2011 Quilts

Castle Peeps Baby Quilt

(91 x 91 cm / 36″ x 36″)

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Scrappy Strips and Bricks Quilt

(100 x 130 cm / 39″ x 51″)

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Castle Peeps II Baby Quilt

(103 x 103 cm / 40,5″ x 40,5″)
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Pink Dreams Girlie Quilt

(99 x 137 cm / 39″ x 54″)  

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Sugar ‘n Spice

(137 x 167 cm / 54″ x 66″)
Sugar Spice

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Bazaar Colors
(127 x 158 cm / 50″ x 62,5″)

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Lollipop
(110 x 162 cm / 43″ x 64″)

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Little Folks Mini Quilt

(72 x 72 cm / 28″ x 28″)

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Hourglass x 4 Mini Quilt

(88 x 88 cm / 34,5″ x 34,5″)

Inspired by the pattern Planetarium from the book The Practical Guide to Patchwork: New Basics for the Modern Quiltmaker by Elizabeth Hartman

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Baby Quilt Bazaar Style Mini

( 80 x 85 cm / 31,5″ x 33,5″ )

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Baby Quilt Little Folks Maxi

( 98 x 132 cm / 38,5″ x 52″ )

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Baby Quilt Pink Summer Garden

(77,5 x 81 cm / 30,5″ x 31,5″)

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Baby Quilt Red Bird

(107 x 137 cm / 42″ x 54″)

Baby Quilt

Hurray, yippe, yeah!!!!

The postman came today and brought all these wonderful fabrics!!!

I am totally amazed with  the vibrant, shining and cheerful colours of all fabrics, but especially the solids from “Pure Elements” by Pat Bravo.

Well, now I there is no excuse not to sit in my small studio and work !!  This is what made my day :

California Dreamin in Afternoon by Jenean Morrison for Westminster/Free Spirit :Calirornia Dreamin in Afternoon

 

Bazaar Style in Oasis by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery :
Bazaar Style in Oasis

 

Innocent Crush in Petal by Anna Maria Horner for Westminster/Free Spirit :Innocent Crush in Petal

And my absolutely favorite colour scheme at the moment :

Pure Elements by Pat Bravo for Art GalleryPure Elements

Wow, what beautiful colors, Barb

Pink Dreams Quilt finished

The first quilt from the Barcelona stash is finished and got a new name : Pink Dreams.

It is a modern fresh design, this time with “girlie” colors and a lot of flowers and dots. I just love the fuchsia shade the flowers have and I am looking for some more bright pink fabrics to complete my stash.

This quilt is listed for sale on my Etsy and Dawanda shops.

I have really enjoyed working on this quilt. Even though it looks like a random distribution of colors and fabrics, it has a small logic behind it. I want to work more on this design and maybe make my first tutorial. I love working with graphic programs and this could be a new challenge for me. The only thing that is missing are a few more hours a day.

I have ordered fabrics in the States and now I am waiting impatiently for the postman to bring me the delivery. All these ideas that are running through my head – they want to get out and see the work done on the cutting mat and the sewing machine.

Yours impatienly waiting Barbora

Stash converted into a patchwork top

So, I have been busy over the weekend. Due to nice weather, I decided to do some spring garden work. I had a few (i.e. many) pots that either needed new plants or replanting and plant dividing. This was my activity on Friday and Saturday afternoon, but now I am through. Sunday was just about relaxing in the sun – my muscles were aching, as since starting the chemo I am not exercising too much. Well, pots and soil can be really heavy!!

OK, Patchwork is for me also a relaxing activity. So I distributed all individual blocks and  finished today piecing the top. The quilt sandwich is prepared for pinning.  I must still think about the quilting pattern, but it will be most definitely with straight lines.

I am quit happy with the result, but it needs a few more hours to finish it.

Happy stitching, Barbora

Castle Peeps II and a new stash

I loved working on Castle Peeps quilt and as I had some fabric left I decided to go on and make another baby quilt. It is not finished entirely, but I can already post 2 pics:

So I need just one more hour to get this one finished and then wait for sunny weather to take some more photos. I prefer to take photos in my garden, the light is normally really nice. This spring has come with more Levante (easterly) winds and rain. And no change for the time being.

Yesterday I went to see my patchwork teacher Loles. She has a small shop in Almoradi and since 3 years she is giving patchwork and quilting lessons. This is where I started my quilting passion. I have bought a new stash that I called Barcelona as all fabrics are produced in Spain. It is a nice combination of pattern and solids and will do for a nice girl quilt. I already have an idea about the design.

Over the last weekend there was the biggest patchwork and quilting exposition in Spain in the town of Sitges just south of Barcelona. Due to my chemo treatment (on monday I had #4 of 6) I was unable to go there this year. I shall also miss the one in Prague, Czech Republic, where I have been already twice. I am actually from Prague ans I fly there at least 3 times a year to visit my parents, relatives and friends.

Well never mind, my health is at the moment my priority #1.

At this place I would also like to say thank you to my husband Helmut. We have been together now for 24 years and he is supporting and helping me very much to get through the chemo.

Helmut is a keen radio ham, this photos shows him in his small radio “lab”.

Hoping for nicer weather, untill then, Barbora