onsdag 17 juni 2015

softness

I do love these suttle coloursceme as much as I love
bright colours. It depends on the mood I´m in





variation of stiches





a very much used football



a wall-painting from an old house





a buddha-board painting




                                                                 dots making sense

måndag 15 juni 2015

seaside


printed fabric




a present




old embroidery from a fishing village 








a stiched piece from the sea




 a shell you can find in our waters






my friends house has got a honeysuckle that is very powerful

söndag 14 juni 2015

Royal wedding

this is how I spent yesterday, 10 hours of tv watching how Sofia got her
prince and now is Princess Sofia. 
Next royal wedding will be in the future say 30 years.






Chives in bloom in paradise










                                          this is what we do in summer weather permitting

fredag 12 juni 2015

torsdag 11 juni 2015

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

tisdag 9 juni 2015

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

måndag 8 juni 2015

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

fredag 5 juni 2015

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