Next goal

Wonderful, isn't it?

It was made by my friend Claudia .

But it's my next goal...will I be able to?  

Busy , Busy ...

 I have been so busy in the last days!

A new quilt made in collaboration with my dear friend Irene .

And if you enjoyed  the photos of the BOM 2012 you can see the progress of the BOM 2013 here !

Fabric box mania

A new fabric box made in a different way.     The result is a softer box with a nice X design on the bottom. I have used a different fabric for each side to underline the pattern.       Thanks Elena for the very nice idea !!

...but I have  made a new one following the first way. The inside is with different fabrics ... I like it so much !

It's a tea time !

Funny owls on a simple cozy...to make smiling the tea time !

Crazy checked cat

Do you like the checked cat?

I find inspiration for it on the wonderful MaryLou Weidman new book just received.

And a great surprise from MaryLou...on the first page sweet words just for me! 

Thank you MaryLou! 

Can you guess how proud I'm? :-))

little apples and a gift

This fabrics are just LOVELY... 

...and the foxy pouch is a gift for a friend !

Is she lovely?

She is lovely, isn't she?

The snugly and cute crochet cat is a gift HANDMADE by my super clever and multitasking friend Hilde

....and , did you notice she looks exactly like some one ?

(Trudi)

Finishes

A very little sampler just to take confidence with some nice quilt finishes I have learned yesterday during a beautiful class made by Sara.

My preferred is the Prairie points...a little chain of triangles . Sweet!

But also the Flat piping (true or simple) is really a interesting way to finish a quilt.

I have enjoyed this class so much! Thanks Sara!
And you , how do you like to finish your projects?

OK.... not all turn out perfect at the first time :-(
but I hope to become better with practice :-))

Stylish gift

I received this super cute and super stylish pincushion as a gift from a really kind girl .

Did you never see something more fashionable ? eh-eh !

I will use it only for the my more elegant projects! ;-))

Thank you Giulia!

The sweet of life

In the Valentine's day I tell you something about friendship.

With the mail I received today a super cute packet (did you notice the nice ribbons?)...

...inside a sweet note and a beautiful and precious pincushion made just for me by my friend (can I say that of us?) Hilde.

We never have met us in person, but I feel her as a "old" friend and our understanding run over the mails.

See her work closer...it's wonderful, isn't it?

Thank you again!

Pssst...she is the author of this books!

By the way I show you the second pixie I made...

...and what I'm thinking for the inner round...

Friendship

I have ended the Friend block thinking about how magic could be the friendship and how ,sometime, we can feel close people we have never met.

By the way I can say I'm really happy for how the block has turned out.

So many bright colors and so fun in making.

Friends

A new friend Kay has passed to me The Liebsters Award that is a simply way to share with the blog friends blogs we love with less than 300 follower.

I'm happy to indicate three nice place I love and where often I find inspiration:

Blue Elephant Stitches

The Root Connection

Nifty Quilts

I' m making this block thinking for a friend.

It's perfect for this post.

Will I survive without coffee?

The smell ( and the taste...) of fresh made flavoured coffee is one of the sweetest memories of my last trip in U.S.

Yes, I'm an Italian girl that loves American coffee!

I brought with me a couple of packets of my favorite taste French Vanilla when I come back to Italy, but now my stock is running short.

And (can you believe it?) I didn't find anyone who ship flavoured coffee to Italy.

Now I wonder : will I survive without coffee?

Purple purse

I made this colorful squares with silky scraps.

And I made this purse for a kind friend with the squares.

At last I stamped myself on the purse!

Inner border

I have chosen to quilt the inner border with some sweet saying....



...and the name of the friend who will receive the quilt as a birthday gift...

Wheels in quilting

I have started to quilt the Wheels quilt.

The soft batting I have used shows up the wheels.

They seem as colorful jellyfishes.

Quilt bee update and a new book

I told you about this project in this post . Now I have added the sashing and have started to make the outer border.

Now I like it and I'm happy as it is turning out.

Today I received a new book. The crazy isn't the quilt stile I prefer but the four crazy blocks of this quilt are simply wonderful.

The folk art designs for appliquè are very fun and full of details.

If you like this book or want to know more go here .