Started sewing a little.

I have found out that sewing works as therapy for me, so for the last week I have been sewing a lot. I have started on a lot of UFO's but they are not finished yet, so I can't show you...

But I can show you this!

My Kaffe Fasset quilt. I finished this in the beginning of december, as a very late birthday present for my aunt. I think she liked it:-)

I'm sorry about the lousy pictures, it was a snowstorm the day I took them.

I made a mug rug some days ago, and used fabric I tie dyed about 18 (!) years ago. It was about time i found a use for it! I think the fabric looks like a wonky snowflake, so I used snowflake fabric for the binding.

A hard post to write.

I'm sure you all have noticed that for the last half year, I have not been posting anything.

The reason for that is mostly that I did not sew anything!

The other reason is that I was expecting a baby...

What was going to be a wonderful year has turned out to be our worst nightmare... On the 22. of December 2010, our precious little boy was born silently into this world. Two days before that, we found out that his heart had stopped in week 31 of my pregnadcy, for no obvious reason.

Please light a candle for our Henning.

Not much happening here!

...At least not when it comes to sewing...

I just don't seem to have any motivation for sewing, allthough my head is filled with ideas for things to make. Maybe it's because my sewing room is a mess... Or that my stash has gone out of control, and I don't know where to start! Probably a combination of the two.

Oh, and I completely forgot to blog about my wonderful swap from Aunt Pitty Pat!

She made me a beautiful potholder with a Santa on it, I just looove Christmas.

She also sent some goodies with it, cookie cutters (I love them, it's hard to find cookie cutters with shapes like that in Norway), muffin baking cups and a notebook shaped like a cup cake.

I love the things you gave me, APP! Thank you so much.
I'm sorry it took me so long to blog about it.

I have also joined another swap that Aunt Pitty Pat is arranging, for a Halloween tote:-)

At the moment I am waiting for some fabric to arrive, as my stash of Halloween fabric is less than small. I will use fabric from my stash too, but I really want to use some special Halloween themed fabrics as well.

The tradition for celebrating Halloween here in Norway is very new, so we don't have a lot of stuff related to it. But it is coming more and more every year! I like the "spooky" part of it the most:-)

I just have to show you this picture of the men in my life:-)

Cute, don't you think? Bamse is a little too big to be a lap dog, but he tries:-)

To hot to handle pot holder swap.

Today I got a very nice email from Aunt Pitty Pat, where she told me that she got the potholder and the extras I sent her.

I loved making the potholder and the washcloth, it has been a long time since I did any crochét.

Since Marcel is the host of the swap, I wanted to spoil her a little, so I sent along a piece of Tilda fabric and some matching ribbon. I love to participate in swaps, and I can imagine that organizing them are a lot of work. So she deserved a little extra!

The potholder was made from yarn scraps, and even some yarn that was handed down to me after my grandmother passed away. The pink yarn in the wascloth must be over 50 years old I think! It was good to find a use for it:-)

I'm so happy M liked her swap package, I'm always a little nervous when I send away something I made, hoping that it will be loved.

A wedding present and the summer tote swap!

I just realized that I did not write a post about this gorgeous wedding present that we were given by the wonderful Jenny and her daughter Blossom in Australia. The small wallhanging is so beautiful, so I hung it in a special place in our living room. It is embellished with tiny beads, and the stitches are so even and perfect! I love this present, and my husband said that he likes it too:-) And he's not very into this kind of things;-)

This is the tote I came up with for the summer tote swap, I am really happy with it, so it's kind of hard to give it away;-) I hope the reciever will like it too! It was a long process to finish it, but I made it before the deadline. The tote will go in the mail tomorrow, on it's way to a new home.

I tucked in a couple of extras, two pieces of Tilda fabrics and matching ribbon...

Now I only have three more days at work until I get my summer vacation, It will be sooooo good to have three weeks off from work. We are going on a little trip to Denmark, but other than that, I think we will stay at home and relax. I think I'm going to sew a lot, I have plenty of projects in my mind that I want to do.

Sighhhhh...

No internet connection at home at the moment... I'll get back to blogging as soon as the problem has been taken care of.

I'm still looking around in blogland when I have a brake at work though:-)

See you soon!

Summer Tote Swap recieved.

Today I got wonderful mail from Australia!

A beautifully wrapped package...

With a nice homemade tag on it.

It was my tote from the "Summer Tote Swap"! I love this, it's soo my colors and style. The size is perfect too, not to big and not to small. I love the flower on it as well.

It has lots of pockets, one on each side and three on the inside.

And look! Extras...

A card to cross-stitch, and pins. And do you see the little box? It is filled with buttons! Oh how I love buttons:-)

Thank you soooo much Maria!

I love the bag you made for me, and the extras are sooo great. You obviously read my blog, to find out so much about what I like!

You should all go check out her blog, Life on the block.

Maria makes the most gorgeous things, she is so creative:-)

Thanks again!

Some more photos from the wedding:-)

First, a photo of the beautiful church, Hoff Kirke in Lena, my home town:-)

The church is very old, built between 1150-1200.

Here we are, just after we got wed, inside the church. The beautiful altar is very old, dated 1664.

On the church steps:-)



Our ride for the day, too bad it was raining, so the top had to be up.
1969 Cadillac.




Beautiful wiew from the place we had the party, down to Mjøsa, the biggest lake in Norway.

The waltz:-)



And the last photo for today, my wedding boquet, wich I made my self.

I'll be back soon with some sewing related posts!

A new BOM from Jenny!

Jenny of Elfantz Is giving all of us a new, free BOM, Daisy-Do, starting July 1st. Take a look at her blog to see the sneak peeks! It looks soooo lovely! I can't wait to see the first part:-)

So this is what's been keeping me occupied lately...

We got married saturday! It was a lovely day, except from the weather, wich was very rainy. But I've heard that rain in the brides hair means luck, so it's a good thing:-)

Now, I'm not sure that I feel very comfortable about posting pictures of me, but I would really like to show you something from our big day anyway...

First one of hubby and me...

I made the dress my self, and the wedding bouquet...

Here is one of my maid of honour and me.

She is wearing her bunad, I think it's so pretty!

And one of hubby and his best man (weird photo, but we had so much fun!).

All four of us. We are joking a lot so we look really funny:-)

Here is one of hubbys brother and sister, and hubby and me. My brother was supposed to be on the picture too, but was nowhere to be found at the moment! Wonder if that has something to do with him not liking to be photographed...

We had such a great day, the party went soooo well, the food was great and everyone had a good time... I'll make another post with some more pictures soon, but I need to get copies from the photographer first. She is just the best:-)