Winter Mini Quilt Swap.

It seems things are taking a long time to get on my blog lately, but here it is...

I got this lovely quilt about two weeks ago, and I adore it! Love the snowflakes and the fabrics in it and the colors. And it is just the right size for a small tabletopper!

Thank you to you, Jennifer!

Now I'm waiting to hear from the reciever of the quilt I made for the swap. I'm a bit nervous something went wrong... The quilt was sent about a month ago, and I have not heard anything yet. Crossing my fingers that it's just caught up in customs or something.

Do you need some inspiration?

...To use fabric from your stash? Rae Ann at Cutie Pinwheel has started a new blog to give us all some help and inspiration! Check out Stash Manicure and become a follower! I'm sure there will be a lot of great ideas and inspiration to be found there.

I sure need to use some of my stash, so I can feel better about buying new fabric:-)

Giveaway!

Just a quick post to tell you about a giveaway going on over at "Adventures in Alice Land" Go over and check it out!

I'm back!

I'm sorry about my long brake from blogging!

I hve not been sewing a lot, I guess I needed a brake.

In the meantime I have been re-organizing my sewing room, buying some new storage and shelves. I am very happy with the result! It still looks a bit messy, but now the mess is in system:-)

New bookshelf, with all my books, magazines and prints from the internet... I put some things on display there as well, from different swaps

( Cat's food station stands there as well, as he lives in my sewing-room ).

My working table, and new storage for all my fabric.

And this fabrics are for a mystery-quilt I decided to make, all batiks combined with solid black.
I started sewing from them, but havent taken any pictures yet.

I recieved a gorgeous mini-quilt from the winter time mini quilt swap too, I will take pictures and make a post about that one soon...

Until next time, happy sewing!

Spring meets winter!

I had a charm pack in my drawer, and did not know exactly what to make out of it. But I have not made tumblers before, so this it what I came up with!

Fabric line is "Spring magic" from Moda.

I love the way this turned out! These fabrics do not need a lot of cutting, they
look so good anyway.

Picture is taken out in the snow, not much spring going on around here yet!

I have made some muffins today too, these are soooo good, even if they look a bit strange. Recipe is found here. I add blueberries and use banana yoghurt instead of plain, and on these I also added topping made of cinnamon, butter, flour and sugar.

Hope everybody is having a great weekend!

I won!

I'm a lucky girl!

Recently, I participated in a challenge at "Quilt i Norge"...

We were supposed to finish some of our UFO's during January. I only got one done, but lucky me, I won the first prize!

Toja sent me these wonderful pieces of fabric, and I just love them:-)

Thank you so much! Usually, I never win anything, so this was such a nice surprise.

Besides that, I have been busy sewing pinwheel blocks for a quilt for my aunt. She filled 60 at the end of January, and this is her very late birthday present. I still need to add some borders, but I have to buy fabric for them first!

Bamse was very helpful today, when I took the pictures:-)

A swap recieved and some bags!

I have been a bad blogger lately, and I have no excuse! But I have been cutting down on my computer time, there is so much else to do!

Anyway, here is a little update on what's been happening:

About two weeks ago I got this wonderful swap-package from Simona in Croatia.

Look at all the wonderful things she sent! The mini quilt with the three hedgehogs are so cute, I love it. And she must have been reading in my blog, because she found out about my love for buttons, and sent me some beautiful vintage ones.

And there was also some lovely variegated embroidery floss made in Croatia, that I will make good use of!

The fabric-calendar is so nice, I am going to sew on some borders and put it on the wall of my sewing-room. And she sent a postcard with a picture of her hometown and a nice note where she wrote a little about herself.

So thank you so much Simona! I love what you sent and think the stitchery is adorable:-)

I have been sewing a little too, not much, but a little to show you anyway.

I made three small bags, they were all made from the same set of stripes, but they all look different anyway.I used ricrac for oe of them, the other is a shoulder bag with a vintage needle, and on the third I made a yoyo with leaves and a vintage button.

As you can see it is cold here with lots of snow, but it makes good photos:-)

Beautiful and freezing!

I thought I'd show you some pictures I took the other day, when we were out walking the dog...

It was such a beautiful day, with bright sun. But freezing! It has been a very cold January so far, but the temperature has gone up a little the last days.

We usually say that there is no bad weather, only bad clothing, so we dress up for the cold and take the dog out no matter what the temperature is. And Bamse doesent mind if it's a little cold, he loves to be outside anyway!

Time for some UFO's...

I am trying to finish some UFO's at the moment, I have way too many of those!

This is the first two, made from 2.5 " squares from a swap at Quilt i norge, the norwegian forum I am a member in.

I was not too happy about the quilting on these, so I "forgot" about them for a long time. But I finally took the time and sewed on some binding the other day! And you know what? It was not too bad after all:) So now I have a new runner for my dining table and a tabletopper too:-)

Last projects in 2009 / first in 2010!

I did some sewing between Christmas and new year, not much, but I'll show you what I made.

This bag was a gift for a good friend who has her birthday on the 30'th of december. She loves green, so I just had to make her a bag in that colour:-)

She really liked it, so I hope she will make good use of it!

The mini quilt is my contribution in the "fall-inspired mini quilt swap" over at quilting gallery. I used a pattern from an old issue of "American patchwork and quilting" but changed it a little.

It has been sent to ??? today, I hope she likes it! It was fun making it...