Sewing part II

I won't keep you in suspence any longer! This is what I have made of some of the blocks I showed you earlier. The four green blocks became coasters. The flowers looks like white poinsettas, don't they? If you don't think so, please use your imagination and think they are! I am thinking christmas here!One of the blue and brown blocks turned in to this make-up purse or toilet-bag. I am very pleased with the result!
Did I hear some one asking about the rest of the blocks? Sorry ladies, you have to wait......again!
I got these two patterns in the mail today! I ordered them yesterday, and got them today! That was quick! I've wanted these patterns since I saw them here a long time ago! I don't have time to start making them yet! But I have them!
I wish you all a nice week-end!

This'n that

It has been some busy days last week. All kids have been home from school because of the fall break. I have been working. And my parents came last thursday to spend the week-end with us!
It is allways nice to have visitors, and my children love to have their grandparents to visit. Our son has also been at home. He got his drivers license a few weeks ago, and are now happily driving when he is allowed to and the car is free for him to use! No, he has not got his own car, he has to buy himself a car when he can afford to buy one and pay for the gaz, insurance and all taxes that is required! And that will take some time, I guess! He went back to school yesterday. My parents drove him up to the school, which is a boarding school more than 400 km away from home!
In an earlier post I wrote about my trip with "Hurtigruten". I have a little more to tell. No no, this will not be as long as the other post was! I hope!
Before we left, I thought by my self, on this trip there will not be any shopping, and definately no fabricshopping! Hmhmmm, what is this?????? Ehm, it looks like fabrics, or ......... Yes, it is fabrics, and I found them in a shop in Honningsvåg! I was only looking for embroidery floss, and came out from the shop with the floss, yes, and fabrics! And I have no fabrics at home!!! Haha!
The box you see in the photo is bouhgt in Kirkenes. It is made by russians (I was told) and is made of the bark from birches. Isn't it cute? It thought I should use it for small handsewing projects.
When you are cruising like this, you need something to do. Yes, you can sit and watch (read sleep), like many did! But I need some more, so this is what I was doing while sitting in the lounge looking out at the nature!
I never got bored! My husband went to his classes after an early breakfast. I slept a little longer, had a late breakfast, and then found a chair in the lounge. We met for lunch, he went back to his classes and I went back to the lounge, or we went off the ship to have a walk etc.
It is so funny, when you are working on a quilt in public, different people are stopping by and talk to you. I had two older english ladies who where very interested in my quilt. One of them was embroidering a beautiful tablecloth, and the other one was working with hexagons, english paperpiecing. She told me she got lots of bags with unfinished projects from other old people, wanting her to finish them for them! Clever lady!
A danish lady stopped by, wanted to have a look, and told me she was making quilts, mostly by hand! And she told about a quiltshow held in Aalborg, Denmark this fall, which was great! I was planning to go to that show, but was not able to find time!
And there were another lady from the US, she told that she had been teaching how to make quilted jackets and vests all over Minnesota!
And, I'm not done yet......there was a german man sitting next to me, he was reading and I was sewing. I guess he was in his fifties or sixties. I felt he was looking at me and what I was doing. At the end of the day he finally said, I love your quilt and your embroidery! Wow, I thought, I've never heard that from a man! And then he told me that he loved to do embroidery himself! He was mostly doing cross-stitches, tiny tiny ones! Isn't this fun?As you can see, I was sewing, reading, listening to music, knitting..... I really enjoyed my vacation!
Each day they had a new saying on the informationboard on the ship. Now an then I will share them with you, and you will have one today!

Friends are like stars,

you cannot always see them,

but you know they are there!

Yes, now I'm done!!

What did I buy?

Do you wonder what I bought to treat myself on the trip with the quilting guild? Well, let me give you a little look!

Two big paperbags! The blue one is from Lapp-Elisa Quilts, and the pink one is from
Kathrines Quiltestue. So let us see what's inside these paperbags!At Lapp-Elisa's I bought some books, charmpacks from Moda, a Jelly-roll from Moda named Chelsea boutique, magazines and a quiltingframe.
Hi A, now you can get your frame back! Thank you for letting me take care of yours for all these years! Hihi.....
At Kathrine's I bought fabrics, and fabrics..... and fabr..., no, I mean a couple of cute patterns from Bareroots, needles.......
......and I couldn't resist this pattern and fabrics.......! If you go to her blog there is a photo of this quilt. Enjoy!
I think I did very well, lots of nice "stoff"(that is fabric in norwegian!), I mean stuff!