Here it is - a baby quilt I made for a little girl. It took me so long to make it, she was able to grow and is not exactly a newborn now. Hopefully it will be liked a lot just as I loved making it. This is the quilt I mentioned sometime ago - inspired by a favorite on Flickr /one of the greatest simple quilts there in my opinion/ So here is the process story. When I saw the quilt I was sure I will make one like it. Not the exact plan, not even similar prints, but something with similar impression. As I saw a chance to make it for a baby, I wanted all edges finished and none of the frayed. I also wanted the flowers more baby-like - no vague ideas, but accurate flowers. I wanted it tactile - little ones love touching and exploring everything they touch. Thus the 3-D element was added. The palette was another challenge - wanted it fresh, crisp, flowery, pastel, not too curly, not too flowers-intensive, not too modern... I had some pre-cut squares in pastels, decided I want an old-fashioned roses print in the quilt and this was the quilt recipe. Then just mixed and matched other ideas around the squares and the print. I rarely choose white for background as I do find off-whites and ecrus more natural, relaxing and usually more stylish. It this case however, I white was a must to bring more air, so the white joined the fabrics. The original plan was to make a quilt and a bed sheet. I tend to use the back of quilt for a kid print and decided to use two coordinating ones for the back and the bedding. Finally a little hand quilting detail, added a princess silhouette to one corner of the quilt. It is the first time I do it. I think it will be one of many times - turned delicate and interesting.

We celebrated Christmas and look forward to get all the errands in time for New Years Eve. Hope you had a lovely enlighten and warm Christmas and wish you a Happy and prosperous New 2011! I can now show you my Christmas patchwork potholders with their little embroideries /quilted actually/ and my second pair of socks /coming soon with the third one/. The sock were ready in time, the size was OK but I mostly happy with the timing. Have just finished a new quilt too - washing it now. Looking forward to the new year and new week and the beginning of a new project. Sewing and hand quilting today felt great!

A post to make up for the things I have posted in Bulgarian only in the last couple of weeks. And mainly explanation of the pictures posted along with Bulgarian text previously. As weather got cooler, I started baking again. I missed this during the hot, hot summer weeks... Making bread is a colder part of the year ritual here. It feels the air with the most comforting domesticity spirit you can get. Especially for some flour and baking... I usually rotate 3 main recipes but the cold weather made me stick to the cheese and oil one mostly. Delicious! I also played with binding - lovely experience and great time spent among the colourful scraps and FQ piles... Sewing for Christmas - potholders, bread baskets and such... I made some other little projects in the meantime. December was a really busy month and I had some things to deal with, so making a full-size quilt did not happen this month. I took part in a charity event - making a quilt to be sold at a market. And was left with a test star in a difficult, old-fashioned style. It became a little table topper. Waiting for binding now. And it was planned to be a pillow... Well, as usually patches and tops have a live of their own and opinion what to be made out of them too. LOL Regarding the process, one had an opinion of its own on quilting too. It did insist to be quilted in the cabbage style. I know it is called feathers, but believe me it feels like cabbage. And I know its due to my lack of serious feathers experience lately... I was about to choose a modern style quilting, but feathers happened... Happy I did not allow it to become an UFO. Found a couple of UFOs this week and decided to make them quilts in January. First New Year resolutions this December!

I am so happy, I can now call a fabulous event done and this pincushion public. It was an adventure to make it go to the other side of the Atlantic, but it is now done. Yay! Тwo attempts and a month the second time, but all done! I was longing to make a big one for this special lovely event and I new it will be somehow appreciated, that the scale does matter with all the pins we all keep around the machine... Its diameter is approximately 20 cm /8 "/ and yes, this is correct and big! I think I will make some more big, pin cushions for me and for presents pretty soon - maybe January LOL.

Another Monday, another lovely summer day in mid-November... I am working on a few projects now but going to show you the weekly favorite - a quilt in progress. It is inspired by a summer Flickr quilt love and a little lady. I am not telling the favorite yet - it is one of the most lovely simple quilts there... I will show it with my version when it is ready. The colour choices were not obvious or dreamed. It was squares box utilization and a special style idea mix. Not quite sure it will be a good marriage of a box and a style. LOL This is just the top. I am still looking for the right back and lots of added extras. The magic "in progress" decisions and choices... Have a lovely week!