Basket for the market - Marktkorb

No, of course not. I won't take it to the farmers market. I will take it to our lovely Fridy sessions

once a month. Filled with sewing things for one whole day with much laughter and chats and

good food stuff - .

My first attempt to pull the wadding through the tunnels failed. Only bits of it came to see the

daylight. The rest stuck inside..

But I learned that I should take another batting - the one that is used for potholders, which

I twisted and rolled, so it was a child's play.

But in the end I learned also that my handles are stuffed a little too firmly.

It is as it is... Namely finished

The finished basket in artificial light. A felt or fabric flower is still in the plan.

And in the sun. I am a little in love with it.

Blossoms and more

It is all blossom against the evening sky - the future crop of

mirabelles - the little round yellow plums, first a little sour and

if we leave them hanging long enough - very sweet and juicy.

It is the view out of our room where the piano is standing.

 

 

 

It is a pity that the fantastic light can't be seen in this photo.

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A collage of the finished "market basket" with handles -

I used exclusively batiks which make the bag somehow stiff.

 

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And here again the cover cloth --- the cat is more friendly now

I cut his moustache - and operated a light smile into his face.

The advantage of such a cloth - it can be changed according to

the creator's mood.

If you are maybe following Jude Hill's blog you will recognize

her "beans". It was an "aha-moment" for me - (thank you Jude, for

this idea). I am slowly filling in spaces with left-over bits of thread...

.... in a colour matching the ajoining squares.

 

 

I found a little embroidery in one of my boxes and thought it

would just fit in. I stitched buttonholes around it and laced it

with the same red cotton a broder. I added two buttonhole lace points

in white. Sorry the tips were cut off by my photographer, ha!

 

I need a little give-away next week when our grammar school class

will meet for lunch in my home-town Stuttgart. So I used again

(how many times already) the tutorial of noodlehead to create

this pouch. It is my favorite tutorial.

I will fill in chocolates!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is ....

.... how a fabric basket comes to being. I used only batiks.

The strips are sewn onto to lining. 40 strips all together.

 

It is gathered at the bottom and stuffed circles (16 cm) are sewn to

it from inside and outside. By hand because I can't reach it by

machine.

 

 

We are in France.....

And now look what this rainy and snow melting season

brings to us.

You know from my photos of last year's innondation

This is all cow meadows. Far away on the horizon the mountain

range of the Vosges can be seen.

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So entsteht ein "Marktkorb" - 40 Streifen, die man während

des Aufnähens auf das Futter ausstopft, werden anschliessend

unten auf einen kleinen Durchmesser eingereiht. Auf die Öffnung

kommen innen und aussen zwei verstärkte Stoffkreise, von Hand.

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Und das bringt uns die Regen- und Schneeschmelze-Saison:

Überschwemmte Kuhweiden - in der Ferne am Horizont

sieht man die Vogesen - ja, wir sind wieder in Frankreich.

 

 

 

 

 

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