I did my part

Every year the Norwegian Quilt Association holds their annual quilt contest. Last year I got a third place. This time the theme was Extreme weather and I came up with this:

It took me a week to come up with the idea and make it. It is about 50 by 50 inches and I named it Winter Storm.

I loved it and still do :)

And so does the white cat. Can only spot a small part of his tail :)

 

Here it is hanging on the wall but I think I will use it as a table topper due to it's square size and its symmetry.

This time I didn't win anything .... as far as I know .... but who really cares?

 

UFOs

At this time each year I try to finish some UFOs. Usually they are about quilting only, like these place mats. I got the pattern from a magazine waayyy back in 2008. Sounds likr a long time doesn't it? We quilters tend to think that even a few months is a long time....

Since I started to quilt I finished off all my knitting projects or gave them away. Suddenly they turned up again. This is a girl's dress and cap that I made instead of what I started with. I couldn't get myself to like what I had, so instead of getting rid of everything I just started over completely and had no leftovers :) But I don't have baby's anymore, not even a grandchild ....so....selling? Who would want to buy?

 This is also something that ended up as something else than first planned. I'm still thinking about stiching the two ends together like tubes...........

.....so I could get a shrug instead of a shawl. As I said: still thinking about it. Wonder why it is so difficult to make certain decisions from time to time.......

Java problems......

I have discovered that a few things on my blog no longer work as they used to due to the problems Java has with hackers. I truely wish they would spend their time with other things than ruining things for me and people like me :(

It's UFO time again........

 January is the first month of the year and it is only natural to try to finish some UFO's. This is block #8 from "Home is where the heart is" BOM from way back in ......year 2000.......wow. It's about time to get this done then :)

The same could be said about this kit. It's from year 2002. Only ten years :) 

But this is something new, quite new. In fact it's so new I can't tell you what it is :) Exciting? I will show a picture in march when everything is settled. :) I just had to show the colours. Love them........

A friend wanted a quilt....

.....and I want to make her one.

This is the block that she wanted me to use and her colour palette: blue.

It is possible to stich these blocks by machne but it's not any faster than doing them by hand. So I printed out hte block on freezer paper, cut out the templates, and ironed them all to one fabric at the time.

After doing this for four fabrics I had enough pieces for four blocks. The colour is a french blue colour. It looks very brigh but isn't. It's more like royal blue.....in a way.......

Five blocks.........this is going to be a beautiful quilt when done. Don't you think?

Block Base Sew Along

This is really looking good. Need to get back to quilting.........
http://doyoueq.com/blog/2012/10/blockbase-sew-along-block-1/

....... but I'm still very facinated making garments from the past as well. And in between all this I try to search for paid work. Why aren't there more that 24 hours in a day? Right now I would love 5 more :)

A new blogg

I named my new blog : My Edwardian Time The reason for doing this is my increasing interest in vintage sewing, corsets, lovely suits and HATS :)
This way my quilting blogg won't be full of vintage sewing and dress designs. If you are interested you are welcome over from time to time.
Now I really need to get back to finishing a couple of UFO's. Wish me luck so I don't get sidetracked too much :)