Cotton pearl I love you.

I treated myself to some cotton pearl the other week and I`ve been busy colorsorting them since then. I already have lots of nr 5 but I didn`t have any nr 8 and I`ve really been wanting that for a long time so I finally just bought some, or to be specific I bought 60 little rolls of it, but I mean it`s thread, one can never ever have to much thread. Right?

Projects, oh how I love projects.

Spring is in the air and I can`t seem to get anything finished now days. It feels like I`m starting a new project every other day, I get totally exited and get going but then after a short while I come up with three new projects that just can`t wait. It`s a good thing, I love having a lot of projects lying around, it`s nice to know there is always something to work on when my fingers starts to itch. I even dug up an corset that I started on maybe two years ago, maybe now it has a fair chance to get finished.

I`m having a lot of fun with my Seuss quote, it`s taking a lot of time but I sort of think that`s okay, it`s boring to never finish but I plan to love it more for every hour spent stitching.

Felt hearts.

It`s been sort of hectic for a while now and I haven`t been able to find the time to be creative, sometimes that happens and there is really nothing to do but wait it out. Thankfully I found some time this weekend, I pretty much ignored everything but my kids and took the time. I wanted to start something small, something that I knew I could finish in a weekend, so I ended up making these little hearts. They`re made out of felt, with cotton thread and small beads. I love these sort of small things with no real purpose, they only exist so I can spend some lovely hours with my threads and beads.

Also, the snow is starting to melt and the sun comes and visits now and then, spring is almost here. 

Finished quilt.

 

 I finished my quilt and it`s sort of huge, to big for my bed, but who`s complaining. I ended up doing a gray and pink border and I think it fits the quilt nicely. I love how it ended up and I`m quite pleased with my self for finishing it so fast, must be the quickest one so far. I had, obviously, no plan when I put the squares out, I just tried not to get any similar pieces next to each other. I like the look of confusion.

I love finishing quilts but it`s also an empty feeling, guess I better start planing a new one. :)

An old new dress.

The dress is one I made last summer, never sewed on the buttons in the back though so it haven`t been used yet, I plan to change that this summer. The fabric in the picture under the dress is one I bought yesterday, it was cheep and wonderful, two of my favorite things. I plan to make a dress of that to, it`s as thin as cotton gets and I love it.

I also found some lamps in a thrift shop, I payed 20kr(3usd) for this one. I have a bad relationship with lamps for the most part, most of them manage to be both ugly and expensive and that`s never a good thing. So I rely on thrift shop, and usually some fabric or thread. This one tough was cute enough to get to live with me without any remaking.

The quilt is coming along nicely, all the pieces are now sewn together and I`m just taking a breather before I start making the quilt sandwich. I can`t say I like that part very much but I have realized that it`s not a good idea not to do it properly.

We saw Brave, again, and I felt like trying to paint her and I have to say it`s a lot of fun. I have her lying by my computer so when I get bored I can just color her skirt or give her hair a try. I do love Brave, she is so awesome.  

Quilty weekend. What else.

We had a grate weekend, as usual. The kids got to try out their new ice skates and I got to try out my old ones, it was way to cold though so we only managed to skate for about fifteen minutes. The kids were so happy, and I have to admit that it is sort of fun to skate, if it`s a bit warmer.

My latest quilt is coming along nicely, I`m in love with the colors I picked and I can`t wait until it`s finished. I think I`m going to have some problems deciding witch color/colors to use for the border that I`m planing to make, but that problem is going to have to wait a while. I`m so sick of all the ironing though, every little square has four seems that`s been ironed, and there are 256 squares. And then I have to iron them as I sew them together to, ah the horror.

I`m going back to school this semester as well, I`ll keep working full time and study 50%, it`s a bit though but I`ll manage, it`s only a couple of months. The subject is neurodevelopmental disorders, focusing on ADHD. It`s a lot of fun.