The craziest thing ever....

Yesterday one of my colleagues organized a party for us.... It was said to be a table football party but actually it was my surprise - nameday (it is something like a birthday - we celebrate this in Hungary too) party. So we had a lot of fun, I got this beautiful tulip bunch with some little hair decorations and an orange vase.
My favourite colleagues were there so it was fun! At the end of the party we wanted to go home of course (the party was in a small town outside the capital...) and looked at the bus timetable on the Internet. We had the chance for the last bus only so we were in a hurry to reach it. After 45 minutes of waiting (and asking 3 different people to look at the timetable on the Net) we gave up. Nothing came..... It was freezing cold with wind, I had no gloves but the vase and the tulips in my hands (which were frozen to the vase...) and not too warm clothes (at least not warm enough to wait for 45 mins in the cold wind)... So after a while we called the hosts and they offered us beds... (I was sure they saved our lives with this decision...) And we went back (around 3 o'clock) and slept in their warm and nice home....
In the morning I could go home finally. I wrote a letter to the company... It was not the friendliest and happiest letter of my life.... But I tried to be polite (of course).... At least it turned out that the night buses have different routes in that town so the bus we waited for exists but it went on the other side of the town.... (OK, we should have asked the teenage daughter of my colleague instead of browsing the Net...)
Hmmm..... not the best night in my life....but at least a good (?) story to tell....
Enjoy the picture of my beautiful flowers!

Ball with a flag

Yesterday we had a ball (Charity for the school foundation).... I wanted to sew a nice bag for my ball-dress from the piece I had to cut as the skirt was too long. But I had no time to finish it as I got this task a day before the ball. This year we had a decoration of London, so I had to sew a huge British flag (2m x 3m) It was impossible in my tiny flat (I could not see the whole thing...). I spent 5 hours with the blue and the white part and then I nearly gave up when my colleagues found out the trick (we pinned the red part in the school, so we could see everything, plus two little girls helped, so we had 8 hands instead of my two...)
Luckily 1.5 hours before the ball we finished, so we could use this huge flag.... Picture was taken from the table where I sat.
And one important thing... it is not my best work, just I wanted to show it to the ones who kept their fingers cross for me to be able to finnish it on time. Thanks Girls!

Faboluos blog

I got this award from ahama! (thank you!)
So I have to tell you 5 things which I am addicted to:
1. coffee (thanks for my B!)
2. social life (friends, colleagues, nice people around me)
3. hand crafts (many kinds) and designing
4. chocolate and marzipan
5. talking/communication (written as well...like this)

And now I have to nominate 5 faboluos blogs... It is not easy and lots of blogs I like got this award before, or maybe each blog I follow? So now I do not give it to anyone.
Ahama, the other game is coming later as our scanner is on strike.... :)

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!

Happy New Year!

I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year with lots of laughter and nice friends, with funny moments and success!

And here are my Christmas pictures in a collage (Thanks kdatta for the idea!) You can see our dinner, presents, soft toy friends and tree here.
Enjoy!