I participated in lfinns fat quarter swap and got three wonderful fat quarters. I only wait for the fourth one to arrive before I take a picture.
One of my swap partners was Miya. She is now hosting the Unbirthday swap at her blog and I signed up. My swap partner is Nova in Australia! I'm thrilled. I'm definitely not going to quilt for her. Her quilting is really wonderful. She doesn't have a real wish list, but tells me she likes blue... I think I can help there!
May 06, 2009
March 24, 2009
Update on quilts
Okay, I will try to catch up with what happened the last 1 1/2 years.
First there is the baby quilt I made back in the US for my god child who will be turning 2 years next month. By now the quilt already looks a little loved but the picture shows it brand new up on the wall in a small exhibition. There are some appliqued animals. The quilting shows the family animals, chess figurs for the dad, lots of books for his mom, ships for his grandpa and cooking equipment for the grandma. Also there are lots of hearts, stars and bumblebees. The brown fabric has lots of cats and dogs in it.
Next is a christmas table runner I made in a quilt class here in Germany. It's the Hunter's Star pattern. The star has two different fabrics in it. On the runner you can see a German christmas tradition: The Adventskranz (Advent=the 4 weeks before christmas, Kranz=wreath). It has four candles for the four sundays before christmas. On each sunday you light one more candle, so by christmas day all the four candles are lit. It was introduced in an orphanage in the beginning of the 19th century to show the children how much longer they will have to wait for christmas to come. I love this tradition and make the wreath myself every year.
And finally we have B's baby quilt. I chose churn dashs in greens and browns. There is a 'flutterby' and a teddy bear in applique. The quilting shows lots of family related things. I tried to incorporate symbols for all the grandparents and great-grandparents. There are animals (dachhounds, horses,...), physical and mathematical symbols, cars, sail boats and trains, needles and thread, the lighthouse we got married on, the Bremen town musicians and many, many other things.
First there is the baby quilt I made back in the US for my god child who will be turning 2 years next month. By now the quilt already looks a little loved but the picture shows it brand new up on the wall in a small exhibition. There are some appliqued animals. The quilting shows the family animals, chess figurs for the dad, lots of books for his mom, ships for his grandpa and cooking equipment for the grandma. Also there are lots of hearts, stars and bumblebees. The brown fabric has lots of cats and dogs in it.
Next is a christmas table runner I made in a quilt class here in Germany. It's the Hunter's Star pattern. The star has two different fabrics in it. On the runner you can see a German christmas tradition: The Adventskranz (Advent=the 4 weeks before christmas, Kranz=wreath). It has four candles for the four sundays before christmas. On each sunday you light one more candle, so by christmas day all the four candles are lit. It was introduced in an orphanage in the beginning of the 19th century to show the children how much longer they will have to wait for christmas to come. I love this tradition and make the wreath myself every year.
And finally we have B's baby quilt. I chose churn dashs in greens and browns. There is a 'flutterby' and a teddy bear in applique. The quilting shows lots of family related things. I tried to incorporate symbols for all the grandparents and great-grandparents. There are animals (dachhounds, horses,...), physical and mathematical symbols, cars, sail boats and trains, needles and thread, the lighthouse we got married on, the Bremen town musicians and many, many other things.
March 09, 2009
Long time no blog
There is no real good excuse for not blogging more than one year...
I had to take a qualification exam in winter 07, than started a new job in summer 08 which used much of energy. But in January I switched jobs again. The most exciting, resonsible, keeping me from sleeping, knitting & quilting job I ever had: I'm a stay-at-home-mom! My son B is today 8 weeks old!
If he is okay with that; I would like to start blogging again to keep track of all the things I made for him and others.
Let's see...
I had to take a qualification exam in winter 07, than started a new job in summer 08 which used much of energy. But in January I switched jobs again. The most exciting, resonsible, keeping me from sleeping, knitting & quilting job I ever had: I'm a stay-at-home-mom! My son B is today 8 weeks old!
If he is okay with that; I would like to start blogging again to keep track of all the things I made for him and others.
Let's see...
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