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Vor geraumer Zeit kam mir die Idee, dass es möglich sein müsste, die Fassetten von Brillanten als Foundation Paper Piecing auf Stoff zu bringen... Dass jemand so ein Idee schon hatte und dass es daher sogar schon Pattern gibt, wusste ich nicht.

Umso mehr habe ich mich gefreut, als ich bei meiner Suche auf MJ Kinman gestoßen bin. Sie hat sich genau diesem Thema angenommen und wenn man auf ihrer Website surft, dann funkelt und glitzert es wie verrückt! Man kann sagen, dass sie das Darstellen von Fassetten für Schmucksteine zu ihrer Passion gemacht hat.
Wie gut, dass sie uns ...

It’s been so wonderful to see so many people excitedly preparing to sew up their Japanese quilt blocks! Other than the Day When Instagram Broke, I’ve loved checking out plans, fabric pulls, and even some blocks sewn up already on the #HanamiQAL feed on Instagram.

Talking of which, it’s time to draw the winner for week 1… Congratulations Katie – @iamkateyz! I will be in touch to coordinate your prize.

On to week 2! This week’s task is to start sewing your blocks. You can see the full rundown of the QAL schedule and prize details on ...

Funky Flower Mola

It's done! I've spent many hours embellishing the Funky Flower Mola that I started two weeks ago for the Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop. I really enjoyed the embroidery and the beading.

Funky Flower Mola - finished!

Second butterfly and vines

Beading the funky flower

During cherry blossom season in Japan, you will find parks full of trees that have quite simply exploded in pink and white blossoms. And underneath these trees, you can barely walk for all the picnic blankets and plastic sheets that cover the ground for excited picnickers sharing a hanami picnic.

Hanami is the activity of viewing sakura (cherry blossoms) while they are in full bloom, and it is not uncommon to have several hanami booked during the week or so that the trees are in bloom – various friend groups, family groups, work lunches, and even evening events with lights strung ...

If you were to be in Japan this week, you will have seen beautiful displays of dolls set up to celebrate Hinamatsuri (Girls Day) tomorrow. These displays will feature, at the very least, an Empress and Emperor kneeling down and holding fans. The bigger and more elaborate displays will include tiers of attendants and musicians underneath the Imperial couple.

Nesnad [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

For my next Japanese quilt block pattern, I wanted to create a set of these Imperial dolls. They’re a little similar to the Kokeshi dolls, well, in that you have plenty of ...

Welcome to Free Motion Mavericks (Week 215) link-up. As a tribute to Valentine's day, I have a 

Birthday season in our family is mostly in the fall. This year I decided that I didn't want to keep buying birthday cards and that I would make each person a mini quilt. In theory it's a wonderful idea (and many of you agreed with me!), however.... it's much quicker to go buy a card than make a mini! So if you decide to do the same, you might want to add some "making" time to your mimi

Hi everyone, Here is a quick note to say, yes. I am still here, alive and kicking. I have been totally in my design element designing all kinds of foundation paper piecing dolls. After I made the Paper Dolls -  Mini Collection and Winnie the Witch, I just couldn't stop and designed the Spirited Elves. This is probably the biggest collection I have designed so far too with sew many possibilities.

Finished loon

The loon mini is quilted in-the-ditch.

I am frantically hand quilting my Christmas tree skirt (any completion date before midnight on Christmas Eve will feel like a win), but I cannot believe that it is almost Christmas and the end of another year. This year has been a busy, busy blur.

Even though I have been busy, when I promise to help, I stick to my promises, especially for a good cause. Kate is once again making a quilt to raise funds for ovarian cancer research, and I once again contributed a block.

This quilt’s theme is ‘Go teal it on the mountain’, and Kate ...

Yes, I've started something new.  It's a crazy pattern from Kaffe Fassett's Quilt Grandeur book called "Cartwheel".

The rainbow ric rac is from Spotlight in New Zealand, but I believe you can buy it at Joann's in USA.

Wandering Camera

I did my end-of-the-month post before thinking of the Wandering Camera photo linkup and my DrEAMi!. I don't want to miss it but I don't have much to post, so I've decided to travel vicariously through my daughter who is presently studying Art History in Venice (how cools is that

I love trying out new patterns, especially when they come from a fellow blogger. I often don't have the time to try them out, but this weekend I wanted to make a special little something for my sister-in-law who was visiting from Vancouver.

Diamond Mini 

When she was here last Thanksgiving, she mentioned that she loved the colour combination of bright green and pink. I had promptly picked up some Kona fat quarters but never did get around to making anything. So finally, a year later, here it is.