Christmas cards and some stitching

Good morning! I wrote this post yesterday but my internet wasn´t my best friend then. But now it´s kind to me again, so here it comes, yesterday´s post.

When I came down to my studio this morning I made a decision, my autumn bag will follow me to Stockholm and the Sewing Festival next weekend. Three days left, I´m in a hurry!

Two stitcheries were finished today and the quilting is done. No picture yet of the quilting, will show you that one tomorrow.

Berries....

....and a leaf.

Tomorrow I will do the stitchery for the front side pocket, make the bottom part and the handle and....depends on time....but I hope I will make it before Friday!

Couldn´t keep my fingers away from my log cabins, now they are eleven. I need about 80....

This evening was a crafting evening in my studio. We were five friends who made Christmas cards.

Here are Eva, Karin and Birgitta....

....and Brita.

Take a look at the table, a creative mess.

Later we needed a break and ordered pizza.

A lot of creativity and stuff, who will clean up....?

What do you think?

Here are some of the cards I made. "God Jul", that´s "Merry Christmas" in Swedish.

We had a lot of fun and couldn´t stop.....quite late back home....need some sleep.....

Take care,

Helena

Wow! What an angel!

I´m feeling so happy and surprised. What an angel, today is my lucky, lucky day!

When I opened the parcel I found this letter, written on angel paper....

My angel is Cheryl from Australia.

This is the first one I found in that parcel, how beautiful, really love it, and need it...

.... and look at that perfect stitchery, and the colours and.....wow!

Here is the second one, a needle case with that cute angel stitchery, wonderful!

Number three, this cute little bag with lovely stitchery and lovely fabrics!

I didn´t stop with that, here comes number four, a big one, what a pin cushion, so gorgeous!

This little cat was number five, he´s very cute, do you see the button?

I also got these fabrics, lovely......

......and buttons, I love buttons!

Can you understand that I think I must be the luckiest girl in the world.... what an angel!

Thank you very, very very........much, Cheryl!!!!!

In my last post I promised a picture of my Christmas angel, this is how she looks today:

Still some stitchery left!

She has golden hair.......

Enough for today, now I have to go back to my beutiful gifts and just enjoy them. Once again, thank you!

Hugs from a lucky one,

Helena

Cough, snuffle and a red nose....

The worst cold in world history, I´m sure, has visited me last week. Today I´m feeling a little bit better, I can breath again and I can use my hands for other things than blowing my nose. Blogging for example, and stitching....

Before that cold hit me I finished the projects for Stitcher´s Angel swap. The parcel was put in the mailbox the last day, but that´s me. Last minute but not too late....

These four things were wraped and sent away, far away... where to is still a secret... will tell you when it has arrived by....

A close up, this bag is my own design.



This basket is from Pink Penguin, fun and easy to make....

And this last one is my own design.....an angel stitched on front....

.....hearts on the back side.....

....and pockets, a pin cushion and a little stitchery inside.

Tonight I´m stitching on the Christmas Angel, I will take a picture tomorrow.

She will become beautiful, I think, golden hair.....

Before I go back to my angel I will show you my pumpkin pie from last week.

It was yummy!

Stitching time! My angel is waiting for me!

Take care, out there, and watch out for colds....

Helena

OOPS!! I did it again!

Today I´ve started on a new project, some log cabin scrap blocks. It´s not a very serious project, just had to try... Found the idea in a magazine and just had to try... Only one or a couple...this evening I made almost four.... It was fun, maybe I can made them now and then when I need something easy as a little break....

Yesterday I was in Malmö together with my mother and daugther. We visited my sister and did some shopping. Of course there were fabric that had to go home with me.

Red and green, and some pieces of flanell, for My Christmas Angel. I had planned to buy them, so ok.

Roses and dots, they are for a quite big project I have in my mind. A quilt with a heart and love theme.... stitcheries.... applique.... I have to collect the fabrics...so that´s ok.

These fabrics just looked at me and showed all their beauty. I couldn´t say no, is that ok?

Today I´ve been back at Syverkstan again and I have had another stitching day.....

Some hearts left to stitch, but the quilting is done. Tomorrow I will add the binding and then; finished.

Inside: The pockets and pincushion are put in place, and the stitchery is finished. Only a little bit left on this project, and then it´s ready for the mail box and it´s long journey to....

Bed time, see you tomorrow!

Helena

Here it comes - the apple pie recipe!

Thank you for helping me with the pumpkin pie recipe. I made one yesterday evening and it was yummy. But it was a little bit of a surprise for me, I had expected it more "fruity". There was a "Christmas smell" in our kitchen, just like gingerbread. Josefin took a picture of the pie, but I don´t have her memorycard right now. I will show you that one later.

But for now, here comes my apple pie recipe. The oatmeal is that one you use for porridge, like flakes.... It´s a bit difficult sometimes to know what´s common in other parts of the world...ask if you don´t understand...and sorry, I have no picture.

Apple Pie

6 apples (approx 800 gram)

150 gram butter

3 dl oatmeal

2 dl sugar

½ dl light syrup

1 ½ dl flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

2 tablespoons milk

1. Preheat oven to 175 C. Melt the butter in a pot. Take away from heat. Add all other ingredients except the apples.

2. Peel, pit and cut the apples into thin slices. Put the apples in a buttered, oven safe pan. Share the mixture on top.

3. Place the pan in the oven for about 30 minutes or untill the pie is golden brown and a little bit hard, like toffee. Serve with ice cream or vanilla sauce.

Today is a very, very rainy and windy (stormy) day here by me. The perfect day for stitching, ehh, I mean for cleaning and washing, don´t want to go outside. Most of the leaves are gone and it´s dark quite early in the evenings now. This time of the year I hope we will get a snowy winter, but not before December...
See you later,
Helena

Help me please!

Tonight my daugther is going to have a Halloween party. A little bit early. She has bought a pumpkin which she will put a candle in. But the "inside" she will give to me. Pumpkin pie, yes, I´ve never tasted that pie and now the time has come. But the problem is, I have no recipe. Is there any kind person out there who wants to help me....please.... I promised to serve my son a piece of that pie too....

In Sweden autumn is apple time and I will share one of my best recipes, tomorrow, when I´m at home.

But I have another thing to share, my version of all fall words I recieved last week.

#1 was pumpkin, but crisp, leaves and apples were also very popular words. I made this little autumn picture with all words in it just for fun! If you want a copy please tell me and I will send you an e-mail. I know I havn´t answered all comments, there were over 100, but thank you everybody, I´m happy you were interested in my giveaway.

Today there hasn´t been much sewing, instead a trip to town. And tonight we are going to have dinner at a restaurant, nice when you don´t need to cook on a Friday night.

But there was a little progress on My Stitcher´s Angel project:

Some pockets and a pin cushion.

And now I know that my angel comes from Australia, my parcel is on its way. How exciting! Hurry up, mailman!

Now it´s time to leave for the restaurant.

Have a nice weekend everybody!

Helena

A busy angel

Today I´ve been busy working on my Stitchers´Angel projects. Time runs away, next week it must be finished, I know. But yes, it´s OK with me. It´s so exciting! Who is my angel?

This one is finished, a little sewing bag. Maybe I add some buttons....

The other side

A little stitchery, finished but.....


there is a little bit more to do on that project......

And who is the recipient? Secret!


The table runner, my giveaway last week is finished and on its way to Ale in Italy. I will show you some pics of it here.

Ale, if you want it to be a secret until it arrives in your mailbox, don´t scroll down.

Here it is:

Squares and leaves

A closer look

The back side, easier to see the quilting.

Enough for this time. I´ll be back soon with my little "word thing", made out of all your fall words last week. Guess which was the most popular one?!


Take care,

Helena