September mornings

Trying out a new way of blogging. I think I like it.

August in retrospect

We had some small carrots in the garden. Sown by father and daughter in early spring. Delicious but few... Much like the days of this summer... This week though is a reminder - an Indian Summer indeed. And a child's quilt is in the making. Can't wait to start quilting it on my small machine. Learning by doing, as they say. Cheerio.

Flea market fancy

We had a nice outing to a local school's flea market today.

The rooms were a little dreary, but there were some - at least to me - treasures. Some stoneware and glass from Finland, France and Norway.

And a lovely hand embroidered tabletopper and some damask napkins and tablecloth.

Bowls made in China. They seemed a little old, to my untrained eye.
The lady (I'm guessing) who owned these now rare Norwegian glass container had obviously been busy making jam...

One of this year's last summery days...

Crazy

... for making these pouches. - Sewing them, quilting them, cutting them to size, then assembling (putting in a zipper - yoohoo I'm over the fear!), and giving (this one) away to a dear one. All from my box of scraps (ok, not the zipper, but the wool batting(!)). Utterly satisfying. Cheers.

Almost done

Now I don't know if I should chop off the *excess* triangles or fill in with half hexagons... What to do with the sides I really do not know. The hexagon stars are made pretty randomly from left oves from another project. Symptomatically this seems to get finished before the *original* top. It feels good to have put (almost) all patches to use:)

Here's some lovely music. A Norwegian jazz singer, Solveig Slettahjell, on one of Friday night's must sees up here.

Today we are taking care of sore throats. TC

Oh - I just did

Starting to cut some triangles, that is. And sewing them together. I just had to:)!

And I started this little project as well. I can feel August coming along soon - the most craft intensive month in this household...

If no one stops me...

... this is what I'll be starting in a little while

From the October issue of American Patchwork and Quilting magazine

And this: Better Homes and Gardens - Grandma's Best Full-Size Quilt Blocks

In progress

To the Virgins, to make much of Time
by Robert Herrick

GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying : And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer ; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may go marry : For having lost but once your prime You may for ever tarry.

Summer

At the beach

In the mountains

At home

Stars

Here is a quilt I managed to finish in 2000. The pattern is an adaptation from one of Marsha McCloskey's. It is machine pieced - except for one block, that I pieced by hand. Can you guess which one? I thoroughly enjoyed hand quilting it. The quilt is in almost daily use - when it is a little bit colder than these days - we have temperatures in their 30's (celsius) I don't know the exact size (I am too lazy tonight to measure it...) but it covers a 200x180 cm bed - well almost...

Let's see if I can get blogger to cooperate and show some detail shots. Tudelu.