Pincushion Swap Unveiling

I was the lucky recipient of Hilde's pincushion in the Swap I took part recently.  But's not all; she also included a box of Clover Patchwork Pins as well as a packet of paper hearts for paper piecing.

I love the "mushroom pincushion" with the little hidden compartment in the base. Perfect for small odds and ends (like the band-aid Hide put it in case of an emergency). She also put in a couple of cute buttons and a length of lovely ribbon. Thanks very much Hilde!

And this is the pincushion I made. It went all the way to Val in Brazil. 

I hand pieced it using the English Paper Piecing technique then hand quilted it.

Thanks Hilde and Hilde for organizing this swap. I hope it wasn't the last time ;). If you would like to see more lovely creations go here.

Happy Sewing!
Vreni

And the Charm Pack goes to:

Homemade from the Heart said... "Great giveaway! Thanks for a chance to win!"

Congratulations "Homemade from the Heart". I've sent you a separate email.

Thanks to everyone who left a comment. There were 350 all together, which left me speechless, literally (and that doesn't happen too often ;).

Cheers

Vreni


I have not been able to contact the winner of the
Charm Pack. If I still haven't heard by Monday, 30th of May, I
will draw a new winner.

Another Giveaway

Since the response to my last give away was so awesome, I though I'll take part in the May Giveaway Day hosted by Sew, Mama, Sew.

Click on the button and find out more and to see the list of the participating blogs (I think the list will be up on Monday morning)

Here's my humble offering:

Charm Pack "9" by Sanae for Moda

To enter this giveaway, please leave a comment and if you are a follower, please leave a second comment to this effect for an additional chance. Please make sure that I have a way to contact you if you are the winner, such as a link to your blog or an email address. This giveaway is open until the 25th of May and to anyone, no matter where you live. I will draw a random winner on the 26th of May.

Good luck!

Cheers

Vreni

Home, sweet home!

I don't know about you, but I love coming home from a holiday. As much as I like travelling, there's no better place than home. But I have enjoyed being "home" in Switzerland; have enjoyed the food, the shopping and of course meeting up with family and friends.

But I've promised you photos, so here they are:

Our first stop was Dubai; we had a lovely trip into the desert, 

and saw the highest tower (880 m).

 Then we arrived in Switzerland. The weather was fantastic; apparently it was the driest and warmest April in history (or something like that). It was the first time in 25 years that I was there in Spring and I've so enjoyed seeing all the flowers in full bloom.

 This is the farm where my mother grew up. I've spend a lot of time there as a child and I always love visiting as it brings back many happy memories. By the way; the farmhouse dates back to 1763 and has been in my mothers family for 5 generations.

The next stop was Boston. Here too, Spring was very much apparent.

The highlight was DS graduation. It was held at the TD Garden.

It was a bit like "Looking for Waldo"

Oh here he is (the one in the middle, not looking too happy). 

 My "boys"

Next time I'll show you the goodies I brought back with me. I've gone slightly crazy with buying fabrics, but then one has to take advantage when one has the chance, don't you agree?

Cheers

Vreni 

..... and the winners are:

The Hullabaloo Layer Cake by Moda goes to: 
Flo @ Butterfly Quilting , who said...

What an amazing give away! I love all this fabric!

Enjoy your vacation, travel safe.

The Bali Pops Strawberry Fields Jelly Roll goes to:
Mumma's Mini Me's - Kym, who said....
I am a follower :) Thanks for the giveaway.

And last but not least


The Modern Workshop Jelly Roll by Moda goes to:
Cassie  who said...
I've blogged about the giveaway!


Congratulations to the winners and thanks everybody for playing along. It's been fun!


I will be back with photos of our trip next week after returning home. In the meantime, take care and Happy Quilting.


Vreni 

It's Give Away and Holiday Time!

Before I swan off on holiday I thought it's time for a little give away... or two.... or three!

The first one is for everybody who leaves a comment on this post. Your name is going into the hat for this:

 Hullabaloo Layer Cake by Moda

And if you blog about this give away then you'll stand to win this. Please also leave  a comment, telling me where you blogged about it.

Bali Pops Strawberry Fields

And last but not least; this one is one for my loyal followers (old and new) only. Again,  leave a message that says that you are "following" and your name will go in the draw for this:

 Modern Workshop Jelly Roll by Moda

The give away is open to everybody, no matter where you live.  The last day to enter will be the 9th of May and I will draw three random winners upon my return. I will get in touch with the winners, so please make sure I have a way to contact you. Good luck everybody.

The suitcases are packed and we are ready to go early tomorrow morning. We'll have a little stop in the desert (Dubai) on our way to Switzerland. At the beginning of May we'll  whiz over to Boston for DS graduation. I can't believe my baby is graduating University!
I hope to pop in here from time to time, but don't bank on it.
In the meantime, take care.
Vreni

The fastest quilt ever!

Of course I had to drop everything and give it a go. I didn't use a jelly roll; mostly because I didn't want to "waste" my lovely Bliss roll, but also because I didn't want to make it quite as big. I used mostly scraps.

After I've finished sewing all the strips together it looked rather colourful, and not necessarily in a good way. I appliquéd some flowers on as it's meant to be a baby quilt. And there's another reason for the flowers as I had to patch over where I had -  once again - cut into the top while snipping off stray threads. I've lost count how many times I've done that. One would think one would learn, but sadly not me ;(.

 All ready to go to a local quilt shop which is collecting baby quilts to send to Japan.

And it seems it has become a bit of a tradition of late to show you the boxes I  or my friends have made during our workshop. Last week we ditched quilting in favor of box making during our quilt group meeting. I think everyone enjoyed it and was quite pleased with the results.

We're off on our home leave (I'm still calling it that, although I consider Singapore home now) later in the week. But I'm back before that for a little give away. So watch this space.

Vreni