new Glasses

This week I got new glasses,

and some time ago glasses to wear during computertime

Did I ever wrote:
* * * * * * * * * * * I hate pictures from me? * * *

Christmas secrets

I am really busy these days, unfortuantly I'm unable to show what I'm working on -
because one of course is going to be my present for the SSCS 2008.

Here a small part of the first steps

Batic Dear Jane

In preparation for some XMAS secrets I searched in my stash and
- SURPRISE !!! -
the missing Dear Jane blocks from my first try popped up. Big fun

2 blocks where in unfinished stadium,

E 11 was appliqued from my friend Monika except the four little quartercircles in the corners, so I appliued them - looks great

and one of my scary blocks: G 6 (Papa's Star)

here I found the centerstar ready (PP), the big star and the background was ready to sew. I finishied this by hand and - I'm glad it's done and astaound it wasn't that difficulty I thought.

At the beginning of 2oo9 I'll see what to do with the Batic/handdyed blocks - a little wallhanging may be - any idea for ~ 40 blocks??

addition

the location is named: Galenbecker See don't know, if you'll find english sites in the www
Its in the far north east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Cranes migration

Yesterday I had a special experience.
We watched at the for ~ 2 hours at hundreds of Cranes, which stop by for 2 or 3 weeks on their way south. About 7000 birds return every year, not only cranes - also gooses
Here are some pics

Fantastic sky, a little bit cold - but worth every minute!! Just spectaculary

Tomorrow we are "celbrating" the Octoberfest with the other nations here in Szczecin

happy dancing here in Poland - my BAG arrived

Lucky news from Szczecin:
I am the lucky owner of Rhonda's adorable crazy bag !!!!!!!!!
can't believe it actually
It is a masterpiece, she used several fabrics and lace and she did fantastic embroidery with floss, silkribbon and beads.
Rhonda created a spider with its web, a cute baskets full of roses, sunflowers, fans, a dragonfly and played with different stitches.

The basicfabric is a warm dark chocolate, lined with a warm darkred fabrics showing roses – 5 pockets inside are offered to prevend the typical chaos in bigger bags (I normally have)

It is a beauty

Rhonda surprised me also with a Quiltmaker magazine, Fons and Porter directional pins (never seen them before, quiet clever!) and purple beads

THANK YOU Rhonda - I am absolutly thrilled !!!

Thank you Linda fort his GREAT swap,
it was big fun to sew AND to enjoy the surprise

I promised more pics. Here they are
I spent one week with my friend Monika and we had a lot of fun together and participated at a quiltshops exhibition.
Of course I had to buy some fabrics as well, infected from Monika's tote ..... more about that later

My Dear Jane Secret Pal sent fantastic fabrics in the past months to Poland.
They coordinate perfect together: turquoise and brown, sewing themed. My husband wondered how excited I was, when this fabrics arrived and offered the longarmquilting at my favourite place in Indiana ( hi Colleen! ) Isn’t that great?
Starting with an idea of Robert Kaufmann, the designer of one of the series
I played with crayons on paper the oldfashioned way ;-)
This is the result of my sewing during the last week at my friends home.

Even with some health issues I was able to finish 15 11” blocks – TADA!!

sorry, the colors aren't exactly how it looks like in reality .... but I liked to take pictures in Monika's wonderful garden.
I added my siggys rectangles, which had been signed for me by the Janiacs at the DJ Retreat in Shipshewana / November 2oo5.
Here comes an impression of the Siggy border.

Now I’m waiting for another fabric to make the missing 3 blocks and I found a great flannel for the backside also at equilter.
Actually my DH is for 4 weeks on exercise and works really hard,
Nelli and I take care for the house.
Hugs Brigitte

Bag Swap - my contribution

Today I’ll show you some snapshots of the bag I made and sent to my bag swap partner somewhere.
I took the idea from this Japanese book
A little craziness
and many tiny embroidered knots later I added one old button and it was READY to go.

This was big fun to make, hope the recipient will like it.
Can't wait to get mine.

Tomorrow I show you the result of the last week sewing at my friends home. Even with some health issues I was able to finish 15 11” blocks – TADA!!

Hugs Brigitte

Daydreams

During my visit in Lueneburg at my friend Monica's home I started a new daydream. Actually I REALLY don't need a new project (PLEASE don't ask me how many UFOs I own) -
but this picture from Eugen Stross is asking for beeing redone in fabrics. It reminds me to 4 visits in this special town.

Secret Santa Christmas Swap 2oo8

Unfortunatly I'm not able to put the sign into my blog, the way Donna explained .... so I show it this way:
I'm part of the big Christmas Swap fun worldwide, 128 quilter signed in and I'll know may be tomorrow to which place in the world I have to send my Christmas surprise. I don't get any information, from whom I'll get mine. Donna is doing a great job mixing us up - visit her blog and you'll see what fabulous presents had been made last year!

Giveaway at MayBritt's blog

May Britt from Norway is celebrating her 2 year anniversary of blogging. She is posting great pictures and call the event:
2-years-blogiversary-giveaway
Please visit her blog and leave a comment - and you do have a chance to get her nice giveaway. Good luck !!

Holiday, Visit & Lungis

Actually I am lucky to announce: my DH doesn't have to go to work - YEAH: 4 weeks at home



My DD Ines spend one week at the Baltic Sea in Swinoujscie with her friend Thomas. They visited us and we enjoyed this time so much.

Do you see my husband dreaming from his own modeltrain dungeon??

Lungis are worn around the waist in Bangladesh,
my friend Gabi sent me 45 FQ of this lovely plaids and stripes, very fine cotton fabric. We splitted them, so some women are lucky to own them now. THANK YOU Gabi!!

Jeanne's pincushion arrived

dancing around .... I got a priority envelope from Minnesota ..... it was from Jeanne, which I met in person during the Dear Jane Retreat in Shipshewana, IN in fall 2oo5

She sent a cute little apple pincushion, made from wool. She enclosed a apple fabric FQ, I've never seen before AND

a Fons & Porter pencil tin with pretty Feahtered Star pattern on it.

The card made me smile because of the lazy cat on top of a DWR quilt, cats are so special

TAHNK YOU SO MUCH, Jeanne - I'll love your pincushion, it just went into my Redwork box to be used, also the tin

my Dear Jane layout

this is my design layout - the idea of it:
the colors are different

Do you see the + and the x ??
in this part I'm going to use a very light background,
in the other parts ( "triangles of the pinwheel" and the border ) the background is the same, just darker

Each of the " pinwheel " will get different values of taupe, japanese fabrics I collected during my trip to the States in April
- still a dream

2nd attempt

to put the Label to the GiVEAWAY I posted before ....

Announcement: great giveaway

somewhere in the worldwideweb I found the LINK to a fantastic giveaway. Maybe it would be more clever not to tell you - but on the other hand, one of the rules is, to tell ....

Leave a comment on Dana's blog, she offers a bright quilt, which I would love to win !!!
Unfortunatly I'm unable to add this graphic into my sidebar AND this dear blog doesn't want to add pictures right now, so I have to add it later - grrr

first 2 blocks of my Taupe Jane

J 11 - Twin Sister J 12 - Rebecca's Basket

that's just the working title ... not shure about the name of my baby yet.

just 167 more blocks to do - big fun!

pincushio swap

Just a few minutes ago I got a lovely email from Kim, which is the reciever of my pincushion I sent to Minnesota. Her blog is worth to visit: enjoy - she is very talented.
I embroidered all edges of the 5 squares with different beading patterns. It's kind of freeform .... just fun to make! and I'm afraid the little Polish thimble wouldn't helpful for handsewing, sorry

I'm just glad, that my little darling is welcome at the new sewingplace.

NOW I'm waiting for my pincushion from ???????????????

BTW:
I'm still not able to add a Signature automaticly
- is there help somewhere in the www ?

Dear Jane Embroidery

Inge, Ute, Brigitte and Angelika surprised me with this lovely present, when I moved from Duesseldorf last summer. Now I am the lucky owner of this pretty xstitch embroidery and enjoy it every day. The pattern is from Lynda Myers.

My friend Gabi made a fantastic quilttop from Lungis for me. Lungis are woven plaids and stripes, normally worn from men in Bangladesh (her husband is born there)

Actually she is very ill right now with Typhus, they came back from Bangladesh 4 weeks ago. I'm wishing all the best to her. Positive thoughts are more than welcome, friends

„Metro Blue“

14 FQs -
what is this going to be??

any ideas?

Tabelrunner

I know, it's springtime - even the weather give us the summerfeeling - but this was the colorpreference of the lady who got it.

This is a lovely gift from my friend Monika - DANKESCHöN !!!

It'll be part of my heartquilt - stay tuned - more about later



today I got a package from my new DJ Secret Pal for May and June: great fabric – it’s: Michele D’Amore „Metro Blue“ from Marcus Brothers
thank you so much. Started actually to plan a design