Two finished tops!

Yeey!  I finished the Jelly Roll quilt top!  I made it a little larger than the pattern said, since I had a lot of extra blocks.... Now I need to decide whether I will quilt it myself or send it off to Merete...

The pattern is called "Hide 'n' seek" and is from the book "Strip-Smart Quilts"

I used a jelly roll, "Spring Magic" by April Cornell, and different creme/white fabrics from my stash for the blocks.

The other top I have finished is "Anna's veggteppe" by AnnAKa. The stitcheries don't show up very well in the photograph, sorry about that!!  I hope to finish this soon, as I really like the way it turned out.

I was sewing a tablerunner yesterday, and had a bit of fabric left over, so I made this little "Glam bag".  Pattern by Pink Sand Beach Design.  I have made quite a few of these over the years, and I just love them! They are wonderful to give away  as small gifts.

That's it for now, thank you for stopping by!

UFO sewing

I've been digging out some of my ufo's lately, and it feels good to work on them again :-)  This was just a block I made years ago for a blocknight at the shop, but I didn't have a plan for it really, until I was clearing out some of my stash, and I found a piece of the teabag fabric at the bottom of a pile.... Now I just need to quilt it and bind it, and it will be a nice little top for my kitchen counter.

More ufo's.... I have finished the two identical stitcheries for AnnAKa's "blue advent" tablerunner.  The first one was started in October, but I didn't finish it until just recently.  The second one only took me a week, so now I might just finish this one before advent comed in December ( I should have plenty of time...)

The last ufo I am working on is a wallhanging.  The pattern is "Annas veggteppe" also by AnnAKa.  It has two stitcheries, and I have just finished them both ( I've been doing a lot of stitching lately...LOL)

I had fun sewing the star blocks.  The colors I am using is different from the pattern, but I like the way it looks :-)

Thank you for stopping by, hope you have a wonderful day!

The kids are growing up....

And Kristine is a senior in High School this year.

On Friday the Senior class, or the "Russ" as they are called in Norway started their celebration of 13 years of school coming to an end.  They will wear their "Russe clothes" and celebrate (party) until May 17th....

They have cards like the one in the picture to give out to friends, and younger kids will collect these cards and see who can collect the most cards...

A lot of the kids have Russe cars, or buses they drive around in and party.... Kristine decided she didn't want to spend money on a car, so she has a "russebike"  I am so pleased with her decision! Since she doesn't drink she has been asked to drive one of the cars for some friends, so Friday night she was driving them around after their "Russe christening". 

As you can see in the pictures she has done a bit of painting on her russepants.  She loves to draw and paint, so she has been decorating her friend's pants as well :-) A nice way to make a bit of money....

I hope she has a fun and safe time, right now she'll be joining me at Ola's soccergame, and she is bringing lots of her cards to share with all the kids.

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

WIP- Work in progress

Do you remember the jelly roll from my last post?  Well, I found a different Jelly Roll that I had actually opened a year or so ago.... So I decided to use tha one first.  This is "Hide 'n' seek" from the book "Strip-Smart Quilts".  All the whites are from my stash (yeey)

Here are all the blocks ready to be sewn together.  Iam actually working on it now- just taking a short blogging break :-)

I need to find a border fabric for this now.... ( or at least when I have all the blocks sewn together).

And I wanted to show you something I actually finished; This pincushion is from an AnnAKa pattern, fabrics are "Comma" from Moda ( My new favorite line!!!!!!!)

I better get back to my sewingmachine, thank you for stopping by!

Abigail's Sampler Quilt

The Block of the Month quilt from my last post is our BOM club at the shop this year, and what is really cool is that there are three different quilts you can make with the same twelve blocks, so now I am working on "Abigail's sampler Quilt". This is block 1.

And here is block 2.  I am a bit behind the others in our group, since I was racing to get the first quilt finished for the Quilt meet.... We are meeting on Tuesday to do block 4, so I have cut the pieces for block 3 now, and will sew it together tonight.

I am using fabrics from a fat quarter bundle I bought at Sample Spree in Houston 3 years ago for this quilt ( About time, don't you think?)  The line is called " the Buffalo Bill Collection" and is from Windham fabrics.

While I am working on these blocks this jelly roll is begging to get used..... I admit I hoard jelly rolls, and now I REALLY need to use some of them.  I have a plan for this ( I think....) The line is Portobello Market by 3 sisters.

Tomorrow I am going to the boy's ski race, hope the sun is out :-)  Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!

Hello April....

It sure has been a while since I've posted anything here... It's not that I haven't been sewing- I've just been very busy....  

In March we brought the shop (or at least a little part of our shop) to the annual Quilt Meet in the Norwegian Quilt Association.  To prepare for a weekend like this takes a Looong time, especially sewing new samples....

This quilt is the BOM club we are doing this year at the shop.  The pattern is called "Barbara Jean's Sampler quilt", and is by Lori Smith of "From my heart to your hands".  I LOVED making this quilt, the fabrics are from Sue Daley's new fabric line.  Merete Ellingsen quilted it, and she did a wonderful job!  (We have kits for this at the shop if anyone is interested....)

Here is another view of our booth.  You may see my Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt in the middle of the picture... Finished just in time!

It was lovely to go to the cabin for Easter this year.  Lots of snow meant we got to ski every day!  Sigve carried his snowboard and boots on his back while cross country skiing to one of the biggest mountains in the area, and had a blast snowboarding down all the way back to the cabin.  

Our cabin is not in an aerea with prepared skislopes or even prepared tracks, but we are able to ski anywhere we want to which is wonderful!

My dad and Kristine is way ahead of my mom and me....

Such a beautiful day!

And after a day of skiing it was nice to relax by the cabin!

I hope your Easter was nice and relaxing as well.

Quilting and binding

This weekend I've been working, sewing and skiing �� and of course I've been watching the nordic world championships in Val Di Fiemme on TV.

Here is my Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt. I got the binding on today, ready to be handsewn down later tonight...

And here is the next quilt ready for binding. Not sure if I have enough fabric for the binding, but I know we have more at the shop, so no worries.
Tomorrow night we'll be heading to Folldal to teach a quilt class there, I am really looking forward to that!
Sorry for the short post, but I need to get going on these bindings.... Thanks for stopping by!
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Happy Birthday!

Kristine turned 19 yesterday, and she had lots of friends over for a cake party. She made a Red Velvet cake herself, and my mom and I collaborated on a marzipan cake. I can't believe my little girl is already 19, and soon on her way out on her own. This weekend we're going to Oslo where Ola will be skiing in a race for 13 and 14 year olds in Holmenkollen, and Kristine will be looking around different areas for student housing since she'll be attending the University of Oslo this fall.



I have been knitting a little lately, Easter is coming, and this little Easter bunny is from an Arne & Carlos's book with lots of fun Easter knitting. i think it's the first time I've knit a sweater in one evening.....



Oh, and I want to show you this little purse, the pattern is from Bente Malm, and it is such a great and easy pattern. perfect for fun fabrics like the Nancy Drew fabric I used.
Thank you for stopping by, have a wonderful day!
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My scrappy blocks

Look, I made more scrappy trip around the world blocks.....  These are soooo addictive!  Now I want to make these in every color combination I can imagine ( but of course I won't.... Not enough time....)  I am making four more blocks for this quilt, and adding a border, and it will be a great quilt for the couch.  Now I will need to make matching pillows- and maybe a new table runner as well.....

And I finished my bug bag, and the little bag for my "sewing bits 'n bobs".  These two have been living at the shop for a couple of weeks, but now the pattern is sold out, so I brought them home yesterday.  I am looking forward to using them both at our quilt meeting in Fjellquilten on Tuesday.

Today I hope to do a bit of sewing.  The Norwegian Quilt Association's annual meeting and show is coming up in March, and our shop will have a booth there, so I have lots of samples to make.... It's just us girls at home this weekend though, Svein and the boys are away on ski races until tomorrow night, so I won't feel bad if I sew ALL DAY.  Kristine is sleeping in, then she'll be reading and knitting the rest of the day I think...  Yesterday her class was in Trondheim at big "Education Fair" where all the major universities and colleges were represented.  She has already decided on the University of Oslo, but brought home a lot of catalogs, so  I guess she'll be reading about a few other schools as well, and see if she wants to change her "Plan B".

Have a wonderful day, and thank you for stopping by!

quilt top finished!

I finished the quilt top!  The pattern is "Cheers me up" by Geoff's Mom patterns. I brought it to our Quilt guild meeting last night.  Since it's a bit cold here now we were only six ladies at the meeting, but we had a lovely evening!  The temperature has been -31 C for quite a while now (-24 F), so staying inside keeping the fire going in the fireplace is a priority.... At least I am getting some sewing done :-)

I started sewing scrappy trip around the world blocks at the meeting last night- maybe I'll make some more this weekend- I can see these are a bit addictive.... You can find the tutorial here on Bonnie's Quiltville page.

Hope your weekend is great- I'll be at home sewing blocks :-)

Thanks for stopping by!