Sunday, August 20, 2006

My weekend at the cabin.... part one

I am back from my quilt reatret. Is has been a very nice weekend with good friends. Some had already been there several days when the rest of us arrived. And they had made us a nice dinner when we came. And after the dinner I was ready to sew. Two of seven had brought with us the sewingmachine. The others was sewing by hand. As I did when I was going to relax from the sewingmachine. Here is me to the left and Liv Randi to the right. Ready, steady, sew....

Jeg er tilbake fra min quiltehelg. Det har vært en helg med gode venner. Noen hadde allerede vært der flere dager når vi andre kom. Og de hadde laget en deilig middag til oss. Og etter middagen var jeg klar for å sy. To av sju damer hadde med seg symaskin. De andre sydde for hånd. Det gjorde jeg også når jeg skulle slappe av fra symaskina. Her er jeg til venstre og Liv Randi til høyre. Klar, ferdig, sy.............

My project this weekend. I was making a lapquilt called "Garden Path" from the book Flowering quilts by Kim Shaefer. Here I have made som blocks I am playing with now. Of cours I had forgotten to cut the pink fabric I should use in this quilt. (As I told you before leaving....even if I brought a lot of things with me, I was going to miss something). But some of the others rescued me, they had some pink fabric.

Mitt prosjekt denne helgen. Jeg skulle lage et lite slumreteppe kalt "Garden Path" fra boka Flowering quilts av Kim Shaefer. Her har jeg laget noen blokker som jeg leker med nå. Og selvsagt hadde jeg glemt å skjære det rosa stoffet jeg skulle bruke i dette teppet (Som jeg sa tidligere.........selv om jeg hadde med meg en masse ting, kom jeg nok til å mangle noe. Men noen av de andre hadde med rosa stoff og reddet meg.


We took time to a coffebreak outside in the sun. Then I brought my handquilting, and I finished one of my ufo's.

Vi tok oss til til kaffepauser ute i solen. Og da hadde jeg med meg håndquiltingen min. Og jeg gjorde ferdig en av mine ufoer.

Some of us even relaxed a bit more in the sun. Here is Irene on her new summerquilt.

Noen av oss slappet litt mer av enn andre. Her er Irene på sitt nye sommerteppe.


Whats going on here????? Something interesting???? And some keeps the distance of it.....why???

Hva er det som skjer her???? Noe interessant?????? Og noen holder seg litt på avstand...hvorfor????

It was only our little houspet this weekend. A very agressiv "little" caterpillar.

Det var bare det lille husdyret vårt denne helgen. En "liten" svært agressiv larve.

Here are me, Aud and Irene preapering for saturdays big dinner. We have a tradition eating steak of elk with cheese and cream gratinated potatoes. And we eat, and eat, and eat........

Her er jeg, Aud og Irene i gang med å lage lørdagskveldens store middag. Vi har som tradisjon å spise elgstek med fløtegratinerte poteter. Og vi spiser og spiser og spiser........

And we eat and laugh. We always have a great time together. We are friends who share the same hobby. er er Liv Randi, Aud og Kjerstin. And the age is from the youngest who is 32 and the oldest who is 80. My mother used to join us at this weekends, she was also an eager quilter. She was the oldest one. But now she lives in an old peoples home (not sure of the english name) and have almost forgotten how to quilt. I miss her so at our quiltreatreats. But that's life.

Vi spiser og vi ler. Vi har det bedstandig veldig morro sammen. Her er Liv Randi, Aud og Kjerstin. Alderen er i fra 32 som er den yngste til 80 som er den eldste. Mamma brukte å være med oss i disse helgene, og hun var en ivrig quilter hun også. Hun var den eldste av oss. Men nå bor hun på et gamlehjem og har nesten glemt hvordan hun skal quilte. Jeg savner henne sånn på disse treffene våre. Men slik er livet.

Irene is showing her bowtie quilt made of only Roberta Horton fabrics. She has quilted on it for several years now.

Irene viser her bowtie teppet sitt som kun er lagt av Roberta Horton stoffer. Hun har quiltet på det i mange år nå.


I can't post more photos under this title now. The blog refuses to show them. Have to write a weekend at the cabin part two.

Jeg får ikke legge inn flere bilder under denne tittelen nå. Bloggen nekter å vise dem. Så jeg får vel skrive en del to av min hyttetur.

3 comments:

Patti said...

Thanks so much for the photos of your retreat. It looks like you all had a marvelous time. Retreating with quilty friends is the best time there is in my opinion. My husband usually isn't nearly as much fun as my quilting friends LOL!

Judy said...

It's so interesting seeing others enjoy their quilt time. Your group looks wonderful! You got the name right- old folks home or nursing home. Sorry your mom is there but they are good at taking care of them when they need help.

All the fun and quilts look fabulous! Can'tr wait to get to part 2. I don't know why it wouldn't let you put more pictures in?

Anonymous said...

Hi May Britt
Gess what I found when I tryed to Google my first name... Nice blog you have, and thank you for a nice weekend. See you around.

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