18 on Saturday

Having a godson aged 18 is great. He is good looking, funny, clever and a bit lazy at times according to his mother, mostly polite, and very very BIG! He is going to have a surprise family party on Saturday morning when he wakes up. I had serious problems of what to get for him. We are not very close due to distance, meeting probably 2-3 times a year, but I still did not want to give him money. Or not only money. I kept thinking and consulting with his mum, and she said the kid was grown up enough now to appreciate something hand made and reminding him of the day, so maybe I should sew something for him. She told me this on Thursday morning. The party is going to be on Saturday morning. And we are leaving for the lake house Friday afternoon. And I have a 4-year-old here with me with a throat infection. And I have throat infection. And I should make something myself - oppsss....
So yesterday morning I went to the doctor with Emma, then rushed into IKEA to buy a pillow insert, and rushed home, fed Emma, put her to bed and dashed down to my sewing room. After half an hour Emma woke up - she usually sleeps 2-3 hours after lunch... but not yesterday. Afternoons are never for sewing, but I had my usual 2 monthly sewing evening with friends anyway, so I knew I would be able to sew from 6.30ish till forever, when my hubby comes home. What a mistake... Yesterday was the very first evening that my husband had to stay in very late in this office, he came home at 9. To cut it short, I started really sewing at 9.30ish. And finished the pillow by 1 a.m. So I am very sleepy, my throat hurts very much, but I am also very satisfied with the pillow. Hope Dani will love it too!

The fabric is from Sydney - where else -, I bought it 15 years ago, so it is almost vintage. I never thought at the time when I bought it to sew something of it for some man some day, that it would be my then 3 year old godson... It has beer labels on, to remind Dani that now he can legally drink beer. I put some wadding behind the fabric to give it some weight and free motion quilted around the labels - almost all of them, I must be mad. I cut "18" and ironed on in the middle of the front using 'Heat'n'Bond', and quilted his name on the back. I love it!

Projects

I did not have time to blog in the last weeks, but I was not resting, believe me :-) I made 12 litres of elder syrup for those long winter evenings, and also some small hand sewing, and all the last minute things of doctors' check ups and gardening and visiting and having friends before school closes in 4 weeks time and we start our summer vacation of 11-12 weeks.
Apart from working on my dolls house cross stitch (I do it very rarely nowadays, I have to admit...), I am making small projects. This weekend my husband took our kids to his mum's with him, so I had lots of time to do what I wanted, like reading in bed for hours, sewing, and watching Gilmore Girls, undisturbed - oh, what a feeling! They are shortly heading home, so now I am making freshly baked bread to greet them.

The pincushions will be for sale at the annual fair at Lake Balaton, and I am also planning to make other small things, if I'll have time...
The litle needle holder is made of the kit I won from Christine. I LOVE it, it is just so sweet and jolly. It was pure joy to make it. And have a look at the little button I found in my drawer - don't you love it?
The muffin quilt is for a friend who's turning 40 soon.
And I have finally decided what to make of my precious jelly roll and charm pack, and I am piecing the blocks, 8 or 10 more to go.

Quick weekend project

We were down at the lake house for the long weekend - in fact we even stayed an extra day for the delight of the kids - and this is what I made. I am not completely satisfied with it, but as I didn't have the proper tools with me, I had to work with what I got there. And I quite like my pincushion even as it is.

A nyaralóban voltunk a hosszú hétvégén - sőt, egy nappal meg is hosszabbítottuk a hétvégét a gyerekek nagy boldogságára - és ezt csináltam. Nem vagyok teljesen elégedett vele, de nem volt velem túl sok eszköz, így azzal kellett beérnem, amim volt. És még így is tetszik a tűpárnám.

And the winner is...

The winner of my second give away according to my son is duckyhouse! I didn't draw the name, but my son said a number between 1 and 7, the number of the participants, and he said 6! So the sixth comment won.

So please duckyhouse send me an email with your postal address and the package is going to you :-)

A második ajándékozásom nyertese duckyhouse. Nem kihúztam a nevet egy kalapból, hanem a megkértem a fiamat, hogy mondjon egy számot 1 és 7 között, és hatot mondott. Így hát a hatodik hozzászólás nyert.