Berlin Quilt Inspiration

We just came back from a minibreak visiting Berlin. While we didn’t have time to visit any quilt shops or to go on any fabric treasure hunt, there was plenty of quilt inspiration anyway. While walking through the streets I spotted several second hand shops, I am sure there would be lots of vintage fabric to discover here. Not open though on a Sunday and no time to go with the husband…

My husband knows, that anytime I ask for the camera to take pictures it will be for quilting motifs. So here are a few of my favourites:

This blue and red ornament was from the Pergamon museum, it depicted the decoration of some palace in Assur (I might be wrong about that, there was LOTs of information...)

I can just imagine using some pastell colours and making a cute little baby quilt out of this. A dresden plate on a backround circle with pieces borders. Onto the background fabric in the corners those leavelike appliqué shapes. Another pieced border, maybe with some other pattern or a vine appliqué to finish it off.'

 This brown star and cross pattern was from the islamic section of the museum. I love how the crosses and stars form a pattern. That would be cute for english paper piecing

In the evening I asked my hubby, what would be a quilt that HE would like. No need to decorate our house only MY style. His answer: "Make me a quilt with the picture of a 17th century fregate. That would keep you occupied for a while!"

What would be a quilt or a pattern, that would make YOU busy for a while???

My teal and brown sampler quilt

This sampler quilt is so far the quilt I like best.
It was made following "Lynne Edwards' New Sampler Quilt Book" and adding a pieced border. Each block introduced a different technique, which was fun to try without dedicating oneself to a whole quilt. It truly forced me to push some my boundaries, but I enjoyed working on it very much. Seven of the twenty blocks were handpieced, too. The reverse applique and the celtic block were my favourites. The schedule was one block per week so the whole quilt took me about 10 months to finish. It was quilted using the quilt-as-you-go technique.

The quilt was sewn on my old sewing maschine without a walking foot so unfortunately a lot of fabric shifting had occured while adding the borders. But I still like it and am very proud of the result.

The pictures are a bit blurry, they were taken indoors.

A baby blanket in pastels

This is the baby blanket for my second child. It was made out of two fat quarter bundles with a dissapearing nine patch pattern. It was my first try on free motion quilting on a friend's Bernina 440QE. Easy, fast and fun. The backing was a light blue fleece blanket. I had a great time making this quilt.

A start to blogger's life

Hello all,
I am a german quilter with two kids and two cats. After the days business is done I like to retreat behind my sewing maschine and relax to the humming sound of the needle and the maschine.

My quilting life started with the birth of my first niece, when I decided I wanted to "make" something for the new life. A baby blanket it should be then. Though I started with scissors and cardboard templates, I was hooked. Already my second quilt was a full sized quilt that took my on and off almost two years to finish (still with scissors...). The next practice pieces were the baby blankets for my own children. There was a long sewing break in between, because my sewing maschine broke and I just could not quite justify to buy a new one. My mom chipped in and borrowed me her old Privileg maschine, simple but sturdy.

Soon it became evident that the old maschine doesn't fit my ambitions anymore and after a few more quilts and a large electricity payment return, we decided now be it and I went sewing maschine shopping. I am proud owner of a Janome Horizon 8900 now and am practicing my freemotion quilting on it (a feature my old maschine didn't have!).

Nowaddays I am almost daily doing something quilty: sewing, planning or looking for new patterns.

My second baby quilt

I am looking forward to comments and critique about my work and hope for active conversation.