From Molly House...

so it is...

Molly House...

Everything is is about Molly right now...

but dont read me wrong.. we do love it!!! :o)

She is a real sweetie ..but sometimes she is just sooooo...

resourceful..:o)

Like the day we found her in Viktors bookshelf... second row up.. 

in a little bed for his soft animals...

*BIG SMILE*

And getting to know her.. she loves everything soft and warm... :o)

She is like the "Princess and the Pea"...

the softer the better...no bumps...

Just like the Princess... :O)

Well otherwise ..I have tried out

Tatting...

ahh this was tricky..but got it finally..

but I dont think its my kind of craft!!

Just a few days left of school so I have some things to finish up!

Finished and sent of my PIF gifts to my fantastic 

and ever so kind PIF ladies who have been

 waiting for their gifts forever...

but now they are on the way!!!

Here´s a little peek for you!!

Have had some days off and these have been

 shared with family and our new friend!!

This is a lucky guy

with his new companion!!

But well over and out from me and our 

crazy dog!! :o)

Have a lovely time out there...

 will soon visit you all and see what you have been up too...

Needle-binding

Testing a blogpost from my iPhone ... Need to learn...;0)

So if it looks strange... It's only me ... Trying to figure this out!!!:0)

Making my school work at Mum and Dads place... having some days off around EASTER...

Needle-binding, single needle knitting, knotless knitting is some of the translations I get of this technique... Nålbindning!!

Enjoying my days with family and sunshine!!!

Ok... Let's see how this looks on the blog!!!...:0)

Take care and enjoy your days!!

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

I need help....

Edit!!
A Friendly soul have helped me...
Thanks Everyone for wanting to help out...
Why didnt´I think of you all when trying to solve this by my own!!
Bless you!! :o)

to find this magazine....

...PLEASE...

 Is there any one out there who knows where I can find this magazine...

APQ FEB 2011

 have tried lots of shops... 

Anyone that have double copies!!!! 

Please again... help!!

I subscribe to this magazine.. but somehow it have been missing in my mail..and I have had so much trouble getting in contact with APQ so now its not on sale anymore!

BIG BUMMER!!!

Stomach still a mess and fever coming and going...

but I decided early this morning

 that I was going to try out this months schoolproject..

...Bobbin Lace...
EDIT... thanks Judy for helping me finding the right word... dictionarys isnt always the best..:O))
Fagoting .. wonder what that is..lol..

Oh my.. is all I can say...

Happy I was home alone... :o)

lots of twists and turns..

tongue right in mouth...

But kind of fun..:O))

A little bit uneven and curvesome..

but hey I made it!!!! :o)

Think I have to try one more...

Ready for some fabric pictures..:O))

but lo and behold...

look at the TINS!!!!

These are absolutely gorgeous...

fell in love with them instantly I saw them.. 

YUMMY!!!!

The fabrics ... 

wanna see??? OK .... :o)

Yummy Yummy too...

have all the fabrics but ONE...

so I need to find that one too..:O)

No plans for these either...

Just WANTED..;O)

But I think some kind of project turns up...Im not worried at all!!

See you all soon ..with more fabric updates...:O)

February...

One more month of winter have passed...

Thank Goodness for that!

Thankyou everyone that have left such wonderful comments

 for Kristinas family and me..

Kris sent me these words... 

There would be no rainbows without rain.

And joy would mean nothing if we´d never known pain

True!

Last weekend I had joined Virginia Cole for another Cyber retreat..

had a hard time getting myself to the machine.. but I did..and I managed to sew 

Five little Stars...

One for us all in our quilting group

(Kristina is still with us)

Dont know yet what I will do with them..

Have to think some more...

Had Chiropractic treatment this Monday...

so I have been puttering around the home doing this and that..

NOT SEWING...definitly not allowed!!!

But caught up on my schoolwork..

HOORAY to me..

Now I can start with a fresh month...

knitting this month..:o)

Last month we had Free Embroidery... 

and I did a Hardanger Bookmark

Pretty Pretty don't you think..:o)

Lots of Love from me

December update...

..Time Flies..

Remember me???? :o)

 Hope you are more prepared for Christmas than I am... :o)

But I guess  it will be Christmas... with our without gifts...

will try to feel happy about that!!

I finally finished my task for school.. to make something with the dyed fabrics we made earlier this Autumn.. and to make something with the stack n slash technique...

I started out to make some Churn dash blocks..

just because I like that block.. 

just added white or off white fabrics... to calm down the minty green batik...

Hmmm.. what to do with these now then.. they sure needed something...

so I started to crochet some snowflakes...

and it lay there for two more weeks.. not knowing what to do...

so I spilled out a jar of white buttons on it.. 

and yepp.. there it was.. :o)

So I sewed.. quilted small snowflakes....

added the crocheted snowflakes... the buttons... 

but still there was something more to add..

TEXT!!!

I cut out templates with just paper and added paint with a sponge..

And there it was 

My tribute.. or NOT...

to the cold winterdays we have had!!

All I can say is...

BRRRRRRRR.... :o)

And it suits me right now..

Snowstorm is going on right here...

Having fever and cough again...

and more cold days to come!!

SIGH!!!

But I actually had some kind of fun putting that minty little wallhanging together..

despite the colours and the theme...:o)

Second of Advent have passed.. and I received the most treasured little gifts from

my Norweigan Elfs!!!!

Thankyou

  May Britt and Hanne!!!

Just LOVE everything....

And a while back a little note was in my mail that I had a little package to pick up at out mail service...

What what in the world could that be!! Had to wait a whole day to get it!! 

To my Surprise it was the most lovingly little gift 

from Carrie 

at 

A Passion for Applique

Just take  a look... 

A cute homemade little box filled to the brim with delightful things!! 

A pattern... pink ribbon.... the cutest little reindeer ornament....

flower ribbon and ric rac... pink flower fabric..and the box  with the lovely yo yo  flower in the bottom...

what a wonderful gift to cheer me up ...

Thankyou ever so much Carrie!! 

Last weekend Viktor and I made a Ginger Bread House....

That was FUN!!! :o)

And still the Non Stops are all there... lol...

But Viktor said..

 -Ahhh... this is just too tempting!!!! :o)

 The third of Advent came too .. with more lovely gifts from 

from Hanne and May Britt ..

my Norweigan Elfs....

It is all the best... to have this wonderful moment of joy every Sunday!!!

I so love this and will miss it!!!

Thanks my friends!

And tomorrow the last of Advent is here...

(how did that happen ?)

A long post and a little update from me

and while looking through pictures I found this  gift

 I made for my friend Åsa for her Birthday in October

Another little Pincushion Jar... 

So fun to make... 

Well over and out from me this time.. 

just two weeks since the last post... not a month like the one before... lol

its getting better...:o)

Tomorrow I can look forward to:

Last Advent gifts...

Oldest Daughter coming home for Christmas

No Fever( maybe)

 See you!!

*knockknock*

almost one month since I posted!!!!

How did that happen...

Needed to bury my head for a while... too tired for anything...

all the colds... Mum at emergency another round...

work.. school and THE DARK and THE COLD...

not a good combo for me!!

But emails have been coming in my mail to 

alert me... so 

*knockknock*

Here I am...

Thankyou friends for thinking of me.. 

you all know how you are..

Gold stars to you!!

(Wont reply to old emails.. will start fresh from this post, sorry..

hope you dont mind...:o)

Ok.. what have been happening here...

NOTHING MUCH!!!

I mean it... 

Thank goodness for some lovely mails that have arrived...

so something happens!! 

*smile*

First this arrived...

A lucky win from 

Bari J

 Awesome patterns.... these are just so fresh...

I so love the bags...

Would be nice to have a new bag!!!!

...Thankyou so much Bari...

In the middle of November we had a 

stack n slash weekend at my place....

Schoolwork... Patchwork this month..

and it have been the toughest month of them all...

So far!! 

Dont like my batik fabric... and not the colour...

it doesnt speak to me at all...and I have to use it!!!

SIGH!!

So it aint finished.. should have been..

So it need to be done .. tomorrow!!!

But it was fun to have Camilla around and learn her to play with fabrics!!!

All the other girls were sick or just couldn´t come!

Hope she have done something fun with her blocks!

The same week a surprise package was in my mailbox....

A Thankyou present from Judy at 

...CJ Stitching and Blooms...

for helping her out on how to use Picasa...

Isnt that sweet or what...

ANd I love this cute little cupcake 

pincushion!!!

Love it Judy

Thanks!

And then more started to come in the mail

A brown little package from Lyn 

...at Blue Bird Quilts...

Saved it for Christmas...

Hurried to pack it away.. so I wouldnt open it up before.. 

so I forgot to take a photo!!!

Thanks Lyn!!! 

More happiness came... for the first of Advent....

from Norway two Elves had put together calenders for me...

even if I told them that I couldnt return

 a calender to them this year...

Thankyou 

May Britt and Hanne for your generosity and 

all the positive chatting ...

*smiles to you*

 Had a lovely Sunday opening the packages after have been decorating the house for Christmas all weekend...
( Bless you Son for having the energy and Joy to do it with me!)

Long till tomorrow to open up package number two!!!

Pheew.. that was  a lot from me...

Still here ..

Just tired and will probably not post so much during 

December... but I will be around!!

Signing off with some pictures from my daily walks to work early mornings...

I love to walk through the Old Church town with our Church...

just to feel the atmosphere...

feel the calmness and peace around the place...

Good for the soul!

Hugs to all...

"Life is a Patchwork of Friends"

Batik and Printing Day...

Saturday came quick... and like always you do think you have all the time in the world to prepare for something... and so it was.. even this time..:O))

But I think we did well.. 

So here is some pictures from my Saturday with dyes and prints!

We had three different pigments to chose from

I chose light green for my batik...

And this is how mine turned out...

A bit pale.. but you all know me..lol..

But i like the almost transparent white pattern..:O))

But then on the other hand we dont know what we will be using this for ...

so who knows..maybe I did the right choice...or not!!!

My friends did chose redyellow or purple or a mix between those,

and mixed ink for the prints... 

Went home with a can of fabric that were supposed to be in the remaining colour bath for about 12 hours...

And I just took it out this morning..

The next month we will have Patchwork..;o))

and well...can say that I feel a little bit more comfortable with that ..

or maybe ... it will be the hardest month of them all..lol..

yepp.. think so.. because I am not in charge..lol..

Still having my...#€%&%€# cold...

and an eye infection as a bonus this morning...

Maybe a visit to the doc have to be done in the morning..

SIGH...

Back to sewing on my Butterfly Garden...

See you all!!

Progress...

 with the YUCK!! :o)

Sewed a lot yesterday.. but it sure takes time.. 

The felt is rather thick... 

so it is hard to work with..  and tough on the hand..

and not the easiest to get nice stitches on...

But last night I had the first part finished 

the light wasn't that good and I was tired ... so more photos later.. 

just a little peek for you!

As you see .. a lot of inspiration ...

from the fabulous designer Sue Spargo...

Have wanted to go a class with her.. 

but since it aint never ever going to happen...

I try it my own way..:O))

I am also trying to use only recycled fabrics, ribbons and pearls...

Just the threads are new... :O))

Well.. back to some sewing!! :o)

Wool weekend in Kalix

Our first get together was held in a rainy and Autumn like Kalix in the North of Sweden..  Had in mind to take lots of photos.. but you know how it is.. 

excitement goes first... 

Lots of talking and getting to know each other...

some of us had had a long way to travel... 

6 girls... from the north of Sweden .. different ages.. 

but with the same interest... CRAFT!!

First assignment to be done... was yarn dye and Nuno felting....

We started to dye yarn... 

this was fun .. but it took quite a bit of time to get all the yarn dyed...

But we are more than happy over the result...

Very nice colours... 

 A little lottery was made ...

and the two that came home with me was the light blue and light purple... :o))

These will be used in later projects ...  

The second project for the day was nuno felting...

And I am not sure If I shall love it or hate it.. 

It was fun ..but the result aint pretty..:O))

Ok .. 

First to lay out all the wool in different directions... and then add a sort of fabric.. and this fabric was a bit thick and a bit rough...

and then wet it ... roll it up..  wet it some more... put in plastic bags...

and a potatoe sack on the outside .. and then bang it in the table for 5 minutes... 

Great for releasing aggressions..;O))

... then check if it had started to felt.. and continue to work it..if for at least 15 minutes...

And the result... 

A PRETTY piece of felt..lol...

Well NOT!!!

Our teacher calls it decorative pleats... :o))

So wish me luck to be able to make something pretty out of this..:O)

Today in the mail I got THE two most wonderful gifts

... but more of that tomorrow..:O))

Resting ...reading...:o))

and this is my view ...

and has for some days...

Resting... Chiros order.. 

dont lift anything..dont work with arms above chest.. 

and NO SEWING!!!!

So it wasn´t even fun to stitch.. so what have I done then..

Reading.. or Studying...I should say...

This Monday I started to study again..

40 weeks ...distance course...

Craft and Design in Kalix... :o)

So I will have to have a very focused year ..

working, studying...my family ...and of course... 

still want to  have time for the things I love..

my PATCHES...:O))

So bare with me...

Firstly I am thinking of my three girls

that eagerly are waiting for their 

PIF gifts... they will come.. but like things are right now...

I hope you understand..:o)

And for my "Partner in Crime".. you know who you are...lol... 

can we extend our date a little bit further...again.. 

I´m so sorry!!!

Off to some reading again...

and think family wants some dinner this Sunday too..lol..

hmmm.. maybe we will have a favorite... like Viktor says :

-oh it will be a famous dish...

-LEFTOVERS..;o))

Hugs!!