This one is made as a birthday present for one of my punk-loving friends. I like to do something different with every bookbag to personalize it, and the scarf felt Punk to me. For example, I made a turtle themed one for another friend. They are called bookbags because they are exactly big enough for a…
One of my friends really loves turtles, and with love, I mean really LOVES them. This is actually the third turtle-related present I’ve made for her and her turtle. Before this one there was a bookbag and a mini-quilt. This is both the birthday and housewarming present for her and her turtle Stoffel. So: congratulations!…
This is my first finished big quilt made totally on my own! So I’m very proud of this one. All the other quilts I’ve made were either together with my mother, mini-quilts or are not yet finished. So I’m very proud of this one. This one is finished a few weeks ago and it’s already…
Spring is finally coming again! That means sun, warmth, new growth and going outside without freezing. To honour the coming spring here is an update of all the nature blocks of the Dear Jane sampler quilt I’ve finished so far. In the link, you find the introduction of the Dear Jane quilt. I took out…
Historical background of the Dear Jane sampler quilt In the book about the Dear Jane, written by Brenda Papadakis, there are letters written to Jane Stickle. Jane is the woman who made the original quilt, and Brenda replicated it and made patterns out of the pieces so everyone can make their own Dear Jane. In…
This month I was sewing a lot of things by hand, because sadly Frau Pfaff, my sewing machine, is in dire need for some maintenance. I took her to the shop this week, so I hope she will run smoothly and happily again soon! Luckily, I also really love hand-sewing, so missing Frau Pfaff wasn’t that…
This one was tricky! I had to disassemble part of it because it wasn’t a square first time I finished it. It still looks wonky now, but it looks more or less like a square, so this block is declared finished! Or as the people in the Dear Jane facebook group I’m a member of…
Wow, this one was a long time coming. I had a little break from quilting and sewing because first my website broke down and I had to rebuild it. Also, there was a lot of school stuff and other things I had to do. But I am back now! So hide your fabric, because I…
Using old clothing that holds awesome memories to sew something new. What more can a person wish for? I hope not much, because this piece is made as a present for my friend, who you can see below. She is wearing the dungarees I used for the bookbag. The dungarees were not bought painted. At…
I loved this one so much because the symbolism of the cross fits so nice with the name of the block. Florence Nightingale is the founder of modern day nursing and pioneer of modern-day healthcare. Her ideas about healthcare first manifested when she was in charge of the British field hospital during the Crimean war…
