Autumn fruit, biking and scrap destashing

Neighbor‘s exchange of garden harvest

Some of our thousand apples - they are not big - but taste so good

and are totally biological

From  Frau K. we got those wonderful and lovely tasting tomatoes and

two yellow zucchinis - all eaten or transformed and in jars 

Eating out on Sunday
Not for vegetarians! We love meat but what is too much is too much.

This is one serving - made of two large escalopes (Schnitzel) - 

we took most of it home in a „doggy bag“ and had

enough for three more days.

Again able to bike - after the accident in the flooded basement

and weather is more than lovely - it is warm - it is October 

Combining a few scraps 

- will this be something or not?

I am starting euphorically something  - after two days I come down

to normal and usually don‘t like anymore what I made the night before.

 

We will see - or maybe not......

Bookcover

My diary is used very much, everywhere, so I prefer to have this

envelope around it to keep the book from looking hackneyed

I started this one two years ago and it will still last for one year, 

aproximately.

I left a diagonal opening to keep a pen ready for writing




It is the backside, a scrap cut from a waistcoat

which I made several years ago. I didn‘t like to wear it 

and made a Japanese knotted bag of it.  

here fixing the bottom



I loved the technique how the fabric is constructed:

Cut-outs from different fabrics and raw-edge appliqued on to a 

background fabric 

A cut-out flower for the backside of the diary



Front inside - a place to keep treasured things - here a smiling granddaughter

(old photo )

Many empty pages left for future happenings.

Each day one scrap

Three scraps - some stitches - oh, a house came out and maybe

a lake. A French-knot-cloud and some rain.

This ist to test the new blog-app.

Pincushion

Finally enough place for needles

made of all sorts of scraps

  

When I started to try pulled threads i used an even weave fabric

which was no good, for the threads couldn't be pulled apart.

so I tossed it into the scrap box. From there I took it out two years later

to make something useful of it.

A pincushion embellished with vintage lace, bullion knots and flowery scraps.

      Christiane's quilt 2014

The pincushion

Very simple pattern

That's what I started with scraps

to occupy my hands while talking with family - friends or

watching TV -

Joining by hand is so calming - it will take much time

but there is no deadline

Mila (10) learnt how to make the friendship bracelet knots

I - the grandmother - started the one below - it is a bit

more complicated. I am often using the blunt needle to

unpick wrong knots.

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Our town Karlsruhe is constructing the sub-tramway

It looks like that. Nevertheless the 300th birthday-

celebrations are going on.

The hanging house with its roots down from the bottom (I showed

it in the last post) is being placed on a metal construction during night.

A guy is watching over it all day long and manipulating the house

by crane, turning it into different positions.

No accident below with the Volkswagen VW but ...

an installation.

And Karlsruhe the castle by night with the crowd of people

without us.

 

 

A bunch of scrappy plants

I love free patchwork and I have a full box of scraps

So what would be nearer than making something out of them?
This is a first concept.

I don't throw away anything, every little scrap disappears in this box
and today was the moment and the decision made.
I want to create something of it.

I took a linen pillow case out of my stash and cut it in two parts.
I bought it years ago second-hand ---- a wonder of a find, for less than
an apple and an egg (as we say). Linen!
Now I am looking for lightish scraps to form a back ground

Oh gosh. A thread came out, too - it looks like a bird but it will not
play any role in this drama ----- after a few minutes it wasn't to be seen anymore.
The chaos is great in the beginning.

After reflecting quite some time and also at night I came to the conclusion
that it would be best to stick the fabric scraps to the background with this
special "Hi-Tech" (what a name) fabric glue - just a little bit so they won't move
when I go over them with the machine.

Like that. With a multi-coloured Madeira machine embroidery thread
which I love.
I hope you have as much fun as I.

Korak - an old technique

In the language of DH - Croatian - it means 'step'.

if you "google" it you will find different explanations. But 'step' is

so reasonable and evident for me because it really is sewn step

by step and by hand. Type the following address and you will find out more

http://eclectic-meanderings.blogspot.fr/2012/10/korak-patchwork.html

Or "google" Ruth Tschudy, she has published a book "Korak"

(which I do not own, yet)

 

What I need: Many pins and small scraps - I cut them in advance

strips 7 cm and 5 cm.

The scraps are folded in half and then sewn down with small
quilting stitches.

I am sewing it directly onto the wrong side of the backing fabric
to create small blocks - hoping for inspiration what to make of them
when there are enough - may be a little wall quilt or another keyboard-quilt.
(I am not able to properly link to other sites at the moment, sorry)

Mit Blogsy veröffentlicht

The Day before Christmas...

....it was looking like that on our table - not my working table but the dining table

It was so spectacular that I took a thermal image of this still life

to abstract things a little.

 

The table was covered with books, greeting cards, envelopes, 

catalogues, coffee and cookies in the china bowl.

 

The bowl is white but in the thermal image it shows red

with a blue shade

it seems to be warmer than other objects on the table

 

 

The thermal image

 

I went to my orderly room and started to make the little quilt ....

(36 x 27 cm)

and a great disorder

 

 

 

 

 

I read somewhere - if I knew where I would be happy and could

thank the blogger for this idea -

"if you don't really want to make big things just make small"

 

So I took the thermal image and made a quick sketch

without taking measures or anything like that.

Just a few pencil strokes

 

 

 

I cut out the major shapes -

the mug and the bowl.

 

 

 

then I was looking for the right scraps in one of my

scrap bags

The plate and mug are made from hand-dyed fabric

all in the thermal image colours

every scrap top-stitched and free machine quilted.

 

I did, I undid and redid again the binding

 

 

 

 

(till DH was satisfied)

and me, too.

 

I wrote a text on the bottom by machine which says:

 

 

The Day before Christmas at A&D's