Running..sewing!

I'm happy to see you again!

I can hardly understand that there is so long since I wrote.

I have been focused on my training for the race in Göteborg.

I had to be in shape for a half maraton.

Running...running..sweat and hard work!

             ......and I managed to make a better result than last year...I'm quite happy with that :)
                                                 

BUT..... now I'm eager to sew...long for it!

So today is a perfect day!

 

Actually I went home to dig in the garden after work today.

But .. there was rain, clouds and thunder...or was it ash from the volcanic eruption in Iceland?

 

Sooo..it wasn't hard to rethink and

continue my project in the studio :)

The top made of Kaffe Fasset fabrics is finished and now there is some decisions to make.

I tried out some different fabrics and colors for the border.

Purple or orange?

Maybe a green one with a more challenging design?

What do you think?

Love Margreth

No sewing!

         Painting...cleaning....fabric to new curtins....planting...and so on.

Isn't it fantastic!.......a hole week free from work and no sewing. How did it happen?

I haven't even opened the door to the studio. Remarkable! I must be crazy!

Have you been there too......all the things you have to do?

It is more than two years ago we moved in to our house and still some painting left to do around the windows. Maybe this week wasn't the best choice to stay indoors painting but it seemed like now or never!

Soo....you can imagine how my days have looked like by looking at the pictures.

But...but somewhere, I'm still happy with everything that have been fixed and the sewing machin stand there and wait like a faithful old friend...I'm longing!

.....and hey, I have been running nearly 50 km this week...Göteborgs varvet here I come!

Yours Margreth

 

..all I want to do

It's been a while....and there hasn't been any time in my studio the last two weeks.

All of you who makes stunning quilts 

one after another....how do you find the time?

I find the spring quite stressful......but WONDERFUL at the same time!

  Dirty windows, dust,washing winter clothes :( 

planting, birthdays, running, flowers, birds singing :)... and.....

Well...today I closed my eyes....didn't see all unfinished work...!

I started up sewing my Kaffe Fasset quilt together......feels good!

It looks like a color cascade....it makes me smiling!

Colors do that to people!

Oh...my plants makes me smile too!

My plants are growing and thrivingin in the heat and light in the conservatory.

All I want to do.....?

New plans?.......Yes, I would like to make a stitchery....but what?

 Any suggestions?

Love Margreth

                                                       



A princess quilt

Every finished quilt makes me happy!

 I started this one last summer during the Royal wedding when Victoria married Daniel.

Yes... I looked and was inspired to stitch some crowns.

I choosed  a warm color palette and added blue crowns and stripes to cool the impression

I quilted it today in wild circles all over the surface with orange thread....

It isn't easy to choose how to quilt. It requires a lot of planning and....a lot of patience.

.... and hopefully..... no one will hear when things go bad. :(

My mother and father visited us on saturday bringing a lovely,

lovely bouquet of flowers.

It matches my quilt Red cottages so nice!

Happy again! :)

 

 

 

.... at full speed....... running..and sewing.....:)

Margreth

Chair...again!

Hi, there!

I found this little embroyderi in my cupboard, lovely one isn't it?

It was a while ago since I had a stitchery going on.

The last one was The Garden Journal.....an UFO to quilt.

I also found this......

The left one is made by Louise Duckhow some years ago....a lovely present!

But....I started up a new quilt with a chair today! :) 

A small one I think......?

Truly..... I have no clear picture of how it should look like.

You have to wait and see...... 

Margreth

Creative stitchery!

What a nice inspiring weekend! A fantastic artist named Emma Jönsson has an exhibition in Järpen kulturhus and hold a workshop on Saturday. She is a textil artist who paints on fabrics and then build her picture with

stitchery and a lot of details. Her pictures and stitchery communicate a light and ephemeral atmosphere and every artwork tell a story of it's own.

I JUST LOVE IT!

Since it's well known that we can create better if the rigt side of the brain operate at its full potential we started up to slowly draw our hand without looking at the pencil or paper.
 Hard fun work!

Then a lot of croquis, fast one for two or five minutes! We really had a lot of practice how to look and see different shapes and lines.

This is  drawings that my classmates made. Great work ladies!

After lunch we finally could pick up our sewing things and yarns. Now it is the moment of truth!

 Emma act modell and we are suposed to stitch her by just look and find the lines and shapes.
No drawing!

I found it surprisingly easy! My brains right side must have been alert! :)

Here are some results from class!

Some details from Emmas fantastic work!

To all of you who have the opportunity to visit her exhibition...DO..it's worth it! 

The exhibition is going on until 3 April.

Hugs from a happy lady full of new energy! Margreth :)

Basket quilt!

Here it is! One of my at least three UFOs is finished. :)

FEELS GOOD!

                                          Let the sun shine!                                       

 MARGRETH

Still here!

Time goes by...and I've had a great week! Winter break and such peaceful days!

Days have been filled by both buisness and pleasure...mostly pleasure in fact. :)

Sewing,  of course....spring cleaning, hmmmm......our store and laundry facilities

 are spotlessly clean and organized.

I've had massage....TWICE... that's LUXERY... my stiff muscles are like new.

Some skiing...long walks..and.....when I repotted, I found a flower bud on my lemon tree. Happiness!

I love to take each day as it comes! The question is...What do I feel like today?

 

 

 

 

In the Studio I have finished my quilt with baskets and coltsfoot.

 I think it expresses my spring feelings!

Surprisingly finished before springs arrivel! I show you a picture later....battery ran out!

My project with Kaffe Fasset's fabrics is progressing. There's a lot of fabric to cut and pieces to move around to find the right place....I want the layout to sparkle.

The design wall is changing day by day!

LOVELY DAYS!

What more can you ask for?

 MARGRETH