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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Double Four Patch

Double Four Patch top

Transparent box

Blocks

Blocks

Blocks

Blocks

Blocks

Blocks

Double Four Patch top


Double Four Patch top

Double Four Path top

In my previous post I showed you a baby crib bumper, and promised a tutorial. However, in the meantime I received a mail informing me that there is a potential danger in using crib bumpers. After checking and reading this link I decided not to write the tutorial I had prepared. My next tutorial will be for a pinwheel baby quilt... hoping there is not any danger in using baby quilts!

In the meantime, as a new year starts, I decided to have a look at my UFOs stored in transparent boxes, and to move forward... rather to try...  There is this Double Four Patch top abandoned half way (what a pity) for more urgent baby quilts sewing! I would like to finish it as it is one of my favorites. I used Civil War prints with some wonderful colors, such as the blue and the purple ones. The problem is how to go on with it when babies are being born one after the other in my family and friends and I always have a new baby quilt to sew...

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Baby Crib Bumper

Crib bumper

Crib bumper

Crib bumper

Baby and bumper

Baby and bumper

Baby's tableware

Toy on string quilt

Yesterday early in the morning I decided not to start my day with any housework, but instead to sew the baby bumper for my grandson. It took me less than one hour to achieve it. I took pictures step by step and in my next post I will write the tutorial : I thought it may help beginners to do it the simplest way.
I brought this bumper to my daughter who was pleased to get it at last and we fixed it in the crib. Baby seems to enjoy it... not for long as he is growing so fast that we shall have to buy a bigger bed soon... and to sew a new bumper!
Baby received many beautiful presents as this Beatrix Potter porcelain tableware, and this cute elephant matching perfectly with the quilt I offered my daughter last summer.

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Three Kings Cake

... Or "Galette des Rois"

Three Kings cake

Lunch table

Dinning room

Cyclame

Cake and coffee

Lucky charm

No quilting again these days... This morning I prepared lunch for the family gathering, and I cooked this Galette des Rois, a French traditional cake on the opportunity of Epiphany, which is commemorated on January 6th, but we can cut this galette all January long. For the second time of the week the lucky charm was hidden in my slice of cake... and it is supposed to bring luck and prosperity! I was again the queen of the day with this beautiful crown on my head!!!