A Short Break from Sewing and Quilting

The last week was busy for me – even without sewing and quilting. Weather over Easter has been wonderful and I went (instead of quilting) with my husbands son Thomas to the near Sierra Espuna in the Murcia region. Thomas choose a nice trekking tour of about 4 hours with a stop for lunch. We hiked through a valley, a forest with its shade and on a mountain road. A very nice day in unspoilt nature – as you can see on the photos:

Not last be not least: I have bought some fabrics at The Prague Patchwork Meeting. Somehow I cannot get my fingers from the oranges and pinks.

I have left 2 of my quilts with Loles in Almoradi. She is preparing a patchwork exhibition that will be open next Friday and Saturday. I shall also take photos of the official opening and of course of all  displayed quilts. Looking forward to this – once more a new experience!!

Nomination for the Kreativ Blogger Award

There were some nice emails waiting for me when I came back home from Prague. Avis from Oh Sew Tempting had nominated me for the Kreativ Blogger Award. That was really smashing news. Avis is a very busy blogger with lots of nice ideas and understandable tutorials. I wish I would be as hard-working on my blog and quilts as she is on hers.

First I had to come back to “normal life” – look what happened the last week at work, do some normal woman work at home and go shopping, help the gardener, groom the dog…  Also my husbands son is here for a week. After dealing with all the different obligations, I have finally got time to write a new post.

To accept the nomination for the Kreativ Blogger Award I have to give price of my “seven secrets”. Well, here they are:

  1. I love to live in Spain. After leaving my home town of Prague I have lived in Germany and the UK, but Spain is definitely my favorite European land.
  2. I like travelling, but over the years I got a bit lazy and stay rather at home. Time for a change!!
  3. I am fond of gardening – did this successfully in northern Europe. But in our garden we have only solid rock and gardening has become a very hard job.
  4. Trying to be a vegetarian – but a nice Angus steak tastes sooooooooooooo good
  5. Get the grip to write this blog more regularly and finish my started pdf tutorials.
  6. Joining a “dog school” with Strubbel was one of my good decisions this year
  7. Sometimes spending too much time on the computer and internet

Another part of the nomination is to link with my favorite blogs:

  1. Oh, Fransson ! – I think Elizabeth is very talented, knows how to work with colors and fabrics. Her tutorials are very well written and I admire here free-motion quilting style
  2. a stitch in dye – Malka has incredible colors, here fabric design is one of my favorite. But I was not fast enough to order fabrics from her latest collection
  3. lillalotta – Anna does perfect custom tapes/labels for quilts. Here illustrations and paintings are just wonderful
  4. Quilts of Hope – Deborah does a super job. By donating a patchwork block and Deborah’s commitment, you can help girls in Romania
  5. Teaginny Designs – Alex has wonderful ideas, combines perfectly patchwork blocks with quilting patterns
  6. Dianajessie – bags and purses + lot more ideas
  7. Fibra Creativa – a patchwork blog from Spain

Next time maybe some info about the Prague Patchwork meeting.

Happy Easter and till the next time, Barb

Easter Break

Time is flying so fast. It has been now over 3 months since I visited my parents. My luggage is already packed and I am off to Prague tomorrow early morning. I shall visit the 6th Prague Patchwork Meeting that is held over this weekend. I am looking forward to see lots of displayed quilts (for inspiration) and visit all the shops. My goal is to buy only quilting and piecing threads. Lets wait and see what kind off stuff I bring back!!

My teacher Loles is organising a small patchwork exhibition in Almoradi (my next village) on the 20th April. I am taking part and I wanted to display the Rock Around the Clock Quilt. But as I have sold it, I have to finish the Abstract Dreams Quilt fairly quickly. Well, I shall have time over the long Easter weekend as we have 2 days off.

That’s all for now, happy sewing, Barb

Rock Around the Clock Quilt is Finished !!!!

Instead of writing a long post I shall just upload a few photos of the quilt:

and following some details :

This quilt is now listed on my Etsy and Dawanda shops. This one is SOLD!!

Thanks for stopping, Barb

Finally Quilted and Waiting for Binding

Yesterday was the day I decided that waiting longer to quilt the “Rock Around the Clock” sandwich will not make it any better.  My hands felt a bit stiff (since a few weeks I did not have time to work on my patchwork projects), but my mind was longing to start. I decided once more for a free-motion pattern with my variation of meanders. Starting to quilt a larger piece felt a bit awesome in the beginning, but after a while I got into the right  mood. I have finished the entire top in something over 3 hours. I also have managed to prepare the binding strips. So binding the quilt is my goal for today.

Here a small preview of the quilting pattern:

Gone binding, enjoy your day!