Hill Valley Quilter

12/15/2012

Godsaker från USA/ Goodies from US

Ni som känner min tygsmak vid det här laget vet också att Laurel Burch är en av mina favoritdesigners när det gäller lapptäckstyger. En annan är Kaffe Fasset.
När jag fick veta att en ny linje var på gång i november /december var jag inte sen att lägga in en preliminär beställning av tygerna. Och sedan har jag väntat och väntat. Beställningen gjorde jag redan tidigt i höst hos en av mina favoritaffärer Over the Rainbow och sedan har jag väntat och väntat.
Laura meddelade den 1 december att tygerna var skeppade och sedan har jag väntat igen. Det brukar bara ta en vecka, men som tur är hade inte mina tyger fastnat i tullen.
Och tygerna är underbara, med fantastiska katter, som även jag som inte är en kattälskare inte kan annat än älska. Nu skall jag klappa tygerna ett tag, innan jag sätter kniven och saxen i dem. Det blir först en mindre grej, till en ny utmaning på Sew We Quilt, där tygerna kommer att passa jättebra.

One of my favorite designers is Laurel Burch and when I read that there was a new line coming in December this year I had to preorder some yards from my favorite on line shop in US
Over the Rainbow. My preorder was in the early automn and I have waited since then for the line to be delivered to the shops.
I have still some yards left from earlier designs and the best thing is that they fit in very good in the newer designs. Don´t you think the design is lovely. I love dogs more than cats but the cats drawn by Laurel Burch are so beautiful.

12/12/2012

Kaffe Fasset duk och vinst/ Kaffe Fasset table topper and a win

I dag var jag ute i det härliga vintervädret och fotograferade mitt senaste alster. Det är en duk där jag lekt med tyger designade av Kaffe Fasset och använt ett mönster som jag fått hos Eva på Quiltameva i Malmö. Det blev en riktigt läcker duk, men den var lite besvärlig att kvilta, på grund av det tunna bakgrundstyget också från Kaffe Fasset och den tunna vadden.

I was out in the wonderful winter weather and took a picture of my latest work, a table topper made from fabrics designed by Kaffe Fasset. The pattern is from a local quilt shop and it was very fun to play with the bright colors. It is a table topper where the bright and bold colors that make me happy.

My Kaffe Fasset table topper

Ni kan tro att jag blev glad när jag såg här Sew We Quilt att jag vunnit någon av dessa tygbuntar från Andover Fabrics.

I am a happy winner of one of these bundles from Andover fabrics. It was in a give away here Sew We Quilt

12/09/2012

Ett hjärtelapptäcke / A quilt with warming hearts

Idag begav sig Kerstin, en kviltvänoch jag ut i snöovädret för att gratulera en en annan quiltvän, som fyller år i dag och som vi tyckte behöver en go kvilt att värma sig i medan hon skaffar nya krafter och blir frisk.
Täcket består av 43 block med hjärtan och ett kattblock, som vi tror kommer att värma vår vän, när hon känner sig frusen och behöver lite tröst. Alla kviltblocken är sydda av hennes kviltvänner, som sytt sina tankar i sina block och sedan har Kerstin och jag satt ihop dem efter alla konstens regler. Kerstin har sytt framsida och baksida och sedan har jag kviltat täcket.
Täcket är ganska stort , 140 x 180 cm och kommer att vara härligt att svepa in sig i. Vår vän blev överraskad och mycket glad över gåvan från kviltvännerna.

My friend Kerstin and I was today out in the stormy snow weather to visit a friend, who has her birthday today, to give her a quilt with hearts. The quilt is made from 43 heartblocks and one block with a cat, and all the blocks are sewn by quilt friends who know our friend.
I think this quilt will keep her warm and comfort her during her recovery.
Kerstin and I have put the quilt together, Kerstin sew the quilt top and the backing and I have made the quilting.
The quilt is big enough to warm her 54x72 inches a good big lap size. Our friend became very surprised and very happy of the gift from her quilt friends.

Hjärttäcke framsida

Hjärttäcke baksida

11/28/2012

Mitt Skåne / My county Skåne

Öresundsquiltarna har sedan i våras haft en uppmaning till medlemmarna att sy ett block som visar hur vi uppfattar vårt landskap Skåne. Jag har hela tiden tänkt mig sy en stork, en fågelart som tidigare var utrotad i Skåne, bl.a. beroende på att en stor del av våtmarkerna i landskapet var försvunna.
Men nu har man tack vare Storkprojektet fått storken att föröka sig och komma tillbaka efter den långa resan till Afrika.
Storken har jag ritat och sedan sytt med applikationsteknik och några broderistygn. Den ser nästan levande ut tycker jag.
My quilting guild has since spring a challenge for the members to sew a quilt block with a motive of something that is distintive for our county Skåne. I have since then some thoughts to sew a storch, a bird that before was distintive for our county, but disappeared from our county 1954.
But since 1992 there is a project Storch project (there is a translation button) to get the white storch to survive and reproduce in the county. I have sketched the storch and made it in appliqué and some embroidery stitches. I think it turned out quite good.

11/21/2012

Holiday Lane

Today I'm participating in the Holiday Lane blog hop with the lovely Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt. Thanks to our super-organized cheerleader, Pauline

from Quilt´n Queen and Jill from Jillilly Studios for her wonderful pattern with the decorated houses for Christmas.

And as it is the right time now to start counting down for Christmas to decorate our house and home with some festive things why not start with a beautiful pillow.

I have made some Swedish touches to my pillow, more to look like a street with houses as they may appear in my country side if we are lucky to get some snow.

First of all I must tell you about our Scandinavian Yule Goat, the Christmas Goat which is one of our oldest and most popular of all Swedish Christmas images and the goat will of course appear on my pillow.

In older times , however, the Christmas Goat reputed to be much more adventurous and dangerous, and was associated with both fertility and dark powers.

Yule Goat, the Christmas Goat could be in different images.

He could emerge as the handing out Christmas presents,before even Santa appeared to give Christmas presents. The Goat could also be a mischievous participant in Christmas escapades , or as a supernatural being which shadowy approached estates in midwinter.

Parents could threaten with the Christmas goat, if the kids did not behave, he would come and gore them.

Here is a picture of my Christmas goat, he is handmade of wool and I have had him in my home for several years, a image of a real goat.

My Christmas Goat in wool

In folklore the Harvest-goat was a symbol of fertility. The goat was usually made from the last sheaf of straw from the past year with the desire for a good recovery following year.

The modern version of the Yule Goat figure is a decorative goat made out of straw and bound with red ribbons, a popular Christmas ornament often found under the Christmas tree. Large versions of this ornament are frequently erected in towns and cities around Christmas time .

And I have had my Christmas Goat made from straw in mind when I added a bigger version to my pillow.

My Christmas Goat made of straw

I must admit that I had to make some Swedish touches on my pillow besides the goat. In Advent, that is four weeks before Christmas Day, there will be lights in most of the windows, the Swedish Advent candlesticks and there will also be some electric stars lightning up the dark days and nights during December.
You will find the lights and the star in one of the windows on my pillow.

My Christmas Lane

Some lights and a star in one window

And as the nights are dark there must be some stars to light up the neighborhood.

The Christmas goat and the Advent candle stick in the window

I have also modified the instruction by making an inner pillow form and insert a zipper at the back.

And before visiting all the other Holiday Lanes my old fashioned Swedish Santa will say hello to you and wish you a festive coming Christmas

My old fashioned Santa

Here is the other wonderful lanes to visit today

Apple Avenue Quilts
Celtic Thistle Stitches
Quilt Doodle Doodles
Louzeekreativ
Tink´s Mom
I Piece 2 Mary
Beaquilter
Ninis Patchwork
Hallbrook Designs

Have a nice day and a for you in US a wonderful Thanksgiving

Britt-Inger in Malmö, Sweden

11/11/2012

Britta och Greta /Britta and Greta

Britta har också fått en söt klänning och nu sitter de finklädda väninnorna i soffan och väntar på att kalaset skall börja.
Britta´s dress is done and the cute best friends are sitting in my sofa waiting for the party to begin.

11/04/2012

U R Priceless

The new bloghop has begun and this time the first day of the hop is my day to present my cute coin purses. But first of all a big Swedish hug to Madame Samm and Katherine for hosting this priceless blog hop.

I must say that I have had some problems to get the purse frames in time to make my purses. I have first contacted a shop on Etsy from Portugal in September where I found some very cute frames. But the frames were not even shipped after a month and I didn´t get any contact with the shop owner in spite of several reminders. Then I had to buy from an other internet shop, as I couldn´t find any shop here in Sweden which had purse frames.

Finally I ordered frames from ebay, China and Etsy Great Britain, but in a slight different form that could fit the pattern designed by Madame Samm.

Two days ago the shop owner from Portugal contacted me and informed me that she had been on vacations and was very sorry. She returned my money and that´s the story with the first problems with my purses.

My big problem then was the decision of fabric. I can´t understand why this is always a very big problems as I have yards of fabric in my stash. But I think this is a problem that I share with thousands of quilters.

And then I had to reconstruct the pattern to fit my purse frames. I love freeze paper, I use it when I make templates and it is then so easy to iron it on the fabric. I reconstructed the templates on the freeze paper and voila there were my templates to fit my purse frames.

My first coin purse were made from fabric designed Loralie, I love her cute ladies

The first cute lady on one side

The second cute lady on the other side

Inside the first purse

My second choice of fabric was design from Laurel Birch. And as birds are my favorite pets and animals the motives were natural, some parrots of course.