Busy June...

To day it is my birthday and there has been a Ladies party... And here are the guest of honor, Emma. She and her mum came yesterday and will stay over the weekend.
But I got more great guests - some of my dearest friends. We realy had a great time - talking and making more plans for the summer. Yes, it include Quilt-shops and fabrics... LoL.
Thank you girls for a great day and the lovely gifts... I know what to bring to bed to nigth ;-)
Here are some of my gifts....Sweets,socks,stringbag, fabrics,book (my bed reading) and look at the little box in the middle. You will never quess what it contents..... Quilt- shop-air LOL. When May Britt went to Trondheim I told her I miss the smell of a quiltshop- so Siw and her made this to me.. Fresh Quiltegården smell. Yummy ;-) But there was more than the smell inside it there was a great necklace. Thank you Siw- I love it. Hugs ;-)
And tomorrow there will be more guest. It is so nice to have visitors for coffe.
There have been a lot of happening so fare in June... Irene , Bjørg and I have been on a Quilt store excursion. We went to Moelv- Quilteliv and Brumundal - Fabrikutsalget. And of course this was the day I had a empty battery in my camera. I only got this photo outside of Quilteliv. We had a great day- made lots of new plans for new quilting items... and got a LOT of new fabrics...

It seems like we could start a little Quilt shop, but it is our treasures on the floor at May Brits place. We had to visit her and was giving her a hard time with our "show and tell" The poor girl had to go to work ;-)
As you can tell I have been to busy with my social life so there has been a little on the Quilting front, But I have been able to cut in my fabrics pile ( only for shortly ;-) But my Tote bag with ginger Blossom fabrics are empty, and I got this Quilt top. To day I got Stipples made easy from Quilt- design. It will be fun to use it for the first time...
There has been more happening in June also. My little Quilt group has had its annual Barbecue and we could sit outdoor, but we had to have our coats on. Yes. we had dinner - not only wine ;-)
Have a great summer everybody- see you all in August.
So now I want to wish every body a great summer and "Skål" as we says in Norway.
I hope I will be back soon with some finish for June ;-)

Colours of summer....

I love the colours of summer ..... To day has been a great sunny day: the sun didn't go "to bed" untill almos 23 o'clock. I took this photo when it coloured the clouds red.So now I hope the old saying tell the true..... "Evening red make the mornig bright"(aften røde gir morgen søde)
All thing grew fast in summertime - The children also it seems. Look how big Emma and Peder are. It is so fun to be able to meet them and be a part of theyr life.... :-)
I went to Oslo for some days and when I got home this beautifull parcel was waiting for me. I need more Cosmo floss for my Down in the Garden BOM so I ordred it from Sarah at QFD and there was some new fabrics who wanted to come al the way to Norway. LOL Every parcel I got from QFD are soooo beautifull wrap up so I always want more.... I think Sarah realy know how to get me hooked... ;-)

Here are some flower photos from my trip. Beautifull flowers in the town. I dont know the name of the bush.... But it was great..
And so was this Lilac too -- not to forget the couple in front of it LOL.
But I have manage to do some Quilt work too.... more bags. ;-) Just what I needed... This is a "Broderusk" from Nothern Quilts.Named " Duft av roser" ( smell of roses) . Look at the great button who was in the kit.It is from "Snella og Petronella" Take a look - and have fun ;-)
I have also made my third of the bags from the Bagalicious club. A sweet little bag named "girl friday" by the Janelle Wind collection. It is a bag with glasses case in great Cosmo fabrics.Quess who study the pattern so I could cut the fabrics and get leftovers..... This is another great kit from Sarah at QFD.... And luckey me got 5 more bag kit to rejoice at before the fun is over...;-)

Stuff for the kids...

The 17.of May are the Norwegian Constitutions Day, a big day for all kids. A lot of fun and a lot of ice creem. If you like that .. I have to show photos of this beautifull grand kids of mine. Here are Emma in her kind of National Costume, not to happy to be taken photo of- she want to walk ;-) Last post I promice to show what I have been doing latley..... I have been making kids stuff...
At last I have made this little quilt for Emma. She got a beautifull pattern from Joy when she was new born.I made it a little smaller so it can be used in the pram. All the Pandas are so cute, but my favorite are the one with the little bee on his butt. So again ,Thank you Joy, Emma and I love the pattern.
Peder was celebrate the 17. of May with his parents in Oslo. Here he are in front of the Royal Palace. A great spot for the prince in our family I think ;-) I have made a little quilt for him too...
Here it is...I borrowed some Monsters from Kellie Wulfsohn's great quilt Little Monsters and used some monster fabrics with them. I realy hope Peder enjoy playing on this floor-quilt. Emma has add the whole quilt on her wish list.... So now I have some summer work to do ... LOL The pattern are in Homespun No.79 Vol. 10 No .12 Lots of great ideas for items to make for kids in this magasine....
I have borrowed more from it...This little Bear with butterflies are from Butterfly Hunt by Kris Meares. I made them on top of a little green and pink heart quilt for a little new born girl, name Wilma. Her mum are a friend of Emma's mum. Luckey me got a message from Wilma telling me they love the quilt. :-) It is so great when quilts you make are used and loved...
I have been playing a lot with stuff for kids... I made some Bibs, to use some of my fun fabrics and to see if it was a successful by the kids mums... And it did... Here are one for Emma , one for Peder and one for Emil, Wilma's brother... Thes are Bibs to use when they eat...
and this small one are to decorate sweaters and to catch up drivel. Both this Bibs was fun and easy to do. So now I have to make a lot more from some of my fun and " why on earth did I buy this"- fabrics... :-)
Have a great evening - to day I belive summer came to Trysil and I have started to make my new Summer- bag..
Show you soon. :-)

New Bags

To day there where a big swarm of birds stoped in my garden on their way back from warmer area. If they hoped to find some food , I belive they was disappointed, there are not summer yet. No green grass and no flowers, just cold and snow and rain...
The only flowers I got are these in doors. - There are a few small spring flowers in my garden but I belive they are realy cold....
Here you can see how it looks outside when the snowshower goes by.Not a great time to be travelling bird .....
My friend Lisbeth has been travelling.... to the sun on a cruise. And she had thimles with her back as a gift for me ;-) One from Jamaica and one from Coamel. Thank you Lisbeth , great gifts from a great friend.
This last weeks I have been playing with my sewing machine. I have done a lot , but can't show you every thing yet.( I have been doing some gifts..... I will show you them next time .. )
I have been making me some new bags, but I did not have time to do all the bags I had on my mind. This is the kit of the third bag from the Bagaliciocs club. A sweet little bag made by Janelle Wind. This will be my new bag for sunny days, - if there will be summer sometimes ;-) Great pattern and beautifull fabrics. So diffrent from the bags I use to make .
I have been playing and tryed some ideas I have had on my mind for a while.... The first are this little purse. I found it in a Japanece book. Easy and fast to make - great for coins when I don't bring a bag.

The second bag are a BIG one .... a weekend bag. All made of fabrics from my stash...Old Thimbelberry fabrics, left-over from differnt TB clubs. The crazy quilt fabrics are great - but now it is gone... The pattern are Norwegian - a Peggy pattern . She have a lot of great pattern for bags.

This is a Peggy pattern too. A great little bag fun to make and a little diffrent. The fabrics on the front remember me of the "happy"-70 and The Beatles. You will find a lot of Peggys pattern here at Quilteliv. This was the shop who was at Elverum quiltelag on our last meeting.

So now I got me some new bags on my next trip to vistit Emma and Peder... ;-)
A girl can newer get to many bags--- I belive ;-)

Have a great week , I will soon be back to show more of my sewing machine- playing.
Have fun and tacke care. ;-)

Proud Grandmother...

May I introduce the new member in our family... Nemo's little boy- no name yet- born the 10 of April. Exacitly just the rigth size ;-)
I'm so happy both my grand children lives close to each other so I can vistit them at the same time.
It is hard to think how fast the babies grew up, it is only a year since Emma was this little... and look at her now...
Here she are - one year big and ready to learn her little cousin all the fun stuff she are doing.....
I have been able to do some sew stuff lately too, I got a challenge from Kjerstin to finish my Veranda View. So at last it is out of the dark in my UFO pile and ready to be hung on the wall.
I hav also done this little quilt, ok - almost done. I have to stitch the name of the boy as soon as I got it... LOL. The other photos are my two daugthers and Emma. It is some of the first photos I got of them all. The hearts on the little quilt are from a block exchange I have been a part of for two years now. Last year we made Friendship stars, and this year hearts. We where 8 ladies and last week 7 of us meet and had a show and tell... Realy funny to see how diffrent we used our hearts a lot of great work.
Just take a look at the photos...





Next year it is Lapphøna and I who will arrange the swop...
I will be so fun to meet all the girs again , we only meet once a year . So to the girls- it will be fun to see you again next year here in Trysil. ;-)

Untill next time - have fun and tacke care.... I will keep a close eye on my mail box. I know there are some great stuff on the way from Australia....

Shopping,shopping,shopping....

Yesterday I went on a trip to Oslo with a lot of my friens from Elverum Quiltelag. We where on a shopping trip visiting both Katrines Quiltestue and Lappemakeriet.A big event to be abel to chare all this fun together. Look at all the happy faces, I think every one got some treasures... ;-)
May Britt has a lot of photos on her blog, thake a look ...
Of course I had to make my second bag from the Bag club to bring. Don't every Quilt trip demant a new one? This one are "Beach House by Natalie Ross In Stitches. Unusual colours to me , but I love it.
And just the rigth size to bring on for shopping....
Here are a few photos from the trip ... At Katrines we got some coffee and offer to sit down and thake a time out in the shopping...
She also had some great show and tell.....
This is her new Bom , starting soon. Realy beautifull big quilt, but to big for me ....... I belive LOL

By Lappemakeriet some of us "Girls" found this seat... Tough to climb, but great to sit and swing our tired legs on... Now I realy can cach a glimpse from my childhood........
Particular when I can see the way May Britt get down from the seat ..... LOL She realy made the day for Irene and me ;-)
I have done one more item this last weeks, Flora Engleløper by Nothern Quilts. A Broderus kit. I feel so great - all of my subscriptions done this time ..... So now I can just wait for the next kit. Block 2 from Down in my Garden has arrived - hope to start to make the block to morrow...
Hm ....If I got some new treasures.... of course.. Take a look. New fabrics- Cosmo floss- Octagon Paper Pieces- Straw needels and "candy" What else can a quilters heart wish...

Oh one more thing.... I manage to order the buttons for Lynettes new BOM to day.... (Thanks and hugs to you May Britt.) I will get them from Siw at Quiltegården. This must be one of the great "MUST HAVE" items this year....

Have fun and take care , I belive I will be back soon.... Soon more to show and tell ;-)

Spring ??

I manage to finish the first block of Leannes Down in the Garden to nigth. So now I'm ready to get block two of this great BOM. I love to work with the fabrics from Lecien and the Cosmo floss.The colours are so vernal.
The first finish in April are done...an old little wallquilt from years ago...I challenge Vigdis to do another during Easter Hollydays....Wonder if she took the challenge...The stitchery are from Nothern Quilt and are called "Is te" ( Ice Tea) Some of my photos are still relaxing, I'm still wondering how to turn them.....
I'm sorry to have to show you this beautifull little quilt the wrong way. It is a Round Robin from Elverum Quiltelag. And it is mine. ;-) Thank you Anne, Mary, Inger,Berit,Anne N,Wenche,Laila,Toril,Mette and Elin. I love your work. If you want to see more of our RR you can go here.....
There has been a important celebration this Easter..... Emma are one year. Not a baby any more but a big girl... I have to show you her great cakes .... Her mum made and decorate them for her party.
First her Bløtkake (creem cake) decorate with her name , one candle and sweets on.Realy tasty :-)
and second her princess crown cake. A chocolate cake with lots of yummy sweets on it..A tasty cake for children of all age.
So all of you who love chocolate you misst something there... LOL

To day it has been sunshine here, I hope it will last a long time now. Easter has been great for sewing in my part of the world, but now I hope for spring. I have seen some birds of passage who has come back. But they looked cold....

There are an old saying going like this: One Swallow are no summer. - But I hope one Starling are... There was one in my garden yesterday....
I cross my fingers ;-)