Liberty of London Baby Quilt and Pillow

Visiting London means for me visiting Liberty shop at the first place. The most wonderful shop! I love everything there, the atmosphere, the antique architecture, the products they sell and most of all the fabrics. I used fill my suitcase with Liberty of London fabrics! 

My last creations : a crib baby quilt and a cloud pillow.

I find the Liberty of London fabric perfectly well adapted for babies, due to its extreme softness. 

As well so elegant!

You can find those items and many others here : yayaCousette

Liberty Pillow

My hexagon pillow started last year here is at last finished!
It measures 50 cm x 50 cm (19.5" x 19.5").
There are 52 hexagons assembled by hand. English paper piecing method. Tutorial here.
I only used scraps from Liberty fabrics.

Yellow Leaves Cushion

Although December arrived, we still have a mild autumn here in Athens. The colors of the trees are beautiful against bleu sky and sunshine.

I did a cushion with four leftover blocks and hand quilted it.

Wishing a wonderful December month to everyone!

Large Hexagons

 

When I opened this lovely bundle of Liberty fabrics, I had the good surprise to find  that they were all different from the ones of my own stash! I am going to use them to complete my hexagon pillow. So happy to have such pretty new fabrics!

The tutorial to paper piece the hexies is here.

Pink Hexagon Quilt

This quilt has a story... again. A friend of mine did it for her daughter, but as it took her some time, by the time she almost finished it her daughter had become a teenager and did not want anymore pink in her bedroom. So my friend gave this lovely hexagon quilt to me, and I finished it for my own daughter who was still a child at that time. She enjoyed it until she became a teenager and changed as well her color choices for her bedroom.

This quilt is hand sewn and hand quilted "in the ditch", it is single bed size.

The fabrics are Laura Ashley's.

Pink Feeling

Suddenly spring! Three weeks ago we were under the snow and now spring is here! The first sign is the almond tree flowering. And with spring comes my feeling for fresh colors in the house, and especially pink which is my favorite color. I started taking everything pink from the closets : quilts, cushions, blankets... with a will to transform the house atmosphere. With enthusiasm (I don't know for how long) I began to air, brush, wash... in a word spring cleaning. 

Apart from cleaning and decorating, I baked a brioche and this orange cake. This is a classical family recipe I used to make a lot for my children : 

• 1 cup self raising flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter
• pinch of salt
• Orange peel + 1 orange juice
• 4 eggs         

Mix the sugar + melted butter. Add the eggs one by one, then the orange, then the flour.

Lay butter and spread sugar in a rectangular baking pan and pour the mixture. 

Put in the oven at 180 o C (327 o F) for 45 mn to 1 hour.

Just out of the oven, pour some cognac or rum and sprinkle a little icing sugar.

This cake is the easiest possible to make, and always successful!

After decorating and baking, let's start a little gardening... Quilting tomorrow...

Christmas Charity Sale

As every year for Christmas we are having in Athens traditional charity sales, and I love them. I really think that there is nothing nicer than admiring all those beautiful crafts handmade with love. This bazaar I participated was happening last Sunday in the Archeological Institute of Athens. It was very successful and we had a great time enjoying the meeting of friends, and sharing with them typical French Alsacian specialities such as quiches, soups, spicy hot wine, warm chocolate...  I hope everyone is enjoying those pre-Christmas festivities as we do here in Greece!

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!