I am back on the blog and back on the English part of it - busy with preChristmas sewing, piecing, quilting. The days get shorter, darker and chillier, and Christmas is somehow conquering the air and my studio. Sewing for custom orders and planning Christmas sewing, preparing Christmas gift lists, baking pumpkins and pumping pies... and cupcakes, making at least one good autumn soup a week, all the trees changing colours every day... autumn... Imagine the deep purple sky touched by some gold and the softest vibrant pink each evening and you will see a topical autumn day. I find this time of year magical - transformation, motion, colourful chills, special light and colour everywhere... Here is my latest project - two cushions to match a September order quilt. A lovely project to work on - great shapes, favorite colour combo, inspiring techniques and design - the perfect custom work combo - flexibility and nice colours. It all started like a pile, a test, a quilt and some designs, to become a final nice touch to the quilt.

Here some of the pictures of a new process /now completed/ as part of the Process pledge. It is custom  solids quilt. I was to choose a design based on a style and colour preferences. So here is how it grew from the fabrics pile to the top. The main goals were crisp design, simple construction /to stress the crispness/ and vivid colours on delicate background. It is irregular in pattern and each block blends in the background, thus making process a little random, a little improvisational and very risky. I did enjoy the process and the result. If the ready quilt makes me want one like it for me... is is good enough to leave the studio. The beauty and challenge of making custom quilts... Will show you the quilt soon.

I do enjoy making baby quilts. Especially if it is a newborn baby gift. This is the latest one - made for a small boy. It was an custom quilt for a lady that found my web site and needed a quick and touching baby gift. I had a week to complete it and send it to her. It was quite a pressure along the other projects, but it was a baby quilt so it was also great pleasure for me to make it, pack it and send it.