Stashbusting

Today i had a day off, and I had a wonderful time on my own, trying to reduce my stash! I did get some cutting done, and I have already started to try to put together two quilts. I just had to start on something new again, since the other projects I have started on earlier, is still not unpacked....
I got this pattern for the Hexagon quilt a long time before Christmas, and I just had to try to make something from it:-) I guess one will be a big tablerunner, and one will end up like a big scrapquilt. Look forward to get it sewn together and to get starting on the quilting.
I would really love to have some suggestions from you gals out there:-)

It is so fun to play around with all the lovely fabrics! It has been so long time since I did some serious sewing, because of our moving and the celebration of our son. But it was so fun to catch up with the sewing again. Maybe it was a bit healthy to have a little pause? I think so:-)
Happy sewing to you all:-)

Konfirmasjon

Yesterday we had a celebration for our son Roy. We had a big family dinner and we had such a fine day. Our son is now a young man:-) He is such a fine young man, too, and looks so good in his suit!
Roy's konfirmasjon 3.mai 2008
After the ceremony inside the church, we took some pictures outside the church. It was raining a bit, but that didn't matter:-) Still smiling:-)

We had order a cake with a picture of him from when he was around six years old on it, as a surprise for him. This was really such a fine day for all of us:-)

I did get so inspired by Sharon Schamber's feathers, so I just had to try it! It is so fun, BUT OMG so hard to get the feathers look good. I have tried, and I guess I'll bee doing more of this:-) I do not have a machine with stitch regulator, so my stitches are NOT even... But oh so fun!

My very first try:


The last one I made :

This weekend I couldn't keep my hands off the sewing machine any longer. I just had to sew something! I reduced some of my stash making a little wall hanging in some lovely blue and brown fabrics. My oldest son wanted to have it, but he wants me to make a big cozy pillow of it instead, so that is why it is no binding on it. I'll have to finish it later, because I have so much to do these days.


We are going to have a celebration for him in two weeks (Konfirmasjon). Today I made almost all of the cards for the dinner table with the name of everybody who is coming. He told me how he wanted them, and I made them for him.

Finally! Now we are done moving into our new home. We have waited so long for this, and we did spend the Easter Holidays moving. We where supposed to do so over a year ago, but now,the waiting process is over:-) I am so happy!!!
I haven't been able to do much sewing. Just some curtains for my kitchen windows. I have saved these fabrics for almost four years, to use for that project:-) lol, that is a long time... But this is how it turned out:We finally got to see how our kitchen looked like at the end. It has been stored away for a really long time. I am so satisfied with the result. I never dreamed of having such a nice kitchen, and I know I'll treasure it:-)

We are not done unpacking all of our stuff yet, but I hope we will be done within the end of May. Then I will spend a lot of time with my sewing and quilting, and look forward to that:-)

It has been so busy this month, so I have not had time to sew much... But that is ok, this time:-) We move into our new home on Friday this week. We are so excited!! We have waiting so long for this, and now it's time. I look forward to have a bigger room for my sewing machine and me, so I know it will be a hole lot of sewing when the Easter Holidays are over:-)

I made this piece a time ago, but I really love this Angel:-)


This is one of the quilts I hope to finish this year. I planned to have this one my self. I love the fabrics I did use, and I had such a job collecting the fabrics. But it was worth it! It is the True friends collection by Benartex/Nancy Halvorsen. If anyone have the blue one, with flowers on, and want to trade with me, I would be really happy! Just let me know:-)

More stars.....

I finished another block yesterday, now it's only 14 left:-) This is a really fun block to do! And I am so happy to say that I did not go shopping for these fabrics, they are all in my stash! And some of them did just lay there, ready to use, precut a long time ago! FUN!


Another "star-project" I have going on, is the Orion Star quilt. It is a while since I started on it, but I will get on with it soon again... I just have not decided witch of the colors, lights/darks or medium/darks I want to do.



I guess I'll have to try both, I cannot make up my mind... All I know, is that I love the japanese fabrics.

I see stars.....

This weekend I did look through some of my patterns, and I found the pattern "Cinnamon Stars" by Moda. It is a beautiful quilt, and I have so many lovely fabrics to use in a quilt like this, so I just started cutting, and this is what I came up with:

Block #1 (of 17)










Block #2

The days go by so fast, and it is a long time since I where in Blogland...
I haven't been sewing so much, I have been knitting a lot instead. Just had to try something else for a bit. I have been knitting "Selbusokker". It is an old tradition of knitting, and I have wanted to try it for ages. If some of you know of patterns of magazines with similar patterns, please let me know:-) Now I have tried it, and I love doing it!!

This is one of the pairs of socks I did make:
Some of the projects I finished before Christmas, was a couple of toilet paper holders, and some table runners.
I am a big fan of the Norwegian designer AnnAKa, and I love sewing things with her patterns.

Christmas soon...

The Christmas is coming soon, and I have been in Holiday-mood lately. I love doing Christmas projects, and I have several of them going. A lot of work has to be done, but i guess I'll be able to get all of my projects done in time.
Today I received a package in my mailbox. It was an early Christmas gift from my Facebook-friend, Angela from Canada. She is a lovely Lady, and a talented quilter,too.
I became so happy when I opened the package! Such a nice surprise !! She sent me some postcards with pictures from her favourite artist, postcards from her town, a cool pattern with chicks (Chicken soup), and a lovely tin box with a real treasure. A lot of fabric squares in the loveliest fabrics!! I really look forward to figure out what to sew of them!!!

Something new, again....

This weekend I have been starting on something new, again. I like to have several projects going on, or else I get bored....
Saturday, I went downtown shopping at Quiltegården. This is what I ended up with:


I bought some of the newest DMC's Siw just brought in to her shop, and they are gorgeous!
While I'm waiting for Siw to have "Leanne's House" in, I thought I should start on an other stitchery. I guess I will be making two of these, and make a table runner of them with Japanese fabrics. Hope to get it done within November....

HAPPY SEWING TO YOU ALL!!

Happy Halloween

The kids have been on the usual round with "trick or treat" tonight, and so many kids have been ringing the doorbell at our house, for a bit of candy or three. Mine where out for half an hour, and they were done.

Yesterday I found a lovely quilt with a lot of stars, on my search for inspiration on the Internet. I started cutting fabrics I bought almost half a year ago. Lots of roses is my choice :-)


A mess, at this point.... But I think it will be nice when it's done.
I haven't sewn so many of the pieces together yet, but it will not take long when I just know how I want it.
I like taking photos while I'm doing the puzzle. It is easier to see if things fit or not when you can look at it from a distance.
I really look forward to get it done. Then I have to figure out how to quilt it! I have not been thinking about that yet:-)

I have not sewn so much this weekend, but I did start on some Christmas gifts. They are not done yet, but I hope to finish them next weekend. I am a big fan of AnnAKa's patterns. And a little while ago, I finished these:

They where so much fun to do, so I have sewn several of them in different colors. I also made a table runner to make a kitchen set to give away for Christmas.

26. October 2007

This is one of my latest projects. I had so much fun making these, so I guess I will be making a few more of them, in different colors.