sneek peak

I want to post a couple of pictures of the quilttop I have started working on:

One of my quilting friends commented "oh that's so summer"... Well, isn't that what we all are longing for, some sun and warmer weather?

So now, let me go and dig trough my stash, I need more Kona Snow - to keep spinning up more pinwheels.

A new challenge, and a finished one...

How exiting - I have signed up for the Spring Quilt Swap

So now my brain has start working; spring colors ???, good blocks to use???. Well I have a few ideas, I guess I´ll let them grow, and nurse them for a bit.


I just finished my first little wallhanging, that I posted about earlier, and put it up in the livingroom. I am so happy - it adds warmt to the room. This is one of my first quilts with woven fabrics, can't wait to start anotherone, the fabric is so pleasant to handquilt!

I also recieved a charm pack of Wee play in the mail - love these fabrics. And so it seems, I'm not the only one....

Winter Strawberries

I am happy to have completed my latest bigger quilt Winter Strawberries, that I started atumn of 2006. Sometimes the prosess takes a little time....

This is my own design. My intentions was to make a red quilt that would give a lot of warmt to the room around christmastime. I have changed and reworked the design several times, this quilt gave me a hard time - so I had to put it a way for a while. I have found that this helps when struggling with some design problem. So, a year went by, and new ideas came to my mind.

The quilt is made with log cabin blocks. When I assembled it on my floor, I realised it refused to lay flat. Ooops - major problem. I felt like giving up on it completely. Some advise from my friendly longarmowner at Kactus Quilts convinced me a gentle stretching on the frame would solve this problem. She did a great job, and like a miracle, its a flat quilt! I am not sure the picture reveals it, but the long sides are not straight. Anyway - who said it has to be perfect?

Lessons learned - take my time, let a project rest a while, and see if I can pick it up later.

Almost forgot to mention it - this quilt cleaned out most of my red fabric stash!

Birthday gift

Finished with the Chocolate Anvil. And it has gotten a new home, already. This was a gift for my good friend, Monica. It looked so good in her livingroom, complementing the colours of the room. I hope she will have many relaxing moments on her sofa, nicely tucked in under the quilt and enjoying a lazy moment. She is a busy woman, who could use a quiet moment... So, enjoy my dear friend.

A little wallhanging

I have made a little quilt wallhanging of plaids. After looking at a lot of these wonderful quilts that is displayed by bloggers, I think it is a nice size to practise hand quilting.

The fabrics are from 5"charm of "Chocolate" and "Giverny plaid". I just love 5" charms to give you a selection and that scrappy look. My cat is obvious attracted to the top. Is it the soft feel of the wool? Or maybe he just knows how to be center stage?

This is my first time using this tape as guidelines for quilting along. Its easy, and works out really nice. Hand quilting straight lines on a smaller quilt is less comlicated than I thought. Big smile....

On a rainy day

I have started working on a new quilt - on a rainy day. This time of the year is dark, cold and wet around here, and I feel the need for colour. I like these 5" charm packs, and have tried to come up with good design ideas for how to use them. Well, sometimes simple works for me...

I have cut the 5" charms in two lenghtwise, and added a grid of 1.0" solid white strips vertikal and 1.5" solid whitw strips horisontal. I really love these colourful 30´s prints!!! They are so cheerful, make me smile. I have finished the top at about 47" x 70". I am not sure how to quilt i though - any good ideas ???

I want to find some nice backing for it, too. Maybe something with a lot of white? I am conserned that dark fabric will show through... Hmm I guess I will take some time to find the right fabrics.

Here is a picture showing the complete top: