New changes around here / Nauji pasikeitimai

• First and most important change that I've been wanting to do around my blog is write in two languages, I'm always amazed how some bloggers write their posts in two languages, in their native and English. Of course it takes a lot more time and effort. And so I've been thinking about ups and downs. After a lot of thinking and spinning my head around, I decided to try it. Well at least for the summer, Because why not? If I notice that this kind of way doesn't suit me I'll just keep writing in one language, so don't be surprised when you see some different scribbling around here. That's just me, trying a new way to enjoy my blog writing.

• Sveiki užsukę į mano tinklaraštį. Ir norėčiau pristatyti kelis naujus pasikeitimus šioje mano erdvėje. Jau seniai esu susižavėjus tais tinklaraščio autoriais kurie sugeba rašyti dviem kalbomis: savo gimtąja ir anglų kalba. Tad jau seniai pradėjau apmąstyti pliusus ir minusus šio būdo. Bet ilgai pasukus galvą nusprendžiau tiesiog pabandyti, nors vasarą. O toliau žiūrėsiu kaip geriau ir ar pasilikti prie šio pasikeitimo. Tad dabar ir tie kurie užsukdavo pasižiūrėti tik paveiksliukų, galės drąsiai daugiau apie juos sužinoti ir paskaityti mano sapaliones apie skiauitnius, kitus darbus.

Best wishes, / Linkėjimai,

Dovilė

Bead balls going around: shoes / Karoliukų kelionės: batai

One day I found amazing shoes:

Vieną dieną aptikau nuostabius batus:

I really liked them, but one day a group of bead balls decided to try them:

Man jie labai patiko, bet grupelė karoliukų nusprendė juos išbandyti:

They fit in one shoe... WOW.... But it was cramped... And so they shared:

Jie visi tilpo į vieną batą... WOW.... Bet buvo labai ankšta.... Tad pasidalino:

And played in my shoes a lot....

Ir labai daug laiko žaidė mano batuose....

They were so in love with these shoes, that now I have to hide then. Summer is coming and I hope they calmed down and that I can properly wear my shoes, without bead balls in them.

Jiems taip patiko šie batai, kad dabar aš juos turiu nuo jų slėpti. Vasara artėja ir tikiuosi karoliukai apsiramino ir galėsiu laisvai nešioti batelius.

Best wishes, 

Dovile & Bead Balls

Linkėjimai,
Dovilė & Karoliukai

Recently

Recently I have been buying fabric. I understood my fabric stash is a total disaster. Why? Probably because the fabric I use are mostly thrifted or second-life. So wanting to use good quality fabric I had to say goodbye to the bad ones, but did you think I could throw it away? Nope. So now I'm making 3 picnic quilts. And these fabric here are my first additions to the future awesome fabric stash.

One more recent finish is zigzag quilt. Today I managed to baste it. And it took less time than expected. Next is free motion quilting. So scary. Such big quilt, but I believe I can do it. I still wonder around what thread to use, but once I get that, few practice squares and come here my big awesome quilt.

Another recent ongoing project I remembered to revisit is my shelf runner, I've mentioned it here before. And I basted it and even managed to quilt it, now only binding left. But I put it until I figure out what kind of binding I want.

Have a nice weekend,
Dovile

More WIPs

Who doesn't have few WIPs in their shelves. And what always keeps happening is that more WIPs keeps adding to that pile. So here are my new WIPs.

Warm - Cool quilt top is finished, I used chain piecing and it came together so fast. At first I was hesitant about my fabric choice and I wasn't sure of something will come out of it. But the present view makes me happy. It turned out better than expected. Can't wait to finish, but it'll have to wait. Because...

I started more projects. I have so much unusable fabric, so I decided to use it up for something simple, and so I want with picnic quilts. I am cutting my fabric in 15, 20, 25, 30 centimeter squares. And then I'll decide on some design. One of them will probably be a simple patchwork quilt. And one is already requested by my cousin, so that one will be with some stars.

And of course I have to finish some swaps, this one is from Instagram. #handpiecedminiswap. I know my partner loves hexies and hand stitches. Hexies - easy, hand stitching - scary. I have never hand stitched. But that's what swaps are for, to try something new. So my hexies are finished, they turned quite small, but I love how mini they are.

How about you? Do you finish your WIPs before starting new?

Best wishes,
Dovile

Zig Zag Quilt Top

It's been so quite around here. It seems summer is coming and asking me to go outside more often. So now I need to find a way to get my sewing machine outside.

Anyways, now I wanna show you a quilt. This one is sitting on my neck for a long time. I fell in love with Jeni Bakers' blog. And  I found her quilts and pictures so inspiring, so making something from there was no surprise. This one is from this tutorial. It's Patchwork Chevron Quilt. But I did some remodeling, I tried doing it in rainbow color combo.

Choosing fabric was my favorite part.

Cutting it was definitely not.

But I fell in love with that pile of rainbow squares.

It was really fun trying to find the perfect color combo.

And the best part was hanging it on my window and drinking tea and admiring the view.

But of course it needs to be finished. Hope to do it this summer and probably by free motion quilting.

Best wishes,
Dovile