Congratulation Gazynia that has received a mail from me.
6/11/2013
Say it with Flowers Give away
I have finally finished the small purse in vintage flower fabric that was my give away.
This cute draw string purse will fly to Polen to Gazynia. I have sewn the purse yesterday and with help of the random number generator it was no 11 that was chosen.
5/26/2013
Say it with Flowers My day and a Give away
When I saw the theme, I had in my mind to make something with prints of Swedish Summer flowers.
And I have in my stash some vintage fabrics from a Swedish fabric company, that doesn´t exist any more, some tenderly preserved fabric from Borås Textil, that I have bought at least ten years ago, when the company was closed but the prints was issued more than twenty years ago.
The fabric that I have used have images of these flowers and they feel so much Summer for me. Here are some pictures of the flowers.
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| Prästkrage Daisy a wild flower in Sweden |
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| Gullviva Primrose |
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| Förgätmigej For get me not |
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| Smörblomma Buttercup
I started to fussy cut the flowers to make the center in wonky stars. For the points I have bought some gingham fabric that I thought would suit the mild color. I have an idea thinking of the stars giving a very light impression floating in the background fabric.
But I didn´t realize that this composition gave me a big area of negative space that I have to work with in my quilting.
I took a tour down town to a park with my bike today to take some pictures
from the table cloth that was finished yesterday evening
     
For the binding I have chosen the fabric with wild strawberries with both berries and flowers.
Now to the give away!! I have another vintage fabric with tussilago, coltsfeet and I will make a small string purse with some gingham as lining. In my childhood I used to pick some tussilago flowers to mom, as they were the messenger of Spring.
This purse will go to one of them who comment my posting today. I will announce the winner after this blog hop is finished and post a picture on my blog.
Now when you have seen my flowers hop over to the other flower girls for today
Anolisls Kreative Seite I like to Quilt Blog Hill Valley Quilter ( That´s me) InGa Coto Patchwork Stitching & Stuff De Quiltborch Jajatomis Stoff -Nadel- Fadenwelt Ginginis Crafts and Quilts Debby Kratovil Quilts
Have a great day picking some flowers!
Britt-Inger
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5/09/2013
It´s for the birds My day
Finally Birds for me!!
I love birds, below are my pet birds Knut and Sixten
The lovely free birds outside are now busy nesting during the long days here in Scandinavia.
My favorite bird except Knut and Sixten are the lovely blackbird, which sings so beautifully.
Listen to his sing here
I have during the years made many things with appliquéd blackbirds and other birds too on quilts and I therefore have to come up with something else with birds on.
Why don´t carry the birds with me ? And have them on something recycled and inspired from traditional embroidery design and folk art from the southern part of Sweden.
I started sketching on one bird at first and thinking of what material to use on my appliqué and my embroidery.
Why don´t make another purse , as I am a baglady and I could always use a new purse.
And the recycled fabric came from an old pair of jeans.
I have made two purses before from Michelles pattern small messenger bag and I think that this purse is very practical and has a good size.
To make this purse I needed one pair of jeans, some wool and cotton scraps and some yardages for lining, the wonderful Precencia Finca yarn bought from Jane.
It is better to use jeans that have no stretch,why I prefer the men jeans, but you could use jeans with stretch if you put interface on the back of the fabric.
I have sewn the appliqué with button hole stitches on my sewing machine and the embroideries and the embellishment are made by hand stitching.
The binding in purple is one of my favorite Kaffe fabrics and I think that I got the traditional look on my birds. Isn´t he a cool bird and he could easily brighten up a cloudly day, don´t you think?.
On the back of the purse I have first taken off the pocket, made the appliqué and the embroideries
added some embellishments and then lined the pocket before sewing it on the jeans fabric again.
This piece was taken from the back part of the pair of jeans. I had a smile on my face making this small funny bird. Maybe he is looking for a worm or something else to eat. As I have used this piece with the original pocket on the outside pocket of the purse I have now two practical pockets on the back of the purse.
And here are some beautiful pictures of the bag on the cliffs in Limhamn with glimpses
of the the channel Öresund the sea between Sweden and Denmark.
I hope that you love my purse as much as I do. I had the purse on Show and Tell last Saturday at my guild meeting and the ladies were very excited over the purse. And if you want to make a purse of your own, get some of your men´s old jeans and a pattern from Michelle and start the fun.
Thanks to the charming ladies Madame Samm and Mary for coming up with this wonderful blog hop.
I hope that I have put some smiles on your faces ! Continue having fun and pop over to the other participating creative and inspiring ladies with their birds
I love birds, below are my pet birds Knut and Sixten
The lovely free birds outside are now busy nesting during the long days here in Scandinavia.
My favorite bird except Knut and Sixten are the lovely blackbird, which sings so beautifully.
Listen to his sing here
I have during the years made many things with appliquéd blackbirds and other birds too on quilts and I therefore have to come up with something else with birds on.
Why don´t carry the birds with me ? And have them on something recycled and inspired from traditional embroidery design and folk art from the southern part of Sweden.
I started sketching on one bird at first and thinking of what material to use on my appliqué and my embroidery.
Why don´t make another purse , as I am a baglady and I could always use a new purse.
And the recycled fabric came from an old pair of jeans.
I have made two purses before from Michelles pattern small messenger bag and I think that this purse is very practical and has a good size.
To make this purse I needed one pair of jeans, some wool and cotton scraps and some yardages for lining, the wonderful Precencia Finca yarn bought from Jane.
It is better to use jeans that have no stretch,why I prefer the men jeans, but you could use jeans with stretch if you put interface on the back of the fabric.
I have sewn the appliqué with button hole stitches on my sewing machine and the embroideries and the embellishment are made by hand stitching.
The binding in purple is one of my favorite Kaffe fabrics and I think that I got the traditional look on my birds. Isn´t he a cool bird and he could easily brighten up a cloudly day, don´t you think?.
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| Front very close |
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| On the cliffs in Limhamn |
added some embellishments and then lined the pocket before sewing it on the jeans fabric again.
This piece was taken from the back part of the pair of jeans. I had a smile on my face making this small funny bird. Maybe he is looking for a worm or something else to eat. As I have used this piece with the original pocket on the outside pocket of the purse I have now two practical pockets on the back of the purse.
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| Very close picture of the back |
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| A lovely scrap from my Kaffe Fasset´s stash on the inside of the front flap |
And here are some beautiful pictures of the bag on the cliffs in Limhamn with glimpses
of the the channel Öresund the sea between Sweden and Denmark.
I hope that you love my purse as much as I do. I had the purse on Show and Tell last Saturday at my guild meeting and the ladies were very excited over the purse. And if you want to make a purse of your own, get some of your men´s old jeans and a pattern from Michelle and start the fun.
Thanks to the charming ladies Madame Samm and Mary for coming up with this wonderful blog hop.
I hope that I have put some smiles on your faces ! Continue having fun and pop over to the other participating creative and inspiring ladies with their birds
Hill Valley Quilter thats me
Tweet tweet to you from Britt-Inger in Malmö, Sweden
5/05/2013
Soon It´s for the birds
Fåglarna är rusiga av vår känslor och inspirerande av det kommer det en blog hop igen på Sew We Quilt. Denna blog hop startar på tisdag och min dag är den 10 maj. Det kommer att bli jättekul att följa den och titta på alla fantastiska projekt som de kreativa damerna från när och fjärran, dock mest från USA har sytt med fågelinspiration.
The birds are nesting and singing. Yes it is spring at last and Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt has a new blog hop with theme birds. The blog hop will start on Tuesday and my day is Friday 10th.
Follow the fun and be surprised over all the creativity from the participating ladies.
And have fun. I will surely have great breakfast times enjoying the fun.
4/29/2013
Splitterkvilt / Sliver Quilt
I lördags var jag på kurs hos Quiltmeva i Malmö. Det var Birgitta Hortin som inspirerats av en bok som heter Sliver Quilts av Lisa O´ Neill. Det var så kul och så enkelt att få fram den tredimensionella tekniken, att jag var tvungen att fortsätta när jag kom hem efter kursen.
Jag valde tyger från mina favoriter bland Laurel Burch och det blev en liten quilt, som jag kommer att använda som duk. Boken kommer jag att beställa, för där fanns mycket inspiration och teknik att hämta.
Som vanligt har jag lekt lite med flerfärgade trådar och mönstersömmar när jag kviltat. Jag har använt tunn polyestervadd som mellanlägg.Boken kommer jag att köpa snart tror jag.
I have taken a class in the local quilt shop last Saturday. The teacher had bought Lisa O ´Neill´s book
Sliver Quilt and has been inspired to make a class project using her technique. It was so fun that I couldn´t stop finishing the top on Saturday and then quilting it yesterday. It is a small quilt top 18x18 inches and I will use it on my sofa table. I love it how it turned out and the book is on my wish list.
The fabric is of course from Laurel Burch, one of my favorite designers.
Jag valde tyger från mina favoriter bland Laurel Burch och det blev en liten quilt, som jag kommer att använda som duk. Boken kommer jag att beställa, för där fanns mycket inspiration och teknik att hämta.
Som vanligt har jag lekt lite med flerfärgade trådar och mönstersömmar när jag kviltat. Jag har använt tunn polyestervadd som mellanlägg.Boken kommer jag att köpa snart tror jag.
I have taken a class in the local quilt shop last Saturday. The teacher had bought Lisa O ´Neill´s book
Sliver Quilt and has been inspired to make a class project using her technique. It was so fun that I couldn´t stop finishing the top on Saturday and then quilting it yesterday. It is a small quilt top 18x18 inches and I will use it on my sofa table. I love it how it turned out and the book is on my wish list.
The fabric is of course from Laurel Burch, one of my favorite designers.
4/25/2013
Smala böjda Kaffe remsor / Narrow bowed Kaffe strips
Nu har jag äntligen fått fota min senaste lek med böjda smala remsor. Det var verkligen jättekul och det kommer säkert att bli mer lek med det mönstret. Tekniken har jag lärt mig av Karin Persson, som gick på kurs för Yvonne Kervinen på Rikstäckets årsmöte i fjor.
Remsorna har jag först skurit 2,5 cm breda och sedan skurit till dem efterhand som jag sytt.
Löparen skall jag ha på mitt soffbord och är också en hyllning till den ljusa årstiden, nämligen våren.
I have at last taken a picture of my latest projekt, a table runner with narrow strips from different Kaffe Fasset fabric. This technique is so fun to use, just starting with one inch strips and then cut them more as you have sewn one seam. I have learned it from my friend Karin, who has been on a class for a Swedish teacher Yvonne Kervinen,
I just love the way to make it and there will surely be more from me with narrow strips.
Remsorna har jag först skurit 2,5 cm breda och sedan skurit till dem efterhand som jag sytt.
Löparen skall jag ha på mitt soffbord och är också en hyllning till den ljusa årstiden, nämligen våren.
I have at last taken a picture of my latest projekt, a table runner with narrow strips from different Kaffe Fasset fabric. This technique is so fun to use, just starting with one inch strips and then cut them more as you have sewn one seam. I have learned it from my friend Karin, who has been on a class for a Swedish teacher Yvonne Kervinen,
I just love the way to make it and there will surely be more from me with narrow strips.
4/16/2013
April Shower My day
It is at last Spring time in Malmö in the south of Sweden.
The wonderful time in April with birds starting to nest and the buds swells and will soon burst.
It is a lovely time of the year, even if there will be some unexpected showers.
I love this time of the year.
I thought that it was a lovely theme to work with when I started to imagine what images to make.
I began first of all to sketch a branch with flowers and leaves and then transfer it to a piece of fabric.
I think that it imagines my idea of April showers, even if we this year don´t have any flowers on the bushes yet.
My second idea was to make something with an umbrella.
Why not together with a bird, as I love birds.
And it became very whimsical and funny.
Don´t you think, it is so funny with the cute bird seeking shelter under the umbrella?
You have no seen my imaginations of April showers. You must now hop over to all the creative ladies that share my blog hop April Showers day.
The wonderful time in April with birds starting to nest and the buds swells and will soon burst.
It is a lovely time of the year, even if there will be some unexpected showers.
I love this time of the year.
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| A romantic feeling of April |
I began first of all to sketch a branch with flowers and leaves and then transfer it to a piece of fabric.
I think that it imagines my idea of April showers, even if we this year don´t have any flowers on the bushes yet.
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| My lovely mug from Marimekko Finland |
My second idea was to make something with an umbrella.
Why not together with a bird, as I love birds.
And it became very whimsical and funny.
Don´t you think, it is so funny with the cute bird seeking shelter under the umbrella?
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| Sometimes it is good with a feather light umbrella |
You have no seen my imaginations of April showers. You must now hop over to all the creative ladies that share my blog hop April Showers day.
Britt-Inger@Hill Valley Quilter (me)
For more inspirations go over to Madame Samm´s Pinterest page
The inspirations there are like a waterfall it flows and flows
Thanks to
Madame Samm at Sew we Quilt for her lovely work
putting it all together and gathering creative women from
all over the world.
And last, but
not least,
thank you very much to our charming cheer leader
Erin
Many, many spring feelings from Britt-Inger in Malmö Sweden
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