Norwegian Quilters Association Annual meeting

This weekend Norwegian Quilters Association is having their annual meeting at Olavsgaard Hotel, Lillestrøm. I am looking so much forward to it. Classes, shops, lectures, exhibitions, presenting winners from competitions, good foods, meeting friends and a lot of shopping. My suitecase is packed with as little as possible. Do you like my new suitecase tag? My own design :-)

I will probably not be able to blog during the weekend, but I will try to give a long report on Monday.

Have a nice weekend

Hugs from Nancy

New Table cloth

I am very happy to show you my new table cloth. My first finished project in March. The quilting caused me a lot of trouble. I desided to do free motion flower petals in the flower. The thread I picked was a shiny varigated blue thread and it looked lovely. But boy did I have a hard time quilting with it. The thread was breaking all the time. I became so frusterated. After finishing the flowers middle, I got fed up and changed to another blue plain thread.


This is a detail of the flowers and quilting.


My plan for work in progress i not always the best. I tend to jump from project to project. Even starting new once inbetween. From one of my UFO boxes I have picked out a ten year old project. Jepp, I have been working on it on end off for ten years, I'm sure. It's a Hexagon scrap quilt.

Have a great day

Hugs from Nancy

What I'm working on ...

The clock is ticing faster and faster. At least is feels like it. Allready two weeks since my last blog. MIL is not doing any better and we travle back and forth to be with her. She is still in the hospital on 6th week. I find it hard to consentrate on sewing and blogging.

However, I have made some progress in the line of sewing. I have finished stitchery and put together Noah's Ark BOM from Lynette Anderssons blog. I feel like the work looks a bit unfinished and have desided to put on two set of borders before quilting and binding. One inner border in beige (I think) and an outer border in red (or perhaps blue?) Oh, many choices to be made. I'll post a new photo when I have added borders.

I've started a new project. This is some flower blocks from a book by Buggy Barn. They have a special way to stack, cut and sew their blocks. It is fun to make this blocks. I have made 12 in white and blue for a tablecloth to match my new rug in my kitchen.

Have a look at my new play mate in my sewing room. I love this Pfaff. It have all Pfaff's specialitys as well as the special lift sensores my Husqvarna Designer 1 have. My new sweetheart!!

Tomorrow is a new day. Thank God it's Friday!!

Take care.

Hugs from Nancy

New project

This is a Stitchery keeper made from AnnaKa's latest pattern. I had just the right fabrics and accesories for this project in my stach!!

The lovely vintage photo is one of Hanne's advent callender gifts. The fabrics is a selection of Japaneese fabrics I have collected for a special project like this.

This is the inside. The cutting pendant is a advent callender gift from my mom.

I love the result and this Stitchery Keeper is just what I need for my stitchery projects when traveling.

Happy times and sad times

A month ago I received this present from Lynda at Bozzy's blog. Thank you Lynda! Sorry I have not hat time to blog earlier.


As you probably know, MIL is ill. Her situation is stabile, but bad. We are sadly facing the fact that she probably will be leaving us soon.

I have added this quilt to my finished project list in february. It is compleet with binding. The photo is not the best, but the camera and the photographer is not in tune.....

Hugs from Nancy

What's going on

I have been quiet for several weeks now. Have your noticed? Well, I did not do it intentionaly. Sometimes life just get in the way. First of all I went to my mom's for 10 days to make some more rugs. This time for myself. I find it very satisfactionary to do this kind of craft. I have used old sheets and bedlinnen for the rugs.

DH came lasst week end to pick me up. On saturday he got a call from his sister about their 91 year old mom. She had a massive stroke. DH left to be with her on monday after. This is 2 - 3 weeks ago and she is still in the hospital. She is not doing well. This is stressfull times so I did not feel up to new creative steps. Instead I picked out some WISPS from my knitting baskets.

This is what I have found. One pair of fingerless mittens made in natural homespun wool yarn. The only thing missing was the croched egde on both. Now they are ready to use.

Some time ago I fell in love with a scarf on Sigrun's blog. Sigrun gave me the instructions and I made this soft and warm Baktus scarf. I had about 10 cm left to do.

I knitted socks for myself last year. I had some yarn left and made matching fingerless mittens and a simular scarf as the Baktus scarf.

Another friend gave me a pattern for thise cuties. Fun to make and fun to wear. Do you wonder what it is?

Slippers!

To morrow it's my turn to go up north to be with DIL. I'll be away for 5 days. I'll bring a lot of stitchery and some knitting.

Hugs from Nancy

Happy Valintines Day

DH brought me lovely red roses today. He is cooking dinner for me too. Nice guy, is'n he?

Hugs from Nancy