Successful Week

Well, well, well, one more quilt is finished. It got the name SUGAR ‘N SPICE as it has nearly all the colors of the rainbow. And just imagine all the tastes we can enjoy between sweet sugar and hot spice.

The quilt fabrics are a combination of Pure Elements by Patricia Bravo and  Innocent Crush by Anna Maria Horner. I have added some blue and turquoise hues from my stash to round-up the color palette.

I have listed this quilt both on my Etsy and Dawanda  shops. SOLD !!

My first advertising has finally been put up. My boss let me some space in front of the office and my patchwork ad is beside the construction ad.

From my point of view this week was succesful –            a finished quilt and advertising in its place!!

Since the family has left and is now in Barcelona, I have more work waiting for me. The extra bedroom is now free for basting and so the Bazaar Style top shall be soon prepared for quilting. I just have to sew together the backing and pinning is the next step.

Till next time, Barbora

Lazy May

The time is running – we nearly have half of May through and I am regenerating after my 6th and hopefully last chemo. I had it on the 29th of April – same day as the royal wedding in the UK – so it is a date to remember. My previous PET scan was OK, cancer in remission and my next medical appointment is mid July.

I did some work on the Innocent Crush quilt, but there is still much more quilting remaining than there is finished. Never mind, I am not in a hurry and nobody can take this work from me. Here a detail of the part already done :

In between I also got a year older and one of the gifts I received was a silver Pandora bracelet. It looked really naked without any charms, so I decided to change this and got a few of them. Here my first charms in the collection :

I’ll be definitely looking for some more nice charms in light blue. This can become an obsession, the internet is full of inspiration. Today whilst drinking coffee with my colleagues in our favorite cafeteria I even bought a scratch card from the ONCE Foundation. Here you can win a nice amount of money and at the same time you can support the blind in Spain, but it was not my day. Well I got 2 small refunds that I immediately reinvested, but after 3 more scratch cards no money was left over.

But there were even more presents that I received : a beautiful orchid plant, chocolate and Champagne from my dear friend Erin. Chocolate was gone within 2 days (very nice), Champagne had to wait for some time in the fridge untill all medication was over. It was really smooth and I enjoyed each and every sip of it !! The orchid is “smiling” at me every day from the window sill. I must take a picture for the blog to show the wonderful color it has.

Hubby Helmut went with me to a large department store in Elche and I decided that I desperately need a new shirt with blue and white stripes. So I got one and I am happy about it.

These are about all the news, hope you enjoyed reading, Barbora

Sewing Easter is over

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

Another top finished

Since writing the last time I decided to work with the stash Bazaar Style and combine it with some solids also from Pat Bravo – Pure Elements. Here you can see the top finished :

It has been some cutting, sewing and ironing. The man behind the “scenes” is my dear husband Helmut.

Well the work is not over yet as I am still waiting for a promised wadding delivery to my local shop. Katie, the owner, has recently decided to change to “Warm and Natural”  (which makes me super happy) and has started placing orders with here new suppliers. With Easter Holidays – we have a total of 5 days free – everything is a bit slower than usually. Never mind, I have other stashes to work with and shall start right away !!

Untill than, Barbora

The Blue “Castle Peeps” Period is Over

After putting away the fabric rests of CASTLE PEEPS, I decided to finish them off and sew some pillow covers to match the baby quilts. No more fabric storing – well I do have some bright new stuff on stock,  so why should I not use the old one.

I had a good time with the final design, distributing and redistributing all of the small pieces and laying them into the right place. I think all four covers came out nicely and all of them have a unique touch. I have enjoyed quilting them, this was very good practice for straight lines.

They are listed on my shops : Dawanda and Etsy

Anyway today was a busy day : Saturday is street market in Almoradi and I am a regular veggie and fruit shopper there.  I go with my best friend Erin and a nice cup of coffee always finishes  the shopping “stress”. I have bought a lot of strawberries and shall be cooking jam either today evening or Sunday morning.  With a touch of ripe mangos and some aromatic herbs.

Looking forward to use on of my new stash – wonder which one comes first under the cutter !!

A real heat wave hit us today – the temperature went up to 36°C IN THE SHADE !!! HOT, HOT, HOT, the house is still cool, so that is why I am on the computer, enjoy your weekend, Barbora