Leafs Me Happy Day 8 My Day

First of all I want to thank Madame Samm and Cherry for taken care of  this fantastic blog hop. I am so enthusiastic and  I have been asked to  write  an article of my blog hops adventures  in the magazine, that our Swedish quilt guild publish. I hope there will be more Swedish quilters that will play with us in the future.
The days with Leafs Me Happy have flied away and now it is my day to present what I have been occupied with.
I have been visiting the middle of Sweden this weekend, Dalecarlia, the county of the Dalahorse.
And as the landscape is quite different from my county I want to show you a fall picture, which I took outside the school where the National Quilting Guild had their annual meeting combined with classes, exhibitions and quilt shops.

I have also showed my projects from my blog hops in Show and Tell this weekend , and the ladies were so excited to hear about the blog hops and I hope there will be many Swedish women  who will be sewing in future blog hops.

Fall in Falun, Dalecarlia

In the south of Sweden where I live the pictures from fall are quite different. The pictures are from my parent´s garden taken some years ago.

Fall in rhe garden of my parents

I have always loved birds, and my favorite specie is this little bird Koltrast, Black Bird.

The male bird sings fantastic for her female in the spring, but during fall and winter you could see the birds seeking for food in close to the houses. They are hopping among the whirling leafs during the fall. Listen to the beautiful song a short while  Blackbird song and then I will continue my story. The male blackbird is black with a yellow beak and he is so handsome, while the female bird is brown with a black beak and I think she is also a beautiful bird. 

These birds are stay birds in south of Sweden and they love apples, that is why we often see them in fall outside our homes, wanting to get bits of the fallen down apples.

My first thought creating a project for this blog hop was a block with blackbirds playing among the whirling leafs. Then I saw one of my many purses, and this one had  Black birds. The pattern is of  my own design and I have drawn the birds and leafs before I made the appliqué. I decided to reuse the pattern for a block, but first I will show a picture of my purse made from fabrics from Japan in different brown shades.

Purse with Black Birds

But as you could see on the purse there are only male birds playing in the whirling wind, but this time I decided to make a couple of birds. I didn´t have any fabric with whirling leafs and I was lucky to find a piece to suit my project for the outer border .

I have made four blocks with the birds playing among the leafs and decided to make a table cloth of the blocks. The sashings are simple four patches. 

Black Birds and whirling leafs

The table cloth measures 36 inches in square and each block is 12.5 inch. I think this will be one of my favorites for the fall. I have named the block Whirling Leafs with Black Birds.

You have seen my project in Leafs me Happy. Don´t forget to visit the other quilters

Quilter in the Closet

Sew Much 2 Love

Peanut´s Patchwork

Quilting Lines

Mochawildchild

Ariane Quilts

Lily Patch Quilts

Cindy´s Crafty Creations

Count it All Joy

Rose Creations

Sew We Quilt

Most of all it has be sew fun and I am almost whining as this is the last day of Leafs me Hapy blog hop. But I will soon be back in the next blog hop, making a wicked block. It should be fun even if we don´t have so much Halloween traditions in my country but I have a fun idea of what to make.

Sew ladies,  see you later

Britt-Inger

Falun nästa / Falun next

Tidigt i morgon bitti skall jag åka till Falun och Rikstäckets årsmöte. Det skall verkligen bli kul.
Eftersom jag skall till dalahästens hemtrakter har jag sytt en liten bonad med en häst och en modern kurbits. Jag har naturligtvis använt glada och livliga färger på tygerna.
Early next morning I am going to Falun and the annual meeting of the Swedish quiltguild Rikstäcket.
As Falun is situated in Dalecarlia, the county of the Dalecarlian horse I have made a small wall quilt with a horse and a flower. I have used bold and happy colors as usual.

Min Henrietta Whiskers/ My Henrietta Whiskers

Nu är min Henrietta Whiskers äntligen riktigt färdig med några dekorativa knappar påsydda här och där på djuren i kvilten. Kråkorna som gillar allt som glittrar har fått glitterknappar, medan Henrietta och ungarna fått pärlemorknappar. Sedan har kvilten blivit fotograferad ute på gräsmattan uti i den skånska blåsten. Jag är jättenöjd med kvilten och tycker att den är så trevlig.
My Henrietta Whiskers is finally done and embellished with buttons of different kind. The crows who love glittering have glass buttons and the squirrels have mother of pearl buttons. 
I have taken photos outside at the grass lawn . I am very satisfied with outcome of the quilt and I believe that I will love that wallquilt.

Henrietta Whiskers

Här kommer några närbilder också. 

Mina sexkanter / My hexagons

Jag klär flitigt mina sexkanter, har hunnit med ganska många hittills. Jag pysslar mest med det när jag kollar på TV. Jag har hittills sytt i hop sexkanter till 30 blommor och det saknas 50 blommor. I den fina kappsäcken finns det massor med klädda sexkanter, som jag snart skall börja sy ihop. Nu är jag trött på att klä fler sexkanter för tillfället och skall börja att sy fler blommor.
I am busy with my hexies. I have now made 30 flowers and there are 50 more to go until all the flowers are done. I have some more hexies to make before I am done, but I will start now sewing more hexies to flowers. This is my job in front of TV.

A few of my hexieflowers

Hexies ready for flowers

Henrietta färdigkviltad / Henrietta quilted

Nu har jag kviltat färdigt min Henrietta Whiskers. Jag har hittade ett grönt tyg till binding, som passade jättebra till de andra färgerna. Nu är det bara binding och utsmyckning som saknas. Det har varit roligt att kvilta den, lite tålamodsprövande, men för att vara den första kvilt som jag frihandskviltat är jag nöjd. Jag har också sytt vanlig maskinkviltning på de små rutorna och använt mönstersömmar på bårder. Tråden jag använt är Sulkys Blendable 30  och en tunn polyestertråd Bottomline i spolen.
Den tråden använder jag också som undertråd när jag syr maskinapplikationer. Den finns tyvärr inte att köpa i Sverige, utan den måste man handla från Superior Thread i USA.
Jag skall till sist pimpa med knappar och lite glasbitar på ekorren och fåglarna.
I have now finished the quilting of my Henrietta Whiskers. Jag have found a green fabric in my stash, that I liked and was very good in color to the other fabrics in the quilt. It has been fun make the quilting and as it is my first trial on a bigger quilt with FMQ I am very satisfied with the result. I have also used normal straight quilting and quilted with some embroidery stitches on the borders and in the ditches.
My favorite thread for quilting i Sulky´s Blendable 30 Thread completed with the Bottom Line from Superior  Thread in the bobbin. When the quilt is finished I will embellish with some buttons and stones on the crows and squirrels.

Vinnare i min give away / Winners in my give away

Tack alla ni som varit inne och kommenterat mina prickiga dalahästar och fåglar. Det har varit överväldigande och jag har försökt svara på varje kommentar.
Thanks to all of you that have made such lovely comments on my Dots on Dots projects in the blog hop and I have tried to answer every comments more than 150. I will soon be back in Leaf me happy.
I have started today making blocks.

Vinnare till halsbandet är Cissa Kamakura på See Whats New. Cissa bor i North Carolina och kommer snart att ha en liten dalahäst från Sverige.
Armbandet har vunnits av Linda Meyers i Iowa. Snart kommer hon att visa sina släktingar med rötter från Sverige sin dalahäst.
Cissa Kamakura from North Carolina is the lucky winner of the necklace. She will soon have a darling little Dalecarlian horse in a link around her neck.
Linda Meyers in Iowa is the winner of the bracelet. She has written to me that she has relatives with Swedish roots and she is so excited to show the bracelet for them. 
Good luck both of you with your jewelry.

När jag var nere på stan hittade jag denna lilla nyckelring och kunde inte motstå den. Det fick bli ett tredje pris och den går till Carla på Dancing Moon.
I have found this little darling key chain down town and decided to have a one more prize and it goes to
Carla on Dancing Moon. 
The three winners have been notified. I have got answers from two of them but I am still waiting for Carla to answer my mail to send her the key chain.
Now I will return to my Leaf me Happy blocks.
Have a good day

Fortsättning Henrietta Ekorre/ Continue Henrietta Whiskers

I går och och idag har jag fotsatt med att kvilta min Henrietta Ekorre. Nu är i alla fall alla blocken kviltade och ramen med fåglar och stjärnor och bårder återstår. Jag har lagt till fler stjärnor, än som fanns på mönstret för att det skall bli mindre yta att kvilta. Här är några bilder av blocken
I have continued to quilt my Henrietta Whiskers today. All the blocks are now quilted and I have the borders left to take care of. I have added some more stars than the designer have on her pattern.
Here are some more pictures of some of  my blocks so far.