The killed UFO - January

One of my biggest enemies are my UFOs.... They are very difficult to continue and I have quite a lot of them.... As I am a "more thinking than sewing" type, so I have lots of ideas in my mind. When I have a new idea I want to try it immediately.... but the UFOs are there and keep saying: "hei, you have to finish us first! It is not good to start too many things without finishing them...." The typical me...I am just doing too many things at the same time....

So today is a happy day somehow...I finished one! As you can see on the left side I am part of a Challange this year, we have to finish something each month. As this is the last day of January (did I mention that I always finish things in the last possible minute????) I can proudly show you my finished UFO (sorry, but it is just so nice to write it down....FINISHED UFO...)

And here is the story.
As most of you know I am not a fan of making traditional quilts with well-known blocks.... I love making practical things... practical things which I have plans with... e.g. I cannot make something "just for practise" or "only to try it", I have to see its later life, like present for someone or something I need... (That's why I am usually in trouble when I need something handmade urgently... I have no storage here of handmade items which I can send as presents....So I am always in a hurry....)
There was a camp in summer when I had a special teacher. She is my best friend/manager/second mum/big sister/best teacher from the quilting world (her name is Évi, you can see her blog here). She taught a beginner group which I joined of course (mostly because of her and the company). We made a quilt, not a very difficult, but I have never made anything similar before. I chose some fabrics and suddely I fell in love with them. I was working on it for 2 days I think (day and night - did I tell you I am slow?). After coming home from the camp I forgot it...(OK, I tried to forget it but now I finished quiilting so it is not a UFO any more) I had plans with quilting cups on it but when I looked at it today I simply thought that would be too much, I have not enough "white" place to fill... I know it is not a nice work! It has some problems with the angles of the triangles etc. but I still like it! And I am proud of me because I could make it (no plans, seems useless) and finish it. Thank you Évi!

Nothing, but...

Nothing much to say but.....
I have made a "New Year Piggy" (a Tildas design of course) and a small sewing set....


And made 2 postcards... (sigh, forgot to take a picture....) and counted my notes..... Me and my sweet friend Pungi, so we wrapped 343 presents before Christmas (I only made notes on the last week pressies)

Anyway I have the "Mid-winter" tiredness... Or I simply do not know..... Actually it is term end in the school which means death.... Just grades (which I hate), exams, tests, meetings (the worst thing of all!) and correcting.... brrr....
Anyway when I have some time I am working on the 3 plays which I direct this year.It is very exciting (but a bit tiring too, I need lots of time and energy to do that).... One for the Class 7-8 students (Twist Oliver play with songs), one for the high school students (Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare who is my favourite writer so I am very frightened about the play...sometimes I feel I was too brave to start that, but I work with wonderful teenagers - 15-18 year-olds - so it is fun) and one for the Teachers' group (A néma levente - Something like 'A silent valiant' it is difficult to say an exact word as I am not very good in the soldiers and their names...I have problems even in Hungarian) which I play in as well....

So sorry... I write quite rarely but I hope this will be enough for some days for the 'hungry eyes'.... I hope you have more time...

Still happy in the new year

As you know I had serious problems with timing and finishing things before Christmas.... I could not show you too many things. But finally I have finished our door hanger (it wanted to be a wreath but now I am not sure...) I am happy it is not too 'Christmasy' as I do not want to put it away so I think it will hang there till spring.... I wanted to put on a gingerbread man (of a dyed fabric from my drawer) but I changed my mind. I am still thinking about it so maybe next year they will get a new friend.... Who knows?


And my Christmas presents.... I got lost of wonderful and beautiful things....Angels were very kind this year (too), I do not know if I were this good...hmm.... I do not think so....I am sure my best friend talked to the angels before shopping, so they could buy these things for me... (or make or wrap?)
So these are Tilda's fabrics (I have never seen them, only in books) and one with snowmen, the new Tilda book,

some 'Tilda Basics' (I didn't know there were available things like those)

and some Tilda ribbons... (They were used in the last book...)

I am still so happy when I look at them!