Sunday 24 March 2024

Project Quilting 15 - 6

 Last challenge for this year for Project Quilting from Persimon Dreams. It's been so fun. Irish Chain was the challenge this time. and I made a little mug rug to fit in my bread basket. 

Thank you so much Kim and Trish for all fun you bring us.



Yesterday I suddenly realised that the week was almost over.


Wishing you all a Happy Easter.

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Friday 22 March 2024

Norsk quiltetreff 2024

 Sist helg var jeg med og arrangerte Norsk quiltetreff. Godt over fem hundre personer var innom i løpet av helga, og med kurs, foredrag, 12 butikker, konkurranser og utstillinger var det mye liv og røre. Jeg hadde med noen bidrag til medlemsutstillingen. Her er noen glimt fra helga.

Min mini La Passion med 17 300 kvartinch sekskanter

Tvillingtepper fra Margun Vatshelle (til venstre) og meg. En studie av stoffer fra flere tiår.

En nesten hundre år gammel quilt sydd av rester av fôrstoffer.

En nydelig quilt sydd av 15 år gamle Isa Brevik. Diskusjonen mellom publikum gikk om drikkepress blant ungdom.

Inger-Ann Olsen var gjesteutstiller.

Jeg sikret meg dette fine bildet av Inger-Ann, sydd etter en sang av Sting.

Tilda, Tone Finnanger, var også gjesteutstiller og foredragsholder.

Fra den flotte Tilda-utstillingen.

Konkurranse-quilter.

Flere konkurransequilter.

En nydelig quilt av Astri Ese Hole.

Der var 12 butiikker på treffet.

En av flere quilte-jakker jeg observerte.

Blokk-lotteriet resulterte i 14 slike gevinst-tepper.

Takk til alle som kom på treffet og koste seg sammen med oss i styret. Gleder oss allerede til Trondheim neste år.

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Sunday 10 March 2024

Project Quilting 15 - 5

 Wearables in a way for this week's challenge from Persimon Dreams. As it this week was possible to sew other thing than a finished quilt, I thought it was the perfect time to make a page for a quiet book. 

Here she is, Miss Perfect, free hand cut and sewn. She's got dresses too. And maybe I will be inspired to make her even more clothes later.




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Saturday 24 February 2024

Project Quilting 15 - 4

 Hourglass is this week's challenge from Persimon Dreams. I made four blocks and found a nice background fabric for this project. A new hot pad is made, 7 1/2" x 11". The little mouse is studying the result.




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Friday 23 February 2024

Mini La Passion - a finish

 At last, after about 10 years, it's finished. All hand pieced and hand quilted. And as this is my second La Passion, it won't be another. It's been so fun through all the 17 300 hexies. This last one has a size that I can handle and that I can hang up on my wall. But first it will be sent to an exhibition in Oslo next month. Size: 131 cm x 135 cm.

Here is a picture of the back side so that you can see the quilting, and some close up pictures to show the edge and how I did that.





If you like to read more about this project you can look here. And my first La Passion you can read about here.

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Thursday 15 February 2024

Improv fish sewalong

 I've wanted to sew improv fish for a long time. When I saw this challenge from @quiltsfromtheattic I had to jump in. I'm planning to sew one fish every day for a period. Here is my fabric pull and my three first fish blocks.



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Sunday 11 February 2024

Project Quilting 15 - 3

 Inside out, that's the challenge from Persimon Dreams this week. Just now I'm concerned about hexagons to finish my last La Passion. So the first thing I thought about was...... hexagons. And I try to keep these challenges scrappy. After digging in my black and white scrap bin, I found some fabric pieces to use for this project.

Turning the fabrics inside out, making hexagons and sew them to a piece of denim, also inside out, gave me this fun pincushion. And as I also love pincushions, this was perfect for me.






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Thursday 1 February 2024

Circlequilt

 Today I have finished my first quilt top of the year. It was started some months ago together with my friend Margun. Every year we're making a quilt from the same idea. Our quilts are almost equal, but also different, as we use different colours and ways of putting the blocks together. The circles are appliqued to a background of red and pink squares.

Now I will hand it over to my longarm quilter. Then it will go to an exhibition in March. I'll show you both quilts after that. 


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Sunday 28 January 2024

Project Quilting 15 - 2

 New challenge from Persimon Dreams this week, sky colours. From my window I can watch the sky change its colours all the time. It's beautiful, and I can never get tired of watching. So I was inspired to make this quilt from my scraps.

My little quilt is 7" x 11". Enjoy.




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Thursday 18 January 2024

Indigo Way Mystery Quilt

 A couple of weeks ago we got the reveal of this mystery from Bonnie Hunter.  I still have some blocks left to sew. But I've started to join the blocks, and I like the result. I have made fewer blocks, so my quilt will be smaller than the original. I will make the border blocks after I have finished the center. During April I hope to finish this quilt.




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