Doll Quilt Swap 9 package receivedWhen I got a call yesterday, I had a package waiting for me in the post office, I though it will be a fabrics one.

Well, I found out today it was… but some of the fabrics were sewn into a lovely quilt, as I has received my Doll Quilt Swap package!

It was wrapped in the most beautiful blue paper, so Dutch in style you can not mistake where it was coming from.. and checked inside! in red and white!

The content itself was even more amazing, just as expected – a lovely modern quilt in great prints, lovely design and fantastic IKEA backing.

Doll Quilt Swap 9 package received openedI also received the cutest little chocolate. It did not make it to the picture but not because it was eaten…  I suppose it will never be… it just over the size of an SD card.. and I touched Japanese woven ribbons for the first time!

I have not taken picture of the quilt itself displayed yet, as I have something on the display spot now. Will take one tomorrow.

I will blog a little more about it then. It is a very, very, beautiful quilt! I am so happy to be its recipient.

Thank you, Linda!

I love every detail in it!

Little white dressThe place is occupied by a cute dress I made last week for a special lady.

Sorry for the blurred picture. It is partly due to insufficient light, partly due to me felling not just right to show it yet.

It is not exactly Doll Quilt Swap info you might think. Actually it is – this is the reason I was not piecing and quilting on my DQS quilt last week. Starting my quilt today!

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Sunday Stash #34: RetroLatest additions to my stash – red and violet, beige and brown, gray and stripes.

No specific idea for them yet…

While the bold solids and the deco beige print are something I typically like, the monochromatic stripe is not exactly my type of prints. Still I liked it enough to buy it.

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Knitting wool in the heat... Clapotis #1The heat here is unprecedented… almost 35C plus too much humidity to breathe easily and today sea water temperature is  above 31C… No one remembers something like this…

I am slowing down and then getting back to normal. Had a relaxing Saturday with my knits – Clapotis #1 is growing. It is the first time ever I name a knitting project “#1′ before I start the second one. There will be #2 for sure!

Knitting pure wool in this hot, hot weather felt strange at first but just normal after half an hour or so.

Hopefully back to sewing today.

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Gail dryingThis one was all knitted in Jule-August 2009. it then waited for me to decide if I really want it this big… It is huge – around 2m width…  In October I considered it done and decided to block it just before wearing it for the first time.. sometime in summer 2010. Long story, isn’t it?

Well, I blocked it and wore it this August. It was a lovely addition to a thin-straps vivid turquoise dress and a special occasion. No pictures of this beauty on contrast background yet. I blocked it, surprisingly had it dried in less than three hours in a hot but extremely humid day and wore it a few hours later.

It proved to be comfy, eye-catching and just as warm as needed in a warm windy night.

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Мида!Ето нещо снимано преди месец. Сетих се за тази мидичка докато се заиграхме с нова днес на плажа. Не съм предполагала колко много може да се покаже мидата. При това на сухото…

Тук е такава жега, че неочакваната плажна ваканция е най-логичното нещо на света. И още по-естесвено ние и се радваме с пълна сила. При 30C температура на водата, и най-висока отчитана до сега 27… какво друго да прави човек освен да плува, да се гмурка и изобщо кисне…

Междувременно един шал пораства, един юрган е почти готов за финалното пране… а списъкът със задачи расте ли расте… лято!

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July showerIt is sooooo hot here… I am dreaming of refreshing rain.. like the ones we had in June… though I know it will than lead to unbearable humidity again… The rain drops on the left are part of July shower.

It is hot! One feels like having a week in a much warmer place… The water – sea water- is really hot  – 30C. Noone thinks it was this warm before… And to make it scientific… no record available either – 27C is the highest level before 2010.

So I am having great fun swimming, diving, soaking, swimming, etc… Unexpected summer vacation in the middle of a hot, hot summer. The worse thing is the humidity. The air is so humid, people feel like melting… sweating, showering, swimming and starting again… until the evening breeze.

I am knitting now. No really active sewing these days, just some little projects or finishing jobs.

Sunday Stash #33: Lavender"

The latest addition to my stash. Bold print in subtle tones and black. The piece on the picture is a really generous fat quarter – it is a large scale print…

The subtle lavender on lavender and white flowers make it really special.

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шал в синьоПлетен преди година и и от тогава чакаш да бъде опънат, най- накрая шалът беше опнат да се суши.

В един от възможно най-влажните дни когато въздухът не помръдваше, това си беше луда идея. Но с малко изобретателност изсъхна за 2- 3 часа. Истинско геройство когато косата ми съхме за много повече. И не защото огромна.

Чакат ме още два полуготови и дълъг списък с “бъдещи” шалове, за които може д аима, но може и да няма избрана прежда… Плетачески вълнения…

Пролетта планирах лятото да преставам да плета, но летните вечери никак не са като зимните…

На снимката още е само метнат и изглежда доста неравен. Магията на опъването при дантелите.

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Scrappy Joy QuiltHere are the latest pictures of my spring-summer experiment – started in February and Finished in July. It will be in the shop today or tomorrow.

I was so happy with process, I am already saving scrapes for the next one. The only really bad thing about this type of quilt is you really need scraps. Since I have already used most of my scraps, I have to cut uncut fabric pieces to make scrappy quilt… Not than I am not able to do it LOL.

This makes me think my studio might prove to be a quite organized one… We have a tale here about a an old man who was looking for a tidy young woman to be his daughter in law.

Scrappy Joy QuiltHe sat on his cart all full with plums and shouted he was bartering plums for household waste. He than asked the girl with the hand-full of waste to marry his son. She even borrowed the waste from her neighbors as she had no at her house…

I am not at all that tidy or organized, I just use every bit of fabric I have. Love it too much to waste it. And I am now to pick an ordinary – notscrappy -  project or too to make, so I can accumulate some scraps … Makes me smile as I know most people just piece, quilt and than look for a project to utilize the scraps. Well I am crazy enough to do just the opposite – need “normal” projects to make some scraps, I need…

Scrappy Joy Quilt Scrappy Joy Quilt

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