Giveaway

Hu hu!!

It is summer-flower-vintage-sheet giveaway time!!

I have way too much vintage sheets to ever use up and as I am sure that we are not the only ones who have to keep an eye on their budget this days so I`d like to share my surplus!

If you leave a comment telling me witch ones you like most you will get a part of them ( apr. one meter of each)

I will draw 2 winners ( random) on the 1. of August ( Including firework and all because it will be on the Swiss national day!! )

Now good luck I hope you will be lucky...

Summer is good

Hydrangea, my favorites

It pays off not using chemicals in the garden. It is years since I saw one like this the last time!

A little bit of work and..

A little bit of relaxing.

Yes!

Summer is very good.

Hope you have a nice sunny day

Unexpected vacation

You all know about the economical situation all around the world. In the enterprise where my husband is working they are on short labour since April this year. Things did not get better since and so the management decided to close down business for the whole month of July...

So there we were with a looot of time to-and a bit less of money to spend!

And then our neighbour suggested we could take their caravan and head off...wow!!

And we did it.

I changed a shift in the hospital and in less than 24 hours we had packed and were on the road to here.

And then we went in the mountains and the temperature changed, verrry much!

There was snow falling down to 1500m. !!

But the weather was fine enough to make some nice walks.

Enjoying stunning views.

In this area most of the houses are beautifully painted.

But for now, there is laundry and gardening time around here, then my scheduled shift has to be catch ed up but i really hope to find a tiny little bit of crafting time here and there. I had time to make many many plans for many many projects...

...Including a

GIVEAWAY

I was thinking about since a little while.

So stay tuned

A lucky girl ..

..that's what I am! I recived a package from Australia today. Rachel was my partner in the pincushion swap and look how generous she is, added all these goodies...she also included a quilt pattern from Leanne's House but I already unwrapped it and forgot to put it back for the picture!

Look at these tiny,tiny stitches...

...and the fabric...and the pattern....!!
A lucky girl I am, indeed!
THANK you so much Rachel.


Hope you all have a lucky day too!

Time for me

I had a little time for myself today and of course I spend it sewing. I made a notebook cover out of some Amy Butler fabric. It is for Lynn's Kindergarten teacher. I didn't follow a pattern just mesured and sewed along.

This vintage pillowcase was waiting to become a lovely nightgown ever since I bought it last winter. Today was the day and I would love to wear it myself...

I wish you sweet dreams

Week end

It is very hard to find girls clothes in other colours than pink. Not that I don't like pink but pleeease, not eeeverything!!

Lynn needed a new jacket and after an other overdose of purple-lilac-rose in the girls section, I tried my luck in the boys departement.

I was lucky and found a plain red jacket! ( It is also very hard to find boys clothes without any cars, monsters etc.)

So I brought this treasure home and started to make it "girly", added some yoyo flowers and tried myself in embroidery for the first time. Oh la la, fun, fun fun is all I can say about it...I can see so many projects in this direction....Arrrgh why can't I stay focused just on one or at least only two, no three....crafty techniques!

I also finished the " giant-disapearing-ninepatch" quilt top. See there is one more answer to my question post...
I had these fatquarters in my stash and then tuk tuk, cut cut, more tuk tuk and voila a quilttop done!

now i have to deside for the back....

We also did some harvesting

Herbs drying for those cool -winter-hot-tea-time-days. Far away now, but sure to come.


Happy new week for all of you

Varicella

Leo has a varicella infection! Poor boy and although I really love dots, I prefere them on fabric or mugs.

This means that we are more or less attached to the house.

Which means Leo is more or less attached to me ..

..which means I can't do anything than pamper him, reading stories or building huge towers with his Legos. ( In the meantime the dish-, laundry- and dust towers are building up also...



So I was thinking I could invite you to a short stroll to our house. Just showing you a few spots.
I am a home deco magazine addict and just love to see pictures of interiors. ant I KNOW there are others like me out there.
I'm not alone.
Please say yes!

I have allways flowers in the house. So I can never have too many glass vases.

Flowers on the wall of Lynn's room.The spot in the grass is lipstick. My VERY RED kind of VERY LONG LASTING lipstick!

Leo's room is decorated in a nautic theme. The live buoy is fom my husbands grandparents sailing boat. They were sailing around the world for 5 years after retiering.

My favorite place to browse in those mentioned magazines or knit or snuggle up with the children and their books or thinking about new crafting projects or....

A corner of the bathroom.

Actually the only one presentable.

You remember, the Lego towers !

This table is the result of one quick trip to the thrift store, one can of black spray paint and one black spot in the lawn of the backyard.

Et voila !




I love vintage soda bottles. The white one I carried for several weeks in my backpack while traveling around New Zealand.

I was young
and strong
and crazy.



Fortunately the weather is better now and we can also escape in to the garden and at last enjoy some summer days


And fill up with vitamines.

I hope you are all in good health.

That's what matters the most after all.