To my Angel...

When I got home from our Quilt Meeting there was a wonderfull surprise waiting for me... My present from my Stitchers Angel.. Mine angel was Kate from Australia. But Kate I don't have your mail adress so I can't send a mail with a big Thank You Hug... Please send it to me... I love alle the godis.. I'm so proud to the owner of it all. A needlebook - a pincushion and a litte bag with a lot of godis inside..

Here see what was hiding in the little bag... Floss -Quilters Pins ...Messuring tape.. she had even add two Kit-In- A -Card made byWildcraft farm.. And the cutest little frog says Hello from the front of the card.
Once again Thanks Kate. I wish I could give you a real hug. And thank you Helen for hosting this swap..

I know the gift I made for a Angel are on it's way- I hope she like it too...

Blue and white...

This is how my world are these days... Mostly blue and white.Outside the sky are deep blue and the montain are white.To day my whole garden are white, it is white frost allover the grass. More than 7 degress below zero make everything shine.
My mind are blue and white too, I work a lot with these colours from my stash. I'm working on a memory quilt and it brings a lot of memories, some great and some a little sad.. I will show you when it is done.But I have a great time making it... ;-)
Yesterday I hade some great visitorns in my rowan, a crowd of Waxwings were looking for berrys. When they are comming and I see Swans in a plough on the sky .... there are no doubt, it is allmost winter.
I have manage finish a little needlebook this week. I got the pattern when Leanne and Gail was at Quiltegården . We got some small free pattern from both of them.Great useful items. Thank you both I love to have them as great memories.
To day I'm off to the quilt meeting in Elverum , bringing my blue and white quilt bolcks in work...
It will be soo fun to meet all the girls and see what they are doing now. If you goes here you can see some great works..There will be more photos after the meeting.
I have a great weekend in front of me.... I'm going to Oslo to vistit Emma and my girls. Emmas mother are celebrating her birthday. And on monday I'm going to a Show and Tell at Katrines Quiltestue with Lynette Anderson...

So there are a lot happening in my blue and white world.
Have a great weekend, I know mine are going to be GREAT.....
HUGS ;-)

Sewing days...

I have been busy with a lot of sewing these last days.
I have done this great bag., it is the kit I got from Lappemor, when she meet me on the bus when I came from Leanne and Gails clases in Trondheim. I love the bag - Lappemor has choose beautifull fabrics so this are my new favorite bag- at the moment... ;-)
When we came in to the class room at Quiltegården , we found plastic bags on our desks with the kit to this bags in it. A lovely bag to carry new projects in , and a great memory from the weekend. Thank you Siw and all your great helpers.
I have manage to do a little somthing for Emma also this last weeks. She has became almost a big girl now. Soon 7 month old.The time runs so fast - It will be so fun to meet her again in a couple of weeks---- and her mother and aunt too ;-)
I made Emma this book from a kit I bought in Gøteborg this spring.Fun and easy to make and it is machine washable, realy great for someone who love to chew on everything...Outside there have been some days with snow and some days with a lot of sunshine, but I belive the winter are here soon. Great sewing days ;-) But it is not so simple to be a bird.. I saw this woodpecker in a pine in my garden. They are a bit shy so I had to take the photo through the window pane..

This are also out of my window pane,A lot of hungry birds eating frosen rowanberry..
But some birdes has a easy life .... Jacob sit warm and satisfied inside and look at the cold birds outside in the snowy tree.Some birds realy got a easy life..... Or not ... He has some battle with me about if he can drop my pins on the flor or eat my thread.... Or fighting with Cyan about who are the boss in this house......
Cyan are a smart cat woman and let Jacob belive he rules the house, as other ladies I know :-), and take a nap in Emmas carriage.

To morrow I'm going to give first aid to an old quilt..... a WISP who has been lying in my sewing room for a looong time... I got Buttonhole stitching-refusal and pretend not to have the quilt, but now is the time to bring it in to the ligth and have a re-start.... I want it and even got a its own place to hang it when it is done... So now I cross my fingers and hope to do the rest of it...
I will show you later...
Have great days--- I have a lot on my mind and in my fingers now-- One thing are done and in the mail- the parsell for my Angel in the Stitchers Angel Swap... I hope she like it. ;-)

Take care and have great sewing days ;-)

A little glimse from last weekend

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Here are a little glimse from the class last weekend. This is a little bit of what the TV will show.. I realy hop they are going to show a lot more, after all the work the team do...

Enjoy and wish you had been with us ;-)

At the end of the rainbow....

Last weekend some ladies from my Quiltgroup and I went to Trondheim to take a class with Leanne and Gail . They has come all the way from Australia to Quiltegården. We where going by bus , and not far from Trondheim these fashionale rainbows appear. ( the photo are out of the buss window) So now I'm certain there are a treasure at the end of the rainbow. We found a weekend filled with show and tell, old and new friends, and a lot of new ideas ,and must do items.
We where not the only one trying to get something out of the weekend, on saturday there was a film team from "Norge Rundt"( A norwegian TV- show ) They where doing a repotage from Gail and Leannes visit and what we Quilting ladies where up to. The team realy had to work. It was fun to see how mutch work a little report in TV are.... It will be on TV in about a month.
Leanne had done some great pattern for us. A redwork for saturday and this bouquet for sunday.I started on this- promise to show when it is done...
Gail had some santas for saturday and this little quilt for sunday... I started to stitch santas, but I will do this quilt soon. She brougth with her all the models from her book. It is a must have book , filled with beautifull small quilts and ideas. May be a Christmas gift to wish for.
Here you can see some of the models they brougth with them all the way.
This was what meet us when we came to class on saturday... At last I got what I have seen on photos from clases in Australia - Bags with gifts , name tags and pattern in... WoW. We got a great gift from Siw. I will show that also when done.This was a great start on a fantastisc week end. We where a lot of blogging ladies. Sølvi has a photo of us all with all our names and blog adresses.It was so fun getting to know the faces behind the blognames...
This is Siw, the hostess for all this fun. She are on Hurtigruta with Leanne and Gail now. With new ladies- in new classes. They also got AnnAka as a teatcher. I know there are going to be grat fun on the boat too...
This are some of what we where doing in class. It is a start of Lailas Garden-which I'm going to start on soon....
Here you can see some og our Santas...I have almost done two... One for me and one to give away...

Even I got a lot of new pattern , some fabrics and a lot of "realy have to have"-items at Quiltegården- There where a kind lady waiting for us at the bus station in Tynset with more we just need. Lappemor came with a new pattern and stitchery batting. I also was so luckey to get a wisp from her... Again - show when done...

At the end for to day- I have to say Thank You to all my friends from last weekend.It was so fun to meet you all and I hope we will meet again some times..
Hugs.

One more sleep...

My Quiltquild are 10 year and there has been a great exhibition. There was a lot to show.... Lovely bags, small and big quilts - and what ever you can imagine.I will only show a few photos, but look at Abyquilts blog... She has plenty of photos..
I'm off to a class with Leanne this weekend , so I had to show her Butterfly Garden in blue. A beautiful quilt..
This is another lovely corner... all made in Jpanese fabrics...
And at last I hade to show this little mastepiece It is so small ,but look at the bee... ;-)
I have manage to do a lot of quilting and binding on small wisp's the last weeks. With a lot of "help" from Jacob. He are always ready to give me a helping beak, what ever I say....
But in spite all the "great help" I have done a lot... This are from The Stitchery of the Month Club. A Janelle Wind pattern called Tea for Two. It was suppose to be two coasters and a tea cosy, but I don't use tea cosy ,so I made me a little table runner-And I love it.
I have also done some maskin quilting and binding on these old wisps from the bottom of my pile. Sorry to say - there are a lot more to work on....
This table runner are a new one... an great idea by AnnAka...I got the fabric with the printed redwork design on last time I went to Trondheim all the red fabrics I found in my stash. :-)
As I mention earlier I'm off to a class with Leanne , but not only her... Gail Pan are comming as well. I meet Leanne three years ago when she was in Trysil, so it will bee so fun to see her again.
Gail I will meet for the first time. I have got a mail from Siw at Quiltegården tellig what choice of class we got- and I know what I want to do... I will start on one of Gails pattern on Saturday, and one of Leanne's on Sunday. I will show you my choises next time...
On friday there will be a show and tell ( a trunk show) by both the ladies...
I know it will be a great weekend with a lot of new and old friends.

Now I have to do as this litte "lady" from the exhibition--- go to bed and have a good nigth sleep..
Have a great weekend , I know I will. I will be back with a lot of photos and a head filled with new ideas....

Times run-

My thimble collection has been growing since my last blog up date. One from Krakow, one from Stockholm and the last from København. Thank you Synøve and Vigdis, you are great friends.
I have been a lazy blogger , but there has been a lot of happening in my life. To day are the first time for a long time I just can sit and do nothing.... ;-) My parents has moved in their new flat here in Trysil. A great flat with the most fantastic view....
They are living on the other side of the river from me. When I went back home yesterday I had to take this photo from the bridge.At last there are sunshine....Blue sky and deep blue river.Just lovely..
Here are the view from my parents flat..You can stand in their living room and look at all the downhill slopes. Guess who has booked room to celebrate New Year evening.. ;-) All the hotells has great fireworks.... I promice to bring my camera.
Last nigth it was bellow zero degreeds and rime in the grass.There was almost like fire when the sun came . Fall are beautifull in its own way...
This summer I have done a lot of stitchery, and put it in a pile on my sewing table... Now it is time to complete a lot of idees... So to day I have realy grab in to the pile and manage to get a step futher...
I will show you soon , just have to show this tiny little angel I got from Vigdis...The angel are smaler than a thimble and have a lot of details..
This months first finish are Rosalies Welcome Friend needle case.... The Project Caddy are in my wish to do - pile..
I have also manage to do three blocks of The Gingham Girls Quilt...
and two of A Kittens Tale blocks... But I got a lot more blocks to do... not out of work for a loooooong time. Wonder if I will manage to do all what I wish to ever?
I'm a part of the Stitcher Angel 2009 and these are the Sweet and Spotty Needle Wallet from Cinderberry Stitches.-One for me... and one for my secret friend ;-) I had to do them in the colours who she use in the Tail Feathers quilt. I love that BOM but have manage to keep my fingers away from order it so far.... ;-)

Now before I'm of to stitch and listen to Csi on tv, I want to say a big thank you to my great quilting friends who was so great and give my mother and me the greatest help yesterday evening...You are SOOOO great. Big hugs to you all. I owe you one...

Take care and have a great evening... I will do some binding...