Imagine the relief when I sent off my part of the Christmas book to the publishers and could move on to Summer projects! The weather is on my side, it is warm and everything is turning green, finally!
We had a picnicin the forest yesterday among all the wood anemones, the best of ways to spend Mother's Day!
I got these slightly dated and stained 1980's marimekko fabrics from a friend, the quality of the cotton is great and the blue painted canvas-like surface inspired me to make a small collection inspired by the sea. The sailing boat above is going to be a cushion.
Ta mej till havet (Take me to the sea) is a traditional Swedish song that seems to reflect my current light-hearted state of mind...
I really like the bright pink letters against the dreamy blue...
I quilted some free motion wave shapes with teal thread (Sulky from gütermann, the thicker quality, I love that thread!).
The letters are appliquéd with vibrant neon thread, hard to catch with the camera!
And there it is on the wall in our studio shop! Welcome! My messy studio is hidden behind that white door...
I am glad to hear you like my style Chiara! Thank you for commenting on my blog! You can e-mail me at kajsa (dot) wikman (at) google.com
Posted by: Kajsa Wikman | 19 May 2013 at 08:51 AM
Hallo Kajsa, I've been following your blog for months but never left a comment :-/ I adore your work and naive sweetness, I'm a sewing blogger, too. I'd like to write you an email but I can't open the email section, maybe because I have no Outlook but use Google mail.
Hope to hear from you and happy creativity!
Chiara
Posted by: chiara | 16 May 2013 at 04:57 PM
when i saw this writing had to immediately listen to Ulf Lundells "när jag kysser havet"...som e så bra!!
Posted by: annie | 14 May 2013 at 10:37 PM
I wish you could come too Ruth, maybe one day! This is a charming village!
Posted by: Kajsa Wikman | 14 May 2013 at 08:52 AM
Hi Andrea! I use heat bond for all my raw edge appliqué! The technique is described in my book Scandinavian stitches :)
Posted by: Kajsa Wikman | 14 May 2013 at 08:51 AM
It's very pretty and fun. Would you please share what you used for the cursive letters?
Tack!
Andrea in Minnesota
Posted by: Andrea | 14 May 2013 at 02:25 AM
Beautiful wall hanging. I love the glimpse into your studio shop. Wish I could visit in person.
Posted by: Ruth | 14 May 2013 at 01:10 AM