Strawberries and watermelon
Stitching on the porch 
I visited Merethes blog and joined her challenge for this summer. This is what she said in her blog:
Like today when my best friend Nancy came by for a little stop while driving from Grimstad (far south) to Mo i Rana (up north in Norway). It is always so nice to see friends, even if it is just for a short moment.
So why not join Merethes challenge about blogging positive thoughts and memories during the summer. Positive thoughts gives us a happy day.
Saying for today:
A friend is what the heart needs all the time
Do you have the Sara Nephew clear wiew triangle (60 degree ruler). I had one in my sewingroom that I had not used. So I wanted to know how to use it and started to play with it. Do you see how I marked some lines. I'm going to use 2.5 inch stripes of fabric, so I have marked cutting lines at 2.5 inch and at 5 inch.
Cut 2.5 inch stripes the whole lenght. To make a big quilt you will need 2 stripes of 20 different fabrics. This is an oportunity to dig deep in your fabricstash (and still I guess you will not notice you have used anything).
Then cut your stripes using the ruler. Place the ruler so that the fabric is between your marked lines at the ruler. Cut the piece
and then turn the ruler the oposit way and do another cut. Continue this way so you have a lot of half hexagons to play with.
Then you start to play with the half hexagons. The easiest way to do this is to place rows of half hexagons. I start building the quilt from the top and place the whole widht. On this quilt I have 11 half hexagons on top and 34 rows of half hexagons (17 rows of whole hexagons). Make sure you get two half hexagons of the same fabric together to make one whole hexagon.
Then you can start to sew the row one by one like the photo. I sew one row and put it back on the layout. Then the next and put it back. That's to see if I still have the same fabric put together against eachother to make the one whole hexagon. It's easy to mix up the fabrics LOL
When you have sewed all the rows you can start sewing the rows together. 
Sew on the borders. 
My DD have celebrated her 20th birthday. So we have been baking cakes, having family for coffee and she also had a big birthdayparty with all her friends yesterday. So not much time for sewing these days.
But I've stitched one more angel block and almost finished another one, just the birdcage left to stitch on the left one. I love stitching on these cute angels. Makes me smile when I'm working on them. If you click on the angel badge on the sidebar you come to Stinas blog and you can see a list of all the others in the angelclub and see how their progress on "An Angels Story Quilt" are.
I've got some magazines in the post. I've swapped with Liz, and I hope the package I posted for her will arrive soon. I was a little bit late sending it, sorry :) I'm amazed about this package of magazines. Two lovely magazines and it was also included a small cutting mat. All in one issue. I love both magazines and I will make a cover for this cuttingmat to bring with me to quiltmeetings.
I also got this Homespun from Leanne B. She wanted me to read her article about her trip to Norway last year.
She even mention my "Krumkaker" (the speccial cake I made for her)
And I also got Anni Downs "Simple Pleasures" book. I LOVE IT. So many cute stitcheries. I did not join the cyber stitching this weekend, but I will for sure make something from this book.
A lot of people have asked what this "An Angels story" is. Here is the book. Not only the quilt is in the book. Annie Downs have also designed dolls, pincushions, bags aso that is in this book too.
And here is my blocks prepared this weekend. Now all my blocks for this quilt is prepared. So tonight I can relax in my chair and just enjoy stitching these blocks.
I guess I was in the mood for preparing blocks this weekend. I also sewed together block number 4 in Leannes Butterfly garden, the last block in Gail Pans Sewing angels and the kangaroos in Lynett Anderssons Noas Arch BOM. 
Saying for today:
First I want to thank Lappequri for this award. It's always fun to hear that you like my blog. That inspires me to continue blogging.
........................ my DD had to make this little snowman. Isn't he cute.
So just some indoors activity today. Reading blogs and mails. And of course Frida wanted to be hugged, so she sat on my lap and talked to me about her day alone in the house.
As you read in my previous post Stina have challenged me to finish up my "Angel Story". We have mailed to eachother during the day and came up with following decision. By sept 30th (my birthday btw) we have to finish the top. And by jan 1th -09 it has to be quilted. Stina is far ahead of me and Marica so today I prepared three more blocks for this quilt.
When I came home I had got a mail from Stina. She showed some time ago a WISP she had found in her sewingroom. It was "An Angel Story" designed by Anni Downs. I've told her that I too had some blocks hidden some where in my sewingroom, and now she is challenging me to find them and join her and Marica in finishing this project.
So I went into my sewingroom and found this box. It was actually not hidden, found it right away, so it's no excuse why it's abandoned for so long.
This is my 7 of 14 blocks that are done. So half way done with the applique/stitchery blocks. I remember they were fun to make, so why did they get lost in my sewingroom. Other projects of course. Other new fun books and patterns that I had to try. New fabrics.
I've also made an agreement with Hanne that our Leannes House ,which we both are handquilting, have to be finished before desember 31th. That's a promise. And have you seen the Summer Strip Challenge she have posted. While visiting me this weekend we talked about starting a challenge to activate you bloggers during the summer. I have some jelly rolls in my sewingroom and want to try to make something out of them. Kim has made a badge for us to use. 
Saying for today:
