Bavarian impressions # 1

Today I'ld like to show you first pics of my new hometown. I took the pictures standing in the middle of the mainroad - to both directions



More'll come, I promise - soon or later

progress

I tried several light situations ( with/without daylight, sun, shadow ) to get the real colors .... nothing came near the original

step by step - now off to get the 3 layers together

Work in progress

YES, I made some progress on my WiP this weekend. I hoped to make more, but DH had an accident while doing some electric work, so the remodeling took some time -
the good news is: he is well ( more or less )

this wavy striped border will finish with just o,5 inch - otherwise it's to busy for me. Now on to decide which green for the outer border ....
After dinner I hope to get the next/final border done

Best wishes for a good start into the new week tomorrow

spools and folded BOW TiES

Yesterday I discussed with Rosa the possibilities of a spool pattern and told her of the folded variation. Today I googled and found several good instructions, so I don't want to make my own - just showing pictures to give you an impression.





I love patterns, but I can't help, I have to give them always a personal touch with a small variation:


Here are some LINKs to pages where you find instructions for the folded bow ties:
:
# 1

# 2

# 3

# 4

I'm quiet shure there are more somewhere -
please show me your examples, if you are bitten by the "folding bug" now

W i P

Work in Progress:

my longdistance project is my Baby Jane
The background fabric is designed by Buggy Barn (Creamery Neutrals II) and the focus fabrics are taupe japanese fabrics I collected during my quiltjourney through 3 different Amish Counties in 2oo8. We went to 2 big shows: in Lancaster and Rosemont as well - good places to start a new collection ;-)

That's my layout

I finished A 7 yesterday:


A friend overseas sent me a lovely pattern,which is ideal for new sewingstudio. I have violet accents there and want to add a little wallquilt coordinating. This is the beginning:

ANGELS or WiTCHES

All women are angels
but when someone clips our wings
we continue to fly on a broomstick

this was sent from Carrie - love it!
THANK You, my shoping angel ( or witch ?? )

sentence of the day

Florine from California sent a funny file, did you know that today we celebrate International Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman's Day? Unfortunatly it isn't possible to fit the file into this blog .....
the credo is:
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, totally worn out and screaming 'WOOO HOOOOO what a ride!'

On a lovely blog somewhere in the www I found this:
life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass ....
it's about LEARNING to DANCE in the RAIN

have a wild day!

2nd creative/recreating room pics

Like I promised here they comes: more pics of my creative zone. The second room is subdivided by bookshelves, holding my patchwork, knitting, embroiderin literatur. Behind them I sleep and in front of them there is a table to work at and the cupboard, which holds my creative stuff. Klick into the picture to see it big ...

view from the entrance. In the metal drawer are most of my beads. Just the Delicas, Miyukis and my Swarowskis are separate.


shelves with my patchwork books, collected in 28 years ...


bookshelves - backside, holding: textile arts like beading, knitting, embroidery, fabric dying and so on


cosy sleeping corner


view from the window to the entrance, cupboard with all my creative treasures inside

again: a giveaway

Mag runs a lovely blog (scrapbooking) and celebrate to reach 100 followers with a fantastic giveway
I would love to win the Magnolia stamps and the other stuff

friendship gift

Blog reader who are here more often know, that Monika ist my best friend.

She escorted my move from Szczecin to Bavaria 4 weeks ago with good thougts AND she spent the same time I drove from North to South embroidering a lovely little redwork or may I say greenwork stitchery?
The little snowdrop fairy now is the nice company to my Dear Jane poster in my studio


Isn't that real friendship???
DANKESCHöööN Moni

scrapbooking - break: compulsorily

Due to the fact, that I have still 13 Boxes with scrapbooking stuff packed, because I have no cupboard to fill in
I can't scrapp - you don't believe how difficulty this is!!

But I got some new toys for this departement: a ScorPal with Mat, some stamps and the new Tim Holtz book.

It's autographed by the master himself - YES I was lucky to get one from Betty in Düsseldorf - YEAH
He introduce all his clever tools and inks and gives so many ideas -
I'ld love to play NOW
but I have to wait for the cupboard - cry

STUDiO - tour with pics

my view out of the window
drawer from an old postoffice, filled with thread, buttons, ribbons and so on
storage
drawers - filled with nice, folded fabrics
cutting and ironing table. Did you see the lovely, little black cutie? she is in the lower right corner of the picture

tomorrow I'll clean the 2nd room to take pictures for you

My ( main- ) STUDiO

Today a friend asked for details about our sewing spaces. I remembered the time when I began on the family dining table, had to put everything away to the meals - no fun. Later I got a small table in one corner of the sleepingroom - much better, but not ideal. When I moved from our own house into a small flat with 2 kidds I had just a tiny, tiny closet (luckily with a big window) - was much better that it sounds now.
Actually I'm lucky to have 2 rooms - YES, sorry ladies that's true. One is big and has a lot of free space, with big windows. There are my drawers with my fabrics, my cutting table, ironing place and the sewing table AND the putertable. I got a violet carpet exactly the same value than my stool "Move" from Stokke. Love that color these days.

The second room is subdiveded by bookshelves into 2 tiny "rooms": my bed is in one (behind the shelves) and my scrapbooking-/beading space. Room for 2 cupboards (one is ordered right now) and a table to work at.

Isn't that like artist's heaven???
YES it is and I'm thankful to have such fantastic space.

first steps back to sewing: M 3

My friend Monika sewed all her Dear Jane blocks and tris - just one wasn't done: M 3 and she asked me to do it for her. Please visit Sigrid's webpage, there you can see Monika's designwall.

So this was my first step back to the sewing department. Prepairing the Freezer Paper templates and placing them on the fabric including the exact cutting took me much longer than I expected. ( this version counts 21 pieces )

The block is done by hand and ready to go to Lüneburg. I'm glad, to be part of her big Baby.

I did part of the sewing at the LQS nearbye, the owner just called another women, who is going to start her own DJ Baby soon. She came over to talk to me - and brought a pretty Jewel Box quilt to show. She also pointed me into the right direction for the perfect backing fabric ( 108 " ). The Henry Glass fabric shows feathers, which I love - here together with my two background fabrics ( from Buggy Barn ).

Now I'll sew my own M 3 - off to prepair the tiny pieces.

Nicole's blog candy

Actually I have no time to scrap or sew, only some reading from time to time. But I visit my most loved blogs as often as possible. Nicole's blog is one of them, she does fantastic scapbooking!

Now she has a great candy to win,

wish me luck, please!

bin wieder ONLiNE - I'm back

hallihallo,
unser Internet läuft wieder (mehr oder weniger ....)
Von den ~ 600 Umzugskisten stehen nur noch geschätzte 100 in div. Räumen, doch im Großen und Ganzen sieht's schon recht wohnlich aus. Mein Studio hat ein riesengroßes Fenster, also tolles Licht und auch für meine Designwand war diesmal Platz. Mir ist das Kunststück gelungen, alle meine Kisten auszupacken - ausser den 12 ( ja, ich konnte es selbst kaum glauben ) in denen sich mein Scrapbooking Material befindet. Dafür wird noch ein 1 Meter Schrank bestellt und dann kann ich wieder Karten machen - Juchhu
Heute wurden wir wieder mit Schnee beglückt und ich habe auch schon fleissig geschoben. Mein erster Friseurbesuch war zwar super, aber der Preis - fast das dreifache gegenüber Stettin.
Und falls sich jemand hier über die Farbe der Schrift wundert, das ist die Farbe die mein Studio verschönert - Bilder folgen, versprochen

Hi
our internetconnection works again ( mostly )
Due to the fact, that we moved with ~ 600 boxes, we are lucky to have "just" 100 left. In the important rooms it start looking nice.
My new studio is super, it has a really big window and enough space for my designwall as well. I was able to unpack all my stash, except the 12 boxes with scrapbooking material (unbelievable: 12 boxes, shaking my head). We are ordering a new cupboard and when I'm ready with that new cards are waiting to be done.
Today we got new snow and I had some sport ....
My first coiffeur visit happened today and I'm lucky with the result, but the price .... nearly 3 times of the polish - grrr
If somebody is wondering about the color of this post - this the accent in my studio - pics later, I promise

* Do Widzenia * Good Bye * Auf Wiedersehen *

Nun ist es soweit: unsere Zeit in Polen nähert sich rapide ihrem Ende. Schon am Dienstag rollen 2 LKW Züge vor, die unsere Habe verladen und nach Bayern bringen.

Ich gehe mit einem lachenden und einem weinenden Auge. Zurück lasse ich einige Menschen, die mir ans Herz gewachsen sind und die Stadt hat ihren Charme. Das Haus, in dem wir wohnten war super, vor Allem natürlich mein Studio ....
Zurück in Deutschland werden natürlich so viele kleine Erledigungen um so vieles leichter sein, ohne das Sprachproblem. Das Haus in das wir ziehen liegt in einem sehr schönen Stadtteil und ist für uns ideal geschnitten. Im Wohnzimmer ist ein gemütlicher Ofen mit einer gemütlichen Ofenbank und die Küche der Region - hmmmmmmmmm

Da ich nicht weiß, wie lange wir ohne Internetverbindung sein werden - melde ich mich vorsichshalber mal vorübergehend ab.

Now, our time in Poland is gone, we are moving back to Germany to a new region: Bavaria.
I'm leaving people who I'll miss and I loved the city. The house we lived in was fantastic, especially my studio.
Back in Germany so many little things will be much easier to handle, without any language problems ( I don't speak Polish, English and German isn't common )
The house we rented at the new location is in a quiet, nice area and offers enough space for our stuff. In the livingroom is a oven with a fireside seat
And the typical meals in this region are Yummy
I don't know, how long it takes to make the internet running, so I'm saying good buy for some time.

Schleichwerbung - propaganda

Scrapbooking is my new favorite - and Stampin' Up offers so many lovely stampsets and fantastic punchers - Jenni runs a creative blog and is a great dealer! Very quick and friendly service!!! I got my newest stampsets already and a lovely sale-a-bration free set!


Maren is also a SU demonstrator and she has a nice giveaway running,
maybe I'm the lucky winner of a new puncher ....

snowstorm Daisy

what a lovely name - but everybody is scared about the crowded traffic situation ....
YES, we have snow also and I like it. The only thing I hope for, is not to loose the power. That happens from time to time here in Poland - but PLEASE: not now !!!!

“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things,
but just look at what they can do when they stick together.”
Vesta M. Kelly

Christmas pictures and SSCS

Today I'ld like to show you our tree and some gifts I got.

My friend Monika's husband Gerd restored a wooden sewing box, my father built for my mother in the fifties, when I was born. Later he made the same box once more for me (this is now Monika's). I am so glad to see this beauty in this perfect condition and I'll use it daily in the new home we are moving to soon. BTW: it was filled with many lovely goodies: fabric, DVDs, sweets and so on - THANK YOU Monika !!!

This are the gifts my SSCS partner Shelley from Australia sent to me:

a Christmastree made of Yoyos,
a cupcake bookmark, a little key/creditcard fob and
3 pieces of christmas fabric and a selfknitted scarf

Thank you, Shelley






Shari showed the goodies I sent to her on her blog - thanks Shari!