Urban Folk Mood Quilt - 2 - playing with the winter colors

I'm polishing the Urban Folk Mood quilt pattern.

In this version, I wanted to give equal chances to be seen to the two patchwork units of the top and bottom bands. The way to do this was using for both units vivid and pastel colors/shades, but in their succession, I wanted to get out of the symmetry of the pieced blocks geometry.
I kept the quilting design (simulating the weaving threads) as in the first version because I want the quilt layout to stay in a manner near to my inspiration source: a traditional handcrafted rug.

This is a little quilt, for a decorative pillow or a wall quilt.
The next version will be a baby quilt and will have a few prints.

Have a beautiful week, my friends!

I'm linking to Finish it up Friday!

My Garden May Palettes

We just returned from a lovely trip to our country home. We had such a great time. Although the first days where a bit grey and rainy, we had a wonderful time. 
Back home, I spent some time on the website play-crafts.com to compose the color palette of a few photos taken these days in my garden.

I really love this site. 
A very useful application I found here is Palette Builder - you upload your photo and instantly you have its palette.

You can add, change or delete colors from the palette but the best thing is on the right side of your photo: the application makes 3 matching lists of your color palette: one for Kona Cottons, one for Hex Values and one for Aurifil Threads.  You can save the photos with their palettes and/or share them. Brilliant!
No registration, passwords or things like these. It's simple and fast.
I find it very useful and fun. 
From now on the chain of My Quilting Hopes it's sooo short:  
photo - palette - money - money - money.... - Kona Cotton and/or Aurifil Threads order 
:)
In the meantime I saved one of my garden May Palettes with its three matching lists, for my wishlist :
 

I hope you will find this online tool helpful, too.

Have a beautiful day!


P.S. This isn't a payed post. I really think this people made a very useful job.

      

Changing the colors / Schimband culorile

I had only few fabrics from the natural range beige-brown colors.
Nevertheless I managed to sew two cushions.

Have a beautiful day!

Niste culori..../ Some colors...

Am iarasi o sursa de inspiratie la geam...

....si pe masa....

Asa ca am cautat in dulap si am reusit sa adun cateva tesaturi pentru un quilt.
Ei, da, stiu, nu am chiar culorile de acolo, dar macar ceva rude de-ale lor tot am gasit.

Fac o incercare: un quilt modern sau un hibrid, clasic cu modern. Ma hotarasc dupa ce vad concret.
Am schitat un pattern, dar sa nu ma puneti sa calculez cat material imi trebuie, ca nu sunt in stare. Poate la sfarsit, o sa reusesc, masurand ceea ce am folosit.
Deocamdata fac greseli, dar macar incerc sa invat din ele. Nu mi-am propus sa pastrez constanta latimea benzilor de culoare, dar am constatat ca daca apar variatii prea mari de dimensiune, atunci modelul rezultat din asamblarea blocurilor are cam mult de suferit, in sensul ca nu vreau sa apara rupturi prea mari in continuitatea benzilor de culoare de la un bloc la altul.

Asa ca pe blocurile astea patru o sa le desperechez si o sa le fac alti parteneri, mai potriviti. E usor, pentru ca nu sunt cusute intre ele.

Mai am 8 grupuri de cate 4 blocuri.

Daca o sa iasa cat de cat bine, o sa revin si cu o continuare, daca nu......caut alte subiecte ;)

Ma intorc la treaba.

Sa aveti o zi frumoasa!

A Garden Table in a Hot Summer Day

Last weekend we managed to spend a few days in our country garden.
It was almost the same hot as in The Big City, but from evening to the morning the temperatures made us to recall how to use a blanket ;)
Bliss....
And I remember how wonderful is the night sleep! At home I have only pieces of it....
So, the joy of life gave me energy to put the shelf with paint tins in order. I mean to verify what is still good and what's not.
Because all of them were usable  I  spent an afternoon painting my new garden table. Well, it's a new table made from old reused wood, by my very talented neighbor.

I forgot to made a before photo.
After a primer coat, I gave it a chocolate-brown coat and some red accents.

some of my tools....

I made a flower and a butterfly cardboard stencils and I started to use them here and there, all over my chocolate table.

...Have I told you it was a hot day?...

I can't wait to have  my coffee mug on it!

Have a beautiful day!

Natural

Printre picaturi, continui sa recompun interiorul casei. Am ajuns la partea de detaliu. Adica amanuntele de culoare, de schimbare a hainelor vechi cu unele noi pentru canapea, scaune..... covoare care sa se incadreze mai bine in imaginea de ansamblu...perdele/draperii care sa completeze decorul....si toate celelalte mici sau mari lucruri care sa ne faca sa ne simtim ACASA...
Incerc sa nu ma mai las furata de frumusetea in-sine a unui obiect sau tesaturi si sa le aleg doar pe cele care vor compune "cuibul"...E greu, stiu. De cate ori n-am plecat cu gandul la ceva si m-am intors cu altceva....Acasa am constatat nepotrivirea....De data asta voi avea rabdare!
Pana una-alta, ma simt bine in cromatica asta:

De ce?

Priviti aici:

Ar fi pacat sa pierd sugestia pe care mi-o trimite discret, lumina de afara....

O zi frumoasa, va doresc!

Have a beautiful day!