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søndag 12. januar 2014

Så er et nytt år i gang :o)

Godt i gang med et nytt år, fikk jeg lyst å vise dere litt hva jeg har holdt på med de siste månedene. Det har vært travle tider, men litt håndarbeid må vi ha tid til :o)


I høst kjøpte min søster og jeg kardet ull i sekker, planen var å lage grytelapper/underlag til julegaver. Vi tovet og tovet med bobleplast og grønnsåpevann på badegulvet vårt - og det luktet skinnende rent i lange tider etterpå :o) Hardt arbeid, men utrolig morsomt å se hvordan det blir tilslutt. Kuttet i passende størrelser når det var tørt og sydde rundt - og vips så hadde vi flere titalls gaver i ulike varianter.


En løper ble også gitt bort, fine brune farger.


Denne sminkepungen var det en søt jente som fikk :o)


En av favorittgavene mine! En liten søt jente på 2 er så glad i vesker, og da måtte jeg jo lage en til henne. Mønster fra eget hode, veldig fornøyd :o)


Min yngste viser innimellom at hun synes det er gøy å sy. Hun fant dette mønsteret i en gammel bok, tok et dypdykk i alle stoffene, fant brune, rosa og lyse stoffer. Så satte hun igang, og med minimal hjelp ble hun ferdig med det superfine teppet i rekordfart :o) Kjempegøy!


Jeg kan ikke skryte på meg at dette teppet har blitt ferdig i rekordfart akkurat.... Det har lagt ferdig til å bli kuttet med twister-linjalen i lengre tid. Endelig nå i siste uken, har jeg tatt det frem, fått litt hjelp med kuttingen og i helgen ble det sydd sammen. Nå mangler bare quilting og kant :o)


Så har et nytt prosjekt sett lyset i helgen. For en stund siden så jeg flere bilder av Scrappy Quilt Around the World - tepper, og har hatt kjempelyst å prøve. Nå har jeg funnet frem blå, lilla, turkise og noen få grønne stoffer som skal kuttes i 2,5" x 16" remser før de syes sammen. De turkise venter på å bli kuttet imorgen - gleder meg :o)



Ha en kjempeflott uke :o)

søndag 7. april 2013

Det snør, det snør - tiddelibom......

Believe it or not, but this is Bergen in the beginning of April, not what we are used to at all....


It has been like this the last few days, but they promise sun and warmer weather next week. Cross my fingers!! 
But on the positive side, I get to spend more time sewing and knitting!

I have got a new companion in my sewing room, or at least for a while :o)


A Bernina 710


Its a dream, with everything you could wish for. It is new in the shop and I need to learn how to operate it, all the small, handy tricks :o) So I will be able to demomstrate it properly. And so far, I can just say - WOW, I want this !!!!

I used it to finish the owl-runner I have been working with. Its inspired by a pattern from AnnAKa, making the owls with the Curvy-ruler.


Love the owls, so many expressions on their 'face' :o)

Also the tunic has been finished. It turned out a bit bigger than I expected, but that just means she can use it longer :o) First as a dress, then tunic and at last a vest.



Wishing you a sunny week!



fredag 29. mars 2013

A happy Easter :o)

This must be the most sunny Easter ever (and the weeks before)! Hard to find time for sewing.... A couple of days ago we had a wonderful trip to Ålesund, to look at a sailing boat :o)


In the car, on the road, I knitted. A beautiful tunic, in one of my new favourite yarn, milk fiber from Viking Garn. Its so soft and easy to knit with. The pattern for the tunic is found in a danish book called 'Babystrik på pinde nr 3'.


I have also made some owls, which is eventually going to be a tablerunner.



Look at these beautiful pictures from Easter in Western Norway










Hope you all have a great Easter!





søndag 3. februar 2013

Lately its purple....

Lately my favorite colour is purple, I want to use it in every project I make. Hence this runner, in purple and grey. One of the latest patter from AnnAKa, called Trendy. One colour I dont use much is black, so it was kind of strange using it as a border. But I like the look of it. The small triangles are folded and pressed, boy did my fingertips feel that........ I was hoping to finish it today aswell, but couldn't find a backing I wanted to use. So its not quilted yet, as you can see.




A friend of mine asked me if I could make an iPad cover for her, and of course I could :o) I searched the net and found a nice pattern here, www.sewmamasew.com/store/media/blog/SMSLaptopSleeve.pdf.
She chose what fabric and lining she wanted, and off I went to the sewing room. It is a great pattern, and you can adjust the size to anything you want, from cellphone to laptop or even bigger :o) It fitted perfectly!



She was very satisfied and so was her daughter, she wanted one too...... :o)

Have a lovely evening :o)




mandag 12. mars 2012

One more runner!

Wow, this is great - I actually started finishing the things I make :o) Two runners in a couple of weeks! I started this some time ago, but the flowers required a bit of stitching and handsewing, so it took me a while. The designer is norwegian, AnnAKa.


The colours are a bit darker than this picture
Another block in Fat Quarter Star QA. This is actually a design that I found and not the one I was supposed to make. I wasn't too thrilled with the original star.


And I made another which was a total disaster.......

And I have joined another BOM at Fat Quarter Shop called Merry Merry Snowmen. It was so cute I couldn't resist it... I haven't started it yet, but hope to soon :o)


Wishing you all a cheerful week :o)




søndag 26. februar 2012

Spring is on its way :o)

The last week we have had lots of rain and bad weather, but today the sun was shining, everybody was out enjoying and it really felt like spring.


This is a very popular place for kids to go and feed the birds. And also to walk the dogs, and so did we :o)



As you can see it was a bit cold, ice on the lake, but it was barely holding the ducks. If they had a little rough landing, they went through :o)


But it was not too cold for these lovely flowers to bloom!

I have also been doing some sewing, some runners I have to finish in a couple of weeks. One of them is the runner from the embroidery machine class some weeks ago. I was planning to finish it today, but when I was cutting the binding, it was not enough fabric left...


This is as far as I got. The binding is going to be the same as the frame around the embroideries. A little closer look at the blocks - they are really beautiful!



I have another runner coming up aswell, a red one - I love red :o)


Its only half way done. On both sides I will add some flowers, Im doing some stitchery on them now. I believe it will be nice in the end :o)

I will try to post more often, but I need more hours in the day.... In the shop we are busy preparing for the annual meeting in the Norwegian Quilt Association. This is my first time participating, so Im really looking forward to it :o)

Wishing you all a wonderful week :o)





torsdag 28. april 2011

Makings from Easter

Even though my elbow doesn't allow me to quilt the big tops I've lying around giving me a hard time because I really want to finish them, I had to make something during Easter. So I found a pattern for a tablerunner I have wanted to make for a long time. Originally it was made as a Christmas runner, but I had some greens that I wanted to use.

( As you can see I had to take a break before I got to the binding...)

Its easy to make, but one of the reasons I wanted to do it was because of the quilting. Its just straight lines, but I like the effect the pattern gives.


You can see it even better on the back.


I also made the two next blocks in the Modern Solids QAL. Only four more blocks to go, so this will be a quick one.....


(The colours are not good on this last one, they are darker like the first)

Dont forget my giveaway, still some days left to join if you want :o) Here's the link.

A wonderful evening to you all!






fredag 31. desember 2010

Pittelitt juleblogging / A little bit of x-mas blogging

Det er mange som er ferdig med julen når juledagene er over, men hos meg er det jul fremdeles. Nettopp ferdig med et kjempekos julebesøk med venner, store og små. Det har vi hatt endel år nå, så det er savnet når det av ulike grunne ikke kan bli noe av - som ifjor da vi var i Trondheim. Det er så koselig å treffes med mann og barn, ikke så ofte vi gjør det dessverre. Dette er en tradisjon som jeg vil holde på så lenge jeg kan :o) Har ikke blitt så mye sying disse dagene, men jeg kan jo vise noe av julepresangene som ble gitt bort.

A lot of people say x-mas is over when the x-mas days are over, but in my mind x-mas is still here :o) I just finished a party with friends w/family. This is a tradition and is missed when for some reason it has to be cancelled - like last year when we were in Trondheim. Not much sewing these days, but I can show you some of the x-mas present I made.

Svigerinnen min i Trondheim fikk denne løperen. Den var egentlig ment for mamma, men da hun døde for noen år siden har den bare blitt liggende. Nå ble den endelig ferdig, og jeg vet at Elinor setter stor pris på den :o)

My SIL got this runner. Originally it was meant for my mum, but after she died a couple of years ago, I just wasn't inspired to finish it - until now. I know Elinor appreciates it :o)

Fikk øvd meg litt på frihåndsquilting, her er en liten detalj
I got to practise a little freemotionquilting, here is a little glimpse


Jeg laget også en god del toalettmapper/sminkevesker som ble gitt til kreti og pleti.
I also made a fair share of toiletbags/makeup purses.


Det eneste jeg har fått sy er de to versjonene av blokk 5 i Layer Cake QA
The only thing I have been able to do are the two version of block 5 in Layer Cake QA

Cherish Nature

Awesome


Nå er det faktisk siste dagen i 2010, takker for alle koselige og oppmuntrende kommentarer - de inspirerer meg!! La dem fortsette å komme neste år, gjerne flere :o) Ønsker alle et godt, kreativt, spennende nyttår :o) Vær forsiktig med fyrverkeriet!!

Now its actually the last day of 2010, I want to thank you all for the lovely comments, they really inspire me!! So keep them coming, even more next year :o) Wish you all a happy, creative and exciting new year :o))