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Three good friends on a day trip.

And when one of them was so stupid to forget the camera..........me of course............I was so lucky that I got to borrow Irenes camera. So I have photos to show on my blog from our trip. Thank you Irene, you saved my blogging :)

We started early monday morning and headed for Oslo. First stop was at Ikea where we looked around. I bought a couple of glass jugs where I intend to fill with buttons, pins aso. Photo further down of them.

Then we drove further to Bærums Verk. This is a lovely place to walk around. There is a lot of cosy shops there, and one of them is Lappemakeriet. A beautiful quiltshop. Look how cosy it is in front of the shop. An old tiny restored building that is now a quiltshop. Let's go inside the shop...... There I met Tullemor, a friend of me that works in this shop. And of course we had to do some shoping. Here is Irene (in the front) and Britt (behind) looking at the books and fabrics.

Upstairs there was a exhibition called "Triangle at the attic". I have just started to play with triangles on a roll and I got a lot of ideas after seeing all the beautifull quilts there.

You see what I mean. I love these quilts and I want to sew...............right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have to buy more triangles on a roll first. I only have the one that makes 2" squares.

After shopping fabric, books, buttons and boxes at the quiltshop we drove furter to visit Hadeland Glassverk. Hadeland Glassverk is beautifully situated in Jevnaker, just an hour north of Oslo, in idyllic surroundings at the southern tip of the lake Randsfjord. The glassworks was founded in 1762 and is the oldest industrial company in Norway that can claim continuous operation since its foundation. With its 190 employees the glassworks today not only represents a large and thriving industry undergoing constant development, but also significant operations linked to the Visitor Centre. The company boasts a significant historical and cultural heritage, while at the same time focusing on continous development and new design. Our Visitor Centre welcomes almost 600.000 visitors annually, and is thereby one of Norway's most popular tourist attractions.

One of the shops "The Honey house" had real beehives inside the shop. Luckily behind glass. I did not go near to look properly at them because I hate bees!!!!!!! But Irene took a close look at them...............yeeeek. We had a great day together. And will make this trip next year too.

I bought these fabrics at the quiltshop. Lappemakeriet has a lot of repro fabrics. And I love repro fabrics. I'm collecting them and hope to make a big repro quilt some day.

And here is the glass jugs I bought at Ikea. Imagine them filled with buttons. One with white buttons, one with red, one with blue aso. I have to buy more of these!!!!!!!!!! Will look nice in my sewingroom.

Saying for today:

Buttons and patches and the cold wind blowing,
the days pass quickly when I am sewing.

I want to seeeeeeeeeeeeeew!!!!!