I love red

I have told myself that the next coming days I will make some small items each day for the upcoming marked  that starts aug 9th.  So this morning I made some bookmarks.

Then there was time to rotary cut some squares in red for my Red Home quilt.

Now the two first blocks are finished.

And I have prepped two new blocks.

This evening I will have focus on this headless Santa (the fourth block of Scandinavian Christmas).  My goal is to applique these pieces and try to get a head on him.

What inspired me to have some more focus on SC, was the mailbox surprise I received yesterday.  Ulla had sendt me a Scandinavian Christmas inspired surprise.  Thank you Ulla.

And look, more inspiration have arrived in my mailbox.  Lynette Anderson had a giveaway on her blog.  And I won a signed copy of her Christmas book.  I love it!!!!  There is so many projects that I want to start.  So I guess when the marked is closed, I have to trace some stitcheries from this book as I don’t have enough projects to work on LOL

Saying for today:

I wish we could put up some
of the Christmas spirit in jars
and open a jar of it every month. 
~Harlan Miller

Having fun in the sewingroom

Not so much sewing today, because I had decided yesterday, that if it was raining today I should organize the attic.  Something that should have been done a loooooooong time.  Guess what….it was raining today.

But then when I had finished the attic (took me several hours) I got to play in the sewingroom.

And what do a quilter do when she finds an interesting link at the internet.  Check out this one.

I just had to make these string block coasters. (the colour is soooo wrong, I will take another photo tomorrow in daylight)

Found a cute fabric to put on the back, so they can actually be used on both sides.

More stripes to continue sewing more coasters tomorrow.  They were so fun and easy to sew.

But now some needleturn on next block for the Red Home quilt while watching So You Think You Can Dance.

Saying for today:

I am stitching Red Home

Some weeks ago I bought a wonderful book ,Red Home by Natalie Bird.  It has so many projects that I want to sew.  Have already made two bird coin purses and are also stitching on the table centre.

And of course I will sew the big quilt called Red Home.  I fell in love with this quilt imidiately when I opened the book.

I have mailed  with Natalie and she has now been so kind that she have mad a button for us who are making the Red Home quilt.

 

And I have now added it to my sidebar.  If you are stitching this quilt you too can put this button on your blog.  The way to do it is to copy this button and then upload it to your blog. 

I have finished the first block.  Of course I had to start the one with the cat.  Guess the next one have to be the cat among the flowers.  I have no idea how fast I will stitch this quilt, but as I have stitched 2012 on this block, my plan is to have it done by the end of this year.  I am stitching it together with Hanne and we are going to report to eachother on the progress.   So fun doing this together and it makes me follow up on the progress.

Saying for today:

Time spent with cats is never wasted.
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