Julie's Quilt - El quilt de la Julie

Be, no son les millors fotos perque la llum no acompanyava gaire aquest mati, pero aqui teniu el resultat final. La Julie ha quedat moooolt contenta, i jo tambe!

They're probably not the best photos because the light was not great, but here's the final product! Julie was very pleased and so was I!

Fa 204cm x 267cm i aqui el veieu sobre el meu llit (que es mes gran que un llit doble)

It measures 80"x105" for a double sized bed (here's my bed which is King size)

L'encoixinat es senzill, seguint els quadres centrals per resaltar-los i un encoixinat lliure al marc del voltant.

Penso que seria un bon quilt per fer un encoixinat amb maquina de braç llarg...

The quilting is quite simple (as requested), following the straight lines in the centre to highlight the squares, and going free motion on the border. I think this quilt would be great for long arm quilting too...

L'etiqueta esta escrita a ma perque em vaig quedar sense tela imprimible!

I run out of printable fabric for the label, so I used my handwriting...

La propera comanda es un quilt per a un bebe, menys mal! rapid i facil, tot un plaer despres d'aquest!

My next order is a baby quilt, thank God! something quick and much easier! a treat after this...

ALMOST THERE... - QUASI QUASI...

Ja estic enllestint el quilt que em van encarregar, si tot va com he planejat, espero tenir-lo acabat aquest divendres. Embastar les tres capes es el que menys m'agrada, sobretot quan es tracta d'un quilt tan gran com aquest que acapara quasi tota la sala d'estar... Els genolls tambe es queixen, i la panxota que em comenc,a a pesar una mica tambe (23 setmanes ja!).

I'm catching up with this commissioned quilt. If everything goes as planned I should have it ready by friday. Basting the three layers is my least favorite part of making a quilt, especially if it's one like this that takes over most of my sitting room. My knees don't like it either and neither my tummy which is starting to feel heavy already (23 weeks already!).

chunky chocolate and banana bread - pa de pessic amb xocolata i platan

PA DE PESSIC DE PLÀTAN I XOCOLATA

Crec que ja és hora de compartir una recepta. Amb uns quants plàtans madurs que tenia m'ha sortit això. Està bonísim!

En un bol, barrejeu els seguents ingredients:
230 gr de farina de reposteria
200 gr de sucre
1 cullaradeta (de cafe) de bicarbonat de soda
1 culleradeta (de cafe) de llevadura en pols
un polsim de sal

En un altre bol hi barrejeu aquests:
3-4 plàtans madurs ben aixafats
2 ous mitjans mig batuts
115gr mantega desfeta (però no calenta)
essència de vainilla

Aneu afegint els ingredients secs (del primer bol) al bol de la massa anterior remenant amb una espàtula fins que quedi una massa lligada. Afegiu-hi:

100gr de xocolata negra (70% cacau) trencada a trocets

Barrejeu bé la massa hi aboqueu-la en una motlle de plum cake, enforneu-lo a 180C (amb el forn pre-calentat) durant uns 50 minuts o quan un hi claveu un ganivet surti net.
Deixeu refredar abans de llençar-vos-hi, o no...

CHOCOLATE AND BANANA BREAD

I think it's time for a recipe... I had those ripe bananas getting a bit too ripe so I came up with this. It's a winner!


Mix all these ingredients into a bowl:
230 gr self-rising flour
200gr sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1tsp baking powder
pinch of salt




And mix all these into another bowl until well blended:

3-4 ripe mashed bananas

2 medium eggs lightly beaten
115gr melted butter
vanilla essence


Add the dried ingredients slowly into the previous mix stirring gently with a spatula and add:

100 gr chopped dark chocolate

When it's all nicely blended pour it into a loaf tin and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180C for about 50 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the centre. 
Leave to cool before jumping on it, or not...

EXTRA EXTRA!

Per a aquelles interessades en un munt de tutorials per a principiants, no us perdeu el que arribarà molt aviat a fairy face designs. Hi trobareu un llistat de totes les tutorials, entre les quals en trobareu una de meva, que es faran all llarg de Gener fins Maig. Totes estàn pensades per a gent que tot just comença a fer alguna coseta amb la màquina de cosir i que no està prou familiaritzada amb els materials.
Espero que us agradi i que que hi participeu, podeu entrar en un sorteig tant si us apunteu com si decidiu fer algun dels projectes i mostrar-lo en el vostre blog!

For those begginers in the sewing world, do not miss this at Fairy Face Designs. You will find a list of very easy tutorials designed specially for begginers that will run from January to May in blogland. I hope you enjoy them and that you learn a lot from them! You can enter a giveaway whether you sign on or decide to make one of the projects to share in your blog.

knock knock... toc toc...

que hi algu???
Despres de tant de temps em pregunto si encara deu haver algu que visita aquest blog! Han passat moltes setmanes des de l'ultim post i es que hi ha hagut bastant de moviment per aqui. La tornada a la universitat, la maquina de cosir que va decidir fer vaga i de sobte van venir uns marejos i una son tipus narcoleptica que no em deixava fer res. I aqui esta la rao:

Hello? Anybody there? I wonder if there are still any readers left after all this time of absence...! There has been a few weeks well passed since my last post and it is because many things happened here. Going back to college, my sewing machine going on strike and me starting to feel a bit sick and nauseous and with a deep deep feeling of wanting to sleep everywhere anytime. Yes, this is the reason why...:

Un nen que ve de cami! Fa 4 dies que vam saber que es un nen. No m'esperava pas que m'ensenyessin una ecografia en 3D a les 16 setmanes i va ser una bona sorpresa. Sembla mes un alien que no pas un nen encara! Per sort ja em trobo molt millor, ni vomits ni nausees ni cansanci (pero sense ganes d'estudiar...). Intentare reemprendre la feina que em va quedar per fer amb la maquina de cosir i espero poder actualitzar aquest blog una mica mes sovint.

A baby boy on its way! We found out it's a boy 4 days ago. I didn't even expected them to show it to me on 3D at 16 weeks and it was a nice surprise. It looks more like an alien than a human now... Fortunately I'm feeling much much better, no vomits, no nausea, no tiredness... I just don't feel like studying and writing essays...! I will try finish some of the projects I had to leave and bit by bit I hope to be bale to update this blog more regularly.

De moment vull fardar de mare. Tinc una mare que fa els jerseys mes macos del planeta i sense seguir cap patro! Em sembla que jo vaig comenc,ar a fer dos sense patro i els dos me'ls va haver d'acabar ella... 

Aquest el va fer en un parell de dies estant aqui de visita per a aquesta nova adicio. 

Encara no he pogut trobar botons (va cordat pel darrere) i potser intentare fer una ullada durant la propera visita a Barcelona.

I am going to show off a bit today... My mum knits the cutest jumpers in the planet and she doesn't follow any pattern. I think I tried to start 2 jumpers once without a pattern and she had to finish both of them for me... This one is for the new addition. I still haven't found any buttons for it so I might keep an eye open for them during my next visit to Barcelona.

Ens estem preparant per Nadal ara, sera molt tranquil aquest any... el passarem aqui a Irlanda i nomes serem nosaltres tres quatre... Quins plans teniu per Nadal?

We are getting ready for Christmas now, it's going to be quiet this year... we're staying in Ireland and it's going to be only the three four of us... What are your plans for Christmas?

Goodie Swap 2011

I finally finished the goodies for both my partners in the Goodie Swap 2011 that Cindy organized. Each participant will get 1 mug rug and 1 goodie from each of her 2 partners. I just finished the goodie for my second partner and now they'll have to wait for their post to arrive.

Ja he acabat els regals per l'intercanvi que la Cindy va organitzar, Goodie Swap 2011. Cada participant ha de fer un mini-individual i un altra coseta a dues altre participants. Ja he acabat la "coseta" per la segona companya i ara les dues hauran d'esperar a rebre'ls.

individual per la companya 1

mug rug for partner 1

moneder per la companya 1, seguint el tutorial de Noodlehead

Gathered clutch from Noodlehead tutorial

individual per la companya 2

mug rug for partner 2

cistelleta per la companya 2

basket for partner 2

Espero que tot els agradi...

I hope they like them...

Buttons...

Fa poc que he tornat d'unes mini-vacances al sud d'Anglaterra: Salisbury, Torquay, Falmouth i Truro, si mai no hi heu estat us ho recomano!
A Falmouth vaig trobar una botigueta plena de tresors, i vaig trobar aquests botons fets amb closca de coco.

I'm not long back from a short break in the south of England, we visited Salisbury, Torquay, Falmouth and Truro, so so beautiful!
I found a shop full of treasures in Falmouth where I found these cute buttons made of coconut shell.

M'agraden els botons artesanals i de moment a la meva (petita) col.leccio ja en tenia dos fets amb fang.

I like handmade buttons and I already had 2 clay ones in my rather small collection.

I aixo no te res a veure amb botons, pero avui m'he topat amb un llibre molt intressant (una altra de les meves passions son els contes infantils...). Un llibre que es diu The Rabbit Problem escrit per l'Emily Gravett. Ja tenia aquest d'aquesta autora i em va agradar molt.

And this has nothing to do with buttons, but I wanted to share it with you anyway, it's a book I found today (here's another of my passions: children's books): The Rabbit Problem by Emily Gravett. Check this one too by the same author.