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for kitchen and bathrooms you know all that exciting and terrifying stuff decisions that need to be made and that you hope you will not regret i was going to tell you how i have missed you missed visiting your blogs and knowing what you have been up to i was going to tell you it snowed in nicosia 2 days ago thick fluffy cotton balls dancing outside our windows i was hoping to put into words the excitement we all felt from grandparents all the way down to the 5 year olds i wanted to confess to you that i have fallen into temptation and have not been able to put down my crochet hook once again thanks nadine so in the past few weeks those in between otherwise lost moments have turned from this into this now i am on a forced break waiting for some silvery grey to tie is all together and just in case you feel like getting hooked yourself this is the fabulous tutorial i have been following thanks sols tr ikke i wanted to tell you how happy i have been to be back working on my little farmer s wife blocks oh how i have missed these little cuties and how i have added 4 more to my growing stack alas i was left utterly speechless this morning arriving home after yet another whirlwind morning running errands to find this on my front step and everything stopped thanks tineke of quilt zo for the lovely article i had no idea she would be a cover girl oh my i hope to translate some of the article for my non dutch speaking friends but give me a little time to settle down a bit okay i am still in a state of disbelief mama did you win that s why your quilt is in the front look it s mama hurray for mama posted by valentina at friday march 02 2012 32 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels camelot crochet farmer s wife tuesday february 14 2012 happy valentine s sweet friends how are you yesterday i found something that gave the me intense urge of sharing it with you a tulip i have missed you and to my horror i realized it had been way too long it took me by surprise to find this little tulip in my soon to be cottage garden and it let me know beyond a shadow of a doubt that hibernation is over it has been a long cold and wet winter for cyprus standards and our favourite past time has been to go for long drives and discover all the little streams and enjoy the lush greens it feels like the earth is refreshed and helping us all get ready for the hot summer ahead making the best out of the cooler temperatures also means that we have enjoyed cosy home time sitting by the fire offering me the opportunity to hand quilt to my heart s content it has been years that i have been so focused on handquilting and i had really missed it not that my stack of quilts waiting to be quilted has noticed much of a difference but hopefully i can keep at it for a while longer and make a bit of a dent i will soon be able to show you the results of this year s efforts as my little camelot is to be featured in the dutch quilting mag quilt zo coming in march i m so excited the other big news for our family is that despite all the daily bleakness of these uncertain times we are building and what a difference 6 weeks makes so i have been measuring twice and applying all my quilting skills in a much larger scale than usual and i have been loving it and i hope so will you as we share some tea and a stitch or two in the years to come the boys have already been enjoying exploring the woods and i have been dreaming about the garden but all in due time and i have been practicing being patient so happy valentine s may you know how much you are loved today and always your valentina i received some very special flowers from a friend and i wanted to pass the joy of these lovelies on to you enjoy i bet you cannot just play it once posted by valentina at tuesday february 14 2012 17 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels camelot saturday december 31 2011 season s greetings happy new year dear friends receive my warmest wishes for these blessed days i hope your christmas was merry and bright and surrounded by those who love you and that you are also enjoying a few days of quiet resting and carefree stitching making memories with your families and friends it has been a long time since i last posted and i am so sorry it turned into a much longer blog break than i ever anticipated you were never far from my thoughts however and i wish i could have found the time to write down some of the funnier observations i was thinking of sharing with you believe me i could have used a clone or telepathic messaging in the last few months lol i found myself needing to make some hard time management decisions and unfortunately the blog was never making it to the top ten on my daily list november took me by surprise the time demands becoming more pressing and urgent as the days got shorter all those things that require immediate care and attention and have a tendency to derail the best laid out plans if anything this has taught me to be a wee bit more humble i cannot possibly do everything the way i would like or am used to doing a big ouchie on the ego but also a letting go of a lot of expectations and at the end i am happy how i invested my energy and most grateful to everyone who pitched in to help me along the way all is good and all is well a good place to be as i say goodbye to 2011 realizing i had less and less time available for prepping i started focusing on getting my camelot half square triangles hand stitched as i could have them with me as i went about my day well those teeny weenies turned out to be the most worthy of stitching adversaries i have yet to encounter you wouldn t think they would bring a grown woman to tears of frustration boredom and exasperation but they did i have never been so challenged or learned more about the depths of my fickle and wicked self as i did making these 4 hst corners 1764 little triangles that took over the last two months of my stitching life it was not unusual to find me stitching them at 5 am i couldn t let these little ones taunt me for ever it became an obsession to finish i needed to have my camelot top done by christmas or else good news on christmas eve the top was finally assembled and basted the boys did a spontaneous happy hopscotch dance on the quilt what else could you do than jump from circle to circle on the floor leave it to them to put all things in perspective and all is getting back to normal i am feeling more and more like myself and i am happily enjoying hand quilting the dragon slain and the quilt a beauty i am starting to look forward to get back to my other projects once the kids get back to school in the new year thank you for all the lovely emails and wishes hoping all was well in my little corner of the world i rather enjoyed them and gave me a chance to get to know some of you better thanks for thinking of me yes all is well and at the end of it all i can honestly say that sharing the load with friends is what it is all about thank you for being in this with me as i look forward to being there for you i raise my champagne glass to you on this new year s eve to my dear friends and quilting sisters happy 2012 and may there be stitching lots of stitching with love valentina cannot believe this is what all that fuss was about seeing them now they were kinda cute actually posted by valentina at saturday december 31 2011 31 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday october 28 2011 it s that special time of year and of course i mean amy s bloggers quilt festival for us in cyprus it s a long weekend and i intend to make the best out of all the wonderful quilts quilters and their stories i am also looking forward to the inevitable inspiration overload thank you amy for your generosity in organizing this wonderful week long event i was so looking forward to sharing this quilt with you this is my scrappy dresden and it has been a long time in the finishing let me tell you about it i started it about 10 years ago and my dresden plates have 22 petals each i hand appliqued them to their backgrounds and assembled the quilt top quite quickly considering all the work involved it s because i had been looking forward to hand quilting it so much i had brought batting with me from canada and i soon had the quilt on my hoop i quilted and quilted and had a wonderful time my cat cleo would join me crawling under the hoop and purring as i quilted heaven she had been a mature cat when she adopted us and had moved with us from canada to cyprus then when she got sick we continued quilting together it was a long and difficult illness and quilting became a very special time for both of us as you can imagine my quilt became covered in cat hair but i didn t mind and patiently cleaned it considering how much comfort this quilt was already providing us both however to my absolute horror i soon realized that that wasn t all cat hair could this be what they meant by bearding that awful thing described in quilt books horror were the polyester fibers from the batting truly traveling through the cotton fibers and showing up like long stringy hairs i didn t know what to do and continued hand quilting eventually the sad day arrived and these where the last stitches i did by hand on this quilt the quilt was put away until i could decide what do do with that bearding it took me a long time to muster the courage to take my seam ripper and start undoing my hand quilting i had managed to quilt over 3 4 of the quilt and un picking gave me a new respect to the strength of hand quilted stitches it took for ever but it was eventually done and i never used polyester batting again it took another few years until one day late spring as i was swapping quilt stories with a dear blog friend out came the dresden top an avid hand quilter herself she encouraged me to get it machine quilted if the problem had been the quality of the quilt top materials then cotton batting with scrim would do the trick so i asked my trusted friend irene who does machine quilting and she lovingly took it on isn t she a beauty and she is done and cleo would love snuggling under it of this i am sure this week we had another quilt story at home my littlest asked me ma maaaah can we make a quilt for my friend it s her birthday and she is always my friend so all other projects got shoved to the side and out came the 36 patch scraps within a few days he was the proudest boy bringing her a big wrapped gift to her birthday party so cute i ll never forget that grin and these are my farmer s wife blocks for this week 39 friendship and 40 friendship block how appropriate wouldn t you agree because without you this wouldn t be as much fun farmer s wife blocks 39 and 40 wishing you a lovely weekend full of inspiration valentina and here a close up of the back of cleo s quilt the quilting is a loose overall feather can t wait to wash it and see it crinkle posted by valentina at friday october 28 2011 62 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blogger s quilt festival farmer s wife friday october 21 2011 sixty four teeny pieces and 4 days later i hope you agree it was worth it the basket on the other hand only took yesterday afternoon but oh how i like it so yes my little pile of hand stitched farmer s wife blocks is growing and i am so loving the colours 36 blocks that makes it a third of the grand total i finally managed a picture of my basics quilt i hope to have in the mail for new york city on monday it really has an autumn feel to it and the machine quilting wasn t too bad with the walking foot i liked it so much i would like to make one for myself and i believe i still have a dahlia lying around somewhere you d be surprised what i have lying around lol i really like the texture and colour of this aubergine this week had some quilter s therapy yep i needed a pep talk and a kick in the pants and some blog friends gave me just that kathinca said to me what applique phobia and danielle told me just do it and tineke said get cracking and terry said don t be precious about it and shirley reminded me how every little helps una told me she loved me and nadine showered me in xoxoxoxoxoxoxox s thanks friends and it goes without saying thanks to all of you that always leave me the loveliest most encouraging comments so out came the 1 1 2 half square triangles for camelot and today i took the time to get over my well what ever was stopping me for enjoying this life is too short sending you my love valentina posted by valentina at friday october 21 2011 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels camelot farmer s wife in my garden monday october 17 2011 hello all friday came and went and i haven t really stopped long enough since to post my farmer s wife progress for week 9 it was a lovely and busy weekend and we spend most of it outside me dreaming up new gardens and gathering seeds and the boys getting lots of fresh air chasing red dragonflies i can totally imagine a rocky hillside covered in creeping thyme it was so hard to take a picture but i managed to hang it from my wardrobe but if you press on the picture you can get a much better close up turned out nice huh this morning i put the last stitches in my gigantic 36 patch quilt top and i can honestly say that i am itching to start hand quilting it however it will have to wait its turn because my klosjes quilt is finally getting quilted in these cooler evenings farmer s wife blocks 28 and 30 farmer s wife blocks 32 and 31 farmer s wife blocks 33 and 34 farmer s wife blocks 35 and 36 i am still enjoying stitching these little blocks they are so portable and if i take a bit to mark and cut out the pieces then i can take them along with me and stitch when ever an opportunity presents itself i hope you all have such unexpected moments of stitching bliss in the coming week valentina posted by valentina at monday october 17 2011 20 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 36 patch quiltalong farmer s wife older posts home subscribe to comments atom my patchwork family through adoption a bit of africa and china came knocking on our door and in a home where there was longing now empty rooms no more like a quilt of many colours our family stitched together into one god s love and grace for us abundant in the miracle of our sons written by valentina 2006 welcome to my little sewing corner these are some of the projects i am having fun with and what joy it is to share them with you would you like some tea and stay awhile i am sure my threads thimbles and fabric scraps would like to meet you be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her still she sings away all the same knowing she has wings victor hugo french writer klosjes 720 made followers blog archive 2012 3 september 1 the 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