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I know, it feels a bit weird, to just be suddenly thinking about ”what should my focus be on for the next year?” ~~~~~~~~ I know, the photo doesn't really match my question, but it does show that my kids wanted me to draw a "wolf in a forest" for them on your driveway, and then I later tried to add two wold cubs to make it all a bit more cute. Just goes to show that I am quite rubbish at drawing with chalk on asphalt. I think I should stick to quilting instead. ~~~~~~~~~~ It’s the middle of May, and for the first time in many many MANY months, I feel a bit more ready to plan ahead. (A sarcastic ”thank you?” here to the depression for taking away all of that back before I started getting rid of it.) Not plan ahead of a lot of things, but since handicrafts for me feels ”safe” to plan ahead on (unlike life in general), I guess that’s why the thought just popped up. This year (2019) it’s ”hand-sewing and hand-quilting”.  Last year, it was ”free ...

When I started blogging again in January (after not having blogged for years before that) I most pointedly didn’t share or write a post about what New Year’s resolutions I had made for 2018. But maybe I should have. I did write then down, see, on a small note. And I stuck that note on my notice board in the studio, and there it has been gently reminding me all year long what I promised I’d try to do. Since I wrote it in Swedish, I’ll just translate it into English for you all: Get the floor space in the studio cleared. Keep my quilt planner updated. Get the notice board cleared. Sort the buttons. Sort and get rid of all the old thread. Finish all the remaining color block quilts. Finish 12 other quilts during 2018. So, how did I do? Which of these have I managed to hold during the year? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Get the floor space in the studio cleared. Well, I got rid of a lot of crafting materials (and some things that were just plain junk) that w...

Quilt details Name, Recipient, Size, Start/Finished date, Pattern and Fabrics used Emil’s color blocks quilt (fifth color block quilt out of twelve) For Emil Peuralahti 106 x 106 cm (length x height). color blocks started in May of 2017, quilt top done by the end of November 2017, quilt basted 2.7.2018, quilted and bound on October 8th and the label added 31.10.2018. Shipped 1.11.2018. My own color blocks quilt pattern. About the fabrics used: The same as for the rest of the color block quilts, which means that each color block has 36 different fabrics in 5x5 cm pieces. 36 x 9 colors (+ 36 B&W that made blocks I ended up not using) means a total of 324 (+36) different fabric pieces . White Perla 100% cotton fabric for the sashings, borders and binding. You can read more about construction here . Batting, backing and binding fabric: Single layer of thin (80 g) polyester batting from Kruunun Kangas. Backing was pieced out of two pieces of the brown fabric with ...

Quilt details Name, Recipient, Size, Start/Finished date, Pattern and Fabrics used Emil’s color blocks quilt  (fourth color block quilt out of twelve) For Emil Signell 106 x 106 cm (length x height). color blocks started in May of 2017, quilt top done by the end of November 2017, quilt basted 2.7.2018, quilted and bound on October 8th and the label added 31.10.2018. Shipped 1.11.2018. My own color blocks quilt pattern. About the fabrics used: The same as for the rest of the color block quilts, which means that each color block has 36 different fabrics in 5x5 cm pieces. 36 x 9 colors (+ 36 B&W that made blocks I ended up not using) means  a total of 324 different fabric pieces . White Perla 100% cotton fabric for the sashings, borders and binding. You can read more about construction  here . Batting, backing and binding fabric: Single layer of thin (680 g) polyester batting from Kruunun Kangas. Backing was made out of a single piece of the ...

Quilt details Name, Recipient, Size, Start/Finished date, Pattern and Fabrics used "God Jul" (which means Merry Christmas in Swedish) for my family 79 x 80 cm (length x height). 19.9 - 28.10.2018. A Christmas themed basic economy blocks/diamond in square blocks, with sashings and a wide border added. About the fabrics used: The red polka dot fabric is "HO-HO-HO, Let It Snow" by Nancy Halvorsen, Benartex (style 3294, 100% screen printed cotton). I remember buying this one in the Eurokangas store in Helsinki while I was there visiting Emma C. That has to be back in 2007 or so, so more than 10 years ago! The Christmas fabric in the border is the one I bought  from Kruunun Kangas back in April The green and the white centers were fabrics I found at the stash at Arbis. The reds solids were actually two different shades, one being a rest fabric from the Arbis-stash and the other was one of the Eurokangas red solids I bought back in  April . I used up al...

Quilt details Name, Recipient, Size, Start/Finished date, Pattern and Fabrics used "Autumn Kingfisher" for myself 142 x 142 cm (length x height). 22.7 - 13.10.2018. The Kingfisher quilt ( link 1 and link 2 ), for the stitch-along event from 16.5 - 23.7 during the summer of 2018 by Rachel Houser (of  Stitched in Color ) and Jodi Godfrey (of  Tales of Cloth ). About the fabrics used for the quilt top Background Six different neutrals, all donation or second hand fabrics. Border 1 A red solid that came in a scrap bag bought second hand (at Fyndis). Border 2 Same as the triangle ends in the center, a donated fabric from Annikki Fogström. Border 3 Brown with speckled dots, bought second hand at Combolina flea market. EPP-triangles Oakie Doakie fat quarter bought at a garden/outdoor flea market in Raumo during the Pitsiviikko-event. EPP-hexagon flowers A plethora of scrap fabrics in light brown, oranges, neutrals and pinks. Also a few hex...