One finish, but where is the time to another one?

This summer I visited my relatives in USA, that I never known or met before. A very joyful and god experience. In Forest City where my grandmother’s sister lived with her American family, I found a small pattern in a quilting shop named “The Quilted Forest”. Here is the link

The pattern was from a series called Tiny Ones Here is their advertisement from their page;

“Tiny Ones

Tiny Ones are terrific! These pint-sized patterns make full sized table toppers and runners in a variety of sizes and shapes. They are great for showcasing all types of fabrics; batiks, novelty prints, floral, bright, and specific collections.

Each card is laminated on both sides for durability and priced right! There are currently 68 different Tiny Ones, with more to come. Try them all, and keep coming back to see what's new!

Each card measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".    EASY TO PIECE, EASY TO ENJOY! “

My son moved to a new flat this autumn and wanted a new design for his room. White, black and red was it to be. I made him this bed cover from the only pattern I bought this summer in USA. I only used fabrics from my cupboard except for the backing.  Anne quilted this for me, and my son was very happy when he brought it with him this weekend.

I have a lot of small projects going on, but I have too much else to do so I don’t feel like sewing or quilting at the moment.  But after this week there will be better sewing days I think.

Christmas is just around the corner, so I need to get my sewing and creating feeling back.

Have a nice week!

What is sunshine for you?

After a really rainy summer here in the eastern part of Norway you hear people say; Sunshine, what is that? I started to think a bit about it and around it and sunshine can be a lot of things.

When I was traveling in Scotland this summer with my mother, she had to stay at the hotel in Inverness one day, because she was a bit tired. I went on my own to Culloden Moor a place for a very sad part of Scottish history.  They had a very good museum at the place, and you could also have a walk at the moor with your own GPS-guide, or follow historical dressed guides on the moor. I went alone with the GPS guide and my umbrella and got quite an historical walk in the heavy rain. It made the history alive! When I got back to town, cold and wet, I saw a figure in a window and had to buy this. When I turned it upside down it was named Sunshine! (It’s a Willow Tree figure.) I warmed up at once!

Sunshine can also be a friendly smile, a hug, a cup of coffee ,  a sweet,  a wild –flower,  a phone call,  a sms , an e-mail, and finding a long forgotten fabric you saved up  to use on a special  project. Sunshine is all the small things that make us warm and life worth living!

Have a nice week!

Holiday, - a journey in inspiration

This summer I’ve been traveling a lot. First I followed my 80 years old mother down Memory Lane in Scotland. We visited her Scottish best friend who celebrated her 80^th birthday when we were there. They have been best friends for around 60 years and even all their grandchildren are now older than they were when they first met. Incredible!

We traveled a lot in the southern part of Scotland before we went north. We saw a lot of fantastic handicrafts in small and big shops, but what made the biggest impression on me were the heather gems. I wish I was the one who had this idea first!

Have a look at the pictures on this page and see how they make them, and have a look at thevideos. Look at all the different fantastic colors.

These colors we met in knitwear, in wool products and in the woven fabrics. I  was even  in danger to start spinning yarn   when I saw the wool-colors.