Friends...

Thanks!!!!
I wish you all a lovely day!!!!!!
Love, 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.

Feeling...Pinky!!!!

Hello my Friends!!!
how are you today?
It's a hot Saturday here and...a rainstorm is coming...
But, this morning, when I got up, the sun was beautiful in the blue sky...
So, this morning was one of these morning that...I FEEL PINKY...
I looooove pink, it's my favourite color!!!!!
So, I decided to wear my...pink mini-dress:

Take my pink bag...I love it...so pink, so soft and so roomy...

Wear my new pink earrings...and pink sunglasses...

All completed with my fresh pink manicure...LOL...

Sometimes...a simple color, can help to add a bit of sweetness to our lives...

Which is your favourite color?

Which color make you feel better?

Love, Dany.

Enjoying wonderful weather

Hello My Friends!!!!
How are you today?
It's Monday again...GRRR...and a new and busy week started...
But...we can keep our Sunday's memories with us for all the week...

Yesterday the weather was awesome here and...so it's today...
So we went to our mountains...
The scenery was gorgeous!!!

The lake was sooooo blue...and so relaxing...
But the sun was so hot so...I've enjoied a little walk around it...throught the trees...

Surely it's not usual to find a wonderful day like yesterday...especially during the week end...LOL!!!
So we enjoied every single minute of it...

Live music was fun too!!!!

The sun was hot but...there was a summer breeze that was...perfect!!!

What about you?

What did you do yesterday?

Have a wonderful week!!!!!

Love, Dany

Summer DIY Clothes

Hello My Friends!!!!

How is your Sunday going?

Here it's cloudy and cold after the rainstorm we have had last night...

Today...I would love to show you my first attempt to make clothes for myself...

Lately...I've had so much fun working on some very basic and easy clothes for myself...

I found some very cute knit fabrics for 2 euros a piece (and some for FREE!!!) so...I tried to make something...

As the fabrics were very cheap...I tought that...also if I wasn't able to make anything cute with them...I don't wast so much money...

I've got this very cute and happy fabric (the grey one with colorful flowers) for free...a big piece...

So, I made the halter top and the ruffle skirt...

This is so summery, happy and...I feel so confortable wearing it!!!!

But...I still had another piece of this fabric so...

I made myself a dress too...

It was so much fun experimenting, adding elastics...

I love the way it turned out!!!

Next one was the purple one...

I combined 2 different kinds of fabrics, addedd ruffles...cut here...sew there and...voilà...this is the result...

I forgot to say that...I didn't use any pattern for them...

Just...tought to something and...tried to realize it!

Ok, this is the last one...for one day to the beach...

Lovely colors...and easy fit!

I have to say that...I'm satisfied about my attempts and...as I've had so much fun...I surely will try to make something else...

Did you ever tried to sew clothes?

I'd love to hear from you!!!!

I wish you all a nice Sunday!!!!!

Love, Dany

My 4th of July Cheese Cake

Hello my Friends!!
I would love to show you some pics of the cheese cake I baked for celebrate 4th of July..


I decorated it with blueberries for the blue, raspberries for red and banana for white...

Then I printed two American flags and put them on it and ...voila !!!
It was so delicious and my family loved it!!!!

Did you cook something special for the 4th?
Love, Dany