colourful summer

babyquilt

just finished this baby-size quilt

it´s not often I make traditional quilts anymore but it´s great fun when it happens.

this quilt is machine pieced and machine quilted. Then washed and softly dried

in the  tumbler.

                                                                front and back

near the fishing boats

wedding wall hanging

made this for my sons wedding.

all handmade with lots and lots of stiches

all fabrics are bits and pieces from

here and there

road trip

on a roadtrip not far away from home.......

this bakery called Solhaga, is a pieceful place to have coffee or lunch

and the bread they bake using nearby ground flour

a pit stop on the road, for some fresch air

this place is called Haverdal on the coast south of Gothenburg

stayed a night at a small hotel and this is the view from the balcony and the bed!!!!!

feels like the french riviera for me.

the cows greeted us in the morning. they had a wonderful location 

to say on

the flag is for the Swedish national day. me and my 

husband having a fika with the sea in front. Home baked

rhubarb pie!

more cows. they were eating away in front of our balcony

the scenery was spectacular !!!f

five minutes walk from our room. the place is Hallavara in

the county of Skåne. this beach is were the film by Ingmar Bergman

calledThe Seventh Seal (1957), the scene when Death 

plays chess with the knight.

the rooms

the little town of Torekov

coast near the town of Varberg

Sand sand sand in Skrea Strand

the beach of Hallavara

                                                   the part of Sweden we travelled

baby prep

63 years ago I was wearing this dress

still in perfect condition

an old English quilt

newly handmade by me

I was immensely inspired to create when the news about my grandchild

came.

knitted blanket just finished by me

the woman on the island

this artist and architect Caroushka Strieffert exhibits in the archipelago of Stockholm

at an museum called ARTIPELAG

She lives in periods on an island with no electricity and water from a pump outside her house/studio

she constructed her house from the ambition to work in it.

The studio is to die for, the space, the outdoor feeling, the view, the openess between inside

and outside.

She is herself a part of her art.

She makes art from what she finds on the island and with a lot of work with her hands, she

transforms things to art and beauty.

Below you can see a few of the pieces.

pieces of paper

these are capsules from bottles

little twigs sanded down and oiled

(looks like snacks to me)

a lot of colour makes me happy

a creative cake with a creative topping. made by two young boys

part of a larger wallhanging for a special occasion

this used to be my daughters dress in the late 90´s

                                          this RED car used to be mine in the 90´s!!!!!!!!!!!
                                                         still a beauty if you ask me