[Blogtoberfest Day 16] Reached the top

Hello!

The top is finished and this weekend wasn't quite as quiet as I anticipated :) All worth it though.

This will probably be the last quilt of this design I make in a while, it's starting to feel a bit too mechanical and I need to feel inspired to do my best work. I've been making this design because I was in my "square" phase, but now I feel a need a brand new phase to give me fresh momentum for Christmas projects. I'm still searching :)

[Blogtoberfest Day 15] A day's work...

Hello.

It's still pretty hot here in Portugal, temperatures soaring to 32º in Lisbon, so Autumn is nowhere to be seen.

For the first time in many many many weeks, I've had the weekend off, so I'm trying to get my sewing up to date.

Tomorrow I plan on finishing this top and maybe even quilt it. Enough for today :)

[Blogtoberfest Day 14] What's on my mind...

You probably know this well, but for me, it's a novelty :)

[Blogtoberfest Day 13] Crafty Halloween Ideas needed!

Hello.
I've got no pictures to show you today, as I'm too tired to even think about sewing. I've started my day at Ikea and ended it in class, so it's safe to say I'm ready for bed.

In the meantime, Halloween is fast approaching and I'm trying to plan some fun classes for my kids, I intend to make it a big Halloween stravaganza, particularly for the 4th graders, since it's their last year before "real school"

We'll be doing games, decorations and songs and, of course, masks for the big day. Any ideas on simple cradts that are fun and easy to do with a big class? I wish I could work with crazy materials, but since there are so many students, paint or clay are out of the question, I supose...

I could really use your help! :)

Finished Project : baby quilt for baby Kiko

It feels great to have the time to work on my projects at full speed. Of course, as you well know, this only brings more projects into one's head and it never really stops, does it?

The challenge was to make a baby boy quilt, in blues, with a "Gant" blue binding, and let me tell a lot of research went into what exactly "Gant" blue is. This was my conclusion, except now I feel the need to go shop at Gant since I've seen so many of their sweaters...

Mushi had to pop in for a quick supervision. Always the supervisor, never the recipient, poor kittens. Off to the washer it goes. The quilt, not Mushi :)

As usual these photos were taken as soon as I finished, which means it's night and there is no proper lighting. Oh, and I used my phone to take them. Sorry about that, I just get to excited and have to share immediately!

Enjoy!

[Blogtoberfest Day 12] An Autumn Quilt for Baby Kiko's mom...

[Blogtoberfest Day 11] Baby Quilt for Baby Kiko

[Blogtoberfest Day 10] I am a girl, therefore I multitask...

Hello again!

I was so shocked to realise it's been almost two months since my last post!! Time flies when you're super busy and with no  proper computer, I supose...
Sadly, I've missed the first 8 days of Blogtoberfest, but I think I'll still join in  on  the fun.

How has everybody been? Over here it's been Ikea, teaching duties and some quilting, though not nearly as much as I wished. I have some orders but I have been extremely slow to get things done. Also I wish I could sew into the night, but living in an apartment with very little sound blocking makes it very hard to do so, I'd have to use the slowest speed and that takes me ages!!

Here is my current project, I've been making this sofa cover for a great friend of mine who has just moved to a new home. Now, all I need is time to finish it :)

And here we have Julieta sleeping peacefully. She looks so calm and well behaved when she sleeps :)

Broken computer, work, loads of orders, new kitten, oh my!!

Let's elaborate: My laptop broke, so I've been completely offline for about a month, until I decided to recover a very very old computer, circa 2003 I think.
In the meantime, work at Ikea has been very tiring, there are a lot of people on vacations, which means more work hours for yours truly.
Quilt orders, it has been a great month order-wise. Baby quilts mostly, as usual :)

New kitten, where to start. Last week I was driving to work on a very busy road when I see a car stop and drop a very very small kitten and drive away. Of course I had no option but to pick him up a bring him home. The original idea was to give him for adoption but who was I kidding? Meet Oscar, my newest family member :)

I'll post some pictures of my latest projects soon, if this old but very friendly computer allows it.
I miss vacations, I miss the Augusts from my childhood. I miss traveling. I also miss blogging :)