February quilt meeting

Today was february quilt meeting in my quilt group and here is a little show and tell.
Enjoy the show :)

This is my finished Leannes House quilt. I am so proud it is finished now :)

and my travelling bag

and my cat quilt from my previous post

Saying for today:

The language of friendship
is not words but meanings.
~Henry David Thoreau

This is MY quilt

I think that is what Rusken is telling Frida cat. This is MY quilt.

Look mom placed it on the floor so I can sleep on it.

Frida cat is sitting in the background just shaking her fury head. What a jerk, she is thinking.

This is the little cat quilt I tryed to take a photo of today. I needed a little cat quilt as a present. Not so much time to make one, but then I remembered my box of finished stitcheries. Maybe there was one with a cat there, and yes it was. So in just an hour I had put some borders (of course a cat fabric) on it, had it quilted and put a binding on.

I will continue to make stitcheries and put in this box. So easy when you need a gift in a hurry.

Like Hanne I have started to make som kits for our care quilt sewing together on saturday. Going into my sewingroom now to make another kit. It feels so good to use fabric from my stash to make a little girl or a boy happy.

Saying for today:

Don't wait for people to be friendly,
show them how.
~Author Unknown

A new travelling bag

Finally I have been able to sew again. Not much, but enough to keep me from going totally insane :) Days without sewing is not fun, but right now it was really important to relax and get my head back on place. But a whole week with no sewing.........booooooooooooooooring:)


Some time ago I started to make myself a new travelling bag. And the last days I have done the last finishing details on it. I have added some new things on this bag that was not in the pattern. Now I have a new bag when I travel to the Norwegian annual quilt meeting in march.

I am so proud that I have made this bag just out of fabrics from my stash. The only thing I had to buy was the habalon batting inside the bag. The one I had was just a little too short for this bag. Perhaps I should make some makeup purses or drawstring bags to go with it too???? I have some scraps left, and it would have been fun to have used all of it :)

Rusken have found himself a new favorite place.

Wonder why there is so much cat hair on my fabrics :)

Saying for today:

Purring would seem to be,
in her case, an automatic safety valve device
for dealing with happiness overflow.
~Monica Edwards

Discovering the world outside

Hmmm.....look there is a world outside the house too

I have this place to sit and watch everything out there,
mom have been so nice and made room for me here,
but she does not like that I try to see whats inside these flowerpots.

What is all that white outside???

I better have a look
if I dare to go out this door

How fun, I can make some pawprints in the snow

and it taste good

But BRRRRRRRRRR,
it was so cold outside,
I rather lay here and warm myself now
Purr purr purr
from Rusken

Saying for today:

Cats are smarter than dogs.
You can't get eight cats
to pull a sled through snow.
~Jeff Valdez

No sewing

Not so much sewing the last days. Woke up in the middle of the night on friday with a terrible pain in my neck. Going to the emergency on saturday evening I was told I have a "slipped disc" in my neck.

So now I just have to relax,
eat pain killers
and wait for the pain to go away.

And just thinking of all I want to do.

I WANT TO STITCH!!!!!!

Saying for today:

A meow massages the heart.
Stuart McMillan

Goodies in the mailbox

Some time ago, in december, I commented on a giveaway over at Charming Chatters blog. And it was also a special e-mail giveaway from Mrs C. Today a big envelope arrived from Mrs C.

And look what was inside........not one......not two........but a whole bunch of patterns. THANK YOU so much. I actually did not have none of these patterns from before. I love them. Have already picked some of them to have a closer look. Temptations, temptations.......... but I really have to finish the bag and some other projeckts before starting on one of these.

Saying for today:

You must admit you have self-control
before you can use it.
~Carrie Latet

A girl needs a new bag

A quilter needs a new bag........always

and at least when she is going to the annual quilt meeting. I have had this pattern for a long time and now it was time to make this travelling bag. I have been sewing on this for several days, and still have a lot of work to do on it. Now I see the shape of it and I really like it. I plan to make a small purse also before going to the quilt meeting.

This week I also started on the christmas present I got from Bjørg. Have to make three more dresden plates before sewing it all together.

Four blocks on the Life is Beutiful is done. Enjoy having these small stitcheries.

And now I have had time to make some small stitcheries for the hexagon purses from Birdhouse design. I won this pattern some time ago and it has been on my sewing table ready to be sewed.

Saying for today:

Housework won't kill you
but why take the chance

Sew I quilt - Mug rug contest

Hurry over to Sew I quilt - mug rug contest. Take a look and give a vote. Read the vote rules in Madame Samm's blogpost. I have entered 3 mug rugs and hope to get some votes :)

Votes ends at midnight tonight.........so hurry hurry. Grab a cup of coffee and take a look at all those lovely mugrugs that are entered.

(To Madame Samm: I hope it is ok I borrowed the photo from your post :)