Focus on Christmas

I'm focus on Christmas gifts and SCSS gifts this days. My SCSS items are almost done,less than one hour work left to do... I have also manage to do some small items "just because"This is my new Angel-pillow." Myke puteengler" a AnnAKa pattern ( soft pillow angles) I love the pattern so I had to give it a try.It suit beside my old Snowman pillow.Just need some snow outside now, then there will be Christmas feeling in my house.
I still play with my selvages... here are three small purses from leftovers...Two for Christmasgift and one for me ... :-)
I got a new Mollie makes magasine in my hand last time I was in Oslo. This time there where a kit for making buttons.Cute buttons..
Here are a close photo... Wonder when I shall use them:-)
I have also made me a new tablerunner. Another AnnAKa pattern. This time from a Norwegian quilt magasine. Quiltemagasinet.
But now I'm off to make more Christmas gifts - I have a lot of bindings infront of me..

Done-done-done....

Meet my new little friend. I just had to try to do this little guy, he was so funny and easy to make so I belive he will got more friends.Hmmm may be some small Christmas gifts??
The Ocktober challenge are also done :-) I love the fabrics with the flowers and the deers.So now Lappemor we are ready for your next parcel....
All my stars are done to... It turned out to be "Annas lille veggteppe" ( Annas little wallquilt) Another great pattern from AnnAKa. I manage to do all of it just from my Japanese fabrics.And ther are still plenty left.... Hmmmm
This is the most beautifull outdoor bird I know here in Norway , a Bullfinch. There has been three of them living in my garden all through the summer. I took this photo some week ago when we got snow. The snow are gone for now, but it will be back... Sooner or later..
Untill it happen - have a great fall/spring.. :-))

Hugs..

Still around...

I know I'm still a lazy blogger.... but at last Magda and I have been playing.. Some one told me about some ladies who sew stitchery with their sewing machines, so I had to try it, and I manage to do it- or Magda did. So this table runner are all made by Magda. I belive I will try stitching with her again some time, there are only one problem - I can't stitch and watch TV :-)
My flower from last post has got finish too. It was the flowers for a cloth. I found the pattern on Debbie Mumms Facebook side. A sweet great, pink canser project.
There are diffrent animal life in my garden. This time it is the squirrel who says "Hello" and grab some Sunflower seed. The snow came and left again- so there are still fall and fog around here...
By the way I have found me a new "must have"magasine. Mollie makes are filled with new ideas and a lot to read.. And it come with kits :-) Look at this cute little porch I made from the latest number. Next number got buttons.. Guess who must have it...
I wish you could have seen my flor to nigth.. I got 4 tablerunnere lying on it...Some ready for binding ( not mine) and some ready to quilt (mine)To morrow I will have a quilt-day.. A lot to show you later... Did you notise I say Later - not soon :-D And I have some SSCS projects going on ..
So back to work.. see you later.
Hugs.

Playing with flowers and stars....

The last week I have been busy playing with flowers and stars - and stated to stitch again after a -for me- long break. I have manage to do this months callenge with the Christmas fabrics Vigdis and I got from Lappemor. Stars of course and I used the leftovers for a little table mat. So now I can just relax and wait for the next mailing... :-)
I have also made a little tablerunner from left overs I got from my mum... More flowers. Fun and easy to make - Vigdis has borrowed the pattern,and I can't remember who made it. But it is Norwegian.
Yesterday I got some real flowers - aren't they beautifull :-)They are on my table and brighten my day, and I need to remember the summer who never came... Now it is dark outside early in the evening and cold. Just now it is about - 2 degrees outside. Brrrrr it will soon be snow and winter.
Back to my flowers and stars- here are more of what I'm playing with during my days... I have some stitcherys done to match my stars and the flowers are almost done... The last project I just had to try was to make stitcherys with Magda ( my sewing machine) and it worked out fine.. fine for me that is - as the first attempt...
So now I hope to have a lot more to show you soon... I will have a sewing week in front of me- before I'm of to have some fun with Emma and Peder ....

Have a great week end. Hope to see you soon :-)

Trip to Bergen...

I have been(are?) a lazy blogger,but I have been busy. Organize my fabrics and my sewing room,I deside to cut the selvage of from all my fabrics, so I easy can start to play with them. My head are spining with new ideas... So when I was in Bergen , for the first time, of'course I have to look after some funny one. What to do with the fabrics I don't know... Her you can see the famous Wharf of Bergen.
And here are the view from the Hotell where we where staying. Next year NQFs annual meeting are taking place here. So you ladies in Norway, who are comming, you have a lot of fun in front of you:-)
Blogline and I have a discussion about in witch order my photo come to the blog( I loose...)
But any whay. This is a little bag I made for Nemo, with selvage of'course.. Most of them from her fabrics...
So back to Bergen.. Look at this great Pirate ship... But there was no Pirate to see.....
More selvages... a lot more... a Mug Rug for me.. Can you see the cute birds and elephants...No you can see why I look for cute selvages...
a little purse, this time with ties from diffrent shops.I whish every shop got one with their name on it... A new item to collect :-)
.... the front of the purse... A Lynette Anderson pattern. ( she got the cute birds on her fabrics- by the way)
Two mug rugs for Peder- to put his bottle on. A need for a very young man :-)
A need for a grand mother (me).. I got the selvage from this lovely frabrics from Nemo,and it remind me of The Beatles and my youth, so I had to collect more "look a like"- selvages and make me this little pouch.

So now with almost all of my fabrics tidy,I can start to ponder what to make next... Chritmas present... Hmmm a great idea...

Have a great weekend - I know mine will shine... Tell you more next time.
Hugs :-)

Triflers...

After beeing a clever UFO-hunter I just HAD to make someting small and easy... And start to play with new fabrics and ideas. I found some small square saucers I culd use with my cups from Søstrene Greene. So I had to make me new costers... Realy need it. New fabrics and new idea... Yessss... :-)


I have also atlast manage to play with my selvage edges.. I got a great kick after the visit from Nothern Quilts at our quilt meeting last Thursday. Take a look at May Britts Blog.. So when I got in the car on our way back home, my mind start spinning. The handbag was the first attempt and it was so fun so I had to do the shoulderbag. This are from an old pattern made by Bjørg. I great friend of me, sadly no blog... I'm so lucky to have a lot of more selvage edges... I got more ideas... ;-)
More new ideas and new fabrics... I got Christmas fabrics from Lappemor and halve it with my friend Vigdis. And she gave me ( us) a challenge...we had to do something of the fabrics when they are fresh- a tough act :-) But here are mine tablerunner... I used almost all of the Scandinavian Christmas fabrics by Lynette Anderson :-)


So back for some more UFO items.. This tablerunner done atlas :-) Another Bjørg pattern.With a lot of Quilting. I got more Bjørg items in my UFO pile, so I hope I have more to show soon.
More from my UFO pile. A leftover from a Jinny Beyer quilt,with to small fabrics to make the border, so I deside to make roses. The suddenly my Blanket stitch-refusal hit me.. and it fell into the UFO pile. Now I deside to use Magda and suddenly it was done..
The last of my finishes this time are Mug rugs made of leftovers and selvage edges from the Christmas fabrics... Hope you can see the birds on the edges , they are sooo cute :-)
I can't wait untill the next Christmas fabrics parcel arrive.... Hmmm what to do then.. :-)

Hugs :-)

Old Magazines - new ideas...

The house has been sooo quilet lately. After all my summer-guests went home, I have been busy doing a lot of housework, cleaning,paiting every thing to make myself busy... In the end I found a lot of old magazines. Australian Patchwork and quilting...and they was just like new one. I found a lot of great ideas.. Jacke's stars.. I had to try to make some of my Debbie Mumms fabrics.. I have a plan, but I need 60 star- blocks. So this is a long time plan...
I also found this idea witch Magda are playing with...It is called Brodie's Quilt.In the magazine they have made it in 1930 reproduction print fabrics,but I had to use mine Little quilt fabrics.Now I'm wondering if fabrics who has been saved for several years waiting for The True Pattern and Idea are an UFO ? :-)
To day I got some great mailings, the Special Summer 2011 magazine of Quiltmania and block 2 of Pies and Tarts. And would you belive block 1 are done .... So now I have to start on block 2. 20 new circles to make... It is great to have somthing to do when fall are stealing upon us...
As you can see at the potos it is fall....
Rosebay willow herb or "elmørkje" ( ligth in dark) as I call it in my dialect. It is the flower of Hedmark county where I live...
A lonly Oxeye Daisy or "prestekrage" (Rectors collar) Flowers are so beautifull, but snow are too... Every season its charm .....
UPS.. did I forgett to show the great work of Magda,, LOL Tatam.. here it is.my own kind of Brodie's quilt. Look at all the Bonnet Girls.. I have decide it is a UFO, just lying quilet waiting to be born :-))

Untill next time take care and grab an UFO... Hugs :-)