a wedding quilt and other patchwork goods

Attention: This post is filled with lots of pictures !

When I took the plane to Hong Kong my suitcase was filled with lovely gifts for friends.

I've been working on these goods for a few months already but wasn't allowed to show the results untill now.

You might recognize some of these because I showed some teasers a while back but never the complete work.

Lets start with biggest gift I brought to Hong Kong. My friend Wendy got married in november and of course I had to make her a quilt.

This is my third complete quilt (if I don't count the 2 quilt tops which are waiting to get basted and quilted) and I'm proud that I did all the work in time.

The post office really gave me headache a few times because my solid order took around 2 month to arrive.

But at least I did it in time.

Due to the lack of time (and quilting skills) I had to skip the the idea to quilt this baby free motion. I was afraid that I might ruin the whole quilt so I went with simple stright lines instead.

I really like the quilt pattern and I talked about it already here. Sadly my points never match completly but after the quilting and the washing it's not that bad anymore.

I used the kona espresso for the background and some of my nicey jane fabrics for the stars.

The backing of the is a mixture of kona espresso, some pink kona (I don't know the color by heart) and a big piece of nicey jane.

I went with the brown color scheme because I was hoping that it might fit into her bedroom (or living room).

The quilt is to small to use it as a bed cover but at least Wendy can snuggle under quilt on cold days.

A week before I left Wendy told me that a new iphone bag would be a perfect. The last one was to small she she gave it to her mom.

I'm always bad with measurements when I don't have the object in hand but this time it works.

It's a bit tight but at least it's working.

The back of the iphone bag as another star in red color. I hand quilted around each star. I really enjoy handquilting on small projects. You definetly see more hand quilted tiny projects next year.

Wedding is for couples so why not bringing a Hoppel couple as a little wedding gift ?!

I made two Hoppel couples because one couple went to Sabrina and Vincent who spent a perfect day with Wendy and me in Stanley (like last year too).

Mo is another lovely friend from Hong Kong.

I'm lucky that I was able to see her in Hong Kong a few times this year again. Mo has a super lovely little family.

I made two little patchwork pillow covers for lovely kids.

The pink one is for a Sammie and the blue one for her little brother Dortie.

They are both such cute and fun kids. In Hong Kong we spent one afternoon with making soap bubbles and another day Sammie thaught me how to make cute little angels made from beads.

Of course I brought a little gift for Mo too.

I made Mo a bag for her earphones early this year in red and yellow colors.

Mo asked for matching bag for her iphone since the old one is completly worn out.

I had lots of fun with reserve applique again and I tryed a tiny patchwork pattern.

I hand quilted both sides and added a little loop to be able add a fun charm.

Because I was totally in wonky stars making mood I had to play with that pattern for Helen's gift too.

I made a fun little christmas themed placemat (or mug rug because it's a bit tiny for a placemat).

I hand quilted this one too. Sadly I forgot to take a picture of the back.

There was a little blue Hoppel for Helen as well. But sadly I'm not able to find the pic right now.

Travel handmade

Before I left for my Hong Kong vacation I had to take a pic of all my handmade travel bags.

Jeni posted sth. similar before she went to sewing summit and I really liked seeing all the handmade goodies all together.

Before I took the pic I didn't realize that I have so many handmade bags and other goods in my suitcase.

I made some of these things last minute. Just a few hours before I left.

Like the case for my sony tablet which I bought as a early birthday gift (I will turn 30 in january) for myself.

Of course I needed a case to bring the tablet safe to Hong Kong and all the way back to germany.

I wanted to use lots of tiny scraps which I got from lovely sewing friends this year. I had so much fun going through all these treasures and putting them together.

For the background fabric I used my cute text print which I got from Ayumi earlier this year.

I saved the fabric for a special craft and I couldn't find a better project to see the lovely print every day.

I used Faith ipad tutorial for the bag. I just had to change the measurements a bit and it fits like a glove.

I hand quilted around the colourfull squares on both sides and I hand quilted circles all over the entire bag.

Sadly it's hard to be seen on the text fabric.

I'm definetly making another project with using those tiny squares. It's the best way to use up all the tiny left over fabrics.

Since I wasn't sure if I'm allowed to bring a needle (and my hexagon kit) on the plane (which was no problem at the end) I had to make a super quick bag for my crochet stuff.

I used Jeni's awesome drawstring tutorial. I just had to change the measurements to make it small enough to fit in my handbag.

I have to admit that I didn't make any crafty projects during the flight. I just slept (because I was lucky enough to have 2 seats on both flights) or watched some movies.

Some of my handmade travel goodies are already given away to my sisters.

The handbag turned out to be to small for me. I didn't use the bag at all so I gave it to my older sister.

The handmade wallet is now at my sis home because I bought myself a new wallet in Hong Kong.

Hexagon travel kit

10 hours on the plane...what would you do ??

Sleeping, eating, reading, watching movies or just starring at the people next to you ?!

In my case I'm the movie watching kind of girl.

I traveled with finnair for most of my long flights and I always liked their movie selection.

They had the typical blockboster but also some nonfamous (at least for me) movies from different countries.

I never had any problems to fill my flight with tons of movies.

Due to a strike from finnair last year I had to fly with lufthansa.

I was really dissapointed when I saw there movie selection. They had only a few blockbuster which I already watched at home.

Since I'm flying with lufthansa this year again I will prepared to have nothing to watch. Since I won't feel comfortable starring at the people next to me or eating tons of food (I'm tall so my body and stomach is already completly crushed already due to the small seats which means I have no place  for lots of food ) I had to look for sth. to entertain me.

Making Hexagons entertained me a lot in the past months so why not making hexagons durring the flight ?!

Normally I would travel like this with my hexagon sewing stuff but for a long flight I really needed something more tidy.

So I jumped on bandwaggon and drafted a little pattern for a hexagon sewing kit kind of bag.

( I can make a tutorial when I'm back if anyone is interesseted)

I wanted to use some scraps so I tryed the bow tie pattern.

I started to quilt the white pieces by hand but found out that the pattern will loose all the prettiness once you fold it.

So I stoped on the project and put it aside for a fresh start.

This time I kept it really simple.

Just some 1 inch colorfull squares framed in black Kona and with a letter printed fabric background.

I hand quilted around the square with embroidery thread and I hand quilted some circles all over the the whole piece.

The lining really caused my headaches.

I had to decide how many pockets or other stuff need to be added.

I decided for 4 pocket to hold the precut fabrics and one pocket for the templates.

Sadly I made a little mistake with the measurements so one of the pocket on the far right is a little bit to small to hold my 2,5 inch fabric precuts.

I added a little piece of felt for the needles.

I just need one needle to sew the hexagons but the pins looked so nice so I added these as well.

BTW ...does anyone know if I'm allowed to bring needles on the plane ? Is it allowed ???

I added a little string made from some kona solid to hold my thread. You can easily change the thread color because you can open and close it with a snap fastener.

The little scissor is my fave item.

I bought in in the museum of history in Hong Kong last year.

I was looking for some scissores because I was working on a travel book durring the trip and needed something to cut all the stuff I wanted to glue in the book.

I hope this little sewing kit will keep my busy durring the flight and with some luck I will be able to finish some hexagons flowers for my second hexagon quilt.

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)

 

Hong Kong vacation 2010

I always wanted to sort and post my pictures from my Hong & Singapore trip last year.

But for the first weeks I wasn't able to put my hands on the pics and later I comnpletly forgot.
Since I'm going to Hong Kong again this year it's time to show some of the photos.

But I really want to share my experiences and adventures.

I met lots of lovely people while I was in Hong Kong & Singapore. All of them took there time to show me around or entertain me every day.

It really makes traveling alone easier when you have friends waiting for you on the other side of the world.

I started my vacation on the 21. november 2011. I took the plane in Berlin via Helsinki till Hong Kong.

I arrived on 22. november around 3 pm in Hong Kong where Wendy picked me up.

I spent some awesome days in Hong untill Wendy and I took the flight to Singapore where *S was waiting for us. But I will tell more about it later.

 

You will be able to see most of the vacation pics on my flickr travel set .