8/20/2012

Bowls with Borders / Skålar med kant

Hi
It is day 8 and  my day to show my bowls.
 I am Britt-Inger from Malmö, in the south of Sweden, very close to the Danish capital Copenhagen. I can see the wonderful bridge between Sweden and Denmark from my balcony and windows.
 I am newly retired and could have fun all my time with sewing, but in fact there are many other things to enjoy during retirement. But I must admit that my sewing time take many hours of my free time. The quilt bug came flying over me and bit me very hard for about twelve years ago and since then there have been many quilted things coming from me.
The quilting is not a big thing in Sweden among  the other hobbies, but for me and my quilting friends  it is a very big thing, as we are a very addicted circle of ladies.
I am not so fond of paper piecing but I have several times visited Regina´s site and looked at her wonderful patterns. When this blog hop came Bowls with Borders I couldn´t resist signing up. And it has been sew fun, collecting fabric for the project and sewing it.
Here is my plastic bin from Ikea, where I have some tiny scraps for small quilting projects
Jag deltar i en blog hop, Skålar med bård, där vi är 164 damer och en herre!! som syr efter  Regina Grewes  Bowls with Borders. Och idag är det min dag att visa vad jag har sytt
A plastic bin with scraps /Ikea låda med smårester av tyg

 But it is so boring to tear off the paper and these tiny bits of paper have a fancy to choose the every other place than  the wastebasket.
I started with this table runner or wall quilt and as you could see I had some problems to stop sewing, there are 28 bowls in this quilt. And as I am a great fan of Kaffe Fasset, I have choosen some fabric of his design in both the bowls and the borders. The quilt is quilted by machine and with some FMQ also.
Min första quilt har 28 skålar staplade i varandra, det var jättesvårt att sluta leka med tygerna. Men sedan kommer det trista, att ta bort alla de små bitarna papper, som lägger sig överallt, utom i papperskorgen. Jag har maskinkviltat och gjort lite frihandsquilting utanför skålarna.
My first Bowls / Min första Skålar


Close /Nära


As I told you, it was very hard for me to stop and I then decided to make another quilt. I did this layout as a cupboard with three shelves and with nine stacks of bowls. And boy what fun I have had to choose fabric for these stacks. I am also a great fan of fabric designed by Laurel Burch and therefore some of the bowls have her cats and dogs. I am not a cat fan, I like cats, but I love dogs even if I am not an dog owner. As my pets are cockaties , I have then choosen to decorate some of the stacks with birds and flowers, the birds and flowers  are from my own drawing. The quilt is machine quilted and the appliqué is made by machine through all  the three layers.
The best thing with these two quilts is that every piece came from my stash and collection of scraps.
Isn´t that good to have everything at home and not buying fabric.
Jag hade väldigt svårt att sluta och var därför tvungen att påbörja ett nytt projekt. Det fick bli en quilt med ett skåp med hyllor, där det finns nio staplar med skålar i olika höjd. Och sedan var jag ju tvungen att applicera dit mina favoritdjur fåglar och några blommor fick också plats. Applikationerna har jag gjort samtidigt med kviltningen, och kvilten är kviltad på maskin.
My second Bowls with Borders 





 Thank you Madame Samm for hosting this blog hop and the amazing and heavy job that you have done and Carol being the cheer leader and Regina for giving us the pattern to make our different versions of this fun pattern.
Det är Madame Samm på Sew We Quilt som organiserat denna blog hop och Carol på Just let me quilt
 som hållit ordning på truppen och Regina Grewe  som gett oss mönstret att sy efter.
 I have now showed you my Bowls with Borders  and here are the others today

Nu har jag visat mina skålar och här är de andra i dag


121 kommentarer:

  1. Vilken sy- och skaparglädje.Fantastisk saker du har gjort.

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  2. Yours are my favorite so far! Love those laurel burch fabrics! And that dog, I have never seen it before!

    glen

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  3. Absolutely stunning!! I am in awe.
    Cheers!

    Jeanneke.
    I'll show my bowls on August 23rd.

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  4. Wow, ein Feuerwerk der Farben, Klasse !

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  5. Wow, those bowls are fantastic. Love the colors!

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  6. You look happy on the picture, and you should be, the bowls you created are awesome!
    KATRIN W.

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  7. I love your bowls!!! Beautiful colors.
    Greetings from Germany
    Nicole

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  8. Oh my goodness! I am just 'bowled' over with the color and fussy cutting. Wonderful fabrics. Thank you for such inspiration.

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  9. I love your bowls but I like your second quilt best with the shelves. This is a really good layout.

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  10. Beautiful quilts, I love your cupboard of bowls.
    Lovely fabrics and great quilting.
    Josie

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  11. Vad fina de är. Kul att använda lite rester på det här sättet.

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  12. was für tolle Quilts...beide Versionen gefallen mir sehr gut.....tolle Stoffe
    Grüsse aus Deutschland

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  13. Oh so fabulous talented artistic fantastic... What can I say? These quilts are outstanding for sure! Great job Britt-Inger. Next time take out your vakuum cleaner for the paper snippets... I let them go where they want and let the machine do the work. Very relaxing :-).
    Thank you for your creation
    Regina in Germany

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  14. So many bowls and two tops. Both of them very colourful and the birds looks very nice.
    Congratulations to your work.
    Sonja

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  15. Your projects are BEAUTIFUL!! I can't chose a favorite....Really, they are are simply stunning. Well done!

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  16. Lovely bowls! You are so inventive! Thanks for sharing.

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  17. Your bowls are just wonderful and love the lovely birds on it.

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  18. You did a lot of stacking! Love the fabrics (I'm a big Kaffe fan, but can never get myself to using those bold colours) you used and those birds are too cute!

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  19. Anonym20.8.12

    So wonderful your quilts! I love the Birds and your bowls are so nice to would have them all!
    Thank you for sharing this with us!
    A wonderfull day for you!
    Beate from Gabrielles Atelier!

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  20. Die sind wunderschön farbenfroh geworden!!!
    LG, Gudrun

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  21. Vilka vackra och färgglada kviltar du har gjort.

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  22. Anonym20.8.12

    Vilken kul idé och de är ju jättefina bara de inte ramlar :))

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  23. Oh my I love it! I love all the colouful bowls and the birds.... really nice work! Had fun hopping here..thank you

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  24. Wow de är jättefina! Så härliga färger och roliga kram

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  25. Love your bowls! You did such a beautiful job.

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  26. I love both of these quilts!! but my favourite is the second one because of the birds!
    Thank you!!

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  27. OK! I have had a few favorites up until now and your little birdies took over! Love that!!!

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  28. Leonore20.8.12

    So many Bowls! I like the birds.
    Many greetings from Germany

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  29. 28 bowls - I am glad you told me and with the birdie bowls just using scraps is marvellous. Just love both of these hangings. Thank you
    Britt-Inger.

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  30. Anonym20.8.12

    MEN! så vackra skålar. Riktiga glädjespridare!

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  31. I like your first tall stack but my oh my that one with flowers and birds is outstanding. Wonderful job on your applique additions. I am surely impressed!

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  32. Hi!!! Wow!!! They are beautiful!!! Love the colors and everything about them!!!!

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  33. Love the first tall stack but that second one took my heart! What sweet birdies!!

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  34. Your bowls are fantastic! I love both of your projects that you got done. I like how you added birds and flowers to your quilt, lovely job. Thank you for sharing! Happy quilting...

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  35. Så nydelig, da. Og med mange gode idéer. Tusen takk for at du viser oss. Skal følge deg på Flickr også.

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  36. Wow! That is one BIG stack of bowls and so pretty too! I really love the cupboard and your adorable birds and flowers! Nice!

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  37. Your bowls are my favorites. I especially love the quilt with the birds.

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  38. Ahhh Britt, you just make me happy. YOUR quilts are such a reflection of your lovely personality and the joy you put into your life for us all to enjoy. And that we did this morning. YOU must promise to join in other blog hops..YOU are an absolute delight in many ways..and I think I think I saw you somewhere else this morning..just saying lol.

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  39. Great bowls, I just love your fabric choices. Now if we could only find real bowls that look like yours! Thanks so much for sharing. Have a great week!

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  40. You did a super job.

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  41. Skålarna är sååå läckra! Förstår om de är vanebildande.
    Kram

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  42. RosemaryB here:

    WOW! I am ALMOST speechless... but I will try :-P
    These are two of my favorite fabric designers as well. I love the fabrics you put them together so nicely.
    Your stack of bowls is amazing and the one with the shelves is so great! I also made shelves and I will have mine up on the 25th.
    Thank you so much for sharing your creation and YES you are very inspiring to me, a new quilter.

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  43. Both quilts are wonderful with lively fabrics and colors. The birds you added are charming. Well done!

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  44. I just love your bowls with the birds. I do have a cat, but I feel each has their own companion and what they like. My son loves dogs. But the birds...they are beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing, I enjoyed reading about them.

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  45. Beautiful bowls! I especially love the ones with the birds! I belong to a quilt bee (group) in Illinois USA with women who are Swedish! I'm sending them your blog address! Thank you for sharing! I also love to dye fabric - such fun!!

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  46. Beautiful bowl quilts! The birds are wonderful addition to the quilts too. I like the colorful fabrics you chose. Kaffe Fasset adn Laurel Burch has great fabrics.

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  47. I love both of your quilts. Love the colors and also the birds you added to the second one.

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  48. Oh now; I love both! But your second piece with the birds....is too darn cute!! I love it!!!!

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  49. Anonym20.8.12

    I loved visiting your blog and seeing your bowls. I especially love the birds. I had no idea when I started following the links from Kathy's Quilts that I would go on a journey to Sweden, Germany and ( I' think Spain)
    Lisa (in Canada)

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  50. I loved the little sneak peek that you sent to me and was anxiously awaiting your post. I am not disappointed! Your bowls are amazing and beautiful! I'm a Laurel Burch fan, too, and enjoyed seeing you use her fabric. I hope you hop with us again as you've been so much fun. :O)

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  51. Jeg kan bare si at dette ble jättebra.:-) Begge ble veldig fine, men jeg holder nok en knapp også på nr. 2, med dine egne design i tillegg.Bra jobbat!.

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  52. What beautiful work and love the Kaffe fabrics! Your addition of the birds on the bowls is fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

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  53. Anonym20.8.12

    Your second bowls project is fabulous!
    Wonderful fabrics in both.
    Thanks for sharing and joining in the fun!

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  54. Your projects are beautiful! I love that you put your own creativity into them! Great job!

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  55. Men åh, så läckra kviltar du sytt! Och i ursnygga tyger och färger! Gillar särskilt den andra med fåglarna, superläcker! :-)

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  56. Wow! These are both beautiful. I love the fabrics and your birds are delightful. Congratulations on being one of the chosen.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  57. Those are fantastic! I forget how tiny they are. The layout with the birds is wonderful.

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  58. Your bowls are beautiful..and I especially love the birds..thank you for sharing!

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  59. Fantastic! I love both the runner and the quilt. They are beautiful, Britt-Inger.

    Thanks so much for sharing and being a part of the hop!

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  60. Oh wow!!!! You did have fun with those bowls. I loved both of them. The colors are fabulous and the whimsy of the birds is adorable. GREAT job!

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  61. Love your choice of fabrics and both sets of bowls are wonderful.
    Great job.

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  62. Wow! Your piled them up! Great, I love your fabric/colors/bowls!

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  63. I love both of your quilts...your fabric collection is amazing!

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  64. OH Gosh! Both of your minis are gorgeous. Love your tall stack. Great fabric choices. How clever to do shelves with your bowls. Your two birds are too cute! You are so talented to be able to draw. Thanks for sharing both projects with us. Super job!

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  65. Oh, my! You have competed 2 beauties, here, I do not know which I like the best. Very well done!
    :-}pokey

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  66. Love your bowls. The cupboard is nice with the little extra touches. . . I like that bird a lot. Thanks for sharing.

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  67. Wow! You did an amazing job with this challenge! I don't like the paper piecing myself because of tearing the paper out either but that's the only reason. I love the birds, flowers and all the other things you drew and added. It's just wonderful! I can tell youn had fun with this! Do you have problems getting quilting fabrics where you are since quilting isn't that big of a thing there?

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  68. Wow!!! You did an outstanding job!!! I love both quilts!!!

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  69. Your first stack of bowls was great.......and then I saw the cupboard full of bowls! Fantastic!!

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  70. Love your bowls and the birds!!

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  71. I love your projects. You really made a lot of beautiful bowls.

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  72. So much fun. Love your birdy a well.

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  73. I love your choices of material! Kaffe is one of my favorite ovedegisners too!!! So bold and beautiful! Wow, your two quilts are over-the-top fabulous!!! Love them both!!!!

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  74. You have used two of my favorite designers fabrics to make outstanding pieces of art!

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  75. Anonym20.8.12

    I wonder if 28 is the record! It's obvious from "hopping" that for some people they are addicting! Both your projects are fantastic. Your whimsical additions of flowers and bird are delightful. I also like Laurel Birch fabrics as I have made a cat quilt using the 'Magic Tiles," pattern. Thanks for sharing, from California!

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  76. Very cute quilts!!! I love the birds.

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  77. Anonym20.8.12

    Wonderful colors. Inspiring use of Laurel Burch fabric. Great idea of bowls in a cupboard. Kat from San Antonio, TX, USA

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  78. I love the birds and flowers you added to your bowls in one of the wall hangings. Just beautiful.

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  79. Your bowls are the best! Your fabric choices and workmanship are lovely! Thanks for sharing a little bit of Denmark with us!

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  80. Jag har aldrig sett något liknande, varken Skålarna eller så många kommentarer till ett inlägg! Men jag ställer mig i kö till Dig och när det blir min tur, så säger jag WELL DONE!

    Dollandesign

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  81. Oh my dear - so many bowls! I love your colors, I love your bowls, I love your birds! It is marvelous job!

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  82. Your bowls are wonderful! Judith, Texas

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  83. I must say you have the nicest fabric scraps! Both projects are equally wonderful but I do love that bird. Thank you for sharing your lovely bowls with us.

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  84. WOW!
    Beautiful quilts !
    Love all the beautiful fabrics you use
    Thank you for sharing :)
    Marta

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  85. I am so excited, these are wonderful! I see more bowls lining up or stacking up in my sewing room. I even forgive you for being ok with cats, that cheeky one is so cute but the birds...love them! Thank you. ps missed the dog, I need to re look which is just fine!
    Cathy R

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  86. Kul och jag tycker Du verkligen lyckats med Dina båda! Grattis!

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  87. Your tall pile of bowls being so straight is impressive! I love the chickens in the many stacks of bowls. Congratulations for the mention today!

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  88. Your bowls made me smile- especially the birds with the kitty bowls! great job!

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  89. These are some of my favorite bowls of all! Wonderful colors and such clever birds! Thanks for sharing with us.

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  90. Iam a big fan of Laurel Burch fabric so i just love your bowl they are all beautiful and I am in awe of all of your work. Thanks for sharing. Sandra from Canada

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  91. Wow! you have been very busy making some fabulous bowls. I really like both your wall hanging. thanks for sharing.

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  92. Britt-those two quilts are absolutely fantastic. I love your fabric. I love the idea of cupboards with bowls. Awesome job.

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  93. I am not familiar with these fabric lines, and I think the fabrics are fabulous. I love that you used your own designs for the flowers and birds, which by the way, are amazing. Wonderful, wonderful job! I retired 2 years ago and love having more time for quilting.

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  94. What a fun wall hanging with the birds. Great job.

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  95. I love both your masterpieces!! Beautiful!!

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  96. your bird / bowl quilt is just wonderful.What a great idea you had come up with... I think mine will be vey plain.
    in stitches

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  97. Anonym21.8.12

    If there is a winner, it would be you! Wonderful--both of them.

    Last month I was in Copenhagen and Stockholm. Both lovely countries. Fortunate for me, quilting is big in Southern California.

    Your blog will be on my favorites to visit. Lots of inspiration. Thank you.

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  98. wOW! Very impressive. Love them both.

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  99. Britt. Absolutely awesome! I love the Kaffe Fasset fabrics, too. I had a KF club in an Atlanta, GA (USA) quilt shop for a few years. I designed the patterns, we all sewed with his fabrics. You did such a beautiful job. Now I'm going to pull out my precious KF fabrics and see what I can do. You must be very, very proud.

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  100. I love your bowls! Those birds are fabulous!

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  101. They are both very pretty, but I love the wall hanging with the birds! Such pretty fabrics. Thank you for sharing.

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  102. hallo
    wunderschöne Schüsseln tolle farben einfach Klasse
    lg heidi

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  103. Very brave to make two projects! I went through Malmö when I went to Lünd for the lace congress.

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  104. Jättetrevliga dina skålkviltar, hoppas jag får se dem IRL! Kram

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  105. Oh I really love your second one with the 3 shelves of bowls. The birds in the cat/dog bowls is so funny! I love it!

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  106. I just love the fabrics and colors you used.The birds are fantastic. Really beautifully done

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  107. Vilka ljuvliga skålar du har sytt Britt-Inger. Visst var detta en trevlig Blog-hop. Man har fått se en massa olika ideer på dem. Dessa var så trevliga att sy och jag har mer planer på att göra med detta mönster.

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  108. Oh what delightful birds! What a great job you did!

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  109. Your Kaffe bowls are fantastic. The project is so pretty, especially the birds, and love the borders too. Great job!

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  110. Den här kommentaren har tagits bort av skribenten.

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  111. Wonderful sewing! Beautiful fabrics! You have done a super human job!

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  112. I love both versions of your bowls...the colors are gorgeous!

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  113. Britt, WOW 28 bowls, you are a paper piecing machine!! I don't like tearing off the paper, it is very time consuming! Your projects are amazing...nice touch adding the applique. Thanks for sharing and joining in the fun! Pauline

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  114. You have been busy! Your work and color choices is lovely! Thanks for sharing your talent with us.

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  115. Vilka mysiga skålar. Annika

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  116. Wunderschön ;-))
    Ich bin begeistert.

    Liebe Grüße
    Gilla datHexchen

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  117. Your bowls are adorable....

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  118. So strikingly beautiful! I love the way your birds are nesting in the bowls with dogs and cats hiding. Just amazing!

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  119. Underbara skålar du gjort!
    Kram Kerstin

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