Pinning and women's talk

Thursday was nice and sunny and already 30 degrees outside. You will read now lot of me whining about hot weather. Ursula made a bag with sunflower fabric and used her fabric flowers. They look right in place. She used simple zigzag stitches on her bag too.

Therese's Christmas tree wall hanging is quilted and ready to be posted to its owner.

Regina, Ursula, Therese and me sandwiched Therese's quilt. She bought ready cut triangles set and after Thursday it is ready to be quilted. This is the first quilt that she will have for herself. In the past she made many and they were all presents. Ursula suggested the name "Rose Garden".

After being for a long time absent from quilting Regina came with her paper-pierced Christmas tree. All eight hands were pinning this little quilt to put our signature. OK, there are only six and some of us have to take a photo.


After we sat and chatted. Actually, mainly listening Regina's life story. She was the first Portuguese woman to be a manager of the Ritz hotel in Lisbon. She speaks Spanish, English, French and of course Portuguese. She learnt English and French because in the 1960s she was not allowed to go to a university and her parents hired language teachers that she can learn languages.

She traveled a lot to the America and Europe attending tourism fairs and her favourite city is Berlin. When she was interviewed for a job and was asked whether she can type or not. Her answer was "No, but I can play a piano!"

An incredible woman. It was a pleasure to listen her story.

Photo and text Javhlan

some confusion

I had this pattern in my mind, since Angela showed me the book by Louisa L. Smith "Strips 'n Curves" in February of this year. It is a book full of wonderful designs that brings together colours and lines with curves in a very beautiful way. For me this is enthralling and exciting. The patterns give a very difficult impression! And I had to try it. I let the work I had begun and little by little I started cutting my strips and only tested if they would go together in curves as the book had promised to me.

This is now the centre of my first attempt-quilt. I like it. I enjoyed doing it as this work is very obsessive and big fun!

It was difficult to take the photo in the garden as the Portuguese wind did not want to stop blowing and I wanted the photo to be taken outside!!





This is the book I am talking about!








Ursula

Ursula's latest creations

Finally I took the time to work a little bit on the mini quilt that I started in a workshop at Arco Iris a Metro with Paula some weeks ago. I wanted so much to learn the quilting and now I need to put the boarders and binding. I hope that this will not take another 5 weeks!

By Ursula Ritter