Country Knitted Large Shawl

Hi everyone, sorry for being absent for so long from the blog. The fact is that since my accident last February I could not yet sew or quilt because of back pains. The only thing I could do was knitting a little, sitting straight in my armchair. Thus my shawl is the only thing I have to show lately. I already posted before a green shawl the same style, and a tutorial.

For this last shawl I decided not to crochet the border, to give it a more rural style, and I am very pleased with its final look. The result is exactly as expected. (It doesn't often happen!).

I used a wonderful natural and soft yarn : Fonty Fado 662 (9 skeins for the shawl and 1 for the fringes), that I knitted with needles no 5 (French).

I hope that my next post will be relative to quilting as since a long time I have in mind a project that I am so eager to start!...

Ebreuil Quilt Exhibition 2017 First Part

How lucky I was, arriving at my summer place in Auvergne last July, to find there was a quilt exhibition... and what an exhibition... absolutely wonderful!
Here are shown reproduction quilts, hand pieced and hand quilted, in an absolute respect of the tradition. Perfect work of meticulousness in the details, so impressive! Some of those quilts are a life achievement! Congratulations to the artists!!!

Log Cabin Baby Quilt Finished

Here is my last post before leaving Greece to spend the summer in France. Despite my troubles after injuring my spine, I managed little by little to finish hand quilting this baby quilt for my seven months' old grand daughter. It is the reason why the quilting is rather basic...

You can find HERE my Log Cabin tutorial. 

HERE the references for the measurements of this baby quilt and the fabric line I used.

Wishing you all a beautiful summer holiday!