A New Quilting Book!

Lara from BuzzinBumble is such a wonderful and talented lady! She wrote a book that will be soon published : Crafted Applique. The cover is amazing, I love it! It gives an idea of how talented a quilter she is! Don't hesitate and visit her blog... no doubt that you will enjoy it!

Snow Storm in Athens - Greece

View from the lounge

Entrance

Back yard

Back yard

View from the kitchen

View from my bedroom

Here I am, back again to my blog that I somewhat neglected for a while, due to the visit of my sister and niece who came from Paris to see my newborn grandson. They remained in Athens for a week, we had a wonderful time, and they were lucky enough to have a good weather... until the snow started to fall yesterday. Today they fly back to France. 

As I said, we are having a second wave of cold, with today a storm of snow! It is very beautiful and looks like Siberia! In those circumstances, nothing better than a good fire, a good book and a knitting... not forgetting of cup of coffee! My blue jacket is progressing slowly but steadily...

Winter Reading

After the whirling of the feasts, time for a little break. And I think I really need it. My children and grand children who came for the Christmas holidays left, except one son who is staying another ten days. It's nice not to have the house empty all of a sudden. I will start my new quilting projects after his departure. Resting means reading to me. I read those two wonderful english books : "Wish her Safe at Home" of Rachel Waring in a French translation and "The Color of Milk" of Nell Leyshon in the original langage. I love English literature, ancient and contemporary. The second book is my favorite. It's a long time I haven't read such an impressive story and I recommend it to everybody. It was a nice surprise to "fall" on such a good book as I bought it for the cover page, I loved the picture!  You can see what it is about on the back of the book. Really one of the best books I read recently!

Chevron Baby Girl Quilt Finished

Another finished baby quilt. I had published a tutorial about how to make this chevron Here.

For the backing I chose a fabric print of Jemima Puddle Duck from a tale of Beatrix Potter, my "idole".

As well on the top I used a fabric print with Jemima eggs in a nest. I found some illustrations of this tale in this

wonderful book.         

Enjoy your day!

Christine

Antique Doll Quilt and Bunny

Detail

Today I will show you the second antique doll quilt from the batch, previously shown in this post,
that I received in London last month.

I think that brown, beige and pink are perfectly matching colors, one of my favorite antique fabrics blends.

Nice white and blue calicot and nice hand quilting.

Books

I am a great fan of Beatrix Potter art, and those little books are remains from my childhood.

Books

For those who may be interested in Beatrix Potter art and life, I recommend this excellent film : Miss Potter, with Renee Zellweger in the role of Beatrix Potter. I was so delighted when I first saw this film, that I watched it again and again... This is one of my best films ever!

Peter Rabbit

My little porcelain bunny.

Have a beautiful creative day!
Christine

Pink Blossoms

This is the very first blossom I found this morning in my garden on the apricot tree... so incredibly beautiful!

The freshness and the refinement of it reminded me of those fabrics I had bought two years ago in London, from one of my favorite shops in Chelsea : Cabbages and Roses.

They are such lovely and fresh linens of such a nice quality! 

At that time I had sewn with those fabrics three cushions that I put on my sofa at spring time. 

I am thinking now that I could sew some tea towels with the remains.

This refined Limoges tea cup belonged to my mother. 

A beautiful book I read in my twenties.

This is what I enjoy most : a nice cup of tea with a good book and peace around me!

Exhibition Paris March 2013

Last year in Paris, I was lucky enough to visit the Mona Bismarck

American Center. The antique quilts exhibited were exceptionally

beautiful with a great range of various styles.

This Baltimore quilt was a pure beauty,

the most stunning I ever saw, huge size 

and excellent state, like never used.

The appliqué extremely refined, the colors gorgeous!

This one was my favorite one,

mainly because of this rare green color,

and the red hexagons in between the diamonds.

This Pineapple Variation of Log Cabin

with its black background was awesome!

Great inspiration for future creations!

I will never forget this impressive exhibition.

Zig Zag hand bag

Today, reading again this book, bought years ago, I decided to start sewing 

a bag which pattern is inside. I always wanted to do so, but for an unknown reason, 

I postponed it many times.

The point was to use my remains from Kaffe Fassett fabrics.

I assemble the triangles into squares

I ironed them, then the stripes.

Here I try to match them properly.

I will try to finish it and post it tomorrow.