WIP #3

WIP - work in progress... Yes in progress. There is quite a bit of projects like this in my "studio" (corner of the living room including one table, file cabinet filled with fabric and other fabric freely laying around).
Well this is one of many. An Alphabet Quilt. I started this quilt about two years ago, didn't touch it for about a year and something, and pulled it out just recently. It took me a long time to find novelty prints that match my letters. AND this is not based on English Alphabet, so don't expect matching letter/print unless you speak Slovak. It is meant to be play quilt for four special boys back home. Hopefully, one day they will be able to play with it.





Every letter is paper-pieced. And the final quilt should look something like this.



I found pattern here. You can find a lot of free patterns there.

Where to start?

A couple of weeks ago, I stopped at the local thrift store. It wasn't the usual one I go to. This one is further away, more expensive and has weird hours, but they have cool stuff. I was mainly window shopping, due to the lack of storage in our house, but I always have space for more fabric, right?
So, here is what came home with me.



There was a bundle of precut 6"x 6" squares (a lot of them) of various reds, red and white vintage fabrics and total of maybe 2-3 yards of extra fabric (not cut). And this little log cabin block.



I pulled up some fabrics from my stash and start playing right away.



I like that little green with this as well.



Or I will just keep it two colors. Maybe something like this.



1. another view, blue and white quilt, 2. Red White and Cream Quilt, 3. red&white quilt, 4. hourglass quilt, 5. Quilt, 6. June 2008 Featured Quilt Showcase

I will wait on this one, at least until I figure out what I want to do. Hey, maybe there is enough fabric for two different quilts.
Have a nice weekend!!

One of my own...

I never showed you picture of this quilt before and this one was around for long time.
It is the first quilt I made for myself (well for our house, as you'll see I will have probably a hard time stealing it just for me). Scrappy centers of the squares are of course scraps from Pat and sashing is mixture of fabrics (one of the first fabrics I ever bought in US) from Jo-Ann's or Wallmart.
As I said this quilt was sitting around for a while. I just finished putting on binding few nights ago. I washed it and dried it last night and have been snuggling in it ever since.
What else to say, we love it.

Quilt Show....

As I promised, I would like to share few (really just a few ) pictures from the Quilt Show I visited this Sunday.
This first couple is probably my favorite. I just admire all of the details and I just love those cherry blossom. Lately, I just idea of trees in quilts.





This one I like because of flowers. Obviously... It feels like the blooming meadow and I also love that you could use all of your flowery scraps. I have a ton especially from hand me down fabrics. I might give this one a try one day...



This quilt was my ultimate favorite. I love the story behind creating this quilt. Women, that made lost her husband Floyd in 2006, she finished this quilt in 2007. All the material she used came from his clothes and one of her skirts (so they could be connected.). She wrote up a letter about it and used it as a label. If you open that picture , you should be able to read it. It's amazing. I read the label out loud at the quilt show for few other women who could see very well and tears came to my eyes as I was reading this.
Look at the creative way she used all parts of his clothing, even tags from manufacturer and watch. From all the shirts she had left over without collars she made a huge log cabin quilt that was available to viewer right next to this one.







Few more quilts that would stay with me for awhile.

Miniquilt made by the formal graduate of NIU after February shootings.



Few more that left me with fallen jaw and examining the quilt with question in my head: "HOW in the world....????"

Happy Sunday...

I had a great day. Local guild organized Quilt Show. It was first quilt show I ever visited. It was beautiful. I have a lot of pictures, but can get them out of my camera until tomorrow. So will be editing and telling an amazing story about my favorite quilt. Show you fabrics I bought and show you what I won.
How was your weekend?

Little about me....

I stumbled upon this fun photo play few days ago here and wanted to try it, just to see what will I come up with. It is addictive!! Have fun!!!



Here are some suggestions from Jane that I found very helpful.

(NOTE: if you are going to do this,
make sure that you join up to the mosaic maker site first!
I spent a long time doing it
and then had to join & lost everything!)
Here´s how you do it...type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr search, using only the first page, choose an image, copy and paste each of the URL’s into the mosaic maker (3 columns, 4 rows).

The questions:

1. What is your first name? [Michaela]

2. What is your favorite food? [Potato]

3. What high school did you attend?[Kosice, Slovakia]

4. What is your favorite color?[green]

5. Who is your celebrity crush?[Eric Bana]

6. Favorite drink?[Margaritas]

7. Dream vacation?[Puerto Rico]

8. Favorite dessert?[Chocolate Ice Cream]

9. What do you want to be when you grow up?[Mother]

10.What do you love most in life?[Nature]

11. One word to describe you.[Honest]

12. Your Flickr name.[Michaela]

The links to the pictures in my mosaic:

1. Michaela Robin - My New Little Girl - 4, 2. Heart potato, 3. Inside The Cathedral, 4. Green on Green, 5. Eric Bana, 6. Ritas, 7. Dreamland, 8. choco-vanilla swirl, 9. 2 months + 26 days, 10. technicolor bois de boulogne in Paris :-), 11. drops of purple petals, 12. Howling at the Moon

New/ Old Kitchen

This past weekend our landlord cleaned up part of the barn and picked up few stuff that he was going to get rid off. He called me to ask me if I want to take a look first. It was very nice of him and yes, of course, I wanted to take a look. I picked up most of toys (outdoor toys) for my dear friend that just had a baby, but found something for me too. This dresser (the bottom part) was a perfect size to fit with my thrifted shelf from about three years ago. They look together as they were meant to be for each other.



This addition really put our little kitchen together and created brand new space for us. I have enough storage for all those little things just laying around before and shelf to show off my little treasures.



I hanged my favorite vintage apron on the drawers and love it even more.



Look what I found in thrift shop? I think it's beginning of a new collection. It fits great in my new/old kitchen.



Our new addition might not coordinate with our second shelf in the kitchen, but I know that one day when we have our own house we will be able to make it work. For right now, we enjoy what we have and collect pieces for our future dream home.