https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/07/vintage-thingies-32-old-pattern-folder.html
kotkarankki: Vintage Thingies 32 - Old Pattern Folder
Thursday is Vintage Thingie day, and Suzanne is hosting. For some reason I have problems with Mr. Linky blog posts, and after a few seconds...
kotkarankkivintagethingiesoldpattern
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/12/pictures-from-elma-09-fair.html
kotkarankki: Pictures from the Elma 09 Fair
Do you remember the paper twine flower curtain from Dec 8th? Here are some more pictures from that fair. Wool rowings in lovely colours: ...
from thekotkarankkipictureselmafair
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/06/
kotkarankki: June 2009
kotkarankkijune
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2011/05/using-up-old-fabric-scraps-and-bird.html
kotkarankki: Using up old fabric scraps, and bird news
Today I finally could send this lot to Jan at Oz Comfort Quilts . Can you imagine that 326 quilts have been delivered through her hands this...
old fabrickotkarankkiusingscrapsbird
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2019/11/touch-of-winter.html
kotkarankki: Touch of Winter
A little while ago I took one of my Unicef dolls, John, out for a walk and to run some errands. We saw trees full of rowan berries. ...
touch ofkotkarankkiwinter
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2008/08/
kotkarankki: August 2008
kotkarankkiaugust
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2015/07/
kotkarankki: July 2015
kotkarankkijuly
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2008/05/softies-for-mirabel.html
kotkarankki: Softies for Mirabel
This morning I changed the light blue button eyes of Mr Hare to less spooky ones and gave them both their whiskers. May I represent, Mr Hare...
kotkarankkisoftiesmirabel
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2015/03/solar-eclipse-and-museum-visit.html
kotkarankki: Solar eclipse and museum visit
Yesterday was a special day, it was my birthday - thank you all who remembered me! - and a 84% solar eclipse at noon.This photo is ...
solar eclipsekotkarankkimuseum
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2013/10/new-quilt-new-tunic-and-old-books-and.html
kotkarankki: New Quilt, New Tunic and Old Books and Bears
Have you seen Stephanie's Long Johns quilt ? She remembered her grandfather's long johns on the washline, and made the polka dotty pieces l...
new quiltand oldkotkarankkitunicbooks
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2013/03/
kotkarankki: March 2013
kotkarankkimarch
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2018/02/
kotkarankki: February 2018
kotkarankkifebruary
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2012/07/tdf-day-7-grandmothers-knitting-pattern.html
kotkarankki: TdF day 7 - Grandmother's knitting pattern
Some time ago I showed the unfinished mittens I have kept as a piece of history. Yesterday I took my knitting needles and some yarn ends an...
kotkarankkitdfdaygrandmotherknitting
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-blocks-for-country-calendar.html
kotkarankki: New Blocks for the Country Calendar
This September has been very warm and lovely, just a few rainy days. This week was the first night frost in the area, but not right where we...
new blocksfor thekotkarankkicountrycalendar
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2022/07/
kotkarankki: July 2022
kotkarankkijuly
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2010/07/quilt-finish-summer-trip-and-garden.html
kotkarankki: Quilt finish, summer trip and garden report
This morning I took some pictures outdoors, before the heat made it too hot to enjoy the no longer fresh air. At 9 o'clock the temperature i...
summer tripkotkarankkiquiltfinishgarden
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2008/06/medieval-tourism.html
kotkarankki: Medieval tourism
This weekend we visited Turku, where our daughter Kaija lives. She took us to see the Medieval Fair ot the old market place near the cathedr...
kotkarankkimedievaltourism
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/04/bloggers-quilt-festival-spring-2009.html
kotkarankki: Bloggers Quilt Festival Spring 2009
How could I resist? I went to see Stephanie's blog and saw her Millennium quilt and read about this wonderful virtual Quilt Festival Amy fr...
bloggers quilt festivalkotkarankkispring
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2021/01/
kotkarankki: January 2021
kotkarankkijanuary
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2013/
kotkarankki: 2013
kotkarankki
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/07/country-calendar-july-bom.html
kotkarankki: Country Calendar July BOM
Today is just a short post, showing the July block I mislaid yesterday. There it is, freshly ironed. The flowers were so sweet that I wante...
country calendarkotkarankkijulybom
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2016/05/
kotkarankki: May 2016
kotkarankkimay
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2025/12/
kotkarankki: December 2025
kotkarankkidecember
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-challenge.html
kotkarankki: Summer Challenge
My friend Eileen from across the Atlantic ocean has agreed to work with me this summer with the Fabric Diet. We agreed to make a quilt total...
kotkarankkisummerchallenge
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2018/06/
kotkarankki: June 2018
kotkarankkijune
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/05/im-bag-lady.html
kotkarankki: I'm a Bag Lady?
Here are the newest shopping bags I have sewn, recycling a table cloth, here and a pillow case here These two bags are lined with a light ...
i ma bagkotkarankkilady
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2012/09/
kotkarankki: September 2012
kotkarankkiseptember
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/10/
kotkarankki: October 2009
kotkarankkioctober
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2014/02/
kotkarankki: February 2014
kotkarankkifebruary
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2008/02/
kotkarankki: February 2008
kotkarankkifebruary
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2015/
kotkarankki: 2015
kotkarankki
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2013/12/colour-for-dark-days.html
kotkarankki: Colour for the dark days
The Summer flowers are gone and replaced by Calluna. These will keep their colour during the Winter and be the only colourful spot in the...
for thekotkarankkicolourdarkdays
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2011/12/christobel-elf-girl.html
kotkarankki: Christobel the elf girl
Christobel the elf girl has found a perfect place on the round window. Melanie sent her last year for me as a Christmas present, and her...
the elfkotkarankkigirl
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-giveaway-gift.html
kotkarankki: The Giveaway Gift
The gift to celebrate my 600th blog post has been sent over the ocean. I tried to choose goods that travel well. The Finnish ta...
the giveawaykotkarankkigift
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2008/10/vintage-thingies-thursday-5-maija.html
kotkarankki: Vintage Thingies Thursday 5 - Maija
This week I will be showing my sister Maija's vintage thingies. She has no blog of her own, yet, and my faithful readers know her a little a...
vintage thingies thursdaykotkarankkimaija
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2011/08/more-wilderness.html
kotkarankki: More wilderness
Today's post is concentrating on the holiday photos only. Mr. K was fly-fishing on the shore: His fishing line is floating on the water an...
kotkarankkiwilderness
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2012/07/tdf-day-9-pink.html
kotkarankki: TdF day 9 - pink
A new preemie hat on the needles.
kotkarankkitdfdaypink
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-is-in-book.html
kotkarankki: What is in the book?
Today I'm showing you some pictures from my new book. All the ryijy rugs are from a privat collection over a time gap of 270 years. The ryij...
what isin thekotkarankkibook
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2010/03/
kotkarankki: March 2010
kotkarankkimarch
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2011/04/dear-friends-gifts-and-men-in-trees.html
kotkarankki: Dear friends, gifts, and men in trees
After my birthday several weeks ago I have still received some bulky mail from Melanie . First came this book , The Bayeux Tapestry Embroide...
dear friendskotkarankkigiftsmentrees
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2013/10/
kotkarankki: October 2013
kotkarankkioctober
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2024/02/
kotkarankki: February 2024
kotkarankkifebruary
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2008/03/sunday-lunch-recipe.html
kotkarankki: Sunday lunch recipe
The weekend has gone and I haven't done anything sewing-related. I have been cleaning and washing and cooking instead, and now I feel full o...
sunday lunchkotkarankkirecipe
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2019/10/
kotkarankki: October 2019
kotkarankkioctober
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/05/spring-is-here.html
kotkarankki: Spring is here
On May Day the weather was warm and the sun was shining. I took some pictures in the yard to show how far we are with the spring right now. ...
kotkarankkispring
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2017/12/december-11-more-of-villa-cooper.html
kotkarankki: December 11 - More of Villa Cooper
We have come to the other end of the dining room. The beautiful cupboard is filled with angels. Blue wreaths - our theme is Blue an...
kotkarankkidecembervillacooper
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/08/
kotkarankki: August 2009
kotkarankkiaugust
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2012/07/hunting-for-old-books-again.html
kotkarankki: Hunting for old books again, textile art
For many years already, Mr. K and I have made a Summer trip to Sastamala to the Old Literature Fair where sellers and buyers of old books a...
old bookskotkarankkihuntingtextileart
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/06/vintage-thingies-29-teacup-finale.html
kotkarankki: Vintage Thingies 29 - Teacup Finale
VTT time again, and time to show the last two teacups from the set my mother gave me when she sent me to the big world on my own. These cups...
kotkarankkivintagethingiesteacupfinale
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2021/09/
kotkarankki: September 2021
kotkarankkiseptember
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2017/04/
kotkarankki: April 2017
kotkarankkiapril
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/04/april-block.html
kotkarankki: April Block
This is my April block for the Country Calendar Quilt BOM by Ellie's Quiltplace . I made the bunny of fleece and didn't want to use my machi...
kotkarankkiaprilblock
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-flowers-and-new-quilt-project.html
kotkarankki: Summer flowers and new quilt project
This is the time of the year when our garden is most beautiful. The irises are in bloom,and they seem to like their new life in the narrow f...
summer flowersnew quiltkotkarankkiproject
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2024/08/
kotkarankki: August 2024
kotkarankkiaugust
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2010/11/
kotkarankki: November 2010
kotkarankkinovember
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2011/01/use-your-stash-again-this-year.html
kotkarankki: Use your stash again this year
I spent a long time making a new button for my own little challenge for 2011. Blogger and Picnik both work in curious ways, and so my pile o...
use your stashkotkarankkiyear
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2012/04/
kotkarankki: April 2012
kotkarankkiapril
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2011/01/
kotkarankki: January 2011
kotkarankkijanuary
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2011/08/stash-use-report-for-july-and-pif-still.html
kotkarankki: Stash use report for July, and PIF still open
July with the hot, lazy summer days is gone, and it's time to look back at the fabric piles. It looks like they didn't melt away! I didn't ...
for julykotkarankkistashusereport
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2011/04/
kotkarankki: April 2011
kotkarankkiapril
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2017/10/
kotkarankki: October 2017
kotkarankkioctober
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2017/09/unique-yellow-and-blue-quilt-finished.html
kotkarankki: Unique yellow and blue quilt finished
Here it is finally, my own design: Unique is the leading charity providing specialist information and support to families coming to...
yellow and bluekotkarankkiuniquequiltfinished
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2019/08/
kotkarankki: August 2019
kotkarankkiaugust
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/05/brown.html
kotkarankki: Brown
Just recently I showed a grey little squirrel napping in the tree. If you want to see what a tiny little squirrel looks like, look here: He...
kotkarankkibrown
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2018/09/
kotkarankki: September 2018
kotkarankkiseptember
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/04/little-me-in-nice-dress.html
kotkarankki: Little me in a nice dress
This week Eileen is hosting a meme of bloggers in their nice dresses when they were little. It seems I usually didn't have a new spring dre...
little mein akotkarankkinicedress
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-in-villa-cooper-part-2.html
kotkarankki: Christmas in Villa Cooper, part 2
Today we move on to the next room. Wool has taken over this space, where we usually see bags and clothing. Mittens and scarves, beanies, c...
in villakotkarankkichristmascooperpart
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2015/01/blue-light.html
kotkarankki: Blue light
On cloudy days the light here is blue. Even when I take the photos outdoors there is often not enough light. This quilt top is mostly blue,...
kotkarankkibluelight
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2008/06/
kotkarankki: June 2008
kotkarankkijune
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2015/03/
kotkarankki: March 2015
kotkarankkimarch
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2018/01/
kotkarankki: January 2018
kotkarankkijanuary
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/04/vintage-thingies-21-tray-mats.html
kotkarankki: Vintage Thingies 21 - Tray Mats
Today is The day again, time to show and tell about our vintage thingies. If you have something old and nice you could show, click here an...
kotkarankkivintagethingiestraymats
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2018/01/19c-new-snow-no-wind.html
kotkarankki: -19C, new snow, no wind,
and the sun is up from nine to four. Nearly a month has passed without a new blog post, the days are almost an hour and a half longer than ...
kotkarankkinewsnowwind
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2019/12/day-5.html
kotkarankki: Day 5
kotkarankkiday
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2011/12/crochet.html
kotkarankki: Crochet
I have been crocheting some potholders for Christmas for someone who doesn't read my blog so I can finally show something I have done. ...
kotkarankkicrochet
https://kotkarankki.blogspot.com/2009/04/old-easter-traditions-and-nice-flowers.html
kotkarankki: Old Easter Traditions and Nice Flowers
Twice a week I take the train to the next town, do my sewing related shopping in private, without darling Mr. Kotkarankki, (who, after all, ...
easter traditionskotkarankkioldniceflowers