Thimbles and Give-Away

Maria also would like to be in my drawing. I love that! The Give-Away drawing will be done May 1. I would love to see more thimbles from collectors. In the meantime I am working on the gifts. If you want to have a peek at the presents, check in later this evning.

I still have not showed you all for my special thimbles in my collection. Below you can see some old silver thimbles. I don't know excactly how old they are. One of them show that it have been used a lot. The top is all warn out.


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Birthdaypresent

DIL (to be) had her birthday last week. I made this Travel toilette/make up set for her. She loved it.

This have been a lazy weekend, but I have finished step 2 of Orange Crush mystery. Also been working on gifts for PIF- participants. Still one spot left!

Also made gifts to bee drawn May 1st. Just have some last finishing touchtes to do. I'll take photos and blog tomorrow.

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More thimbles

Some new bloggers want to be in my drawings for showing their thimble collection. Lorenza shows her thimbles. Also Dagmar at Quiltmoose shows her collection. They are both in the give away drawing.

Today I would like to show you some of my silver thimbles.

Thimble on left side is a regular silver thimble bought at a silversmith shop i Bodø. This one I bought myself. In the middle is a handmade silver thimble from Manilla, Philippines. This one I got from DH some years ago. To the right side is a beautifull thimble from Malta. This one was a gift from DS1.

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Orange Crush and other scrappy quilts

My scap bins are full and I have boxes of precut squares in different sizes and some boxes of strips. I need to do something creativ and put my scraps to good use.

I started with my box of 2 inch squares and made blocks 5 by 5. Looking good? I thought so, but decided to add triangles to make the block on point. I love the result. Now I'm adding some applique. I'am looking forward to show you the result.

My scap bins are still full! What happened? Did I not just make an entire quilt out of scraps?

I need to make another!

Some temptations are hard to resist. This time it is the Orange Crush mystery by Bonnie Hunter. Looking at some of my favorit Norwegian bloggs the temptation got me. In that manner I am in good company! Sølvi did it, Inger did it, so did Oddbjørg, Sigrun, Elisabeth and many many more. I have done 1th step already! On monday I'll start 2nd step.

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Necessity

I make so many plans for new projects. Not all of them get carried out. Sometimes because new ideas pops into my head, somethimes because there is no time. For a long time I have intended to make a set of bags for makeup and stuff I need to bring along when traveling. Eventualy I did it! The set will be tested this weekend.



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Thimbles Thimbles Thimbles

Look at this special thimble that Teresa got!! It's special made to fit her finger. I am having so much fun looking at all the nice thimbles. Today I want to show you two of my handpaintet thimbles.

Thimble to the left is a personal gift from A. Steen. I met her in 1999 when I went to Quilters Herritage Celebration in Lancaster. She was married to a Norweginan. Just one like this in the hole world!

Thimble to the right side is a handpaintet thimble from Arendal, the town next to where I live. Very limited numbers of this thimble! The painter is S. Greger. I love this handpaintet thimbles.

I hope there are more bloggers out there who want to sign up for Pay it Forward. I have some lovely gifts prepared!

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Pay it Forward

I am in such a Give Away mood. SMILE. This is an other opertunity for you to receive an handmade gift from me.

I found this Pay it Forvard exchange on Tiriltunge blog, and I agreed to participate and committed to the following:

I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF exchange. I don’t know what that gift will be yet and you may not receive it tomorrow or next week. But you will receive it within 365 days, that is my promise! The only thing you have to do in return is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog. The first 3 people who comment will receive a handmade gift from me. Just make sure your coment on my blog leaves your e-mailadress so I can get in contact with you. I will answer your e-mail privatly to get your mailaddress.

Have a nice day. Nancy