Happy Easter!

well, it was too cold for her this morning, so I had to bundle her up ....

... and after she came home from her errands she refused to remove her warm clothes for a long time, she was sooooo cold, and a cup of hot chocolate was most welcomed!!

But, she said, I really did a good job today!! Easter eggs look good in snow!!

Happy Easter!

Easter Eggs

  

This Easter Egg is a mini-patchwork-quilt,  7" x 11",

and these are little minis, I use them as gift tags, to achieve a good oval form I stretch and tie the fabric for the egg over a piece of heavy paper, iron it, put a ribbon underneath and then the little egg is ready to be appliquéd:

 and  I love this here: 

From: It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! (1974)

Linus van Pelt: Every Easter the Easter Beagle comes dancing along with his basket full of eggs, which he hands out to all the good little children.

Sally Brown: That sounds faintly familiar. I remember sitting out in a stupid pumpkin patch all night waiting for The Great Pumpkin to come. That was the worst night of my life.

Linus van Pelt: But this is different. That was Halloween. This is Easter.

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So, let's hope for the best! :-)

Im Café / At The Café

"Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. 

I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people."

Fannie Flagg

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/cafe.html

Well, not only in a novel I think!

For me a café IS a character,

it's just another one of these magical places, 

where you feel very much alive!

My wallhanging shows:

my idea of a coffee bean

a tea leaf

(design: 501 Quilt Blocks, Better Homes and Gardens)

a sun bonnet, hung up for a while, or:

used in one of these lovely garden cafés...

(design: 501 Quilt Blocks, Better Homes and Gardens)

a heart!

a cup with something hot and tasty in it

a lovely piece of Black Forest cake (well, there are two in fact, this is soooo delicious!)

a nice window

... and lots of books of course!! :-)

this is my quilt as a wallhanging, 64 x 64 cm, 25" x 25",

patchwork and appliqué,

completely handmade

The letters say "Im Café", 

it's German for "At The Café"

Bin am Meer/ I Am By The Sea

"Who is staring at the sea is already sailing a little."

Paul Carvel

dreilagiger Quilt, Wandbehang, 64 x 64 cm, Patchwork und Applikation, handgearbeitet, 

außerdem: Ich habe vier kleine Glastropfen angebracht

Quilt as a wallhanging, 25" x  25", patchwork and appliqué, completely handmade, 

the letters mean "I am by the sea" in German

also: four little glass drops are attached

This is how I made the lighthouses:

"As I gaze upon the sea! All the old romantic legends, 

all my dreams, come back to me!"

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

here I found the lovely  two quotes:

http://www.kyledesigns.com/c=GKe6OP9Wzs3Wk8HLoFh391dAa/category/

useful_information.quotes.oceans/

... and as always, for a better view of any of these pictures: please click on the image

Bin im Garten/ I Am In The Garden

dreilagiger Quilt als Wandbehang, 64 x 64 cm, Patchwork, Applikation, die Buchstaben sind auch Patchwork, alles handgearbeitet

Ich wollte gern mal einen Quilt machen, der an einen Ort erinnert, an dem man sich gern aufhält und wo man ganz man selbst ist... für mich ist das z.B. der Garten.

quilt as a wallhanging, patchwork and appliqué, 

the letters mean "I am in the garden" in German and are patchwork as well, 

25" x 25", all is handpieced and -quilted

I just wanted to make a quilt which reminds us of a place where many persons feel fine and are wholly themselves, 

... a garden for example.

"Working in the garden ... gives me a profound feeling of inner peace. Nothing here is in a hurry. There is no rush towards accomplishment, no blowing of trumpets. Here is the great mystery of life and growth. Everything is changing. growing, aiming at something, but silently, unboastfully, taking its time."

Ruth Stout, American author of gardening books