Verkaufe meinen Skruvsta

Hallo Ihr Lieben,

bevor ich auf den Ebay-Kleinanzeigen meinen Drehstuhl einstelle, wollte ich hier einmal herum fragen, ob jemand meinen Skruvsta Stuhl kaufen möchte. Ich habe ihn vor circa 3 Jahren neu bezogen, ihn aber nie richtig benutzt, weil ich nie wirklich am Schreibtisch gearbeitet habe. Darunter ist auch noch der praktisch neue schwarze Bezug, wenn den jemand lieber hat. 

Hier ist der damalige Eintrag dazu und hier noch ein paar Fotos:

Ich wohne in München, der Drehstuhl kann gerne bei mir abgeholt werden (ich peile so 30€ dafür an).

Ein schönes Wochenende
Johanna

Finish A-Long 2016

I have not been sewing anything else then Bee blocks in what feels like forever. I have also not blogged in over a year and that also feels like forever. So in an attempt to at least get started on those projects that have been flying around in my room, I decided to join the Finish-A-Long 2016 and maybe that will motivate me to actually finish one of these quilts.

Here are the pictures of what I hope will be three pretty quilts at the end of March:

1. Sea at storm quilt blocks, made with the help of two bee groups:

 

 2. Double Wedding Ring blocks, which haven't even made it to rings yet:

 3. A sort of medallion quilt which will be hanging on my wall when it gets finished.

I am linking up with the FAL 2016 page

 

Another perfect swap pillow and

So, you might have heard of the Swap°pen group on flickr. It is a group solely for people in Europe who speak German - since all other groups are english-based and mostly in the US, this is a wonderful exception. The ladies there also make gorgeous pillows which is the main reason I am participating :)
Here are the pillows I made in the other two "pillow rounds":

Swap #5 is over and has proven a somewhat challenging round for me. Not only did my partner - who I was making the pillow for - drop out 2 weeks before the deadline, but I was also moving at the same time, dealing with a ton of deadlines at work, a faulty internet connection at home (so no internet at all), the need to install everything at home (I let that one go pretty quickly, light and heat are obviously important but getting a bed can easily wait for two months while I sleep on a mattress) and the need to find another room mate asap because apartments in Munich are almost impossible to finance on your own (unless you are a millionaire - then you probably bought an apartment here anyway). Oh, and making christmas presents (see last post of my parents' quilt).

 So, the swap was a constant inner rant of "OMG, I am totally going to be late" and "I should have never signed up for this" and "What was I thinking, moving and signing up for this at the same time before christmas". I did manage to make it at the very last minute (and there were even packages delivered after mine) but I pulled some allnighters to get it done and I love my sleep. Thankfully, everything worked out while sewing, I didn't run out of fabrics and I didn't make any major sewing mistakes.

in progress

 And voilà, Miriam's pillow was made, packed and delivered and has been living with her ever since. I leaned heavily on her mosaic for inspiration and guidance (the mosaic has links to the originals).

I also managed to get - yet again - the most beautiful pillow in the swap. This one was made by Andrea of Quiltmanufaktur and it is living in wonderful company now with its three siblings from the other two swaps.

I don't know if I will be participating in the next round yet. It will be another pillow round but based on the X Factor Swap so that should make things easier. I guess we will see :)

The latest bee quilt

Happy new year!

This is one of the very few quilts I managed to get done in 2014 - this one was just in time for christmas and was gifted properly. The inspiration came from the QAL by Material Girl Quilts - though I must admit that I followed no instructions and made the blocks up myself. But there is only so much you can do with HST so this one resembles her quilt a lot. 

The lovely ladies at Fleißige Beenchen helped me with this quilt - half of the blocks were done by them. I free motion quilted each block on its own, added borders between the blocks and joined them with the quilt-as-you-go method. The quilting was fun like this way, but the block joining was so much more tedious then usual. I don't know if I will use this method again in the foreseeable future.

And now: pictures of quilting :)

 

For sale and to give away - zu verkaufen und zu verschenken

 Since I am moving in about a week, I thought that cleaning out my sewing closet would be a good idea. I never imagined that there would be so many things in there that I couldn't even remember buying.
Here are some things I would like to sell, as well as some I would like to give away. If you would like something, please leave me a comment (with a way of contacting you or just send me an email to jonalili at gmx dot de and I will reply as soon as possible).

Thank you so much for supporting me!

Johanna

For sale:

A FQ bundle with Joel Dewberry's Heirloom containing 13 FQs.
I would like to get 20€ for it (25$) plus shipping (about 7€/9$).

Babywagentaschen-Rohlinge - Forms for making stroller bags. There are 8 pieces (plus one I already took apart for sewing). They were 4€ each new, I would like to get 20€ for all of these. Shipping in Germany will be 4,50€ - for international rates please contact me.

 

And this is what the stroller bag could look like:

 

Scraps of Heather Baileys's Lottie Da - I bought a FQ bundle with all colors and haven't gotten around to using them all up. This is 445 Gramm of fabric (about 14,7 ounces).
I would like to get 18€ for it (23$) plus shipping (about 7€/9$).

 

Hooked zpagetti - this is T-Shirt yarn :) I always wanted to knit but never got around. I would like to get 10€ for the both. Shipping in Germany will be 4,50€

One panel of Ikea children's fabric. Measurements are about 2,25 m x 1,5 m.
I would like to get 5€ (6,5$) for it plus shipping (about 2,4€/4,5$).

The Pillow I made some time ago with the starbust template. Gone, thanks!

I would like to get 10€ (12,5$) for it plus shipping. Shipping depends on whether you would like to get the pillow form as well or just the exterior.

 

 

The pillow exterior I made for Fat Quarterly. Gone, thanks!
I would like to get 20€ for it (25$) plus shipping (about 2,4€/4,5$).

 

6 Frames for purses in varying sizes. The big ones are for sunglass cases. 
I would like to get 15€ for them (19$) plus shipping (about 2,4€/4,5$).

 

Pompom trim in blue ( twice 1,5m pieces) and  white (one 7 m piece). I would like to get 6€ for them all (8$) plus shipping (about 2,4€/4,5$).

 

2 FQs that were collected by my parents when they visited France. Gone, thanks!
I would like to get  4€ for both of them (5$) plus shipping (about 2,4€/4,5$).

 

Antique trim which I bought a looong time ago.

 

I would like to  8€ for both of them (10$) plus shipping (about 2,4€/4,5$).

 My wonderful weekend bag which I sadly never ever used because I always use my suitcase.

 

This one comes with an adjustable strap and a matching turquoise apple/dot lining.

I would like to get 25€ for it (32$) plus shipping (about 7€/9$).

To give away - I just ask you to pay for shipping:

A patchwork top made from different old jeans. Gone, thanks!
It took years and then I realized, I simply didn't like it enough to finish it. I am hoping to give it a new home. Shipping rates are 4,5€ in Germany - for international rates I still have to search for something not too expensive. Size is 1,7 m x 2,6m - enourmous!

 

2 brooches which I made for Quilt Market once. Shipping is about 2,4€/4,5$.

A few flowers I made some time ago which have been hiding in the back of my closet.
Shipping is about 2,4€/4,5$.