still a new kid on the “blog” I am gathering experience with writing and experimenting to find the right description of what I am doing.

Barbora