friendship quilt

It's really time to continue working on my friendship quilt which I have started in 2003. I have added three new squares to the quilt and slowly it will be growing. And slowly it will become a real heirloom piece and a great rememberance on all my stitching...

When Gigi had offered this lovely freebie on her blog I couldn't resist to start it. I really was in the mood for a little finish and now I have to show my first finish in 2009. It's stitched on 32 count green Belfast linen and it's really lovely! THANK...

Today I added two more squares to my friendship quilt. And as promised I took some pictures of my way of finishing this quilt. First I sew a backstitch border with perl cotton # 12 over 4 threads. I do this border 30 x 4 threads, so the square becomes...

Just I finished a new square for my friendship quilt. It`s a part of the LHN design Country Stitcher - City Stitcher. I think it fits perfect to the thema of my quilt. I`m more than happy that Annemarie had stolen :-) the idea for my quilt and Vonna opened...

One of my goals for May was to continue working on my Friendship Quilt. http://romyaustria.over-blog.com/article-1035187.html So I pulled out my squares, and I really love to play with them. I started a new square, it`s a part of the LHN City Stitcher...

and today I put two more squares to my friendship quilt. Okay, it´s really a mini quilt - but I think four squares are a quilt and now it´s great enough to display it on a little children chair. Here´s the front and the back of the quilt Maybe one day...

I just received a beautiful Italian square, from my dear stitching friend Angela!! She stitched for me a part of the Workbasket Flower Sampler. It´s perfectly stitched one over one!!!!! and I absloutely love it!!! Thank you Angela!!!!

Today I got a package from Catherine abc. I really was curiously to open it, because I didn´t expect to receive anything from France!!!!??? And look what she sent to me!!! A wonderful square for my friendship quilt, and some other extra goodies!!! Isn´t...

I just finished a new square for my quilt. It´s from the Quaker Medallion Bellpull by Ruth Ann Russel. It´s stitched mostly with my favourite Gloriana silk colour "Blue Gras" on sand linen. Slowly I really become addicted to stitch and collect those...

Finally I started assembling the first two squares for my Cross Stitch Quilt. It took about three years to find the perfect technique how to do this. I was looking for a way to finish each square separately, so that the quilt will be finished always and...