spring quilts

I am keeping busy and managed to finished another quilt last night. Our weather is like a roller coaster, rain one day, sun another.  That gives me time to work on my crafts ;)

Dalsi dokoncena deka. Pocasi jak na houpacce, jeden den prsi, druhy den slunicko ale celkove zatim opravdu nic moc. Takze je stale cas na tvoreni :)

© Monika Opatril 2014

new quilt 2

Last night I finished my baby/toddler quilt. It was such a joy to work on it this past week and even though I was trill when it was done a was a bit sad too. Sometimes I  get attached to  the pieces I work on and it feels like finishing a good book. You just want to keep on reading ;)  Today, my head is full of ideas for the next one........

Vcera vnoci jsem dokoncila detskou deku. Byl to super projekt a kdyz jsem  byla hotova, bylo  mi to skoro lito. Neco jako kdyz doctete dobrou knizku a chteli byste cist dal a dal.....

 Choosing the pattern, practicing and making sure the tread tension is right is part of the process.

Vybirani vzorku, cvicne siti a sestelovani stroje, to je vse soucast tohoto procesu.

All done,  not perfect, but that is part of what makes handmade project "hand made". 

Prositi je dokoncene, ne uplne stoprocentni ale to je soucast "rucni vyroby"

I chose this fabric for the binding.  My daughter didn't like it, she advised me to use shade of pink, but I followed my feeling. She calls it "candy cane" and at the end she loves it too.

Na olemovani jsem zvolila tuto latku i kdyz dcera doporucovala nejaky odstin ruzove. Nasledovala jsem mou intuici a i ji se nakonec finalni "vyrobek" libil i kdyz rika ze to vypada jako "candy cane"




One side stitched on by the machine,
Jedna strana strojem....

the other one by hand.  The last few stitches, shortly after midnight and......
druha rucne. A tohle jsou uz posledni stehy.....

 tada!
a je hotovo!

 And because as usual I have more things going on at once, I also completed the crochet baby blanket for my daughter ❣

A protoze, jako vzdy, mam rozdelane ruzne projekty, dokoncila jsem pred par dny i tuto baby hackovanou deku pro dceru ❣

new quilt

Working on a new quilt last few days. A little preview.....
Poslednich par dnu pracuji na nove dece. Tady je mala "ochutnavka"..... 

✿ free quilting ✿

Dny bezi jako voda, pocasi se opet zkazilo a ja se nemuzu dockat, az si budeme moc zase posedet venku.....v dnesnim lijaku by clovek ani neveril, ze pred tydnem bylo takhle hezky. Travila jsem dny na zahradce, kde v tomhle chladnem pocasi roste pekne snad akorat trava.

Time flies, the weather turned ugly and cold once again. I can't wait for the sun to return, so we can enjoy the outdoors. It's hard to believe, that  it was nice and sunny not that long ago and I was working in the garden, where now, only the grass grows like crazy, while the rest of the plants are waiting for the warmer days.

Moc se mi libi  stin vetve na teto fotce.
I love this photo with the shadow of the tree branch on the ground.

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 Kdyz  nemuzeme grilovat, udelala jsem dnes hamburgery alespon na panvi v kuchyni,  mnnn cerstve upecene celozrnne housky, domaci okurky,  relish........

Certainly not a nice weather for a barbeque, but I made these burgers for our dinner today indoor in a pan, with fresh homemade buns, pickles and relish that I caned last summer.....mnnn.

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V pondeli jsem absovovala kurs na prosivani patchvorkovych dek.  Byl to bajecny den, kde jsem se toho moc dozvedela. Vyzkousely jsme  si ruzne vzory a zpusoby volneho prosivani ( free quilting). Je to zajimava technika,  se zvlastni patkou na stroji, ktera umoznuje volne pohybovat latkou. Zacatky byly nevalne ale jak hodiny utikaly a ruce si zvykaly, slo to lepe a lepe.

I took a free motion quilting course this Monday. It was very informative and fun and I learned a lot in one day! We tried different techniques of free quilting, which I never did before. You need a special foot on your sewing machine, that allows you to move the fabric freely in all directions. It was difficult at the beginning but as the hours passed  it got easier and i felt more confident.

Toto jsou vzory site volne bez sablony.

These are free motion patterns.

Tohle je dalsi zpusob, jak muzeme prosivat. Prez sablonu z  jemneho  papiru, ktery se po prositi odstrani.

 Another way to quilt is to use tissue paper pattern, that you remove after you done free quilting.

Nebo muzeme nazehlovat dilky lepiciho (zazehlovaciho) papiru , ktere po obsiti sloupneme a nazehlime o kus dal a tak pokracujeme stale dokola.

You can also use freezer paper pattern that you reapply ( iron on ) after each row. 

Ted se citim o moc vic pripravena pustit se do sve prvni deky i kdyz mozna nejprve prijde na radu nejaky mensi projekt, na kterem budu moc jeste trenovat :)

 I feel better about starting my quilt project, even thought I may tackle some small ones first, just for

 practice :)

Nove hobby-New hobby

Nedavno me Marťa nabidla zucasnit se vymenne akce patchwork stitku.Ja s radosti prijala a protoze jsem jeste nikdy zadny patchwork nesila,vyrazila jsem nakoupit potrebne pomucky a material.

I while ago my friend Marta asked me to participate in a patchwork square swap.I gladly said yes and because I never did any patchwork before I had to go shopping for tools and fabrics. 

Vybrala jsem pro zacatek tuto kombinaci,snad se bude libit.

For the start I chose this combination and hopefully it will be liked.