New Tablerunners

Easter Holydays are ower and it's time to pack away all the seasonal decoration stuff. I have made a new set of tabelrunners for my dinning and sofa tables. The pattern is from the Norwegian designer AnnAKa.

 

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Weaving ribbons

I think I have figured it out now. Making ribbons for my DH "bunad".

 

Crazy me, this is surely to be my work the next week?

 

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Ruler update

My braid quilt is comming together. I have made 8 rows using 50 Trapezoids in each row. My plan is to add 6 inch border. For that I have to buy more fabric :-)

 

Ofcause I cut too many Trapezoids pluss some misshaps. This became the start of a new project and testing a new ruler.

 

 

 

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Rulers

I have so many diffrent rulers that i have not tested so I desided to do just that. I don't know if it is a good idea. Just look at the pile of rulers i picked out. And this even all of my unused rulers.

I picked out the Trapezoid by Creative Grids to try because my first atempt with this ruler did not turn out like I expected.

In the folder it said you could make a Don Quixote block (like block A in my EQ7printout). I used 2 1/2 inch strip like the ruler is ment for. My Don Quixote block ended up rectangular 6 1/2 by 81/2 inch. I desided to make another block using the pieces I already cut. My block turned out like this (block B)

 

This is how my quilt turned out.

Next project is to use same ruler for a Braid quilt. I have already started :-)

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Sewing in January

I have finished two kits that I receivd in the Advent calender from my mom.

First one is a tabelrunner that was a mysteryquilt on a Scandinavian onlinegroup.

 

The second one is a pattern from AnnAKa.

 

Moving forward

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January 2013

The best month ever! January 8th DH took us all to Aruba for two weeks an to celebrate his 60th birthday. We had the best time ever. Leaving snowy and cold weather in Norway to pleasent sunbathing weather in January is deeply recomended. Returning was not so fun. Aruba + 30gr C, Gardermoen Norway - 22gr C. My newly laid nailpolish crached in cold!

Does not this look fantastic?

Well, January went in a jiffy.

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Blogging problems

Anybody else having problems with Blogsy? The app freeze up when I try to post.

I hate when things does not work properly.

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Happy New Year

 

Take care of your pets when the fireworks start cracking.

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Advent report - part 2

The Advent calender was really fun this year. This what I got week 3 and 4.

 

From May-Britt I got a cute owl key ring and chokolate ( that i enjoyed very much) for 3. Sunday. From my mom I got precut fabrics and wadding for a mystery tabelrunner and one spool of quilting thread.

The 4th week I got more pre cut fabrics, backing and pattern for another tabelrunner. From May-Britt I got a beautifull pair of siccors.

I love all the quilty gifts and fun.

Christmas Holiday was peacefull and fun with good foods and family meetings.

A new year is soon to open for all kinds of new possibilities.

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Knitting

Inspired by Colours from Quiltemagasinet I'm knitting for a baby project in Tanzania.

 

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Advent calender update

In a previous post I showed my advent fun. 24 gifts from my mom and advendt sunday gifts from my friend May Britt.

 

From my mom I have recived a lovely collection of fabricks in the 9 first days. Today I received on pack of sewingmachine needles.

May Britt sendt me a lovely box of matches and candels for first sunday of advent. May Britt have taken up scrap booking and is doing beautifull work in that area too. For 2. sunday in advent May Britt sendt a lovely nostalgic phototransfere and a jummy chocolate. The chocolate is gone now!

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Christmas cookies

Today I have decorated some gingerbread hearts. It was a lot of fun but also a bit messy. I realize that I have not done cake decoration in meny years. I have made another sort of Norwegian Christmas cookies too today. My recepie calls for a good splash of cognac and DH love them :-)

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Smile !

Something is happening in my sewingroom !

 

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Autumn

This weekend DH and I have worked in the garden preparing for winter. Tulips, Crocus and Snowbells are in the soil, but in the nic of time. In the back yard the top soil was frosen ( living on the top of the hill we get all the extream wether to the back yard).

Can you belive this, my garden is still blooming despite of the cold. I guess this is the last bouquet I pick before winter cover it all.

 

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Testing Blogsy

 

Testing, testing, testing.

 

 

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Walks in the woods

I love autumn and walks in the woods. It is fun to bring goodies like this home. Thursday was especially incoming and I brought home this lot. All of it is prepared and packed in the freezer. The Cook is looking forward to many dishes with the lovely taste of mushroom.

Say hallo to our new pet. Pusur came to our house about two months ago. He is a funny little fellow who loves to play. He also finds unexpected places to fall asleep.

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PS. Any clues to where to look for my camera?

October already

 

Time passes fast! It is quite unbelievable that my last post was in April! Have you all wondered what is going on? Well, a lot of things have been going on. I will not bother you with all of it, but here are a few hints: PC- trouble, I pad, disappointment over blogger tools for I pad, problem with teacher using my pattern unrightfully for classes at Nordic Quilt Gathering in May (what really pissed me off!), loss of muse, long and lazy summer and autumn and the flu.

Well, there have not been much sewing going on in my sewing room lately. A few projects have been started; a few projects have been completed. The funniest thing is that I have misplaced my camera and all my photos is on my I pad and IPhone and I can’t figure out how to transfer them to this computer!

I’ll be back

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Cute

Class project from Helen Stubbings.

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Scissors

I am a bit disapointed that only two bloggers wanted to show their scissors. For that reason I will award both of them. Congratulation!

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Collection of Scissors

How many Scissors do you own? I was amazed to find 20 sicssors in my sewing room. 13 of them are in use on a regular base, first photo.
Next photo is 7 beautifull and spesial Scissors I just had to own :-)

Post a photo of your sicssors and leave a coment on my blog. April 10. I will make a draw for - yes- a Scissor.

Happy Easter. Hugs from Nancy