...tomte-making with my assistant.
Little did I know when I moved my studio home last Summer that I would have so much to sew during nap-time! I didn't want to spend money on the rent while satying at home with F. Back to where I once started it feels! I opened my Etsy shop 9 years ago when my son was one. Baby F will turn one the 15th! Time flies by so quickly!
We have been working a lot with patches lately! Well, you know I always do, but together with my trainee Nadja we have made a bunch of peek a boo baby quilts during the last month. We only used what I had on my shelves, a mix of new and fleamarket fabrics. It was a creative challenge to find the right fabrics for each quilt, when I had decided not to order any new fabrics for the quilts, but a very fun challenge it was, and I did have enough to choose from and my shelves are not empty yet... Here is one of our favourite quilts, a very springy one that is now available in my shop!
Under the flaps you will find some appliqued pictures to peek at together with the baby. A kitty...
A piggy...
And a doggy dog!
For the backing I found a really nice baby blue gingham sheet.
One more patchy thing before I wish you all a happy weekend! A brand new print of a little elephant going off on an adventure in her home made hot air balloon! It's available in the shop.
Happy weekend everyone! I am enjoying the silent early hours myself, when the rest of the house is still sleeping!
Det är bara januari och jag har redan lyckats få två lapptäcken quiltade. Tror att lapptäcken ska vara lite av ett tema i år. Drömmer alltid om att få sy större arbeten, tröttnar aldrig på att kombinera tyger i olika färger och mönster och nu ska jag göra slag i saken! Allra bäst tycker jag om enkla mönster som i det här fisktäcket. Här har jag utgått från tyget med fiskarna i mitten, som är min egen design. Det går att köpa via Spooonflower.
Jag har blandat friskt med nya och återanvända tyger. Gillar skarpt att lyfta fram loppistyger i ett nytt fräscht babytäcke.
It's only January and I've already finished two quilts! Very proud of myself :) This means I must be allowed to start cutting patches for some new ones, right? The fishy center piece in this quilt is my own print, that is available at Spoonflower. I used both new and fleamarket fabrics for the quilt and I must say I love giving old fabrics a new fresh start in a baby quilt!
På jullovet sprang jag en del på loppis och blev så glad när jag fick syn på en soffa som, trots att den var något solblekt hade "det". Den är mysig och inbjudande och när jag upptäckte att den dessutom är utrustad med bäddmekanism (sängdelen ser helt oanvänd ut) slog vi till!
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Nästan alla våra möbler är från loppis. Lampskärmen, som jag tror är finsk design (Printex?) är köpt i en lokal Köp- och säljaffär. Soffbordet, som vi fixat upp och målat är från ett nedlagt sjukhus. Tavlan med rosenskärorna har min mamma målat! Hon har också stickat de randiga sockorna på nästa bild!
Unnade mej en bukett tulpaner till helgen. De står på bordet och inger hopp om att våren kommer i år också!
Quilten är sydd av linnetyger. Egentligen hade jag tänkt sy ett överkast till sovrummet, men när den nya soffan flyttade in insåg jag att det blir en perfekt mysfilt! Jag har ett lager polyestervadd emellan och blev överraskad över hur lätt det gick att quilta trots att linne brukar vara knepigt att använda då man syr i lappteknik. Allt går att kvilta bara man nålar ordentligt!
We found a really nice sofa at the thriftstore a few weeks ago and I relised that I had the perfet lap quilt on the go for it! I stitched the quilt top together last Summer, but was a bit scared of doing the quilting, because linen can be quite tricky to use for patchwork, but it was a success! So this is my favoruite spot at home right now. In the sofa with a good book, under my new blanket with tulips on the table reminding me of the fact that Spring will come this year too!
I have a weak spot for old, embroidered textiles, the more traces of life they have, like coffee staines and holes, the more I like them! Now, in darkest November I find that creating unique fairy-angels out of these much loved old fabrics a very good occupation. Greta here looked a bit scary before she got her face and hair-do.
I made Greta's dress from a linen table cloth. The hand-embroidery on her pocket comes from an old tea-towel. She's got linen hair too.
Now here she is, with a hair-do suitable for an angel named Greta with rosy cheek in close conversation with her friend Matilda. Can you hear the chit-chat? I find myself talking to and laughing with (not at!) my new friends! For Matilda's dress I used a worn-out tea-towel with a very pretty monogramme.
Greta and Matilda with their tomte friend Ulla-Britta! I think they are waving to you! Hello everyone!
This is my favourite spot to sit in my studio. It is where I sit down with a cup of coffee to check my e-mails in the morning, where I do my books and where I sit and stuff my tomte softies. Yes, it's elf season again! The very comfy chair was a gift from a friend and the chalk-board door I found at a flea-market. It inspired me to take some new pictures for the shop!
But first there was some sewing...
...and elf stuffing going on. These little guys are very hungry.
What I enjoy most at elf making season is combing fabrics for these little patchwork fellows.
In the shop I am selling them in groups of three, because they are not very used to be alone. I have a feeling that there is some serious giggling and whispering going on in the studio when I am away.
For the bigger tomte softies I have been collecting Christmas fabrics at flea-markets the whole year. Torsten here got a pretty dress with snowflakes and toad-stools.
And here is Elmer on my favourite chair!
Have a nice weekend!
Next weekend I am taking part in Konstrundan, an open studios event, which means there is a great deal of tidying up going on here in my studio. My trainee Jennifer is helping out and has been busy all day ironing and folding fabrics. Guess which shelf she is done with?
Fall is in the air so I wanted to bring the season into the shop and composed a harvest teamed cushion.
I've also bought two skeins of yarn, which seems to happen every year this time. Now I hope that I will have a pretty shawl to show off in a month or so!
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...
These two pillows have returned from a shop that I hadn't heard from in two years. I assume they have been tucked away in a cupboard for some time now. I had totally forgotten about them myself, so I haven't been crying over them! If you are selling handmade goods on commission in your shop, please give them some loving care, someone put their heart in making those things! I am glad I got my cushions back! The good thing is that these are both designs that I haven't made for a long time and they are going right into my Etsy shop!
Yesterday I got inspired and stitched together a quilt top for a baby quilt. My inspiration was a 8''x8'' (20x20cm) test swatch of my fish fabric from Spoonflower. I tried some different displays.
And decided to go with a frame around the fish, because I really wanted them to "pop".
I used a mix of new and recycled fabrics.
And the finished quit top! I am planning some black quilting for the white frame.
Happy weekend!
Artist, crafter, mother of two, blogger, small business owner... Author of the sewing book Scandinavian Stitches. (Stashbooks)
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