Pumpkins Time !

 

On the design wall and in my life

The red  blocks are samplers for a Improvisational Patchwork class.

They are about 5" and to make them is a big fun.

The amazing appliqè circles made by my special friend Claudia are the start for a new project I have in mind.

Coming soon...  

One week ago, the burglars devastated my home. Little Trudy save herself behind a sofa and we all are safe. They kept just few cash and my pc ( this is why I stayed so long away to blogland)... but we have had a lot of damage...definitely not a good period.

Time to Finish

As in my life some things arrived to the end so I need to finish the projects on which I have worked in the last period.

 The Amish houses quilt is totally done...

 The Kaffe Fasset houses quilt is just ready to be quilted...

 

The Butterfly quilt is waiting to be quilted too.

It's time to finish ! 

New life ... new quilt

Hallo to all !
Sorry for the long time without posting. In the last two weeks my life is totally changed.
I have left my work. I'm fine now but still a bit  confused. New time to fill , new  things to get used to and old things to forget...   

...my mind is like this quilt: filled  of new projects with the happiness of the colors and the lightness of the butterflies...

 

 

See you soon!

More photos

 

Again some photos of the BOM Houses quilt in progress.  Better colors but not still the real (no good light in this days here).  These are the blocks I made with the scraps of the blocks. I want  to add  them to the border. They are 4" square and are really cute. The idea , as I said , is to mix  randomly pieces of  roofs fabrics and these blocks. Hope the photos can give you  the sensation  of the layout.   

By the way , also  the butterfly blocks are growing on my design wall. I have an idea for the border of this quilt too. But is too early for this...next time! 

Again from Birmingham....

...smiling faces...

Decision

I'm trying to decide what kind of fabrics to use for the sashing and the border of the BOM Houses project.

 As usually my helper puts her own touch to the layout and adds interest to the whole work....

...as you can see two blocks are again to be finished  (on the last row) and one is totally to make , but the blocks already done are enough to have an idea of the final effect.  

 

The idea is to use the light blue fabric for the sashing with some colorful cornerstones and free size pieces of the roofs fabrics for the border with the random add of little colorful blocks as a remind of the side of the houses.

...this the idea...the progress will come...

Back from Birmingham Quilt Show

Wonderful quilts....

  Lovely friends....

...and special people.

Striped Fabrics

 This afternoon I have played with some striped fabrics in bright and  sorbet colors. I have made some sampler blocks to try three different construction techniques . Mitred corner blocks , half square strip blocks and an original kind of log cabins. I'm going to plane a new class to teach after the summer vacation and this blocks are perfect for a new autumn project ...     

Pencil case

From the A Spoonful of Sugar blog a very easy tutorial to make this useful pencil case. I made it in two different colors ... the green one is that I like most... green is my color!

But the red and blue version with Denyse Schmidt fabrics is also nice...maybe good as a present for a friend.