Another little mini quilt....

have seen the light..:O))

Worked with my oranges...

which was FUN... :o)

But I worked Toooo fast for my own good... 

having Dad ill right in the middle of this quilts birth...

 and a deadline to keep.. 

so I delivered this quilt to my friend Åsa who had her birthday last Sunday ... 

Unfinished... or kind of.. :o)

Even the photos came out blurry so You have to live with that

.. or just scroll pass them..lol..

The pattern is a Cheri Saffiote Payne pattern (Again) :O)

from the magazine Primitive Quilts....

I used velvet to the pumpkin

  manchester to the flower centers...

 added a Happy Birthday text instead of the original text

 and here comes the OOOPPPSS!!!!

Forgot to add the berries!!!!

Stupid me...

And all the time while sewing the binding on.. I talked to myself... remember the buttons.. remember the buttons!!!!

Did that help!! 

NAH!!! :O)

 So when Åsa packed up her gift I didnt see it( nor she)  either.. but after a while when sitting there drinking tea...

I saw IT!!!!! BLUSH!! 

Happily we could laugh at it.. and she promised to sew on some pretty red buttons...

PHEWWW!! :O)

(Note to self:

DONT RUSH!!)

So here it is.. a little quilt without it´s berries!! :O))

See you all soon...

I hope.. 

Christmas is coming.. and this year I 

MUST try to have gifts ready before Christmas!!!!

:O)

An orange fix....

never thought I´d start to love orange...

but I have had some orange days over here...

maybe it´s the Autumn... ;o)

So I have started a new little project...

orange strips  and neutrals....

and some flowers...

otherwise days are back to some sort of normal here

...dad gave us a real scare and have been at hospital for chest and leg pain..

he is back home but...BUT... 

 

cant say that Im relieved... :o/

still something wrong...

Will have to keep an extra eye on him...

Days are getting shorter and shorter here.. dark evenings... 

and a black dog ain´t that easy to keep an eye on... 

guess it will be easier once the snow is here .. yuck...

That was a little from me...

must say I´d rather would have been with Leanne Beasley in Vietnam and "Imagine"...:O)

A Time To Sew...

First ...

A special thankyou to all of you who sent well wishes to Viktor....

He waves back a Thankyou.. and tells you he is Ok..:O)

Happily finished with my little quilt and my two surprises...

"A time to sew"

Pattern by Cheri Saffiote Payne...

but I used two different patterns...

I changed the center motif to a more sewing related one...

Close up of the stitchery...

The backside 

The center....

And the finished little quilt....

I so liked the orange little flowers... 

so the binding had to be orange and yellow!! :o)

And the green little packages were sent to my sewing buddies...

one surprise for Louise...

A blue version... 

And one for Marica...

in brown, pink, green and black.... 

( so Louise.. you see.. I have used BLACK..;O)

They were all soooo fun to sew...

I had a really good sewing time..:O)

Hope to be in my sewing room for more adventures...

 so see you soon!!

 Love xoxo

Two green packages....

Green packages ... you´re asking??? :o)

So far it´s a secret....but in a day or two... 

hopefully two ladies will have received a green package from me...

Hope they will like my surprise!!

Peaks anyone asked...:o)

Will see about that..lol...

 What else is happening... 

Im working on my little quilt.. but forgot to take pictures of the quilting... 

Binding will go on maybe tonight ...

but I feel pretty tired so I guess  that´s a wish thinking!!!    

Frosty mornings have arrived.. if it aint raining will say...

huh... 71 years since we had this much rain...

Its soaking wet everywhere!!

BUT...

Molly loves it...not me...:o)

Ok Ok.. :o)

Here you go...

A little peak...

New labels from me... :o)

Played with my letter stamps again... 

and this..... I love!!

Satisfied.. hope so...

NOT??? :o)

You´ll have to wait and see...

a couple of days.. or so..:O)

Over and out with a picture of 

Molly in Pink & Purple..:O)

Ohh..btw....

Keep Viktor in your minds.. he is having a "little " surgery on Thursday

and ahhh.... this Mommy worries all the time... :o)

Im sure it will go just fine.. 

I know it will.. at least I hope so..:O)

Love from me xoxo

Here AGAIN..:O)

two posts in two days...

RECORD!!! :o)

Working on my scraps...

leaves and a dotty hand added!!!

And some stitchery started late last night...

poor light so the colours aren't true.. but you get the point..:O)

Some of you have already guessed the designers name..:O)

Keeping it a secret for a little while...

Just because .. for fun..:O)

Okidoki..

have some  appliques to sew down today..

so see you ..

Love xoxox

20 days...

and here I am again...

hah.. it didnt take me three weeks this time to post!!! :o)

Remember my scraps...

they have turned to this...

 adding all of these!!!!

 Hmmm.. wonder what all this will be...

this is how it looks so far...

well.... last night it did...

today it aint...:O))

See you all soon.... promise.. not in 20 days..:O)

LOVE xoxo

Ehmmmm...hello..:o)

Oh my goodness.. I did it again...

pheew.. why should it be so hard to post on the blog nowadays!"!!!

Well well.. here I am..:o)

And believe me or not..

I HAVE SEWED!!

First...

I have done the quilting on Butterfly Garden...

Hooray!!

And I must say.. I had totally forgotten how wonderful it was to quilt on my Horizon...

I am amazed...

not a single thread breakage...no mishappening..

no nothing... just PURE fun!!

secondly...

Binding is on!!! 

Even more hooray..

Label is done..... clap clap!!

So I do have a quilt finished!!! 

Happy dancing!!! :o)

Will take photos today of the finished quilt...

weather is brilliant today.. no rain...just some lovely sunshine!!

While working on the quilt...

I had company...but this time she enjoyed the sewing

much more.. and could relax on her new bed...

I made it from old jeans and old crocheted table cloths and 

filled it with millions of "foamballs"... 

dont know the right word for it!! :o)

Works Super!!

Thirdly ...

I looked into my scrap bin...

and decided it was time to use them up a little..

So a new project is started..:O)

Hopefully... it will be something to show soon...

not three weeks away..but soon!!! :o)

Chiropractor tomorrow...and a quilt to deliver...

see you lovelies!! :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

Yummy for me....

...ahhh...
...Summers bliss...
Strawberries from the North of Sweden..
so much sweeter than other ones...
Grown under midnight sun...
they receive a special taste...
Nothing better!!!

This is what DH came home with last night...
Delicious Strawberries!!!!

... and the same day... some more "yummy" things came ...
fiesta for the eyes and mind!!!

Kim Diehls new book Simple Comfort...
and Folk Art Favourites from Joined at the Hip...
and a pattern....
Sweet Dreams...
Have waited so long for these ones to come...
but now they are here...

... have to read them a little bit more.. and decide what to make.. and WHEN!!!
The Sweet Dreams quilt I have seen on Sintas blog..and fell in love with it.. so
I ordered the fabrics in last blog entry to use for it...
Want some more home alone evenings... !!!!

A little sewing have been done...
needed to test sew my small 1 1/4" squares to something...

...and I chose nine patches..
Love them.. .
Think I will use this design... simple and easy...
don´t know if I will make it bigger.. or just make a little doll quilt!!!

See you...

Scraps...

Thankyou all who left comments and thoughts about us getting well...
Doctors test of Viktor seemed to be fine....
nothing showed on ECG and blood tests ... so we hope everything will soon pass..
So Thanks all for your kind words!!


Last night I was home alone and after a day of cleaning I could sit in my sewingroom and play...
and I have had this huge mountain with scraps...
so I started to cut them into strips and later today into squares...
I know CRAZY!!!
But I can throw away ANY fabric...!!!

...looks pretty organized ...dont you think???
Couldnt just cut all night so I prepared this one for attaching the binding....

...and I played with my tiny scraps...
1" cut and 1/2 " finished squares...

ohhh.. it was so much fun...

And Im home alone tonight too...
so I better get myself up and sew now...
or cut...
and in 45 minutes a film is on Tv.. so then I will sew the binding on...
See you later!!!