We have a lovely house just below the rocks of Meteora/Kalampaka Greece and I wanted to celebrate and write a few words about how happy it makes me to live here and in general what I love to do. TRAVEL and HOME.
In the beginning of December last year I did a little English Paper Piecing project for the Travelling PicStitch Bloghop and I wanted to do something with the block that I made and I really thought it would make a great pillow. It is the first one, with the word Travel on top, it depicts the rock behind our house and it is a part of the name of the Taverna that we own.
The second pillow is how I feel our home is, full of color and life, plus I have just fallen in love with EPP hexies, they are so fun to make.
Sorry Madame Samm for not doing a very good job with my photos, I have learned how to make great photographs from you, but these were taken very late at night. The little appliqued heart is resting on a grey rock with the words KOKAROKA around it, this is the name of our business. For both the TRAVEL and HOME words I used Linda's "secret" technique of glue and glued them on and then stitched them in place (p.s. I will never use a contrasting thread again, it shows the mistakes to easily).
The Greece postage stamp I printed off of my printer using Ookie La La's technique, super easy, and I really want to thank Roxanne because she sent me some linen fabric which is exactly what I needed for my postage stamp, go visit her at Scrapbook-chickadoodle, by the way linen fabric is 60euros a yard here in Greece that's like $80 bucks, thanks again Roxanne for being my Pay It Forward buddy.
Don't forget to visit the rest of the wonderful creators for the day.
Friday, January 11
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| Some nice pillows for the home |
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| I changed the picture and took this, this morning with the rocks behind |
Sorry Madame Samm for not doing a very good job with my photos, I have learned how to make great photographs from you, but these were taken very late at night. The little appliqued heart is resting on a grey rock with the words KOKAROKA around it, this is the name of our business. For both the TRAVEL and HOME words I used Linda's "secret" technique of glue and glued them on and then stitched them in place (p.s. I will never use a contrasting thread again, it shows the mistakes to easily).
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| this shows the colors a little bit better. |
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| outside hanging from the laundry line and not on a pillow form |
The Greece postage stamp I printed off of my printer using Ookie La La's technique, super easy, and I really want to thank Roxanne because she sent me some linen fabric which is exactly what I needed for my postage stamp, go visit her at Scrapbook-chickadoodle, by the way linen fabric is 60euros a yard here in Greece that's like $80 bucks, thanks again Roxanne for being my Pay It Forward buddy.
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| This is so cool! Even my husband was impressed. |
Friday, January 11
Jane's
Fabrics (Jane R.)
Jane's
Quilting (Jane C.)
Nuts 4
Redwork (Heide W.)
Cherry
Blossoms Quilting Studio (Cherry G.)
Bits and
Pieces (Martha R.)
Life in Every Breath
(Jennifer B.)
Quilting Lines (Patricia
L.)
Travel Thru
Greece (Mara)-this is me!
Meadowbrook (Kristen K.)
Count It All
Joy! (Denise P.)
Sophie
Junction (Sophie W.)
And a big Thank you to Madame Samm and Linda for creating and hosting another very fun hop.
On the post below I am having a giveaway- 2 1/2 yards of Salt Water fabric created by Tula Pink, so make sure you check that out also. I just got my fabric in the mail today and it is ohh so pretty, the coral color is beautiful. I am doing a traveling QAL to Tula Pinks Anchors Aweigh Quilt, the button is on the side and the info is on a seperate page that you can find on the top of my blog.
Thanks for stopping by.
Mara
