Wednesday, February 29, 2012

February OPAM

I’m so happy there is an extra day in february this year. Just discovered I had no finish in february for OPAM. Could not let that happen….

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……so I rushed into my sewingroom and sewed together a pair of potholders. One finish in february!!!

Saying for today:

Be like the flower,
turn your face to the sun.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Vitamin Q visit

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Yesterday Hanne came over for a visit.  And I really needed some vitamin Q inspiration now.  Just chatting, laughing and playing with fabrics felt so great.  And eating sun buns too.

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I finished my first block for Scandinavian Christmas, and have found some red, beige and brown fabric to make the churn dash blocks.

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Today we have been sitting in my sewingroom all day.  Hanne stitching on her Scandinavian Christmas block.

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And I picking fabrics for the star blocks in Annas veggteppe.

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With Hannes help I manage to find the colours I want in this quilt.  And I started to rotary cut the blocks, sewed a couple too.

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Rusken really enjoyed being there together with us.

Saying for today:

A true friend laughs at your stories
even when they’re not so good,
and sympathizes with your troubles
even when they’re not so bad.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

I need good sewing light

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Rusken and I have been relaxing this evening. My neck is not good so I staying away from the sewingmachine for a while.

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Been stitching on the first block for Scandinavian Christmas. I love this block and it makes me smle.

But dear Rusken, I really need to have the OttLite on to see my stitches.

Saying for today:

Cats can be cooperative when
something feels good,
which, to a cat, is the way everything
is supposed to feel
as much of the time as possible.

~Roger Caras

Sunday, February 19, 2012

A lot done during the weekend

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Yesterday I packed a big bag full of quilt tops, batting and backings. Going to the canteen at my work I planned to baste a lot of quilts.  Big tables makes it easy to baste.  If I had done it at home I would have been crawling around at the floor.  My friend Bjørg also came over and basted some of her big quilts. Now I have five quilts ready to be quilted.  And I am going to machine quilt every one of them.

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Was a little bit scared starting to machin quilt my Summer Blooms, but I am quite pleased with how it have turned out during the day.  Soon I will try to make more swirls on my quilting. 

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When Rusken has not been outdoors in the snow and sunshine, he have joined me in the sewingroom.  But I guess he thinks I have been making to much noice today, with sewingmachine buzzing all day.

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Now I have only the outher border left to quilt. It has been so fun quilting today, but I feel it in my shoulder now. 

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So the rest of the evening I will just relax ,watching tv and stitching on my new project Scandinavian Christmas.

Saying for today:

The best vitamin to
be a happy person
is B1. 
~Author Unknown

Together with a big doze of vitamin Q
My own adding

Friday, February 17, 2012

Big plans for the weekend

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The sun is shining so lovely today.  I have spring feelings and that made me buy these lovely tulips.  I love tulips.

I have big plans for the weekend. 

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In my mailbox today was an envelope with pre printed stitcheryblocks for the Scandinavian Christmas quilt.   Thank you both Hanne and Grethe.  Guess this means I am in sewing this along with you.  Already found some fabrics to match the linen.

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Fabric every where in my sewingroom.  On the sewing table was the fabric for Scandinavian Christmas, and when I turn around there is fabric for my Annas Veggteppe on display on my ironing board.  Not yet desided which one to use.    Hopefully I manage to find the fabrics I want to use during the weekend.

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Also lying on the ironing board is my Summer Garden.  Hope I get it basted this wekeend so that I can start machin quilting it.

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And when I turn around to the left I find this angel pillow that just need to be sewn together.

Not to mention if I turn even more to the left, I have a pile of half done projects.

So this is going to be a very busy weekend in the sewingroom. 

Enjoy your sewing weekend too.

Saying for today:

"If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it."
Andy Rooney

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Relaxing weekend

Saturday morning I put some sewing in a bag and drove up to my friend Irene’s cabin.  Two days just relaxing and sewing.    A great way to celebrate mothers day.

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Coming home again Rusken was very curious what I have been doing these days.  He had to inspect every seam.

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My summer blooms is now ready for basting and quilting. 

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And i finished the bird row for this quilt.  I have traced the birdhouse stitchery to have as an “On the go”stitchery.

Saying for today:

The nice thing about teamwork
is that you always
have others on your side.

Margaret Carty

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