BLOGGER'S QUILT FESTIVAL

Hello! I am entering one of my quilts to the Blogger's Quilt Festival 

over at Amy's Creative Side.

Click on the image to know more about it, maybe you'd like to enter one of your quilts

or see other quilter's beautiful work!

Hola! participo al Blogger's Quilt Festival amb un dels meus quilts!

cliqueu a la imatge per saber-ne una mica mes.

This is a baby quilt I made for a friend's nephew.

I call it Wonky Squares, but maybe I should call it "First Timer", 

as it was the first time I used solids and the first time I used my new triangular ruler...

I had this charm pack of solids stashed and waiting to be used for some special occasion.

I wasn't sure how to use it and when I got that ruler, I simply followed one of the 

suggestions they give you in the packaging...wonky squares...

Once the top was pieced, I didn't want to mess it up with the quilting.

I thought the best thing would be to enhance the whole composition,

quilting all around the squares in a zig-zag way. 

So here is my

Wonky Squares Baby Quilt

entering three categories:

BABY QUILT

HOME MACHINE QUILTED QUILT

THROW QUILT

pieced and quilted by 

Irina De Juan

measurements: 43" x 37"

the finished product

a closer look

detail of the zig-zag quilting

Top finished. Ready to be quilted.

In the process of adding the binding...

Now wish me good luck,

vote for your favorite ones between the 5th and 8th of November

so

 click on the image above to see other quilter's work.

A treat for your eyes!

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Aquest quilt el vaig fer per al nebot d'una amiga.

L'he titolat Wonky Squares (quadres torc,ats), pero potser l'hauria

d'haver anomenat "Primerenc". 

Era la primera vegada que utilitzava teles llises i la primera

vegada que utilitzava un regle triangular.

Tenia la tela guardada, esperant a ser protagonista i al final 

vaig seguir un dels suggeriments que et donaven 

les instrucciones del regle.

Un cop el top estava acabat, no volia pifiar-la amb l'encoixinat.

Vaig optar per anar reseguint els quadres a la part exterior, fent ziga-zaga

i fent resaltar tota la composicio.

L'entro en tres categories:

Quilts per Bebes

Quilts encoixinats a maquina a casa

Quilt de Falda

medeix 43"x 37"

desitjeu-me sort i voteu els vostres quilts preferits del 5 al 8 de Novembre,

 cliqueu a la imatge de dalt i veure les altres entrades!

Barcelona peeks...

We spent 4 weeks in my hometown, Barcelona. Hot. It's two weeks now since we arrived home and it's soooo cold... but nice (I'll show you more in my next post).

Vam passar 4 setmanes a Barcelona. Caloreta. Ja en fa dues que vam arribar a casa i quin freeeeed que fa! (ja us ensenyare mes en la propera entrada)

Here's some things I'd like to show. 

Hi ha unes quantes cosetes que us vull ensenyar.

La maquina de cosir de la meva mare (WERTHEIM)

Amb taula inclosa (sota la qual m'agradava amagar-me

i ficar la ma en aquest forat tan atractiu)

My mum's sewing machine (WERTHEIM).

It has it's own table (under which I loved to hide 

and put my hand into this

inviting "black hole")

The sound of this machine was part of my childhood's soundtrack.

My sister and I have been wearing dresses, skirts, trousers, blouses....

that my mum made on this restless lady.

 El so d'aquesta maquina forma part de la banda sonora de la meva infantesa.

La meva germana i jo hem portat vestits, faldilles, pantalons, bruses... que la meva mare ha fet amb aquesta inesgotable senyora.

nice, isn't it?

maca, oi?

We went out for strolls around the city and I couldn't help buying a few

bits and pieces (that I most certainly do not need at all because I have more than plenty).

Here's Olga's shop in Sant Antoni Market:

anything from fabric, flannel, wadding, terrycloth, felt to ribbons, binding tape, thread and a warm welcome!

Vaig sortir a passejar i no vaig poder resistir fer algunes compres

(que no necesitava gens ja que tinc de tot i mes).

La parada de l'Olga al Mercat de Sant Antoni, on pots trobar des de tela de coto, franela, boata, tovallola, feltre fins a betes, fils i un bon somriure de benvinguda.

Another time I escaped to the city centre, the Gothic Quarter. I must say I'm a bit disappointed on how changed it is. I was so surprised that I had to resource to English to speak to a bartender, since she had very little Sapnish (and let alone Catalan, of course...). Well lucky her I could speak English, but I didn't stay there at all. Tourism is important, but not to the extent when you forget the locals... ANYWAY...
Vaig escapar-me al centre unes quantes vegades, al Barri Gotic. Quina decepcio, com ha canviat! i la meva sorpresa (per no dir ja el colmo!) quan vaig haver de recorrer a l'angles per parlar amb la cambrera d'un local al carrer Hospital, ja que el seu castella era pobrissim i ja no diguem del catala! Sort per ella que parlo angles, pero no m'hi vaig quedar. El turisme es important, pero fins a cert punt i no pas quan s'obliden de la gent local. Pero be, deixem'ho...

And here's another shop I'd like you to know about. They're the distributors of Kokka in Spain.

You'll find Nunoya in a little street called Carrer de la Palla, well in the centre, near the cathedral.

 I aqui hi ha una altra botiga que vaig visitar. Nunoya, els distribuidors de Kokka 

a Espanya, al carrer de la Palla.

and that's it!

I'll show you what I'm working on lately and how things look like here,

Halloweenish...

i aixo es tot!

Ja us ensnare el sue estic fent i com es veuen les coses per aqui,

en plan Halloween...

Extra Extra! El Petit Taller on Etsy!

Well finally I could put together a few things and open the Etsy shop!
I'm very excited about it and to be honest I'm still learning how to run the whole thing, but I know I'll be learning on the way. There are many more items that I'm going to add, but I'll take it easy and go step by step. There will be more sections with baby items, notebook covers, pouches and more bags, quilts, etc...
At the moment I want to see how I get on with all this! Any constructive criticism is welcome!

And to celebrate the new opening, there will be a 10% discount on any purchase until the end of October, you just have to enter the code WELCOME10 at checkout. 


Per fi he pogut organitzar-me una mica i obrir la botigueta a Etsy! Quina emocio! encara he d'aprendre com funciona del tot, pero ja anire agafant el truc a mida que vagi afegint-hi coses. De moment anire de mica en mica i aviat afegire noves seccions amb cosetes per a nens, mes bosses, quilts, fundes de llibretes, etc.
Ara de moment vull veure quina resposta te. S'accepten critiques constructives!

Ah! i per celebrar-ho, teniu 10% de descompte sobre qualsevol compra. Nomes cal que entreu el codi WELCOME10 quan feu el pagament a checkout.
NOTA: com veieu esta escrit tot en angles, pero ja sabeu que no hi ha cap problema per ajudar-vos si no enteneu alguna cosa, m'envieu un correu electronic i llestos :-)

baby gifts

I came up with this little gift for the new baby of a fellow blogger 

whom I had the pleasure to meet last week. A train set appliqué, which gave me a good chance to keep practicing the blanket stitch on my sewing machine.

Her little bundle is so beautiful and her little girl and mine had lots of fun together.

Now that she has received her gift, I can show it to you.

Vaig fer un petit detall per al nen acabat de neixer d'una companya blocaire a qui vaig tenir el plaer de coneixer personalment la setmana passada. Un trenet aplicat (que m'ha anat be per practicar el punt de festo amb la maquina!). El seu nen es precios i la seva nena i la meva s'ho van passar molt be jugant juntes. Ara que ja el te a les mans, us el puc ensenyar aqui.

resting on a couch...

Resting on a couch... 

this is what I'm doing lately... but not as often as I'd like to!

We've been in Barcelona for almost 2 weeks and we won't head back home until mid October. The heat is nice, a real treat, and it's making the Little Button to sleep longer naps! yeepee!

De relax al sofa es on estic ultimament, pero no tant com m'agradaria..!

Ja fa quasi dues setmanes que estem a Barcelona i no tornarem a casa fins a mitjans d'octubre. La caloreta es molt bona, que be! i fa que el Botonet allargui una mcia mes les seves migdiades, iuhu!

There is a place near where I'm staying where I found some nice fabric:

Hi ha una botiga a prop d'on estic on he trobat tela molt maca:

a cute forest

 un bosc molt maco

Lovely Japanese dolls

unes nines japoneses

and more chairs, couches and benches...

i mes cadires, sofas i bancs...

In the meantime, when Little Button is asleep and Thimbelina is busy 

with her grannies I can work on some patterns.

There are great shops for material in Barcelona. You just need a full wallet though...

De mentres, quan el Botonet dorm i la Didaleta esta entretinguda amb els avis

jo barrino idees amb alguns patrons.

Hi ha botigues molt interessants per material a Barcelona,

pero nomes necesites una bossa que soni be...

facebook... etsy...

Well, finally... El Petit Taller is on Facebook.
The idea is to see how many people would be interested in having a closer look to the little things I make and maybe purchase some. I'm thinking of opening an Etsy shop in the near future. I think I would like to give it a go, even though there are lots of shops selling similar things... 
what do you think? should I give it a go? 

Doncs be, El Petit Taller ja te una pagina a Facebook.
La idea es saber quanta gent estaria interessada en les petites coses que faig i si els agradaria comprar-ne alguna. estic pensant d'obrir una botigueta a etsy.com d'aqui a molt poquet. Crec que m'agradaria intentar a veure quina sortida te, encara que hi ha un munt de botiguetes que venen moltes coses similars. Que penseu? creieu que es una bona idea?

241 TOTE

Hello all! Yes, it's been a while, again... 

Time is flying and I don't realize it's been that long since my last post, life is pretty busy here with the little button and thimbelina but I still managed to keep on stitching!

Hola a totes! Si... ja fa temps que no escrivia...

els dies em passen volant i es que no paro, amb el botonet i la didaleta

ja tinc les mans ben ocupades pero encara expremo el temps per fer puntades!

This is an order from a friend: the 241 tote designed by Anna over at Noodlehead.

You can buy her pattern at her site. 

Aquest es un encarre d'una amiga: una altra bossa "241" disenyada per Anna de Noodlehead.

Si us interessa el patro el te a la venda a la seva pagina web.

I used Swoon by Melissa Averinos for Andover Fabrics 

and a mix of linen and cotton for the exterior. 

The lining is Timber by Jessica Levitt for Windham Fabrics.

L'exterior es fet amb Swoon de Melissa Averinos per teles Andover 

i una barreja de lli i coto cru.

 L'interior es una tela ratllada Timber de Jessica Levitt

per teles Windham.

I have made a second tote similar to this one for sale which I'll soon show,

so if anybody is interested just contact me for details.

He fet una segona bossa similar amb les mateixes teles per tenir a la venda,

la mostrare aviat, aixi que si algu hi esta interessat contacteu-me per 

saber mes detalls.