It is finally time to release my newest pattern “An Easter Parade”! The “An Easter Parade” set of paper piecing patterns contains 6 patterns: a cute bunny, a sweet little chick, a blooming daffodil and three different Easter Eggs. The pattern is very versatile! With the six blocks you can create an adorable tablerunner, a … Continue reading
Is the sun shining for you? We’re enjoying a gorgeous day here with 20 degrees Celsius, blue skies and a fierce wind! To celebrate the arrival of Spring I have decided to lower the prices of all my paper piecing patterns, except for Honey Honey and the newest collection of Chugging Along of course! 🙂 For the … Continue reading
So I decided that I needed some new decorative pillows for the new sofa I had ordered… That was last December! I bought the fabric, admired it, thought about it, but did not sew with it. Maybe I was a bit afraid to work with different fabric than I was used to. I had bought … Continue reading
Hello everyone! Tomorrow I will turn 37… OUCH, it hurts a bit to “write it out loud”! I feel like 28 instead, so if anyone asks tomorrow, that is what I am sticking to! 🙂 To celebrate my (37th) birthday I am putting two of my favorite patterns on sale with a whopping 37% discount! … Continue reading
I have lots of W.I.P’s at the moment… a bit to many! So I am letting you know that I am trying to finish at least 4 (maybe 5) of those first before I will start a new one. OK, no promises! I am just stating an intention! 🙂 Here is the update on the … Continue reading
In my April to-do-list I hinted at some repair work on two paper piecing blocks! I worked very hard on four paper pieced bows a while back, before offering this pattern on Craftsy. And while I was showing the pictures of the finished blocks to my family members, I discovered there was a mistake in one … Continue reading
This is my check in for the Linky Party on our April-to-do-lists by Pigtails and Quilt! I am so stoked I got almost everything on my list finished and then some! There is one project that I had to move up to the upcoming weeks but an unexpected project and another one that I had … Continue reading
The pink bows pillow and the pink baby quilt are finished! The pillow is a gift for a mother to be. The quilt is for the baby girl who is joining their family soon! Here are loads of pictures… ENJOY! I know, pillows don’t belong in baby cribs, but it looks so cute for the … Continue reading
Here are the latest cat-free pictures of my baby-girl-bow-pillow. 😉 After finishing the FMQ on the front I have added two pieces of sturdy fabric to the back so you can insert a pillow form. I only need to add the binding and than it will be finished! I will use the same binding fabric … Continue reading
Ever tried to take a picture of a quilt without the cat jumping in to claim the quilt? Even after being firmly put to the side, she even crept into this picture… Finally, one without the cat! 😉 Linking up withBetter off thread! Esther
Have you ever felt like there is something called “Quilters Luck”? I seem to have a run of this good luck! Here are some examples: – My grandmothers sewing machine is the most perfect beginner-quilters machine…waiting for me in my own basement! – Bobbins (most of them) only run out of thread at the end … Continue reading
Pigtails and Quilts is having a Linky Party about our April-to-do-lists! I really like this idea, even if it is to keep myself in line and not start anything new before the old WIP’s are finished. ( 😉 I have to admit that this is very unlikely, though! ) So here are my plans for … Continue reading
The pink baby quilt is coming along! I have doubled the “scrappy”-part and made one bow already. I hope to be able to finish one or two bows in the weekend. Before: After: I enlarged the first half and than made the second half of the “scrappies” one block bigger so I would get a … Continue reading
OOOPS I just hit “Publish” before there was anything to publish! Result: Empty blog entry and all of you receiving an email of my mistake! Sorry!!! This is what I wanted to tell you: Last Friday I linked up with several other blogs celebrating “Friday Finishes”. Wow, that was just incredible! I was so overwhelmed … Continue reading
Just a short message to let you know that the “Take A Bow” pattern is now available on craftsy! There is a pdf with the complete set of bows, but there are also pdf’s available with the seperate bows! You just pick and choose! I have also created a group on Flickr to upload all of … Continue reading
I am so happy to show you two new pillow cases that I made with pattern C from my “Take a bow” paper piecing set. The pdf file is almost finished and will be uploaded to craftsy soon, I promis! I will let you know when it is available! First some WIP pictures: I finally … Continue reading
Good evening to you all! This afternoon I wanted to test one of the “Take a bow” patterns in the new 8 inch size. How much fun it was! I really liked working with the bigger pattern and two beautiful blocks came together in pink and aqua! But now I have a dilemma…. I planned … Continue reading
These last few weeks I have been working on a set of patterns called “Take a bow”. It will be a set of 5 different bows. Two of these bows will be angular and the remaining three are rounder. The difference between the bows if it is set on point or not and the actual … Continue reading