It took me the whole day yesterday but finally the patchwork of my first quilt is done.

As I didn’t have any instructions I just had to give things a try and kept on sewing and ripping until I finally got the hang of it. Allthough not all the corners are matching a 100% I think the overall look is pretty good.

And here’s another picture that gives an impression on how the quilt will cover our bed:

I’ll need to add a binding and a backing, for which I’ll probably just use some plain and simple cloth. And then I’ll have to think about how I want the quilt to be quilted, but I think I’ll keep it simple and will just hand quilt the edges. And when I’m done, the sleeping room might already be renovated and re-decorated! In one and a half weeks I’ll finally have my free days from work and from then on, nothing in our apartment will be safe!

I’m currently working on the last bits of my Bachelor Thesis. Or actually, this is what I should be doing, as time is getting short. I always tend to procrastinate and therefor I haven’t really written more than just a few pages. And although I have already signed the new contract of employment and it doesn’t even depend on a mark or the quality of the Thesis, I am stressed and need something to do at home to relax and keep my thoughts busy with other things than work. The last few days I kept on crocheting granny squares and now got 30 squares, from which I have already sewn together 25 squares.

By the way, I did not use slip stitches to sew them but just sewed them like you would sew fabric. I tried the slip-stitch-method, but the seams weren’t flat at all and I just didn’t like the look of it.

Furthermore, all the fabrics arrived today, with which I’ll try to sew my first quilt.

I really hope I’ll figure it out how to quilt and sew patchwork. If successful, it’s going to be a lovely cover for our bed in the new sleeping room!

Oh, the fabrics are by Tanya Whelan for Freespirit and are from the “Darla” collection.

It’s kind of funny how dominant the color red is in our living room. I would have neither ever considered red one of my favourite colours, nor have planned including so much red in the room. Everything started with the cover of our armchair that I changed from IKEA Rosali to red and white stripes (yet still from the IKEA Rosali(nda) collection), as the flowery pattern didn’t really fit to the new grey wall color.

The day befor yesterday finally arrived the Keep Calm And Carry On poster, this time it has the right size and I instantly framed it and hung it.

The chest of drawers next to the armoire might look familiar to some of you – it changed it’s place in the sleeping room with the white glass cabinet which now stands next to our bed. The glass cabinet didn’t really look good next to this quite huge armoire but definitely brings some colour in our living room and has already brought some new ideas to my mind.

With the letter cushions I am quite pleased. I think they look so much better in the arm chair. In front of the old light violetly painted walls the colours of the cushions looked a bit pale, but now they seam to shine.

Still, there is a LOT to do and I still haven’t done everything I wanted to (Will I ever have? I’m dropping the same phrase in every post again and again …),  but hopefully I’ll have some time soon. At least the Hezleins are now living in their new bunny hutch, even if it’s still a bit provisional.

In three weeks I’ll finally have my well-deserved holiday and in order that I won’t be bored I ordered a bunch of fabrics so that I can try to sew my first quilt. In addition to the usual renovating of course.