NQT - last report

Back home and it feels good. I have had a wonderful time at NQT in Gøteborg. Of course there has been moments when I have been soooooooo tired, but I have got so much vitamin Q during these NQT days.

Thursday morning we hung up our Norwegian exhibition .

Friday morning NQT was declared opened in a lovely way. All the scandinavian flags were tied on together by two men. A very nice symbolic event.

I have met some blogfriends. I knew Mary Ann was coming and she had brought her friend ?? (I can't remember her name and blog). I also met a lot of other blogging friends. It was so fun when someone came up to me and asked if I was Abyquilt :) When so many quilters get together like this you always meet old friends and you make new friends. I guess that is the main reason going to such a big event.

Saturday brought lovely sunny weather and I was so lucky to have some hours free to do what I wanted for myself. And I met Hanne and Bente. Together we went for a walk at Haga (the old part of Gøteborg).

So many lovely shops and out doors restaurants. Just enjoying the sun, the atmosphere and some time with my good friends.

Saturday evening there was a dinner for 664 quilters. Imagine so many quilters chatting, laughing and talking about all their shoppings during the day. The dinner was tasteful, the show and tell (which we could not take photos from) showed a lot of big wonderful quilts. You can see more photos from the dinner here.

And then there was shopping!!!!

The shopping area was very small and narrow with a lot of shops. When the shoppingarea opened it was too crowded for me to go there. I guess all the ladies wanted to check out all the goodies at the same time. But later in the evening it was possible to go shopping and sunday it was very easy to find the goodies I wanted.

One of the shops was Quilt My Design from Denmark. One of my favorite shops at NQT. They had such lovely kits and patterns designed by Linett herself.

One of the Norwegianshops was Quiltegården. And this is Siw and Sølvi, a little bit tired but still smiling after three hectic days.

Another Norwegian shop was Quilteliv. She had brought a lot of patterns and kits for wonderful bags and I think she sold almost all of them. I did not buy anything from her this time, but that's because her shop is only one hour driving from where I live. I will visit her shop instead.

Trine and Anne Kjersti from Lappemakeriet was also still smiling after three hectic days.

And this is what I bought. Not much, but I am sooooo pleased with my treasures. I look forward to start on several things. Just two things that was on my list that was sold out before I was able to get them, linen DMC thread (which I look forward to try on stitchery) and Yli Silkthread (which I love to use when I do needleturn). But that's life, someone got those goodies before me :)

Even though it has been hectic, crowded and little sleeping, it has been some wonderful days together with good friends. And I will for sure go to the next NQT which is going to be in Aalborg, Denmark in 2012. I will already now start saving money for this trip.

While having my hours to guard the norwegian exhibition I had some time to stitch. And it was fun doing this because a lot of other quilters came to watch me and learn how to do stitchery.

And then there was time to go home. The taxidriver got a little worried when he discovered 8 women with a lot of suitcases, bags and purses. But we managed to put all 8 ladies with bagage into the car. I'm happy the airport was not that far away from the hotel.

With this I will end my report from the NQT.
I hope you have enjoyed the trip as much as I have.

Now it's back to normal days

and I will enjoy my newly bough treasures.

A big hug to all of you that I have met at NQT in Gøteborg.

It has been so nice to meet you all.

Saying for today:

Truly great friends are hard to find,

difficult to leave,

and impossible to forget....

My bags

All quilt ladies has a lot of bags.. And I am like all the others. It's so fun to have a purse to every ocation. A friend of me answered when she got a comment on that she had to have a purse to every outfit; then I have to buy some more outfits. This purse I made after buying pattern and fabric in Finland visiting Northern Quilt Festival. I'm a bit proud of my quilting done by maschine. Think I'm starting to get a grip on it. And it is fun.

Alle quiltedamer har mange vesker. Og jeg er ikke noe unntak. Det er jo så morro å ha ei veske til enhver anledning. Som ei venninne av meg svarte da hun fikk kommentar på at hun måtte da vel ha ei veske til hvert antrekk hun hadde; da får jeg vel ut å kjøpe meg flere antrekk da hvis det skal stemme. Denne veska sydde jeg etter et mønster og stoff som jeg kjøpte mens jeg var i Finland på NQT. Jeg er litt stolt av frihåndsquiltingen min jeg har gjort her. Synes jeg begynner å få dreisen på det nå. Og det er gøy.

The next bag is made so big that I can carry big books in it. When travelling a lot at meetings I was in need of a big bag. The tecnique is really fun. Layer on layer with fabric and a lot of quiting over it all. Bright colours and I love this bag.

Den neste vesken sydde jeg så stor slik at jeg kunne ha permer i den. Når man farter på en del møter er det greit med en stor veske. Teknikken er veldig morsom. Lag på lag av stoff og helt vill frihåndsquilting over det hele. Spreke farger og jeg elsker denne veska.

This purse is made after a pattern from american patchwork. I had some plans making a closing (with a button or something else) at the top, but so far I have not done that. And now is it beginning to be worn out. I have used it quite a lot.

Den neste veska er sydd etter en mønster ifra american patchwork. Hadde planer om en lukking (knapp eller noe annet) øverst, men så langt har jeg ikke kommet. Og nå begynner veska allerede å bli slitt. Så mye har jeg brukt den.

At last I have made one from a pattern from a norwegian designer named AnnAKa. It was made to my trip to NQT in Finland. Had to have a new one for the trip. Even though it is very small it can contains very much. A really good pattern.

Og så har jeg også sydd ei veske etter AnnAKa sine mønster. Den ble laget til NQT i Finland. Måtte jo ha ei ny veske til turen. Selv om den er liten er den romslig og god. Veldig godt mønster.

NQT - small dollquilts

This is perhaps one of my favorit exhibitions at NQT. Åsa Wättre have collected a lot of old antique dolls, dollbeds and dollquilts. They are sooooo tiny tiny peaces in some of these dollquilts and they are so beautiful.

My dream is to someday find a small antique dollbed and make quilts for that one.

NQT - the norwegian exhibition

Yesterday we prepared the Norwegian exhibition and made everything ready for the opening today. About 1000 ladies from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland has arrived Gøteborg and are ready for three days of quilt and fun.

I have been busy with my camera and have a lot to show you.
Yesterday we was able to see three opened quilt exhibitions outside the festival area.
And there is more to see.

So I will bring you a lot of photos from ths weekend.

First I start with the Norwegian exhibition. Just enjoy the quilts.

and more photos from NQT to come.........

NQT - Finland exhibition

and still more to come.....