Guerilla knitting, Turku, Finland

Seen while traveling Finland. - Auf einer Finnland-Reise gesehen. - Visto durante un viaggio in Finlandia.

Crochet Wrap - Häkel-Stola - Stola all'uncinetto // 5

I finished crocheting my wrap. I made up the long side edging myself. I wish I would have done it a little wider. It's more a scarf than a wrap. I'm thinking of adding fringes to the two short sides. What do you think?

Meine Häkel-Stola ist fertig gehäkelt. Die Randbearbeitung habe ich ohne Anleitung gemacht. Ich hätte es wohl etwas breiter machen sollen. Es ist mehr ein Schal als eine Stola geworden. Ich überlege mir, an den beiden Schmalseiten noch Fransen anzubringen. Was meint ihr?

Ho finito il mio lavoro all'uncinetto. Il bordo dei lati lunghi me lo sono inventato io. Avrei dovuto fare il tutto più largo. Ora é diventato più una sciarpa che una stola. Sto pensando di aggiungere una frangiatura ai lati corti. Voi cosa ne pensate?

Floating colors - Gleitende Farben - Colori sospesi // 11

The binding is machine sewn to the front of the quilt. I now will sew it onto the back side by hand. Elizabeth Hartmann has a great Making and Sewing Binding tutorial on her blog. Her blog has given me many inspirations and helpful hints.

Das Binding habe ich mit der Maschine auf die Vorderseite des Quilts genäht. Nun werde ich es noch von Hand auf die Rückseite nähen. Elizabeth Hartmann hat eine sehr gute Anleitung in Englisch auf ihrem Blog. Von den Tipps auf ihrem Blog habe ich sehr viel gelernt.

Il binding l'ho cucito a macchina sulla fronte del quilt. Ora lo cucio a mano sul retro. Elizabeth Hartmann vi mostra molto bene come fare sul suo blog in inglese. Dal suo blog ho imparato molto.

Floating colors - Gleitende Farben - Colori sospesi // 10

I have decided on the binding for my floating colors quilt. I first thought of using the same charcoal colored fabric as in the quilt. I was thinking that so the colors would be free to float off the quilt. But I kept coming back to this finely striped cotton fabric. The stripes are black and dark beige and seem to fit perfectly the charcoal and the variegated colors of the quilt. I think it adds interest to a rather calm quilt. The binding is now ready to be sewn onto the quilt. If you have a question on how to make the binding leave me a comment and I'll be happy to answer.

Ich habe mich endlich entschieden, welches Binding ich für meinen Gleitende Farben Quilt verwenden werde. Ich wollte lange denselben grauen Stoff verwenden, wie im Quilt. Ich dachte, dass so die Farben frei aus dem Quilt gleiten können. Aber ich bin immer wieder auf diesen schwarz und beige fein gestreiften Stoff zurückgekommen. Er passt wirklich gut zum Grau und zu den Farben im Quilt. Zudem liefert er dem doch eher ruhigen Quilt ein interessantes Detail. Das Binding ist nun fertig vorbereitet und kann angenäht werden. Falls ihr Farben zur Herstellung des Bindings habt, hinterlässt mir ein Kommentar und ich beantworte sie gerne.

Finalmente mi sono decisa sulla scelta del binding per il mio quilt colori sospesi. Prima avevo pensato di farlo in grigio come il quilt, invece ora ho scelto questa stoffa con fine strisce in nero e beige. Trovo che si accoppia molto bene con il grigio e con i colori nel quilt. E siccome il quilt è molto calmo questa stoffa aggiunge un dettaglio interessante. Il binding ora è pronto per essere cucito al quilt. Se avete una domanda riguarda il confezionamento del binding lasciatemi un commento e sarò lieta di rispondere.

DIY tutorial for updated gift wrapping paper

For some reasons I find myself with tons of christmas wrapping paper and almost none for birthday occasions. Recently I had a rather large gift to wrap and didn't want to buy a new roll of wrapping paper while my drawer is still overflowing. Here is how I solved the problem:

1. I wrapped the gift with the christmas wrapping paper since I only wanted to take care of the front side.
2. I cut out circles from magazine pages. I used a jar lid and a pencil to mark the circles. You choose colors, patterns and shapes of your liking or matching the wrapping paper. Cut as many as you like. I decided that some of the original design would still show.
3. I first moved them around on the paper until I liked the whole appearance and glued them down.
4. I weighted it all down with more magazines for about ten minutes.

And I was done! Quick and easy and really fun. (The receiver of the gift liked it as well!)

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