A Walk around the Neighborhood

This weekend my partner and I didn't have a lot of time to ourselves so we just had a little walk around our neighborhood. We walked up to some farm, where we bought really good apples and pears. Hadn't we been by foot, I would also have bought some locally produced flour, but I wasn't too much into carrying the whole 5kg bag the whole time.

Anyways, we walked around and it was like we were in some kind of adventure park or zoo, there was so much to be seen and discovered. And all the lovely animals (even exotic ones!) were very nice, too.
On the way to the farm, we already met about 4 cats. Some stayed, some ran away. Then, just before we got to the farm, of course there were some cows, this one looked either really hungry or really mad, see for yourself.

Then, after we got to try (!) and buy the fruits, we met this one kitty. By the way she wanted to be only around my partner, I bet it was a female, I didn't check but this picture tells it all, doesn't it?





And last, but not least, just a few blocks away from our house, we spotted this exotic friend. I thought it was walking pretty fast, but after we were standing there marvelling, the owner looked out of the window and we had a friendly chat.

What a lovely walk!

Lots of new Projects

I have just read my last post from December 2008 and I really can't remember what secret project I was talking about in there. Probably some gift for someone.

So I am not going to whine about how sad it makes me when I see abandoned blogs and now it's happend to mine again and I shall never again do so. The thing is i have no idea if I will be sticking with posting or not. But let's surely hope so and time will tell.
Looking back, many things have changed. We have moved to another city. Our beloved cat passed away. She was old and we knew it was going to happen some day but we still miss her every single day. We have not gotten another cat.

Patchwork wise, I think practice has helped me getting somewhat better. I can now actually tell if a project is too difficult for me or doable. This is very nice and motivating.

One good example is this really nice quilt top I got at ebay and it had been started by some elder lady and she never got to finish it so her family placed it in ebay since nobody was interested in quilting. So I purchased it and when, after a long journey from the USA to Switzerland, I got it and instantly fell in love with it. It's called Tree of Life and must be from the 70s. Here's a picture of one corner. Since I didn't think I was going to be able to handapplique it, i started appliqueing it by machine. I have to say that my sewing machine has a really nice applique stitch. On first look you wouldn't think it isn't stitched by hand. Nevertheless, it wasn't going good at all and after several frustrating moments, I packed it nicely and kept it in a drawer, where I keep other UFOs.
And now comes the good part: This year, I have no idea why, I suddenly felt a strong urge to look at it again and when I did unpack it, I fell in love with it all over again. And this time I was more courageous: I tried and handstitched the tiny pieces. And it worked. Hello, Tree of Life. It might get me a lifetime to ever finish this, but you and I are <3.

So there's that. And remember this baby quilt? Well it's been delivered to my sister-in-law and she just threw it in some drawer and it was never seen again. Guess she didn't like it because it was handmade. She prefers (expensive) shop bought stuff. Oh well.
But the good thing is that meanwhile my lovely niece is big enough to terrorize her mother with what she wants to wear. And since she's into princess-stuff, I made her this dress. And she loved it right away. Lucky me, lucky my niece :-)

So I will not let this post get too long and boring, therefore wishing myself a big welcome back to your blog! and see you soon!

Chocolate Cake in 5 Minutes

Well I couldn't believe it but at the same time the idea was irresistible. So I did try it and it WORKED! really yummy this cake and I'll do it again! Especially on one cold and sad afternoon like I am having one today. The recipe can be found on this site. Enjoy!

I wished I could blog about my secret Patchwork Project but as the name says, it is secret, so I can't tell!

Will post about it as soon as semi-finished though!

Block #17

Now I could write I was too busy sewing and therefore cannot write much. But I prefer to stick to my boring honest self. I am too busy with other things I don't always really like being busy with such as work ;-) but for consolation I allow myself to sew a little block now and then. So there is not much time left for writing in my blog, either. But I guess posting a picture now and then seems worthwhile to me, as well.

Block # 16

Oh yes, I am going to finish this! Someday :-)

Tubework

My latest creation is a fabric wreath for my mother. She saw it at a friend of hers and asked me whether I would make her one, too. She had a picture of the one she had seen and it was made with fabrics that were pretty similar and they had big roses on it. I went for three different greens so she could maybe put some girlands on it and some Christmas decoration. I am not sure but I think she's going to hang it on her door?

Meine neueste Kreation ist ein Stoffkranz für meine Mutter. Sie hat einen solchen bei einer Freundin gesehen und mich sogleich gefragt, ob ich ihr auch so einen nähen könnte. Sie hatte ein Foto vom anderen Kranz und der war mit ähnlichen Rosenstoffen angefertigt. Ich habe nun drei grüne Stoffe benutzt und so könnte sie vielleicht Girlanden und sonstige Weihnachtsdekoration daranhängen. Ich bin nicht sicher, aber ich glaube, es wird als Türschmuck dienen.

BOM not to become UFO

Today, I got to continue with this BOM I had started to work on early this year (!) now I was afraid it would become a UFO because I hadn't worked on it since May. So is started up again, and oh, it's just so much fun, especially since this is going to be a quilt I will keep for my very self, yes!
So here are block #15, 14 and 13.

Heute habe ich an diesem BOM weitergearbeitet, den ich anfangs dieses Jahres begonnen hatte (!) ich fürchtete, es würde ein UFO daraus werden, da ich zuletzt im Mai daran genäht hatte. Also habe ich es wiederaufgenommen und, ach es ist so schön, vor allem, weil dies ein Quilt wird, den ich für mich alleine behalten werde, ja!
Hier sind nun Blöcke 15, 14 und 13.