Linnea 'Ea' quilts...

And now - a lovely photo spread of the wedding me an my family attended last Saturday in Kirkkonummi :) We got SO lucky with the weather! After people were getting into their cars to head out to the wedding lunch, it started to rain like crazy! But, nearly just as suddenly, it stopped when we arrived at the venue. Crazy luck, huh? Saved the date, and or whole family (sans Micke, unfortunately) attended. Brother checking to see if the photos he took were succesful. That's Mom in the bright cerise skirt. Running for the car! Told you - crazy rain! And all the pretty bridesmaids :) Dad/Our groom with son. Whole pretty family in place for a photo shoot before the lunch.

Mom and me, just chilling out on a Friday afternoon. I'm gonna be in Kirkkonummi this weekend, since one of my and my brother's oldest friends (from way back in elementary school) is gonna get married this Saturday. As a cherry on top, there's aunt and cousin+her kids still at our summer cottage that I can visit. Lots of people to be with. But more importantly: eat with. Remember my family's unofficial motto ? Lots of wilderness here. And Mom finally got her new garden chair. She says it's comfy. I believe her. True blued. Sounds almost like "true blood".  It's so hot, even if I'm just sitting here by the entrance. 28 degrees Celsius, and really humid. I'm so not cut out for this weather. My body just feels ill.

We got a present! The two guys who came with it put it in our bathroom. Wanna see what it is?

I cut it out weeks ago, then I stashed it. Really good too, I might add, because I didn't find it before I got around and did the huge summer cleaning project we so desperately needed. Or actually, the apartment needed it. I just had to get myself to do it... But, I digress. I found the cloth rolled up, and tucked away, in a glass jar . Whoever thinks a glass jar  is a good place to store a piece of cut-to-size cloth? Well... me, apparently. No idea why, though. I must be crazy. Nothing new there. It just must have seemed logical at the time. *shakes head* Sometimes something seems so very logical when you do it, and then afterwards you wonder "what was I thinking?". Like that time when my mama chose what I should wear to my confirmation.... *mentally cringes* New summer clothes... I mean, a new cover. Ta-daa! Didn't take that long to sew either, compared to the storage boxes I made that took several hours. It's actually part of an old sheet that...

Even though I and Micke live in quite a big apartment, I sometimes still feel as if I don't have enough storage space for every little thing I need to store away while I'm crafting. So, inspired by both Lisa * and by AmandaJean's blog ** , I decided to try and make some fabric storage boxes for our library. Yes, in fabric. Why? Well, since mom let me raid her fabric and cloth stash, I thought I should use it and not hang onto it forever. And with my fabric cutter, it was actually real easy, since I didn't have to spend too much time cutting with the scissors. That fabric cutter really makes a difference, in my opinion, because you don't get that much fabric dust flying in the air. Hence, not that much to vacuum :) * Who wrote how she finally  got around and bought some storage boxes for her overhead cupboards, mainly so that things won't hit her in the head when she tries to pull them out. ** A quilter, who seems to have done it all (and more) when it c...

We have had couch surfers, friends and relatives over for visits during odd days the last few weeks. That's nice, because before all of it I was feeling really unsocial and cooped up in our apartment. Now, I feel like I'm this horrible person who doesn't even bother to clean her house. Not even when her MOM phones out of the blue and says "We'll all be coming for a visit tomorrow at 11 a.m". The only thing that went through my mind during that call was "Argh, my desk is a mess, and I need to put away all the scrap fabrics". Which I didn't do. Instead, I put away things that I had used in Mikael's room. So: the apartment is dusty as heck the vacuum cleaner is hiding in the closet, and it's alternating between hunger striking and threatening me with sucking up all my current "on hold" craft project until I put then away safely. every plant and green thing is screaming for water the trellises on the balconies are covered with...

For those of you who haven't been there already, the  Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova is the museum of history and contemporary art. Located maybe 500 m from Turku Cathedral, it's both near the market square and the rest of the city center. And the museum closest to where Mikael and I live. My good friend Mimi is working in the museum this summer summer, and since her sister came for a visit yesterday, Mimi guided us around the museum. I think she's a brilliant guide, and I'm not saying it just because she's a friend. The museum is divided into two parts. The historic part (Aboa Vetus, or 'old Turku') is located in the basement, and the sections for contemporary art (Ars Nova) is located on the two upper levels. The ground floor is where the ticket office, gift shop and the Aula café is located ('aula' is the word for 'lobby', so it's a slight play on words) . Click on the link to see the virtual tour. The exhibition at the contemporary...

"Och för er som undrar hur jag hinner kan jag upplysa om att jag går upp ganska tidigt och lägger mig ganska sent. Ljuset gör mig pigg. Och sen kollar jag typ aldrig på TV och just nu tillbringar jag väldigt lite tid vid datorn. Det ena projektet avlöser det andra och än så länge går det bra. Då har man ju mera tid." - Anna Neah (singer, blogger and so much more) ( ~ ) Sorry, won't bother to translate for you, that's what the "translate" button on the browser Google Chrome is for. Or Babelfish and Google Translate. Use the tools at your disposal, don't complain. Cobble stones at the Old market square close to the Cathedral. I guess I should take Anna's advice, and just get up a bit earlier in the morning. Goddess knows, I stay up late most days anyway. I never said I'm smart, and sometimes staying up to the wee hours of the morning is really dumb. Dumb like "it will bite you in the [insert body part here] later" kind of dumb. A...

Pin that! And look, it even has one of the buttons I got from Maria 's on it! In a post , I mentioned how I've made ... a few... pincushions. I know, who has use for 9 pincushions? And is currently using 4 of them? And why, on Earth, would you make that many pincushions to even begin with? Well... Firstly , most pincushion designs are real easy to sew, so they're fast to make. 30 min tops, if you have all the materials at hand. Secondly , all of the one I've sewn so far have mainly been "training exercises" for me on how to use the Clover rotary cutter I bought a while back. And, since I still cut myself on it, I think I do need training. Or a new blade for it. Or maybe both. And a safer working technique... (yet another list *sigh* ) Thus, I won't apologize for my sewing behavior. But, to digress, from me cutting myself to showing you a bunch of easy pincushion patterns I've found online. the Purl bee the very easy pincushion ...