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 :-)

En of July...

I manage to finish my Girlish quilt in the last days of July. It is a result from one of my deep seek in my UFO pile. Made from two BOM's. The Breast of Friends from Homespun and The GG BOM by Red Brolly.And a lot of my "why on earth did I buy this" fabrics.This time I try to use my pink and strange girl fabrics...
I manage to use a lot on the back of the quilt, but belive it or not I got more... So now I have to stay focus in August too hoping to get ready more of my "secret" UFO's LOL And belive me there are plenty to work on..
At last we got sunshine here too. This beautiful sky happend some days ago. A suggestive end of a horible July here in Norway. So now I hope for a quilet and calm August. At my place it is empty and soooo quilet. My summer guests are safe back at their home and ready for work.
I wonder if they took one of the walls with them.... No one are calling for EMMA... or telling Peder are staying on the toilet... Oh I miss them, but hope to see them all again soon. :-)

Have a great week and stay safe.
Hugs :-)

Thinking and sewing....

This last days has been a time for a lot of thinking about life and dead and happiness and sorrow.I'm so luckey that all from my family stayd safe after all the awful happening in Oslo and Utøya. I feel so blessed,but feel so mutch sorrow for who lost someone. In times like this it is great to have some "not-have-to-think"-work to do.So I does PP and bindings.All my "Snippe-spekulasjoner" blocks are done. Approved by Cyan.
My Calendar Cat Quilt are also done.. It turned out to be a Winter quilt with thick Norwegian wool batting.. So now I'm prepare for cold winter weather, but I need summer first...
This is what I hope to get done soon. Some of them are done-- The Cat quilt .... and a little table runner.... and almost the Girlish quilt...
Here are the table runner,my own idea. The blocks are made from a gift I got, on the last fair we went too, when I work at Little stasjon. So this are a little memory quilt. The small stitchery houses are from a Japanese book. The Runner bring back a lot of great memories.
But now it is back to my bindings.
Have great and safe days untill next time.
Big hugs to you all and stay safe :-)
An extra hug to you who have someone missing or lost during this horrible days.

Focus-focus and more focus....

I'm still focused at all my UFO's. The more I do the more forgotten UFO's get out into the dayligth.. One who suddenly came out from the darkness only miss some leaf on the last block. I realy wonder why I didn't finish it... But now it is the next to be done... I just have to finish this pink girlish quilt... The top are done, I have to make the back ...
I have dig deep into my fabrick pile to find crazy girlish fabrics to make the backing... Still wondering why I realy bought these fabrics... But now I will use them. At last :-)
Yes I'm still focus on A Kittens Tale.. Almost done, I have desided not to do the two last blocks. I need a new quilt on the wall over my sofa.Leannes House need a rest , and Down in my Garden are still a UFO, and going to be one for a long time yet... I hope to start with the oldest UFO's and work me up to the newest...
To morrow I'm going on a Quilt Shop trip. I need only fabrics for the border on A K T and batting , but knowing my self I'm sure I manage to find something I don't know I need...
Wonder what that will be.....

I will show you next time.. Happy UFO hunting to you all, Hugs :-)

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 :-)