This stitchery design was a free pattern from NorthernQuilts - I whipped up 3 of these this evening whilst watching TV!!! I used a varigated thread, and some lavender coloured scraps of fabric - now I just need to invest in some more dried lavender to fill the other 2 bags :)
This stitchery design was a free pattern from NorthernQuilts - I whipped up 3 of these this evening whilst watching TV!!! I used a varigated thread, and some lavender coloured scraps of fabric - now I just need to invest in some more dried lavender to fill the other 2 bags :)
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A few weeks ago, I wrote a blogpost about this baking cloth - my blogging friends May Britt and Hanne had this on their blogs - and I ordered the pattern and kit from NorthernQuilts. Well, I made a start on the stitchery - this linen was beautiful to sew on. I finished the stitchery this morning.... .....then added the inner border, blocks and outer border - it was so quick and easy to make..... ..... and in no time at all it was finished!! I quilted it very simply, "stitch-in-the-ditch", and then just "cross-hatched" across the squares. It matches my very large pink pastry bowl! My friend Brenda bought me this pastry bowl a couple of years ago, and it's great for baking bread - next time I bake some, I'll have a very pretty baking cloth to cover the dough. A few days ago, I commented in a blogpost that I'd already bought something from the NorthernQuilts website, and here it is - "Julehjerter" (translated this means Christmas Hearts). And no, it's not completed yet - (don't get too excited) - but I have finished the stitchery hearts... ...this BOM has been running for 4 months, and each month I received the traceable pattern and full instructions(in English - wooohooo!! - no need for Google Translate!!). The final part has arrived, and now I just need to have a rummage in my box of Christmas fabrics to pick out something suitable for the blocks and borders and binding - when it is completed, it can be a cloth for the table or a wall hanging.
In an earlier blogpost, I wrote that May Britt and Hanne were having a competition on their blogs, to win a pattern for an embroidered baking cloth (here in the UK we don't use anything as nice as this, and usually in the Foreman kitchen, any old T-towel will do!!) - well, I didn't win the competition, but never one to be deterred, I ordered the pattern and fabrics to make the baking cloth directly from NorthernQuilts. It arrived promptly, and the fabrics are lovely - especially the linen, which is really beautiful, and this will be my first Norwegian project for 2011..... ...and I'd also done a little bit of shopping over here at Lappelåven(Patchwork Barn), and ordered this beautiful kit to make another AnnAKa pattern "Høytidsengler" (translated means Holiday Angels) - I had already bought the pattern a while ago, from Lapp-Elisa Quilts, and this will be my 2nd Norwegian project for 2011, ready for my dining table NEXT Christmas. How organised is that??!! This kit has all the buttons and embroidery thread to complete the runner, and the fabrics are beautiful.
Oh dear..... I didn't win the competition over on May Britte's and Hanne's blogs :( The prize was a pattern to make a beautiful baking cloth - these are traditionally used in Scandinavia (I just use a plain, boring T-towel to cover my baking!!) - anyway, the patterns were from NorthernQuilts so I've had a little peek at their website and found the pattern - and also a kit to make this baking cloth. I have ordered patterns from this Norwegian shop before (more about that in a future blog post, where you'll see what I've been busy sewing ready for Christmas), and been really pleased with their prompt service, so I couldn't resist buying this..... the next time I bake cheese scones, they'll be covered with a beautiful cloth instead of a manky looking - oooops - I mean a plain boring T-towel :)
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