Plaudereien aus dem Nähkästchen
Whenever I buy an embroidery design (which is too often the case), than I always have an idea what to do with it. But as children often take to much food on their plate so I buy too many designs and then I am overwhelmed with all my ideas. Therefore I am so thankful for FruBlomgrens little contests. Through the frame she sets with the contests my block dissolves and I start stitiching again.
Continue reading “Motivator”
Officially we have spring for the last 10 days. Therefore I took our winter garden flag down even though I haven’t started on the spring flag yet.
Continue reading “Return of winter”
This night it was time again for setting the clock to summertime. Even though the Europeans voted in autumn 2018 to give this habit up. But the politicians do not have any plans to do so this year. Let’s hope for a change soon.
Continue reading “Clock work”
Do you love to read? Are you a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien? Then today is the perfect day to look for The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings or The Silmarillion on your shelves and browse through them. As today is the Tolkien-Reading-Day that the British Tolkien Society launchend in 2003.
Continue reading “For Tolkien Fans”
Though my children love embroidery my daughter declines to have every piece of her wardrobe to be embroidered – understandably. But I think that such a big grey hoodie is quite boring. So what could be done?
Continue reading “A gracile ballet dancer”
Ten days ago I had thought that after a couple of days in self-quarantine there would be some sort of routine and that people would get used to it. But it seems that I was quite wrong about that.
Continue reading “Hand washing for everyone”
Due to the abundunce of spare time in Corona self-isolation my son discovered reading for himself. Therefore he needed a reading pillow of his own just as his older sister and their sitters.
Continue reading “Galactic reading pillow”
Due to the wonderful film „How to make an American quilt“ with Winona Ryder in 1995 I had thought quilting to be only for Americans which even celebrate a national quilt day which is always on the third Saturday of March – today!
Continue reading “Quilting Day 2020”
During the last weeks I preferred to play with my new Janome MC550e to writing. By now I have used up all my bobbins that I wound with my old Janome Mc500e and had to try out the winding with my new one.
Continue reading “Janome MC550e – 2nd experience report”
Homeoffice, homeschooling, no sports club activities, no meetings with friends – really an unusual situation, and no end in sight… But there is a chance in that!
Continue reading “Spring decorations”