(Not) feeling blue

Today I started Octopus Treasure Cave from Chatelaine. This is the first time I am stitching on dark fabric, and I like it a lot! The fabric is a mottled dark blue, what I tried to reproduce by the camera -with partial success.

Pomarium 1st quarter done

I managed to finish the 1st quarter of Pomarium. My aim was to do it till yearend, and I happily finished the apples and leaves, when I realised there is one more part, a branch which is still to be done to have the 1st quarter ready. So the first few days of January was spent on this beauty. I also added how gorgeous the whole piece. The quarter is a little bit ad-hoc, I was too lazy to change the frame, so I did a partial left and partial right corner...

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Yellow green scrappy quilt

I am on holiday so I tried to make a dent in my yellow-green scraps, and today I spent my time on this quilt top. I thought I will finish tomorrow, but my son got enthusiastic and asked me to do it together. He is going to my parents for the weekend, so I promised not to do anything till Sunday.
It is quite eclectic, I used whatever I found, but there are still quite a lot material in the green-yellow box. I also raided the lightbrown and the white to frame the little 5"x5" middle ones (5.5" square, 2.5" for framing, finished as 9.5") It was good to look back and remember all the quilts the materials are coming from, some of them from my very first ones somewhen back in 2011. The corner pinwheels were originally created for my niece bedcover, but I decided for a different setup and they were sitting in the cupboard for at least 5 years.
The photo is a little washed out due to my camera, in real life it is more cheerful. And the best that I even found a perfect binding in my scrappy binding box, so everything is coming from scraps. Only the backing is missing, but I will use some old fabric. It is really strange, that if I mix some the ugly fabric for backing, I usually really like the final result, even the most boring material comes to life when I use them...

Apples and leaves

I did 3 triangles of the remaining 8 and also added the apples and leaves for the border. Quite fiddly work to be done, but worth the effort!

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Pomarium corner

I finished a corner with 2 strawberries, and I am aiming to close the year with the first quarter of Pomarium ready. I need to fill in 8 triangles on the border and a little. There is a possibility but I must put a focus there to get it done...

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Spring branch

I just finished the spring branch of the corner which nicely compliments the little tree. The photo is somewhat dark, in real life the colours are much softer - I really like the outcome, it was fun to stitch even the one over one leaves!

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Pomarium

I made quite a nice progress last week durig the Autumn break on Pomarium. Even the trees went much better than I thought, I am starting to like them...

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Pomarium first garden

I made quite a nice progress on Pomarium. It was a little hard to move to the garden part, but after starting it I realised for the 1000th times how much pleasure it gives.

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Fall(ing) leaves

Fall is coming, and I was thinking changing our wallhanging in the dining room for something in this mode. I went through pinterest, could not find anything useful, but all those beautiful photos triggered a new idea: beige/brown stripes like a foggy October morning, with colorful leaves whirling in the wind. In real life the colors a litther lighter and cheerier, this photo is a little depressed one.

I wanted something more on the modern side, so I came up with this top. It was a real quick process,  took only a day to design and sew, the longes time was the fabric audition. I used the photo add-on on my phone to get the values right: both the grayscale and tones version helped to choose the right ones. Unfortunately the middle stripe was too small, and when I saw the final result I added a border. It took away some of the modern feeling, but at least not too small. Maybe I will prepare another one with the right measures, but I promised myself not to by new fabric this year, so this is what I will have.

Falling Leaves - own design

Winter is coming (along nicely)

After my finishing frenzy I took Winter Watergarden out. I made some progress during the summer, and now I finished the 3rd gate and the little garden next to it, only one birdie is missing to have 3/4th finish. I am planning to do that during the weekend, and then I will move over to Pomarium if I do not find it too intimidating. I am also thinking on sewing a fall themed wall hanging, with colorful falling leaves flying in the wind on some neutral background - maybe this also will be part of the weekend crafting.

 

Chatelaine: Winter Watergarden

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Summer Knotgarden - to be (ripped) or not to be (ripped)

In the September I made a nice progress on Summer Knotgarden, but did not have time to post any pictures. This is how Summer Knotgarden is now - I do not like the way I did the clouds, the vertical colorchanges are not the best option. I suppose I should take my time to rip them and go for a horizontal one. It is not a happy decision to make, but all the time when I am making compromises I do regret - so the clouds must be gone.But I do like the little Jessicas (the yellow-pink flowers) - they are my favourites.

Chatelaine: Summer Knotgarden

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Progess on Frosty Knotgarden

Chatelaine: Frosty Knotgarden

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

I made some nice progess on Frosty Knotgarden. The motivation is there, I kitted Summer and in the weekend I ordered the special threads for Autumn and Winter Watergarden. It will take some time to use them: I just checked my history: I ordered the kit for Frosty in 2011, started in 2013, and will finish it this year. Hopefully Watergardens will not be alone for 4 years :)

Chatelaine: Frosty Knotgarden

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

These tiny flowers are real nice (click to see them better!) but I simply hate to do the ice on them. One is still remains in the corner to be iced, but I will do that with the clouds. The clouds are quite big, takes quite long to stitch them, but I like to do them a lot. When they are ready only the beads will remain. I target end of May - we will see...

christmas birdies

I almost forget to show my Christmas birdies. It was ready by Christmas but the quilting is still missing. I will finish somewhen but it is on display anyway. The design is called House Warming Party by Vicky Bellino and Bloom Creek.

House Warming Party

High hopes

I am working on a height chart for my son. Actually I wanted to finish it for his 2nd birthday - now he is going to be 5 in March and I am still doing the second part out of the 5. Hopefully I will finish it before his 25th birthday...

Country Companions: Height Chart

Fonal/Floss: Anchor & DMC

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart white 28 ct Lugana

Christmas coming

Victoria Sampler: Heirloom Nativity Sampler

2014 July

We went for holidays in the summer and I took some wintery with me. Heirlooms series of Victoria Sampler.

Height chart

Country Companions: Height Chart

Fonal/Floss: Anchor & DMC

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart white 28 ct Lugana

2014 Spring

It will take some time...

Fernhill folytatás / Fernhill Part 2

Ahogy ígértem, jön a folytatás a hímzésekről, és egy blokk ami összeraktam.

As I have promised: Fernhill continues:

És végül a gonosz szarvas - ne aggódjatok, nem maradt így, még rosszat álmodna Andris...

And finally the evil deer (I did not leave him in this way, too scary even for me :)

 

Új szenvedély - New passion

Jól eltűntem, de megvan rá az okom: beleugrottam a foltvarrásba. Már több, mint egy éve nézegettem Lynette Andson Fernhill mintáját, de nem akartam még egy új hobbit találni, hisza régire is alig van időm. De azután győzött a szívem, amit egy éven keresztül ennyire akarok, az tényleg kell. Úgyhogy kapóra jött, hogy pont indult foltvarró tanfolyam nyár közepén, és Andris is nagyszülőkkel volt hétközben a bölcsiszünet miatt, úgyhogy belevágtam! A gyökerek persze nincsenek messze, a hímzés  megmaradt, mégha nem is keresztszem, hanem sima kontúröltés is a kép. És ami hihetetlen - mennyire haladós! Itt még csak a kezdet, de jön a folytatás is!

I have disappeared for a while, but I have good reason: Yes I have a new hobby, it is patchwork. I was thinking about Lynette Anderson's supercute desing, Fernhill, for almost a year, but I did not want to start another time, space (and money) consuming hobby. But after a year I convinced myself:   It is a must! And I found a beginners course close to our flat, grandparents wanted holiday time with the little one, so everything was perfect. However, I do not forget my roots, so I started with some stitching. I was surprised how quick it goes compared to cross stitch - well it is only backstitching, so my needdles are flying. These are the photos I took a month ago, and next time I will show the result!

Júniusi IHSW - hűsítő percek - IHSW June - Cool moments

A múltkor a hideg miatt panaszkodtam, nos, most megjött a meleg. 30 fok éjjel a sötétben, 40 délután a teraszon. Úgyhogy a télikert hűvöse kifejezetten jól esett. És haladtam is vele, kész a negyede! A külső fáról még hiányzik az ág, de elsőre nem találtam milyen színnel kell hímezni, így az kimaradt. Kattintsatok a nagyobb képekért!

Last time I was complaining bcause of the cold, now I am complaining because it is too hot...In two weeeks time the temperature tripled (or went up even more) - 30 degrees during the night, 40 in the afternoon on the balcony. So the cool of Frosty Knotgarden came handy, I am ready with the 1st quarter, only the branches on the outside tree are missing. I did not find the right color, so I skipped it. Click on to see better!

Chatelaine: Frosty Knotgarden

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Tél a nyárban - Frosty summer

Az idő még mindig elég ronda, pár napja még a fűtést is bekapcsoltuk. Most zuhog, ilyen magas sosem volt a Duna, mint most. Én pedig benn ülök, és lassan, de biztosan haladok a Télikerttel.

The weather is still awful, a few days ago we turned the heating on. In summer! Now it is raining, the river Danube is higher than ever, almost 9m (usual depth cc 4-5m). I am sitting tight, waiting for better times and making some progress with Frosty Knotgarden.

Chatelaine: Frosty Knotgarden

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast