Buttercups and sherberts quilt top

"The hardest test in life

is the patience

to wait for the right moment"

One year ago I bought this bundle of lovely vintage fabrics

Todays was the right moment to sew the quilt top.

I love to make the puzzle of squares before sewing the quilt top, 

but this time I skipped the puzzle.

I sew the squares together one by one - just picking the square on top every time

without knowing the print or color of the next square in the bundle.

It was like painting the loveliest flower garden in a fairytale.

Cheerful colors and happy prints - I love this quilt top

Long time no see - my Christmas

Christmas is over for another year -

it's time to take down the tree and put way all the decorations.

Here you can see some of my favorite Christmas ornaments.

Mostly gifts from people I love or crafty friends - 

my son made the green paper tree about 20 years ago.

I place a string in my kitchen window and place all the ornaments there,

so I can see them every day in December.

This lovely holiday time - my favorite time of the year -

has been a bit different this year.

In fact the past 6 months have been different and sometimes stressful,

because we have illness in the family.

I try to be mindful, but I often forget myself and my crafty life.

During the past week I could feel my sewing mojo moving -

what a joy! I haven't been sewing since May.

So much has happened the past 6 months - good things too!

I have missed you all, I have missed blogging -

I'll try to start again and see, what will happen.

(.....can anyone tell me, why I'm unable to change font, colors and more in blogger....?)

Crochet Tea Towels

What a great way to use up left over cotton yarn or yarn from stash.

I have used about 500 g of yarn so far - yeeha!

I found one of my baskets with yarn and discovered several skeins of cotton yarn and left overs.

Then I decided to use only the yarn from the basket -

(...I know, I have several skeins of cotton yarn in another basket).

A fun crochet project - a great way to de-stash and it is a challenge to only use certain colors. 

Peachy Tuesday

My last day of the easter break has been full of cheerful colors.

I wanna show you a glimpse from my day.

Peachy vintage flowers from Rosehip.

I love Beatas work so much.

I have followed her blogs for years now.

It always make me smile, when I visit her blog and see all the cheerful colors and prints, she uses in her work.

I will use the peachy vintage flowers for a spring quilt.

You can always use one more quilt!

I bought my first spring flower today.

My favorite - more will come soon!

Yesterday I did my first page for my Midori.

I made this page to remind me of our Easter trip last week.

My Midori purchase opens a hole new world to me and I can't wait to get the last two inserts.

After I ordered the inserts, I found a lot of tutorials and DIY's about making your own Midori inserts.

I'm so exited to get started, 

but first I must have a new paper trimmer.

Patchwork Tuesday

One baby girl quilt for sale.
Feel free to email me if you are interested.

13,5 x 13,5 cm squares for a new quilt.

It's not a baby quilt this time, so I need a lot of squares:-)

...later the same day -

165 squares are now ready to mix and match.

It took me some time to get so far.

Monday

A few hours home alone in the kitchen.

I enjoy the hand sewed part of the needle books.

Every single stitch.

When the needle book is done, I will go for a walk, alone.

This Monday is a damn good day.

A month of giving

My friend, Vibeke, celebrates March with

"A Month of giving" and she invited me to join.

Todays blogpost is about me - 

and you can even win some of my work.

I hope, you see you there!

A Butterfly in my Hair is one of my favorite blogs -

it's worth visiting.