Soon Autumn...

Summer are almost gone into fall, and Emma are no longer a baby. She has got her first two teeth and sit in her baby carriage....Nemo has mad her the great strawberry cap.

I have done a lot of stitchery this month, but only manage to finish two .... The sweet little bag from Stitchery of the month club.It is a Natalie Ross design, Big enought to carry a cup and a cupcake. Just what I need for the quilt meetings...
And I have at last done the first of four of AnnAKa's Hekser (witches) This one says "Natur opplevelser" (Natures adventure) So I manage to do two items this month also...Great for the chalenge.
This summer I got all these thimbles from great friends , who has been traveling around. Thank you all , it is soo fun to get new thimbles. The one with the bird are the first one I got from Emma- Wonder if she will be traveling a lot in future...
Last week ,when I saw a lot of my quilting friends, I got this beauti from Maihaugen. Thanks a lot Inger. ;-)
I even got a great pressent from Irene..Some wood pearls, a exciting fabrics and a treasure-chest. I must find somthing special to hide in it... LOL
I got a great visit last week,a lot of my quilting friends.We all had a great time , stitching and talking and I got a lot of Q- vitamins.It is so fun to meet them again again after a long summer. It was Emmas first quilt meeting--- wonder if she will be a quilter. No hurry , time will show. ;-)
Jacob and Cyan are still messing around.... They give us a lot of fun, and some headache.Jacob somthimes get mad and cryes out loud and Cyan runs like a mad in the living room.But most of the time they are great friends. I can't tell who are the boss... it depends ... Here are Jacob trying to get Cyan down from the roof of his birdcage. They had a discussion about the sunflowerseed earlier. Yes Cyan eat them... ;-)
I wonder if Cyan has got to mutch Q-vitamins... She fell a sleep in all my projects....Hm I got a lot more to complete...And to day I manage to get me even more to do. I have spend a lot of this day in Quiltegården....I will show you next time.. Untill then - Have some grat days.

A lot in progress....

This last weeks I have been working on all these free BOM . I have collect them, but just left them on my desk. Now they are almost done! I decide to made one block each day,and I almost manage to do that.. It will be fun to see how the quilts are going to look like...It will be fun to put them together....
I got me more to do, remember this pattern and the Cosmo floss? I have to try the floss but I need more floss so I ordred it from Crabappel Hill. Now I just have to start to stitch the pillow..When ever I got time with all my projects.....
I collect floss this days.. When I was in Oslo I went to Katrines quiltestue and got all the new DMC floss.It looks like candy. I need some of them in The Gingham Girls quilt, and because I cant get it here I just got to have them all... ;-) I didn't buy mutch more, just some fabrics to stitch on and a lovelt red frabric , it almost jumped into my bag with the pattern...The pattern are from Stitch Studios, new for me, but it will be a great Tote - some day ;-) I meet some friends from Elverum in the shop. ( It was soo fun to run into you girls- Hope you had a great day and got a lot of lovely buyings.. Hope to see you again soon - Hugs)
I also had to make a quick stop at Panduro . I got some sweet fabrics and the Butterflie box there... Luckey me ;-)
I have got a lot of presents this summer... Nemo and her boy friend has been at Iceland for their hollydays... They had a great time and look what I got.. great thimbles and Quilters Home... I love that magasine but it seems hard to get here in Norway. I use to get it at Narvesen in Oslo, but not any more... wonder why... HM
My thimble collection has grown a lot , these I got in a second-hand fair here in Trysil. I also got this old pincushion with room for thread.I have to fix it so I can use it when I do Needle turn, the pincushion are filles with sawdust. Not easy to put pin in...
I have got a lot more thimbles from great friends- but I have to show them next time...
I have not been working on my Polka Dot Girl quilt tis summer. It was one of my goal, to get it all done-I realy need a restart on it. But I got myself a great Polka Dot girl... ;-)

Have a great day...
Hugs.

This and that...

I have been doing a lot of WISP's lately.- This is a realy old work, I belive I knitted it more than 10 years ago, but I didn't made it ready to use untill this week. So now Emma has got a new -realy old jacket.
I have been a part of SFRR- 3 this spring. A fun way to make little quilts. I made the center, border 1 are made by Margaret from Maine ( the hostess of this swap).border 2 are made by Karlie from Arizona and quilting and binding are done by Judith from Netherland.They all did a great job , and I'm the luckey owner of a great new little quilt. Thank you soo mutch to you all.

I does a lot of stitching now when I got visitors.It is so relaxing and easy to just put aside.
I had to make two of this small wall quilts from a Norwegian magasine called Familien. It is the first of four smal, funny quilts.I hade to have one myself and one for a birthday gift.(I keep the one with yellow sweater).
The next pattern are a lady have a bathe...I have to start on that soon...
I have been working on my Bom's also. I have been a slow stitcher this summer, but now I hope to catch up. This is part 1 and 2 of the Gingham Girls, part 3 are ready to nedleturn on my working table..
I even has manage to do block one of Autumn House from Bunny Hill Designs and block three of Breast of Friends.I feel so great when I manage to do some of all the designs I have started on. This week I have been working realy hard to get the small free boms done. I have been working on A Cheistmas Wish ( by Gail Pan)Block 7 done to nigth. And Verandah Views (By Willowberry Designs) Block 7 ready to stitch to morrow...
Cyan and Jacob thinks I shuld thake some time on my sewing maskine, they try to tempt me by taking a close look at my new fabrics, but I have to get my own goal first...

Untill next time have some great stitching....

Summer days...

Emma was at home in Oslo for a while,untill she and her mother came back to spent sometime with us here. It has been realy hot .... When they left Oslo it was +40 degrees in their apartment.Jacob has been waiting for Emma to return, he sat on her baby carriage and waited ... I don't know how to make him understand that she are not here all the time...
But now we all enjoy to spend some time with her again. Learning her to read the newpaper and so on...
I have done a lot of stitching these last weeks--- I got my first july project ready. The first kit from Stitchery of the Month Club. Rosalie Quinlans Grandma's House. It was ment to be framed, but I made it as a cushion. It looks great I think. I got my second kit and has started on it too... This is a great club ;-)
Last week was realy hot her in Trysil , so it was difficult to get to bed in the nigths.This is how it looks at one o'clock in the middle of the nigth- The sun has problems to go to bed as well.
Jacob are a bit jealous on Cyan...She can walk where ever she wants all the day,while he have to stay in his cage sometimes. So he tryes to chase her sometimes, but Cyan got a brigth idea and went to sleep in my leftovers. Under the table in my sewing area. Guess who are going to sneeze the next time I'm going to search in this box ;-)
When I was in Oslo visiting Emma and her mother we went for a lot of walking in the town, here we are on Akerbrygge, there was a lovely ligth breeze from the sea.
We also took a walk up to Katrines Quiltestue...And I got some new patterns, new DMC floss and some blue fabrics....witch I realy need... Yes I have found a new pattern I just HAVE to do...
Look at this wonderfull quilt on the front of Homespun...I'm not clever to use blue fabrics- but great to buy them, so now I will have this quilt as a slow goal. I will make it by hand and have no pressure. Wonder if I got pressure on all my other ufo's ???? Hm It don't looks so.

Hope you all are having a great stitching days...I know I will ;-)

Summer at last...

My days has been busy, but I have manage to do a lot stitchey while there are vistiors in our home. At last Two brown Chickens are done... Just in time, I have seen another great stitchery from Leanne in the next Homespun....Realy somthing I have to do...
I have also dona a little Angel stitchery..I found a great blog where it was coloured stitcherys... So I have to try that way.. LOL And my two little houses from NQT in Gøteborg are done..
And at last I have done a little bear stitchery.. PUH... I feel clever this month..
A few weeks ago we celebrate Emmas baptism . Aren't she cute in her dress? My mother made it from her mothers bridal veil.She must be Emmas great great grandmother... The dress was made for Nemo, 28 years ago,but the Bridal veil was used in 1930... Emma was born 105 years after her g-g-grandmother.. 31 Mars... ;-)
I have been a part of Pincushions Summer Swap.... thanks Sandra for hosting this swap... Look what I got.. A beautiful hen , great needels ,ribbon and a thimble fron Tasmania. Thank you Jo for all the great items- I love them all...



Jacob has enjoyed all our visitors...I don't know if everybody enjoy him so mutch- but anyway my brother and his two boys was staying for a week.. Jacob wanted to stay with my brother all the time, so her he are on top of his head..
Jacob has also been visiting my parents at their cabbin...Here he are looking out on the sea wondering if there are any swan to see.....
I have been taking a walk to Lapphøna begging for some coffe.. LOL Her you can see some of her luckey hens - Two brown ( and one black) Chickens in her garden...
I have got a new Camera... It is sooooo fun to play with, but I have a lot to learn. I think it takes great photos -particular impressed of this close up photos..This bumblebee almost looks sweet...
And these blue flowers are realy tiny... I think I have to play a lot more with the camera learning how to use it...
Before I say good nigth I must show you how it is outside just now... It is one o'clock in the middle of the nigth and it is almost dayligth...
Have a great weekend ,I will be back soon... I hope..
Hugs.

Friendship Star

This winter I got a mail from a friend asking if I want to be a part of a little swap. Eigth girls of us made Friendship stars,and send to each other. We had to make somthing of the stars and have a "show and tell" in May. Seven of us got together... and here are the what we made.....





Fun to see what we made. Great result. We decide to make a new swap next winter.... wonder what we are going to make then..
Thanks for the fun Brita, Kjerstin,Vigdis,Randi, Tone,Unni and Grethe. I wish you all a great summer and a happy stitching ...

More from NQT....

If you remember last post I was so anthusiastic after being in a class with Mirjam Hakala.. So here you can see some of the kits we got for our pincushions.On the photo you can see all the fun I have in front of me...
I also did some buying, not mutch, but just what I needed :-) Take notis of the fabrics in front, It is the new fabrics from Lynette Anderson Designs.I don't know what to make of my new fabrics jet, but they will be a great memory from Gøteborg and NQT.
I got some kits as well, from the Danish shop My Quilt Design.I'm looking forward to make them.
I have great traveling companions - We all had a need to get to all the shops for looking and buying, and meeting all the other quiltin ladies and shops owners. We all had a fine time.
It was a wonderful road who lead us to all the shops. The trees was decorated with fabrics . Fun and a great idea.
I got my selv some yummy cake and a latte.... Realy something to get my mind in a good mood... and guess where I got this ....
Yes of course at Jacob's cafe. Clever guy that bird LOL
I got my self some great thimbles from Gøteborg and Sweeden. This time I was lucky to find thimbles, I didn't got any from Helsinki, and it took me 3 years before I found one at "Vikingskipet"
The last weeks I have been stitching after Bronwyn Hayes pattern... Block 1 of the Gingham Girls ...
And block 2 of Breast Of Friends. The BOM in Homespun.I think all the girls in these girls are relative. ;-)

This week I will be keeping a close eye on my mailbox... I'm expecting great mail from Australia... Block 2 of the Gingham Girls, a mailing from Giggle Buttons and.... The first kit from "The stitchery of the month" club from Under the Mulberry Tree.
A lot of more to do.;-)
I can't wait to start stitching.....