week 39: Things I love

       I post every wednesday about things I love because

I always take lots of pictures of things I like but I never post or upload any of these.
So I came up with the idea to post every wednesday about things I love.
Feel free to join me. Post every wednesday a picture (or a few more) of things you like and tell us why.
This week I'm loving....

 

day trips with my dad

 

Every time I go to Berlin I take the friday off to spend it with my dad.

We always have big plans but there is never enough time to do everything we planed ahead.

 

 

 

Two weeks ago I had 1000 of plans for that day but after sleeping untill 10 am there was not enough room for doing everything on the list.

 

 

We cut the list short and went to a big book store first. We sepereated and each of us spent 2 hours in different sections of the book store.

I left the store with another travel guide for my Hong Kong trip in november and my dad added a few more books on his "I need to buy" list.

 

 

We left the bookstore and took the bus to Berlin; Mitte.

My dad used to live (untill 1994) in Mitte next to Berliin wall.

 

 

I haven't been there since a long time and so many things changed. After the they broke down the wall they rebuilt a little pond which used to be there (before WWII). There is now a little cafe near the pond which is really nice .

 

 

My dad and I just walked around Mitte to look for some places we still remember.

 

 

 

We were both not in hurry so it was a lovely and relaxing trip.

 

 

 

It was already getting dark when we left Mitte to have a last beer before we took the tram home.

 

 

It's always great to spend time alone with my dad. He is such an amazing man. Love you dad !!

 

A little bit of sewing

When I think about the past weekend it felt like I was only sewing.

I was working on so many projects that the weekend passed by so quickly.

I was able to finish some long overdue quilt projects and prepare stuff for my next weekend.

Do you remember this little plus quilt ?!

I planed to turn it into a doll quilt for my wall (in my sewing area) but since I already have a vintage quilt on my wall I turned it into a pillow cover.

Since the mini quilt has unusual pillow size I had to make the pillow foam myself.

It was really easy and I was able to use some left over stuffing from making dolls and soft toys.

I'm very happy that I finally found a good use for this mini quilt. It looks so darling with my plus quilt.

I totally love seeing these together .

In my last post I mentioned that I'm working on some placemats for my SIL.

She will turn 37 this saturday so I had to work quickly.

Her dinning area is mostly black, red and white. Gladly I found some fabrics in my stash wehich goes really nice together.

I used the pillow tuorial from Elisabeth Hartmann.

It's a really nice and easy to follow tutorial.

I quilted each placemat in a different way. I had really fun trying out something new and I have to admit that I start to like free motion quilting.

My quilting is far away from being perfect but at least the stitches look really nice. They are all nearly the same length.

It's really hard to pick a fave but I think I love the "crazy lines"one most.

Mr. artistic told me that he really likes the geometric placemat.

Wavy lines are easy and fun and always turn out really nice.

I'm pretty sure my SIL will like these because I really do love these.

I really need some placemats for myself.

Did I ever mentioned that I still don't have a quilted placemat for myself ?!

Right now I'm working on a few comission orders.

I'm making another cloth doll and a tiny Hoppel to match this one.

I'm also preparing some dolls and tiny Hoppel's for the shop. The Hoppel's will be available as boys (with moustache) and as girls.

I nearly finished all the machine sewing parts and I will take the  Hoppel pieces with me for a long weekend at mr. artistics parents home.

Can you imagine to finish 48 Hoppel arms and legs (turning, stuffing and closing the seams) ?

 I must be crazy !

birthday gifts

I have a super long sewing to do list on my desk.

It try to finish this list but it's still growing.

I add more stuff each day and sometimes I really feel bad because there are so many things to make.

So I'm hiding the list sometimes.

The last 2 weeks I was able o finish some birthday gifts.

I made placemats for Wendy's new home. I wanted to keep the design simple to go with her new grey kitchen.

I really love working with solids. Since a few months I'm building a solid stash. I still need lots of more colours but I try to focus on fabrics which I really need.

My sis asked for a wallet for her birthday after she saw mine.

When she visited me in august for my wedding she picked some fabrics from my stash.

Normally she goes with bright coloured stuff but this time she wanted to keep it simple.

I got the cute ice skate key chain while I was in Singapore last year. I went to a super awesome shop with Jo, Joelle and Wendy. The shop sells tons of cute charms and stuff to make your own necklaces.

I used my fave pattern from napkittenpattern.

Her patterns are so well written with tons of instructions and pics.

If you are looking for a great pattern go and buy one from napkittenpattern.

Right now I'm working on a comission cloth doll like this one which I made earlier this year.

I need to finish 4 placemats for my SIL who is turning 37 next week (thank mr. artistic for not telling me earlier).

There are still some little Hoppel's waiting to be finished too.

My list is still so long *sigh*

week 38: Things I love

It's already thursday .Normally I post every wednesday about things I love.

This week I'm a day late again.

I always take lots of pictures of things I like but I never post or upload any of these.
So I came up with the idea to post every wednesday about things I love.
Feel free to join me. Post every wednesday a picture (or a few more) of things you like and tell us why.
This week I'm loving....

my family

I met with my two sisters and my dad last weekend.

I went to Berlin to meet up with old school mates and of course to see my sisters.

I rarely see my little sis. She lives in Rostock and most of the time she is busy with her BF and work.

It was a great weekend and we had an awesome time together. 

There was some flea mark fun, shopping and just hanging around and chatting. 

week 37: Things I love

It's already thursday .Normally I post every wednesday about things I love.

This week I'm a day late .

I always take lots of pictures of things I like but I never post or upload any of these.
So I came up with the idea to post every wednesday about things I love.
Feel free to join me. Post every wednesday a picture (or a few more) of things you like and tell us why.
This week I'm loving....

 

traveling, food and international friendship

 

I tptally love traveling. I lost my heart in asia.

There are so many places in asia I want to visit .

I'm very happy that I'm going back to Hong Kong in november but I still have lots of more countries and cities on my wishlist.

 

Japan is always on the top of my list. I visited Japan 2008 and I hope to be able to go there again next year for late honeymoon with my hubby. We are both super big Japan fans and I really want to to see more places in this country.

 

South Korea is another country I really would like visit.

I love korean dramas and I'm always facinated by the great places I see in those dramas.

I want to visit Seoul and see some of the places in real life.

 

Singapore is always on my wishlist. But I'm not sure if I can stand the heat another time. I visited Singapore with Wendy last year and we had a great time exploring the city and meeting up with friends.

 

There are lots of more places in asia but because of the hight travel expences I have to focus on a view spots.

 

Here are some pics from my Singapore & Hong Kong trip last year.

I tryed lots of yummy food and met the cutest and loveliest friends.

 

(last day trip with Wendy & Sabrina + her hubby)

(last lunch in Hong Kong)



(old ladies playing)

(Mo, Wendy, Helen and Sammie in Macau)

(trying shark for the first time....& last time)

(busy Mo and Wendy)

(lunch with Wendy and Sabrina)

(first and best fishballs in my life )

(yummy toast <3 )

(Jo & Joelle in Singapore)

(little Joelle in Singapore)

(best mango dessert ever in Singapore with Jo, Joelle & Wendy...I really wish I could get it in germany)

(lunch in Singapore with Wendy)

 

Quilts, Quilts, Quilts

The titel says it all. My last weekend was dedicated to quilts.

I have a few quilts in progress (and even more ideas in my mind) so I was super happy to finish the next quilt top.

A few weeks ago I started with my "Little apple" quilt.

I fall in love with the prints from Aneela Hoey since a very long time. I missed her first line "sherbert pips" because I wasn't much in sewing and quilting at this time.

So I was quit happy when she announced her new collection "Little apple".

The prints are super adorable and I had really hard times to wait for the release.

I was happy when I snatched an early release charm pack from etsy and started cutting right away.

But I lost track after a short while because I had a few other projects which had to be finished first. So I didn't touch the quilt for a while.

Friday I finally kicked my ass and finished the quilt top in a very short time.

I wanted a quilt pattern which shows every lovely print of the collection so I went with the Marshmallow Brochette from Threaded Mess.

It's a very lovely quilt pattern to showcase all the lovely prints from Aneela Hoey.

 Since it was a really crafty weekend I spent a few hours working on my Hexagon quilt. I was a able to add a bunch of new flowers but there are still lots of flowers left.

Mie was always by my side. She was testing a new pillow which I was working on as weel. It's not finished yet but Mie already loves it.