Merry christmas 2016 everyone!

This is it. Christmas Eve 2016. What a year!

Advent wreath

We are visiting the grandparents, so I had the chance to take a picture of a table runner I gave them a couple of years ago. I love the pattern! Simple squares of assorted christmas and red fabrics, together with simple eight-pointed stars in yellow. I quilted simple wavy lines across the length.

Christmas table runner

I used cut and sewed and cut and sewed. In the end I had material for four runners and matching oven mittens. :-)

Detail of table runner

This project was before someone told me how to do the binding properly. At some time I will need to fix this :-)

Are there things you constantly did "wrong" or more complicated before someone told you? What are some things you could measure your quilting-progress?

End of the year thoughts?

We are living now in the middle of the run towards christmas, the mid-end of december rush of the year. And yet it is also time to reflect on the year that has passed, to think what we have achieved, and to ponder where we could do better.

Of course that includes a quick review of the quilts finished this year. My overall yield of quilts was depressingly low this year, mainly due to work and schedule problems. This is not a complaint, I feel truly priviliged to have work and my life is richer than ever. Nevertheless, next year, I surely want to give my hobby a bigger priority than I did in 2016.

Below a scrap quilt, that was lying in top-staged for the longest time. I found a deal for a suitable back fabric in august and quilted simple crossing serpentines with the walking food of my maschine. I gave it to our neighbour yesterday, because I used many of the scraps she had given me.

Some colours in the white-grey snowy landscape.

For this project I had cut up all my leftovers strips and patches into suitable length and width. They were foundation pieced on very 25 x 25 cm squares of very old and very thin bedlinen. Sewing took place either as "leaders and enders" during other projects or every now and then a square or two by itself. After all squares were covered in strips, all of them were squared up and sewn together in a diamond manner.

I loved going through my scraps and remember the rpojects they were used in :-) THere was definitely a green and a turquoise time. Oh and all the pinks!

 spread on the snow.....

How are your thoughts concerning 2016? Any plans for 2016?

Have a great holiday season!