Patchwork Placemat

 Hello My Friends!!!!
How are you today?
I'm feeling better after the flu finally!!! YAY!!!
I'm still a bit tired and I still have a bit of cold but...definitely...I feel better!

I'd like to show you my new colorful placemat...
 I know...it's not an awesome or incredible project...I did much better in the past but...this is the 1st one of my new life...

I found so hard to find the "love of sewing" again...I think I'm a bit depressed and this is not nice...
So...I really loved to sew this easy and small project for get instant gratification ! LOL!!!
It has a patchwork centre realized with scraps of fabrics...
Then I sewed laces on 2 of the edges and added borders all around...

Quilted it  all and...hand sewed the binding ( this is my favourite part...I found hand sewing the binding sooooo relaxing!!!!)
And...TADAAAAA...it's done!!!

It looks great on my new table and make me happy!!!
Now...my next project will be a table topper...
I bought this new white square table, I love it so much!
But...I'd like to have a fun and happy table topper on it...maybe something that change every season...

Ok...that's all for today...
What are you working on?
I'd love to hear from you!
In the meantime...I wish a lovely day to you all!!!!
Hugs, Dany.

Scrap Quilt Update

Today was a day off here in Italy so...I worked on my scrap quilt again...
I've started to piece all the nine patch blocks...

Lately I sewed some little things like pouches, bags...but...it was too much time that I didn't work on a quilt so...I'm very excited!!!!

I 've started this morning to piece, had a break for fix lunch and then...go ahead sewing for all the aftenoon...

I made a total of 40 nine patch blocks (in the pic you can see 9 rows but they are 10...), plus 40 plain block for a total of 80 blocks...
As I decided to try the "As you Go" method for quilting my quilt, I sewed all the blocks in rows, assembling together 4 big pieces of 20 blocks each...

So now, as the 4 parts are not so big, it should be easier to quilt them...
Hopefully...it will not be too much tricky to join them together after they are quilted but...I can't know this until...I'll do it...

Anyway, I love the way it turned out mixing and matching all these colorful fabrics...
I've had lot of fun today working on the quilt and...it keeps my mind busy...
I strongly need this...not a nice period here...
I'll keep you posted about the quilting and assembling part...
I wish you all a lovely day!!!!!
Love, Dany.

My Scraps' Box

Hello my Friends!!!!
How are you today?
Here the weather is...grey, cloudy and we have tons of angry mosquitos all around...
Let me say that... I HATE them but probably...they LOOOOOVE me...
I have a gazillion of mosquitos bites every where and this is just driving me crazy...GRRRR!!!
If you have some suggestions to prevent or to "survive" to mosquitos bites...PLEASE...let me know!!!!

Anyway...today I would love to show you my treasury box, aka my box full of fabrics scraps...

Isn't it amazing how many scraps you collect during years?
Every project you make.... produces new scraps...LOL!!!!
And...I don't know what about you but...I can not throw away even the smallest piece so...now...I've ended up with this...LOL!!!!

Today I decided to make something with my scraps so...I selected few of them, the biggest pieces...

Pressed them...

And cut them in 2.5" squares

Now they are ready to be pieced in a colorful quilt!!!

To be honest...I think I have enought material cutted for a couple of quilts...

I'm going to piece them in nine patch blocks, with a neutral background.

And, as I'm going to make a lap quilt, I would like to try to quilt it with the "As you Go" method, I've never tried it before...

Did you ever try it?

Do you have scraps?

And...what are you going to make with them?

I'd love to hear from you!!!

I wish you all a lovely Sunday!

Dany.