Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Small finishes and big secrets...

Emma has a big secret to tell Peder... and a lot to learn him... the seret is.... It is soon Cheristmas. Emmas second - Peders first. :-)
Peder are practice his crawling.... May be Emma has told hin about all the gifts under the tree??
I know it will be a lot of gifts for them both... and some for the rest of us too.... LoL


I know I got a lot of secrets in my Advent calendar. I'm so luckey to get the calendar from Quiltegården as a gift. I had to order two of my santas to guard it. No peeping - I promice ;-)
It shuold have been some guarding on the coffetable saturnday. Quess who helped him self with some chocolate when I walk my quests to the front door... Jacob just had to get some Saturday candy...


Last month I was soo lucky to win a gift from OPAM 2010.Look what I got...Christmas Jingles a pattern from Natalie Ross- Great fabrics ( I think what to make of them ..) -Message Pads and a pen. Thank you Kris and Peg for hosting this. I love my gifts ;-)
Talking about OPAM 2010 - I manage to do some more small finish this monath. Larry the Lamb , a wool pincushion.It is almost to sweet to use. I have to play more with wool- it is fun and easy :-)
I have done some tiny stitcheries... to decorate for Christmas.Happy holidays from Blueberry Backroads. As a member of SSCS 2010 I'm going to get more to put on the tree. :-)
At last I want to show you what I have been doing to day.. I took May Britts challenge and start to make Mug-Rugs. Great little christmas gifts.. and a fun way to use some of my leftovers. But the more I make - the more new ideas I get....
The Rug in front has a stitcery I got in a class with May Britt some weeks ago. So thank you May Britt for giving me all this inspirasjon... To morrow I'm going to start making more Rugs... There are more leftovers crying to be used..

Have a great Advent with lots of Christmas spirit ;-))

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Snow at last...

At last the snow has come.. no more dark evenings. To day I went outside and found the snow sticky. So i had to make me a snow-lantern. I put a candle in it and ligth it this evening. It is beautiful.
Yesterday I went to a class with May Britt- it was needleturn workshop. A lot of A-ha from the girls. We all enjoy the class, and did great work..I will show mine next time .. It is not all done yet.
A lot of busy girls, not only sewing we also did a lot of chatting :-)
May Britt was staying at mine house.. We had a great evening with sewing and chatting... and a little wine:-) May Britt brought some kit - Christmas Bauble by Hatched and Patched. They was so great so I had to make some of my own...
It is my first attempt to use wool- felt. Funn and easy- I have to make more from it. I got the Felt at Katrines Quilte Stue the last time I went there. So here are my first finish this month.A Christmas Bauble...
Yesterday I got this wonderfull parsell in mail from Sølvi.Two thimbles , one from Røros and one from Rørvik. And look at the sockings. Not for everyday use.Thank you Sølvi - I love it all. Hugs :-)
There has been a lot of change in my house. I got a great joiner to do all the hard work. I'm going to hire out a part of the house. It is to big for me alone. So when May Britt got here, she brought new tools with her. I asked her to go and buy it after I saw it in a advertising. Ladies tool... all pink. So now I can decorate my wall by my self :-) All my photos and quilts are moving around...
This is my new sewing area in the sitting room. I can watch TV when I sew...
And here are my new wall- almost done. All the skirting are missing, but I got the Yuletide Joy Quilt on the wall -- Early start of the christmas season this year LOL I love the look of my sitting room now. And to morrow Jacob are comming home from his trip. Wonder what he will think of our new home :-)