Motivation where are you?

Irgendwie hab ich zur Zeit so absolut keine Lust zum naehen. Es ist das erste mal, dass die Bees keinen Spass machen und mehr Arbeit sind. Naja, machen "muss" ich sie trotzdem. Heute hat es geklappt und endlich konnte ich den zweiten Block fuer den Modern Irish Bee naehen. Der erste ist schon seit Wochen "fertig" (ich konnte keinen Rahmen naehen, da der Stoff nicht ausreichte) und da nur wenig von dem Hintergrundstoff vorhanden war, musste ich mir was fuer den zweiten einfallen lassen. Ich bin ja nur froh, dass ich nicht gleich die Streifen fuer den Rahmen geschnitten habe. Da waere nix mehr fuer Block 2 ueber geblieben. Ich hoffe, Karen gefallen die Herzen!
I lost my sewing motivation somewhere in October and I absolutely did not want to sit down and sew. This was the first time I did not have fun making the Bee blocks. But they had to be done. Today I made the second block for the Modern Irish Bee. Karen, I am so sorry for being late! The first block was done weeks ago. Only the border is missing as I did not get enough fabric. So I tried my best to do the other one today. Scrappy Hearts! I had to piece the background as it was not wide enough. I hope Karen likes them. This will be a gorgeous quilt!

Das naechste, das ich heute endlich in Angriff genommen habe, war der Scrappy Swap. Die erste Aufgabe war ja relativ einfach: Scraps suchen! Da ich die Ueberreste nun endlich in zwei Kisten habe, brauch ich nicht mehr Berge durchwuehlen. Ich hoffe meine Partnerin mag blau. Na wenn nicht, dann wuehle ich eben nochmal ...
The other thing I started today was searching for scraps for the Scrappy Swap. I am happy that all the scraps are in a box now but I found just blue ones.  Looks like I love blue. I hope my partner likes these as well. If not, I go digging again and I am sure I will find some other colors hidden.

need to practise making pics again

Das kleine Geschenk habe ich angefangen. Ich trau mich nochmal ueber kleine Dreiecke. Das Muster habe ich aufgelegt und da noch vier ueber geblieben sind, habe ich die schnell zu einem Tassenuntersetzer zusammengefuegt (fuer das richtige war heute morgen dann doch nicht genug Zeit). Ich bin total happy wie gut die Punkte passen. So langsam hab ich den Dreh raus :)
I also started to make the little thingy for my partner. I want to make a HST pattern so I made them and laid them out. Unfortunately the time ran out so I just made a little cup holder with the left over HSTs. I am happy how the points match. Looks like there is nothing to be scared of any more!

Mouthy Stitches 2 is over

Es hat so viel Spass gemacht, wieder bei Mouthy Stitches dabei zu sein. Einfach nur toll, was man aus einer einfachen Anleitung machen kann und wieviele verschiedene und wahnsinnig tolle Taschen dabei entstanden sind. Fast alle sind in ihrem neuen zu Hause angekommen, so auch meine. Gestern hab ich sie gleich mal mit auf die Reise nach Dublin mitgenommen. Was kann man besseres damit machen, als sie mit neuen Stoeffchen zu befuellen. Seht ihr, wie rund sie ist?
It was so much fun to be part of Mouthy Stitches 2. I had a great time watching all these lovely totes coming up on flickr. Amazing what can be made out of a simple pattern. Finally all the tote bags are arriving in there new home as did mine. Isn't it lovely? I took it to the Knitting and Stitching Show in Dublin yesterday and what better can you use it for than buying fabrics? Can you see how filled it is?

Einfach toll und das bester daran: sie gehoert mir! Meine Tasche in Regenbogenfarben! Ist die nicht perfekt fuer das graue Irland? Vielen, vielen Dank Courtney!
I am just happy. I will not share this one with my little girls (maybe that means I have to make them an other one?). This is MY tote in all the lovely rainbow colors. Thank you so much Courtney!

#quiltphoto (my first)

I could show you my first quilt but it is to late now and I won't wake my son but it was my first time at the Knitting and Stitching Show in Dublin. It was an exhausting day driving up and down again. I did a little shopping there. Only some fabrics for a friends quilt. I had my girl with me. She tried decopatch and loved it. She wrote her name in little breads and took them home. It was a lovely day!

#quiltphoto (my first)

#quiltphoto (rolled up)

It is not nice if you have to get out of bed early on a Saturday to bring your son to the bus but it is less nice if your car looks like this ...

It was terrible freezing cold and it hail started as soon as we started driving down to the pitch. At least the bus was on time leaving and almost in time coming back. They boys had a great game and they did not care about the weather. Just the coaches looked a little frozen.

So we did not want to leave the house (except picking up my son again) and did a little crafting at home. Since my little one has seen the gorgeous videos she always wants to make them. This was a good day to do so before we go back and rolled ourselves in cosy blankets and watch a movie ...

#quiltphot (rolled up) before we got rolled in 

#quiltphoto (kids)

It was an exciting day. First we opened the parcel from courtiepie with my tote bag. Yes, it arrived but you have to wait until tomorrow as I did not take any pictures today. Courtney did a great job. After so many times saying "I love rainbows" I finally got my own. Not only the bag has all the colors on the front she also made such a lovely key fob with my name on it. No, it is my real name and she did not stitch "cheeky monkey" *gg* We took the bag and went off to town. So the bag had a lovely walk with us trough Galway.

can you see my little rainbow? It is mine and I will not share it with the kids

The kids had a short photo shoot in town and after they just wanted to go home. My son bought the new Skylander Giants. He was saving for weeks and now he got enough money to buy the booster pack for the WII. He was so excited. He just had to wait. It was the sisters turn first on the WII and while they were playing the little one fell asleep. 

#quiltphoto (kids)

#quiltphoto (black and white)

I am a total fan of black but just not in quilting or crafting. I love my black levis! I love my black shirts! BUT   I want bright color on quilts and crafting. I have one tiny little peace of black fabric in my stash. Just in case I could need it. But I do have plenty of white fabrics. Plain white, snow white, white with white stars, etc and I have white wool. That is the only cloth I do not like in black. So I made myself white mitts and you know what? They are finished! Finally I can say (at least for some days) these are M I N E.

So an other thing of my Finish Along list is gone and when I go to town tomorrow I will have warm hands. Isn't this great?

Mouthy Stitches

Habt ihr den Stein gehoert? Es ist immer eine Zitterpartie bis das Tauschobjekt im neuen zu Hause angekommen ist, aber ich habe endlich die erloesende Nachricht erhalten: sie ist da! Die Mouthy Stitches bag ist endlich bei danny. Ich habe bisher immer nur eine Seite gezeigt, denn auf der anderen war folgende Stickerei ...
Did you hear the rock rumbling? It is always the worst part waiting for your parcel to arrive safely in the new home. This morning I got the email: she got it and best of all - she likes it!!! This time my partner was danny. We are also together in Stash Bee. Her mosaic was full of stitching and embroidery and I thought I need to stitch a little on the back. I thought if I show this she will directly know I am her partner so I had to wait to show the back till now. 

So, nun warte ich nur noch auf meine tote bag und damit ist Mouthy Stitches 2 fuer mich beendet. Es hat wieder ganz viel Spass gemacht. Es ist unglaublich, welche tollen Taschen mit dieser einfachen Anleitung gemacht wurden.
You can see now how the bag is closed with a huge orange button. This time you can see the key fob from the backside as well with all the lady bugs. So now I can relax and wait for my tote bag to arrive. It was a lot of fun again. All these lovely bags I have seen. It is amazing what was made out of this simple pattern. Stunning!