back home from prague

The summer heat coming from Africa has spread through entire Europe. It doesn’t really matter where you are : in Prague or here in Spain. My one week vacation went sooooo quickly. I have enjoyed staying with Mum and didn’t even have time to look for some new patchwork fabrics. Here a few impressions from the Prague Castle – Hradcany area – I couldn’t believe that I managed to take pictures without any tourists :hidden secrets at prague castleThe next photos are from the quarter Vinohrady  with a house of prayer of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church called Husuv Sbor.  Just next to it is an original water tower that is now converted into apartments.

water tower and husuv sbor

My next projects are waiting for me – but should I get the machine out and start sewing or should I take a short (extended) holiday at home?

Thanks for stopping, happy sewing wherever you are, Barbora

getting back to quilting

It has been nearly a month since my last post. Don´t know where the time has gone, but it was a busy time for me : my Mum was with us, had some challenging work at my daytime job and sorted out the garden before the summer heat arrives. Last Thursday (13th!) we have experienced 2 fairly strong earthquakes. One got me out of bed early in the morning at about 5:30 and the other one when I had my siesta after lunch. As our house is build on a rocky hill, we could really hear and feel the earth moving. Luckily nothing serious happened, only a few pictures in the house were hanging crooked.

The spring has come to an end : the first crop of figs is ripe on the tree (have to eat them before the birds spot them) and my favorite pot plants are in blossom – Agapanthus africanus alias African Lily or Lily Of The Nile. I just love the wonderful blue flowers. What a pity that they do not flower for a longer time.

agapanthus

fig (breva)

Also all of my orchids on the windowsill are full with flowers. They are so easy-growing plants and give so much joy with their long-lasting flowers in all the different colors.

orchids

Talking about WIP : I have finally finished the “Squirrel” quilt that I started last year in November. The collection I have used is “The Birds and The Bees” by Tula Pink and some solids I had in my stock. The quilt size is 48″ x 60″, I have pieced nine patch and log cabin blocks together. Quilted straight line with the walking foot in diagonal. There are 2 panels with squirrels that gave the quilt its name : Meet the Squirrels.

sq 1

My new project is with Kaffe Fassett fabrics. Somehow I can not resist his fabric designs and colors. Both packages have 20 different fabrics cut into 6″ strips – Happy and Blue; purchased at the Fat Quarter Shop. I have a quilt design on my mind, just need to do some calculating and hopefully I can start cutting later today.

kafee fassett fabrics

That’s for now, thanks for stopping, Barbora

As it is Monday I am linking up with Lucy over at Charm About You for Plum and June’s Let’s Get Acquainted Link Up!

easy weekend

This weekend is entirely to relax. I sorted out photos on my computer and decided which of them are worth keeping. I have also found the graffiti ones I was looking for some time:

fish

san pedro

A pomegranate bush in blossom in the middle of wasteland:

pommegranate

Trees:

dead and alive

Next week is patchwork and quilting week! Thanks for stopping, Barbora

photo post for a change

Instead of writing a new post about my patchwork and quilting adventures, I decided to upload some photos I have taken over the past few days.

Impressions of a foggy morning when walking the dog:

foggy morning pine trees

Spiders webs are waiting early in the morning for the sun to dry the dew drops :

spider web

spider web 1

spider web

This is what we saw today evening whilst sitting on the terrace and enjoying a nice salad for diner :

evening sky

My niece Andrea accompanied me to the dog training center and she has taken these photos :

Thanks for stopping, Barbora

more snow

Since living for so long in south-east Spain, near the Mediterranean Sea, we hardly ever see snow. In all the 20 years we had snow just once – on the mountain tops approx. 30 km in land. And it stayed only for a day. Snow is like a coin for me : on one side I am fascinated with this white layer of something magical; on the other side I hate it – it is cold and wet.

Anyway, I could not resist to take some more photos.

prague snow 1

prague snow 2

prague snow 3

Hope this snow will melt quickly and warm spring will soon take over from winter!

Thanks for visiting, Barbora