Baby quilt part 4, I need some advice!

First of all, thank you so much for all the congratulations on the birth of our daughter! We're still pretty tired but in a state of constant bliss! :)

Back to topic... quite obviously I didn't finish my baby quilt in time but as we've started to settle down a little I think it's time to get the work done! My only problem is I just don't know what fabric to pick for the border... Can you please help me out?

No. 1) a beige fabric with dots and flowers in purple, dark orange and white ( I've used it in the quilt too)

No. 2) a Light green fabric with flowers in a darker green colour

No. 3) A pale pink (gammalrosa in Swedish) fabric with dots in a lighter pink colour

No. 4) A "Tilda-ish" chequered fabric in white, pale pink, brown and beige

Or maybe none of the above? Do you have any other colour suggestions?

For more pictures of the quilt, have a look here and here.

Welcome!

On Thursday 12.02.2009 our daughter was born.

2800 g

46 cm

Love of our lives.

Vintage knitting

As I told you just a few weeks ago I've recently taken up knitting again and when I found this knit-along I thought - why not? It seems like a nice way to get inspired, to exchange patterns and to actually finish something :)

VINTAGESTICKNING KAL 2009

I've actually anticipated by knitting this baby helmet and it was so quick to do, I've decided to make another one and maybe something else from the same book from the early 70's.

Of course you are all welcome to join us! :)

Challenges

There are a lot of different challanges circulating in bloglandia and just for fun I've chosen to take up these two: (if anyone likes to take on the challenges please let me know, I'd love to read see/read about you! :) )

1. Show the 4th photo in the 4th folder of your My Pictures folder.

It's a photo of my bridesmaid with her bouquet. To the left you can glance my wedding dress which is the traditional dress from my area, Värendsdräkten. Me and my mum sew and embroidered it together.

2. Here are the rules: Bold the things you’ve done and post on your blog! (It's pretty american but I think it's fun! I found it on this cute blog.)

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (played the bass in the teacher's band at work...)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch, does a craft count?
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris – saw it, but didn’t go to the top
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class - does tai-chi count?
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Been a Girl Scout
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating, does boiling shellfish alive count?
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

February embroidery

As you maybe have noticed (and I have blogged about it before) I change the top right picture on my blog every month. My grandmother made these embroideries sometime in the 70's and most of them are from the book "Korsstygnsrosor och andra mönster" (1974) by the wonderful Gerda Bengtsson, famous for her cross stitch patterns of plants and flowers. I can't find any information about her in either Swedish or English, but you can read more about her here in Italian.

I think my grandmother invented this particular pattern herself but I'm not sure, does anyone of you know?