small weekend pleasures

I've got the flowers....



I got me a project to work on.....



I've got to figure out how to make a proper angel nose???



I got the new issue to browse through.....



And while taking these pictures I've noticed
I've got to do some dusting as well!



Wish you lots of small weekend pleasures too!

update

I just thought I would give you an update on my log cabin fall quilt.
I'm using every free minute to sew stripes into blocks.



Each block has a brown, orange and red diagonal on one side and on the opposite a green and blue green side.  So far I've managed to sew 16 blocks. Still 20 blocks to go!



The other day I saw a lovely quilt in a hoop right here.  And you know how things are..seeing a quilt in a hoop works sooooooo... contagious. I made this quilt using fabric from moda. The fabric is called 'recess', I used a 5" squares charm pack. I added orange/ white checkers and red/ white polkadot fabric. For the back I used polkadot also. Quilting in a hoop...nothing can beat that!



What do you think of these two for an audience?


Aren't these two cute ?
Happy stitching!

Sunday inspiration

More log cabin inspiration found on flickr


1. My project blocks, 2. "Log Cabin", 3. Sarah's Block, 4. www.flickr.com/photos/treefalldesign/295596671/, 5. Log Cabin Quilt, 6. Blue and Red log cabin quilt, 7. Towle's Log Cabin Syrup , 8. My new quilt, 9. detail of log cabin pillow top., 10. Completed Log Cabin VI Blanket, 11. Log Cabin quilt magnet, 12. log cabin (close-up), 13. LogBag - Left, 14. Scrappy Playdate Quilt, 15. three new childrens pillows, 16. Log Cabin Cushion

Flickr is an amazing resource for inspiration, go find out for yourself!

Stripes

Stripes are cut and ready for sewing.



Stripes on the floor.



And a few stripes sewn into blocks.
Green is added.



I hope for more stripes this weekend....
and hope you've a good one too!

mix and match fall colors

This plant gives me an autumn feeling.
Warm colors like orange, brown and earthly green. Such a pretty colors.



I went through my stash and did a bit of mix and match in search for that warm autumn feeling and eartly colors. hmmm, I think I need more green.....



And wouldn't it be lovely to make them into a fall logcabin quilt.



One like this. Oooh yes... It would be lovely indeed!!!



Just like this winter log cabin quilt from 2007.
but......

 Pssst, don't tell anyone this one is in progress, still!

this past weekend....

I had a lot of fun exploring photoscape



I also made an angel pattern. I'll add a link in my sidebar soon.



I made some new and finished some old birds.



On Saterday I came home from ikea with a new seat in the trunk of the car.



And while a was there I spotted this crocked flowers decoration set.i don't have a purpose yet



But think I'm gonna glue the red one on my red bag.

 Well,I had a lovely creative weekend, I hope you had a great one too!
Have a good start of the week you'll!

Friday's post

Hello, first a big thank you for your comments and kind words on my last post. I feel very honored by them all, thanks!
Friday already...is it just me or does time flies!! I had today off from work and went shopping. And a trip to the post office to send of two parcels.



And of course I couldn't go home without fresh flowers for the weekend. I love tulips. Maybe not the perfect flower to have in a warm central heated house, but I enjoy them while they last.



I also had to buy some magazines.



I can browse for hours in these magazines. look, I even found my perfect cooker.


picture from: country homes & interiors
Ooh and I want a cozy corner like this one....


picture from: country homes & interiors

And isn't this a charming chest for storage?


picture from: country homes & interiors

Mine is from Ikea.



Here a picture from my cleaned up cutting table.



I wonder how long it will stay this way?!
Happy weekend!

blogger's quilt festival

Amy from park city girl is hosting a bloggers quilt festival.

 
Here is my contribution to the festival. You might have already seen this 'vogeltjes quilt' before, I posted about it in 2007. But because I still get questions about this quilt I like to show it here again.



The quilt is inspired by work and books of Jean Ray Laury.
I love her drawings, so wonderful to use for applique.



I made this quilt in the late nineties, I just had followed an appliqué course when I found these lovely birds in one of J.R.Laury's books. I started of making one, and another, and one more. And before I knew I had a stash of funny apliqued birds blocks.





I made an appletree for the center. I draw the design for the tree myself. The fabrics I used for the triangles and the border are a replica from an old dutch chintz bought by Den Haan & Wagenmakers



Now I had all those lovely birds sewn around an appletree. I thought it would be perfect to complete the quilt with a beautiful border. I chose this drawing also from J.R. Laury's book als my starting point and went from there.



I did all sewing, applique and quilting by hand. It took my a few years to complete. In 2000 I finaly did. The quilt was a gift for our daughter. I made a cross-stitch label for the back.





Today the 'vogeltjes quilt' still hangs in her livingroom and is often used for Luca's favorite game 'hide and seek'.

flowers, winners and a summer mini quilt

Thank you, thank you, thank you each and every one of you for visiting and commenting.
Boy, o boy…did you have some great tips and solutions for my storage and tidying up problems!! You must be the tidiest people I know.

 
I tried to make a top 10 of the most workable tips that will work for me.

1. Close the door! Ha,ha, like this one…
2. Move to a bigger room. I would love to move but I think I’ve the largest room already!
3. lots of shelves.
4. Make tidying up fun with all kind of pretty boxes, tins, baskets.
5. Keep everything grouped together in pots and little dishes like needles, pins, buttons, pencils, scissors....
6. Store everything by colors.
7. Use see through boxes.
8. Put things away when you are done for the day. Wish I had more discipline!
9. Throw away what you don't use. I rather giveaway.
10. Don’t buy new stuff.…What!! No shopping?...how about my fabric addiction??

I can’t show you the after photo’s … I haven’t finished the job yet.
But I have two winners drawn for the giveaway. I used the true random number generator.

The winners are:: Virginia And Nina. Congratulations! please send me your snailmail adress and I'll send you your package. Summer swap update:




See this little beauty, how lucky am I? Barbara made this gorgeous mini quilt for me! I love it so very much! She noticed I love pink and flowers...so thoughtful of her.



And she wrapped the quilt in some lovely red, blue and white fabrics!! Thank you again Barbara……!

 Have a marvelous weekend everyone!