Still Focus.....

This summer I'm so luckey to be able to have some of my quilting items for sale in the shop at the Museum here in Trysil.
Here you can see some of my items with some of the other items for sale. A lot of lovely items. Knitting, sewing, glass works,wood work,cards,rugs .... a lot of great gifts ideas..
And look at thise old bed....It was fun to decorate the old house with sale items.
At home I have been focus on my UFO pile.... This is the progress on A Kittens Tale... Still wonder why I stop making it... But now I hope to have it on my wall realy fast :-)
I have been playing with my Girlish Quilt too.... As some of you may be notice it is made from two diffrent UFO's... I put it together with some of my Cake and Cupcake fabrics. ( wonder why I buy all these odd fabrics... But they are great to play with LOL )

At last I want to tell you there are a Give away going on at Nemo's blog... A great Norwegian book... Just in case you want to be a part of it. :-)

Hugs :-)

Counting my Blessings....

To day May Britt , Hanne and I have been digging deep into our UFO piles , and this is my BOM pile... Hmmm it seems i have some work to do. The most difficult decision are "where to start - witch BOM wins?"....
Here are the winner... A kittens Tale..I have been working on block 3 today, and it is almost done.. I have also manage to do 30 Pinwheel blocks for the quilt... This are going to be my focus now....
But in the UFO pile there were other treasures... some blocks from other BOMs , now I'm going to make me a Girlish quilt. Just because... Hope to show you realy soon.... :-))
I have manage to finish someting also... two tiny pincushions made from screw caps from Cola bottels. Cute and fun to make .-)
Nemo and I also made us a sewing boxes after a Sue Daley pattern. Isn't it great. It looks great on the table where I stitch and do my hand sewing.
At last but not least.... My In the Garden are done..... Not exact as it was ment to be.. but why shall one read the pattern ... LOL... and there are some slip in it... But it is mine and I love it.
In the end i will show you my new "bunch of flowers"..I got all this thread together with more Debbie Mumm fabrics from Hanne. Thank you Hanne I love the Mailbox surprice. :-)

Ok, this are what are going on here by me now, I will be clever and work hard to reduce my UFO pile...Hope to show you some progress soon..

Untill then have fun with all your UFO's :-)

HUGS...

Summer time....

To day
some of my friends from Elverum come for a visit..... So I had to keep my promise from a long time ago... I had to make cup cakes and fill the cake stand. Cup cakes are fun and easy to make, it is the decorate who take time .. and are the most fun.
We had a great day on the porch.. It was a sunny, warm day... At last I hope the summer time are her to stay. It is so great to be able to sit outside and stitch again after the long winter...
I have been doing a lot of cooking the last week... Some days ago it was summer end in my Quilt grup too.... For them I had to try Leannes Raspberry Crumble from Vignette issue 2.. and yes I made it with Cloudberries. I served it with ice cream.. It tasted soooo great, I know I will make it again. :-)


This evening was a cold one , so we had to sit in doors... it looks like we had to have a lot of liqueur to stay warm, but we didn't drink it all..... A lot of stitching and laughing this evening too...
I have got some new friends in my garden too after my birdhouse was repaired and home again.. a busy little brown fellow... the sweetest little squirrel, who dare to come and have some food even when we are sitting on the porch talking....
and a boy and a girl Bullfinch. For a day or two I belive they was looking for hireing the top floor.. As you can see on the photo the boy are trying to get the girl closer to have a better look at the flat :-) I belive she prefer a quiet nest out in the woods, and just come and get some food by me...
I have not only been cooking and chatting with my friends lately, I have manage to do some "real" work too.... I have manage to make me a new sewing folder... Done atlast, I bought the pattern in Gøteborg 2 years ago... Lot of work, but done now. One UFO less. ;-)

I'm still playing with Paper Piceses and hope to have more to show next time, untill then I hope the summer are here to stay..

Hugs :-)

Something done.... at last ...

I have been a slow blogger latly... but it is not just me, when I tryed to blog -blogline was down..may be we got spring-relaxed both of us :-))
But now atlast I have a lot to show. First the result from the block exchange.. Here are mine. I made a lap quilt after an idea from an old Quiltmania magazine. (nov/des 2009)
Randi made more stars and got a beautifull little quilt...
Brita made a great quilt with a gost block in the middle....
Kjerstin made herself a lovely table runner...
Vigdis also made a table runner. It suit perfect on her table ...
Tone made a long table runner. A great idea for the party table. It is so fun to see how different all the items turned out. Now it is Kjerstin who are organize the challenge in 2012
It will be fun to see what block she want us to do :-)
This winter my birdhouse has been away for a renovation. This week I got it back- and it looks soooo great. Now can the birds get their seed and the Squirrels a place for a nap. :-) A big thank you to the cabinet maker Jan.
At last I want to show you my Svennebrev ( craft certificate) a pattern from Lappemakeriet. All done in Debbie Mumm fabrics. I manage atlast to start use them. Guess who feel great :-) This will be my summer quilt, I use silk batting, for the first time , but not the last... Beautifull to work with.
I only use DM fabrics on the back of the quilt too.I hope they will give me sweet dreams...

Now I got more ideas of what to make for the rest of the DM fabrics... Hope to start soon, so may be next time there are more to show...
Untill then have a great time.
Hugs :-)

Spring?? - Summer ??-- Winter ??....

I spend some days in Oslo after Easter- beautifull sunny days- almost summer. Look at these trees. I don't know the name- but they was soo great after a long and cold winter. I love the pink tree...
And this.. a great withe tree. I had to try to get a close look at the beautifull flowers... April here in south part of Norway has been the warmest in a long time... But easy come ...
easy goes... This is how was in my garden this morning :-( I won't have more snow now I want summer ... But it went to a great sewing day. I have spend most of the day in my sewing room.. And yes I have a lot on my mind and on my Want To Do list...
I have manage to do one little finish.. the second of the Pincushions from the Make and Bake club by Busyfingers... Sweet and useful. It is English Paper Pieced... I didn't belive I would enjoy making PP this mutch...
I realy have a lot going on with Paper.... Flowers for the Hexagon quilt from Vignette - Snippespekulasjoner from Lappemakeriet -a little Octagon quilt ( just because..) -It Takes Two by Sue Daley...Guess if I love the Glue pen from Sewline :-) I went to the lecture by Sue Daley at Katrines Quiltestue. And learn a lot about how to work with PP , a lot of tip and new ways to do PP :-)
I have been knitting a little lately - bad influence by Nemo :-) she has been knitting cloths for dishes. I as so luckey to get one - but I had to start making more. It is so fun to play with all the great colours..
Talking about playing... At last I have started to play with all my Debbie Mumm fabrics, I got a lot, thanks to Anne- Kjerstin, Hanne, Bjørg, May Britt , Irene and Tonje..and I love every inch of them.. (The fabrics that is...)Isn't this a lovely pile a lot of sweet memories and some who are new to me... Thank you Girls :-) you are so kind and sweet :-)
I have started to make "Svennebrev" (craft certificate) a great block quilt by Lappemakeriet.(This quilt on the photo are made by Hanne:-) ) I have made these 9 blocks so fare, but hope to make the whole quilt fast... It is so fun to use Magda ( my sewing machine) again.. Great girl she are :-))
To tell a secret.. I got one more finish this month.. but I can't show it yet. It is a block swap. Once a year 8 ladies swap blocks and make what we want from them, then we all meet one evening and have a show and tell... To morrow is this years great happening... I hardly can wait and see what the other ladies has made.... mine are.... Oh Now - you have to wait untill next time , then I will show you..
I have a lot going on for the rest of this week - a lot of happenings including Quilt ladies. Tell you more next time ... soon I hope. Untill then take care and happy stitching :-)

Good-bye Winter...

Last week Irene (no blog) and I went to visit Lappemor at Tynset. We went from my home and a little diffrent way for Irene. A calm and quiet road, we onlt saw 4 cars for 150 km. But we saw a lot of beautifull scenery... sutch as these mountains. Great for skiing in easter-- fore those who goes on cross-country skiing... Hmm.. not me . I prefer easter on the porch :-)
Irene and I had a great time at Lappemor- and yes, we found a lot to buy :-) The reason Irene are laughing are that most of the buying are mine... I wonder why...( may be because Irene was visting Lappemor just a few days earliere...)
I have not been in Lappemors new store... This is just a little glimpse. It is a great Quilt store with a lot of temptations. If you drive by Tynset-- You have to stop :-))
The last months has been busy for me , with a lot of travelling up and down Norway.. So i feel great manage to have two small finishes in April.. A little bag for Peder, to store his Duplo in. And a beautibag for all of Emmas stuff for the hair and so on..
I got some grat mail last week too--- Love Cats by Natalie Ross. I won it in her giveaway. Thank you Natalie... Now I just have to be able to find time to make me a turquoise cat :-)

Unntill next time I wish you all a happy Easter...
I have a lot on my must do list.... I still make hexagons. More than 30 flowers now... and i have some Quilting I want to do... and so on. Later this week I'm going to a lecture by Sue Daley at Katrines Quiltestue. Wonder if I shall sit on my hands so I don't come home with a lot more MUST HAVE items...

I will tell next time :-)

Norway lengthwise ...

I have been a lazy blogger lately... Once again... But I have travelled a lot, up and down in Norway. And had a lot of fun .. This is a glimpse from Karl Johan , the main street in Oslo, during World Championship on ski. By day time LOL I went to one of the Reward distributions, just to have been there. I could not see anything just a part of one of the big TV screens. There where 100 000 peoples gatherd just to cheer. wish you all could hear the sound of the national anthem...
My next travell was to Tromsø and NQF annual quilt meeting 2011...
This is Ishavs katedralen ( The Arctic cathedral) by nigth. There where a beautifull consert just for us, NQF ladies.
We ladies from the southern part of Norway had to try every thing Tromsø are known fore...( In Norway) Here at Rorbua drinking Mack beer... Irene got a lot of beer( just as for 10 years don't like beer... )but the Fish soup and water was great :-)
More food, this time at Skarven. Water and coffe fore me and Bacalao- tasted for the first time :-)
The view from our hotell, Hurtigruta.
Some of us even manage to take the cableway to one of the mountain tops... It was the only trip that day, to mutch wind. 22 m/sec... Scarey but fun, and guss how proud we where after.. :-)
Some photos out of the windows....
The town Tromsø...
We went all the way up to the top here...
When we went back to take the bus to town every body walk in a line... Wonder if the reason was the ice and the gravel ..... :-)
This is a photo of Aurora Borealis, Nothern Ligths... A photo of a photo... we did not succes to see it in " real life"
One nigth there was Fish soupe in the Polar aquarium... I manage to get photos "from under sea". Look at the colours...
More great colours....
A photo of a photo of a Polar bear...
A King crab.... One reason not to swim in the sea.... :-)
NQF ladies looking - talking and waiting for the soup...
And I found a Quilt.... Svennebrev.. I will start to make this quilt as soon as posible... Ok Ok I saw a lot of beautifull quilts in Tromsø. If you want to look go and look at Hanne and May Britts blogs...( Just scroll down.)
Back to my home, I have mange to finish one item .. (But I have done a lot of Flowers... )This is Make and Bake Month 1 Pincushion by Busyfingers....
Once more a little trip to Oslo - spring are just around the corner... I saw one little Crocus...
Here in Trysil I have had my last walk in the Ice road across the river. The snow are melting and there are water in the "road"...

But it means SPRING.

Have a great sunday, I'm soon of to see May Brit...
Hugs ;-)