Sashiko Bag Hand quilted

Christine M., a friend and member of our

quilting group kindly offered me a piece of 

indigo fabric brought from Japan.

I embroided it with Sashiko stitches.

Sashiko

For the border and the inside, 

I added a piece of fabric I had in my stash.

Sashiko

Another knitting bag!

Sashiko

Antique quilt grey

Coming back from a trip to Paris,

I had the great surprise to find

a parcel waiting for me!

Inside the box I found two antique quilts,

coming from the USA, offered to me by my son A.

It is such a wonderful gift and I am so happy!

Both quilts are in an excellent state.

This one matches perfectly with my grey armchair.

I love the soft and tender tunes of the quilt,

looking at it gives me a kind of feeling of peace.

It is a classic 1900-1920s quilt

from Pennsylvania, with shirting fabrics crisp.

It is in fact the only quilt I own with shirting fabrics.

The pattern of the blocks is called

Monkey Wrench.

Here is a detail of the blocks.

I find so touching to be able to

detect the charcoal lines after one century!

I will now take pictures of the second quilt

and show it to you in a future post.

Sewing box

I could name this post La Vie en Rose.

I do love pink and buy a lot of tunes of this color.

When I found this vintage style fabric with the pink

dress I thought it would make a beautiful 

box for my sewing stuff.

Some of my favorite pink fabrics

and the sewing kit I posted recently.

I love pink and dots!

Another finished sewing box!