Behave - Seid artig!

These are parts of a new piece I'm working on.

Diese sind Teile eines neues Stückes.

I am experimenting with paper and also using more free motion embroidery to accentuate the graphic style of the piece as a contrast to the hand embroidered details.

Ich experimentiere mit Papier und freies Maschinsticken, um das graphische Charakter des Stückes zu betonen.

I will also experiment with print and scripture in combination with wool. This can be interesting to solve...

Ich werde auch mit Druck und Schrift in Kombination mit Wolle experimentieren. Diese ist eine Aufgabe, die interessant zu lösen sein wird...

Trying to move...

I bought a bicycle this morning after 3 days of dieting without losing weight! I can eat only a slice of cucumber a day and lose nothing but my good resolution...

These new bicycles have a low frame for easy access and this makes it more user friendly! My sport vibes went missing at some point of my life... many, many years ago...

Now I hope I use it often!!

Heute habe ich einen Tiefeinsteiger-Rad gekauft in der Hoffnung, dass ich mein Vorhaben, mehr Bewegung zu machen in die Tat umsetze... Man wird sehen...

Vulcano at Pico/Azores

I forgot to show this photo. I think it's the best one I took!

Ich vergaß dieses Foto zu zeigen. Ich glaube, es ist mir am Besten gelungen!

I'm back from Italy and Pico/Azores

Barcis, where Feltrosa 2009 took place.

A small coffee shop I visited often...

During the workshop...

Cantinho do Ceu at Pico/Azores.

Preparing the exhibition.

The workshop

The ladies of the workshop.

The wonderful landscape of Pico.

After almost 3 weeks of cars, plains, trains and boats I'm back home from Italy, Germany, Portugal and the Azores.

I really need some rest and I don't know if I'm going to be able to be very present in the Blog or internet for a while. The problem is that I have some work to do and I don't have much time free. I think this is going to be my destiny till the end of September where I really am finished with my biggest plans for this year. I look forward to have a quiet fall and winter where I finally can work in my studio.

This doesn't mean that I'm not going to be present at all but not in the way I used to before all these deadlines and workshops began to happen.

Next year I'm going to have Sweden as highlight and I want to prepare new work for the exhibition and workshop there. I'm going to be at Leufsta Quilt and I want to restrict my work in public to this. I'm longing to do new work!

Spring in the spring

Now this is the product of my stay at my daughter's. I notice that I have a colorful spring...
I actually only did the piece I have underneath the crochet vest and the cowl but the colors matched somehow as I tried them and I decided to wear everything for the photo.

Dieses is das Produkt vom Besuch bei meiner Tochter Kirsten. Ich merke, dass ich momentan ziemlich auf Buntes falle. Eigentlich habe ich nur den unteren Teil gemacht, unter der Weste und dem extra Kragen. Die Farben paßten irgendwie zusammen und ich habe sie für das Fotos kombiniert.

My son Pablo took the photograph after me trying desperately to do this in front of a mirror!

Mein Sohn Pablo nahm das obere Foto nachdem ich es bei einem Spiegel verzweifelt versucht hatte!

I also discovered some wonderful stone slices in the city near the house of my daughter and they inpired me to do these two necklaces. I'm getting better at it with each one I do and I suppose I will have many ideas for the 18 stone slices I bought! I think I will sell them in the blog because I won't need all of them, it's just something fun to do while you're watching a film.

Ich habe auch einige wunderschöne Steinscheiben in Wiener Neustadt und sie inspirierten mich, diesen Halsschmuck zu machen. Ich habe viele Ideen dafür und dadurch, dass ich 18 Steine gekauft habe, werde ich einige Halsketten im Blog verkaufen müssen! Ich mache sie gerne beim DVD anschauen.

Visiting my daughter - Besuch bei meiner Tochter

I had the opportunity of taking photos of two of my daughters with their children and one husband...

I'm a week away from home and have no Photoshop in my laptop so I had to play with Photoscape, a free download that's not bad for converting photos from the camera to a useful size and a couple of filters.

Ich hatte die Gelegenheit, zwei meiner Töchter, einen Ehemann und meine Enkerl zu fotografieren.

Ich bin eine Woche nicht zu Hause und ich habe keinen Photoshop in meinem Laptop. I habe ein Gratisdownload von einer Software "Photoscape" für Fotosverarbeitung ausprobiert. Damit kann ich mindestens die Fotos, die ich mache, uploaden.

Just spring - Nur Frühling

Just rings I did for my grandchildren and flowers my husband brought me some minutes ago.

Ich habe gerade diese Ringe für meine Enkelinnen gemacht. Die Blumen hat mir mein Mann gerade gebracht.