Show and Tell from April quilt meeting

Last thursday it was a meeting in my quilt guild. A lot of ladies came to listen to Helle Løvenskiold who was going to tell about her quilting life. A joyful lady with SO many quilts to show. So this will be a very long post.

Enjoy the show and tell with Helle.

As you see she had a lot of wonderful quilts to show us. And she also told us about some of the tecniques she had used.

Then there was show and tell from the members of the quilt guild:

I have been busy finishing a lot of WISP’s lately and had brought them to the show and tell.

Two hearts design AnnaKa. Iwill make more of these because they was so fun to sew.

A angel pillow, also design AnnaKa.

A wallhanging (design Kim Diehl, her first book) I started many years ago is no finished. I have played with freemotion quilting on this quilt, will show you in another post.

A wallhanging (design Leanne Beasley)

Two table runners, the one to the left is my own design, the other one is design AnnaKa.

And at last the big Christmas quilt (design Northern Quilts)

Saying for today:

The ability to convert ideas to things
is the secret to outward success.
Henry Ward Beecher

Two more finishes

I sewed down the binding and finished two more projects today.

This angel pillow (design AnnAKa) and a little placemat. 

Do other cats love to sleep like this, laying on their back with all four feet up in the air.  He is so cute and sleeps so well like this.

Saying for today:

There are few things in life
more heartwarming than
to be welcomed by a cat.
Tay Hohoff

A productive Easter holiday

Thanks to perfect sewing weather (cold wind blowing and today snowing) I have spendt a lot of hours in my sewing room and stitching/doing needleturn while watching a lot of movies on the tv.

I have finished all stitchery on the project from Helen Stubbings that we got at the workshop in Tønsberg two weeks ago.  Now it is laying besides my sewing machine ready to be sewn together.

It have also been so fun sewing together the project from Gail Pan.  Just have a few leaf to applique down. 

I went up in the attic looking for some fabric I thought I have stored up there in a box.  Did not find the fabric, but a lot of UFO’s that I had totally forgotten all about.  Some of them was allowed to enter into the sewingroom again.

Some finishes this Easter holiday.  11 pair of potholders. These were started at the cabin earlier this year.

Two hearts (design AnnAKa).  These were so fun to make.  The stitchery was finished long time before Christmas, but I did not have time finish the hears.  I choose a “not Chrismassy fabric” and think they can be used the whole year.  Will make more of these I think.

This is a very old UFO that now is finished. Just had to applique the sircles in the middle of the flowers, stitch the steams and sew down the binding.

The upper project is a pillow I made before Christmas.  Just need to sew down the binding I sewed on today.   The little table runner at the bottom is  UFO #1 from the attic.  I machinequilted it and now I just have to sew down the binding.

UFO #2 from the attic.  Unpicked the handquilting I had done on it (just two threads handquilted), machinequilted it and sewed on the binding.

UFO #3.  Did not remember starting this one, but it is one from Kim Diehl first book.  Just have to applique on the heart leaves.  This was started long time before I really understood how needlturn was done, so I have used freezerpaper on the wrong side of the fabric.  Do I applique it like this, or do I trace new leaves and do the needleturn like I do now??

This has been a very productive Easter holiday and I feel happy having so many finishes. 

Tomorrow back to work and that means not so much time for sewing. 

Saying for today:

"Forget love ...
I'd rather fall in chocolate!"
- Anonymous

Quiltmeeting in march

Totally forgotten to blog photos from my quilt guilds meeting the last thursday in march. A lot of nice projects for the Show and Tell. Enjoy and get inspired.

Saying for today:

Put “eat chocolate” at the top of
your list of things to do today.
That way, at least you’ll get one thing done

Happy Easter to all my bloggerfriends!!

Rusken and I have spendt a lot of hours in the sewing room today.  After having wonderful warm spring weather, we are now having a very cold wind blowing.  We both thinks it is good to stay indoors.

I was working on a big bunch of potholders.  Even though there were a lot of pins holding the layers together, Rusken thought they were perfect as a pillow. 

Spending time in the sewingroom feels so good.   And I hope to do that a lot more these easterday.

Wishing all my blogger friends a

HAPPY EASTER.

Saying for today:

Nine out of ten people like chocolate.
The tenth person always lies.
John Q. Tullius