Quilt safari again

This trip has been planned for a long time. Tuesday morning we all met and startet our quilt safari to Sweden and Hvaler.

Good girls gets the weather they deserves on a quilt safari. First stop to eat breakfast was by a beautiful lake. So nice to sit outdoors and enjoy the sun.

Then we arrived at Lapp Eliza's shop. It is just a few weeks since my last visit here. And it was still so much to look at.

Like these new boxes filled with Kafe Fasset fat quarters.

Shopping, shopping and shopping.

Then we drove out to Hvaler. A wonderful place to just relax.

Hanne, Bente and I have for a while given challenges to eachother. Some months ago Benta gave us a difficult one. We got a little piece of fabric, a button and a red heart and the challenge sounded: "For joy and pleasure , to be useful, alone or together in a small group". And now was the reveal of our solutions.

This is what we made. I made a little needleholder. Hanne mad a cover for her coffee jug. And Bente made four items; a bookmark, a little makeup purse, a tissue keeper and a another little purse.
This time it was my turn to give the challenge. Looks like they already have put their thinking caps on :)
I gave them some skin color fabric, three red buttons and some laces. The challengs is called: Sov Dukkelise (sleep my little doll) It is lines from a Norwegian children song. And it has to be finished when we meet again early in october.

Look at this lovely table. I loooooooooooove schrimps and these are fresh from the boat.
Yummy yummy. Learned to it my schrimps with red onion on top and it is delicious.

The wiew are stunning and so relaxing.

While eating the hot tub was been warmed up. Tired from all our shopping it felt so good to just warm up and relax with some white wine in the hot tub.

Chatting long into the midnight hours.

A little bit of sewing done the next morning.

And Bente showed us her beatiful quilt. Love it.

And this quilt is made from leftovers from the previous shown quilt. This one is also so beautiful.

She had also made herself a new bag for this trip.
The front

And the back of it.

Today we visited the old village of Fredrikstad. I have never been here before and really enjoyed our visit here.

Think I have to return to this place and see more some other time.

The quilt safari was ended by eating a delicious fish soup at Engelsviken. This soup is famous and I understund why.

Thanks Bente and Hanne for these wonderful days together.

Saying for today:

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have,
and one of the best things you can be.