Pink and Barbara

Last weekend

So I thought I had written a post about last weekend but apparently I did not :-)

I finshed a pair of pants, blouse and cardigan for Molly from the fabric I showed you the week before:

Here is a better picture of the cardigan with some other clothes. It turned out wonderful! I used needles nr 4 and the fleece artist yarn. There were some strange white specks in the yarn but still it was ok and it blocked out very nice..
As you might be able to see in the picture Molly is a bit red in her face. It seems that she has an allergie of some sorts for food. We haven't been able to find what food jet. Paprika is ok with home made food but from jar-food she gets really red in her face. It doesn't hurt of itch or anything it is just a bit red. A couple of days ago we tried a new brand that says they are 100% natural  and she also got the rash on her private area  where it did hurt and itch and she just cried all day when she had to pee. I felt so sorry for her. But now we got a salve and I hope she will be better soon. 

We also had our Treasures from Holland bee on Sunday:
This is a piece of the quilt that anki is making:
Helena showed us her building houses blocks:
So just a wonderfull weekend! I am a bit behind on the things I was surpossed to do because of Molly beeing home from daycare so the could walk around without a diapar.. But she is better now! Just now I am getting sick... But I am hoping to get some things done this weekend as I am having a cleaning weekend...

Wish me Luck!

Barbara

I got it!

The last weeks I have been very bussy. You might wonder what I have been doing and why it has been so quiet. Apart from having computer problems I did some other things as well. I will post some different things soon!

One thing I did is: I got my drivers licence!!!!! I did a 2.5 week intesive thing here in the area. So 2,5 weeks where I started at 0700 untill 1800 for both driving and studing. It was very very intense and I am so happy I got my licence on the first try! 

My husband was home for those weeks with Molly and got a new apriciation for my days "just beeing at home" so that was a bonus too!

But that together with the open house and my cousin Andrea visiting for a week and the household when I got home ..... there hasn't been a lot of quilting to show you...

But I will do better soon!

Hugs Barbara !!

Open House

For all my Swedish customers a invitation to my open house:

 This is a picture of the Love Letters class

Bli inspirerad och kom och titta på höstens kursprogram! 

Lördagen den 27 augusti från 10:00 - 15:00 i Folkets Hus i Surahammar

Det bjuds på:

 Afternoon Tea inspirerad fika,

En liten utställning av gamla och nya täcken,

En lapptäcks-inspirerad tipspromenad där första priset är Piecemakers Kalender för 2012,

Alla får ett nytt Pink and Barbara Stitchery mönster kallad Cottage Love.

 Erbjudandet under lördagen är: köp 6 FQ och få en rulle handapplikationstråd från Aurifill*

 

Kursprogrammet finns även på min hemsida, Det kommer att updateras hela tiden!

 Välkomna!

 

 Pink and Barbara specialiserar sig på:

 kursverksamhet i små grupper,

handsömnad,

gamla tekniker på modernt sätt,

tyger med klassisk utstrålning.

 

* Så länge lagret räcker

 

Naturligtvis får du gärna sprida ryktet till alla dina sykompisar!

Har du lust att skicka mig ett email ( [email protected] ) så att jag vet ungefär hur många sygalna tjejer det är som kommer så uppskattar jag det, men det behövs naturligtvis inte. Tänk också på att jag inte tar emot betalkort

 

Pure joy!

I just got home from a vacation at our cottage.. It was lovely.

All the flowers in the garden have started to bloom. I just picked this small vase of flowers. It has lavender, sweet peas, roses and more. It makes the kitchen smell lovely.. Pure joy!

Greetings from Barbara
Pink and Barbara at www.pinkandbarbara.com
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A bit of everything...

I am a bit behind in my blogging ...so here is a post with a bit of everything...

Here are some more pictures of the fair:

I was sewing on a hexagon quilt. So I had these small scrapbags as starter-kits for people..

Some time ago I showed you some flags I was making for Molly's party..here are some pics from the party:

and ofcourse there was food:

Well and ofcourse there is Molly is growing and loves her food. This is a picture of here the first time in her high-chair...and loving it because you can look outside the window when your are that high:

food for the first time:

helping Dad with the laundry:

have a wonderful day!

Barbara

A new desk

I have a new desk now in the living room since Molly just loves to watch me do stuff. She wants to be close but not all my lap all day. So she lays down playing with her toys and I can play with my stuff...

 

It works out great...Have a nice day!

Garden Fun

I have been working in the garden a bit. 2 weeks ago the snow disapeared and now we can start doing things. 

This is a pot with mint. I love it in my tea. It is still very small but it grows like weeds so I am hoping to have more soon...

This is a pot with some lavender and violets:

a large improvement from this..right?

have a nice day!

A bit of everything

This weekend Dorry from Quilt-it and Dotty was here. She teached a class for the weekendbag and for broderi perse at my local quilt-guild. We had so much fun! Above you see my bag. I have to attach more binding and handles.

his is the line-up of all the different bags!

And here is Molly

So molly is now 12 weeks and doing great! She is growing fast and is so sweet. She is still sleeping all nights for 10-12 hours! So I have a good nights sleep and I have some time every morning for quilting and stuff...

My friend had twins some years ago a boy and a girl. She gave me all her clothes. She packed all of it according to size. So we have 2 big bin-bags in the garage and take out the right sizes when we need it. She now has size 62-68. It is so nice not to have to buy things like white normal bodies and pyamas and stuff.. 
So I gave my friend Babette the boy clothes and Molly now has the girl clothes:

I have also been getting fun stuff in the mail. I got a package of Marleen from Belgien and Sharon from Australia! Thank you girls!

That is all for now...see you again soon!

Episode 8...swap anyone?

Hi 

here is episode nr 8 of the podcast.

 

Shownotes:

I am making this bag from Quilt-it & Dotty

Here is a picture of the bag:

Would you like to swap with me?

I would love to swap small 2 by 2 inch pieces of fabric with you for my thimble quilt. Send me an email at: [email protected] to get my homeaddress and send me an envelope with pieces of fabric in beige/white brown or pink. I would love it to have a print I can cut out. I will send you back the same number of fabrics and the small template to make your own thimble quilt. I will send you fabrics in the color that you would like (please note I don't have batiks, purples, novelty fabrics etc. please look at my blog and at my quilts to get an idea of what kind of fabrics I have) Let me know if you would like to swap...

In Dutch:

Vind je het leuk om lapjes met me te ruilen? Ik wil graag lapjes ruilen die 2x2 inch zijn voor mijn vingerhoedjes quilt. Stuur me een email voor mijn thuisadress en stuur me dan een envelopje met stofjes in roze,bruin en wit. Ik zou graag stofjes willen waar ik een motiefje uit kan knippen zoals de roos hierboven in het voorbeeld. Ik stuur je dan hetzelfde aantal lapjes terug met een malletje voor je eigen quiltje. Ik stuur je graag stofjes toe in de kleurtjes die je leuk vind. Je kunt op de website zien wat ik voor stofjes heb. (ik heb geen fele kleurtje, batiks enz) Stuur me graag een email naar: [email protected] als je wilt ruilen!

I am knitting my sin miedo socks. You can see them here

The blanket I am working on is called Hemlock ring blanket by Jared Flood

This picture is taken from the Jared Flood website..please visit him here

Molly's blanket is called the Zig and Zack sockblanket you find it here

The book I reviewed is Broderie Blanche by Marie-Noelle Bayard you can find it in french here

I hope you liked this episode and see you next time...and I will try and say uhhmmm a bit less!

Hugs Barbara

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I am still alive...:-))

Hi!

I am still alive and we are all doing well! Molly is growing and growing and such a happy girl. When she wakes up and you take her out of bed you get the biggest smile ever and it makes your day!

Here are some pictures:

Molly wearing the body that Cathy made for her:

My friend Sacha made this wonderfull mobil for Molly by hand it is all with circus animals as her room is:

Other then that not much is hapening, I still have trouble with my hand and the shawl I am knitting it the most boring thing I ever knitted so it is not fun to knit..

Hugs Barbara