Welcome 2014!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!

Today the Celtic Solstice Mystery was revealed. What a surprise. I'm very satisfied with the blocks, as they will make movement and a secondary pattern in the quilt. Look here!

I have a lot of work to do on this one. It is very scrappy and nice, and I only use fabric from stash, no new fabric purchase for this project. What a satisfaction!

My favourite Christmas flowers are still quite nice!

On the last day of the year I received this Christmas gift from my friend Inmaculada from Madrid. We have known each other for almost 40 years, as we met in Eastbourne, England back in 1974!

This wonderful runner is hand made, and the sweets are traditional Spanish ones. Thank you, dear friend! Hope to meet you again!

This dog is not satisfied on New Years Eve, too much noise and lightning. 

She is 13 years old.

Godt nytt år til alle! 

I dag blei mysteriet til Bonnie avslørt. Eg er svært nøgd, sidan det består av to blokker, som saman lagar eit nytt mønster med rørsle, sjå lenkja over.

Juleblomane står fint endå. Her er bilete av favorittane mine.

På årets siste dag kom julegåve frå Inmaculada, handlaga, nydeleg løpar og dei tradisjonelle, spanske julegodtane.

Tinka fekk tur i tunnelen som vanleg på nyttårsafta. Ho er svært skotredd, stakkar. 

Nytt innlegg i morgon!

Blocks, mystery, cactuses and a novel

Civil War Diary, one new block, I'm following Satu in Finland, she's doing the blocks by date. This block is one of the easier in this quilt...

The diarist is Cora Owens Hume (1848 - 1939), and she writes the following on the 28th Nov. 1863 (she is a teenager at the time): "It has been gloomy all day. About 11 o'clock Ma thought it was too cold to rain and as it was very necessary that we should go to town we went, but it was very muddy and disagreeable....", ......"I feel like I want to be somewhere that I can scream as loud as I can. I think I will get into the cellar and then no Yankee can hear me. Yes, Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah, for John Morgan and six of his men have escaped from prison. They dug through the floor in some way. It would seem that my prayers have been answered and I hope to believe so, but oh, how many more perfect petitions have been given for his escape than mine. Yet I earnestly pray that he may reach his friends in safety. It has been in the papers that Our Army was dreadfully defeated and driven from "Lookout Mountain" but I never believed it and now the suppressed news is of Bragg's turning upon the enemy and severely whipping them."

The name of the block is John Morgan.

This week's block in the Loyal Union Sampler. This one was easy too...

Now there will be a break in this sew-along until after Christmas....

... and that suits me well, as I have started Bonnie's Mystery today!

This table cloth will be finished tomorrow, only some quilting left.

Each year I post a photo of my very old November cactus.

This is the "child" of the one above.

And this one is new for the year. I love these cactuses!

Det går for det meste i trening og sying her, men eg har også greidd å konsentrere meg om nokre gode bøker den siste månaden. Eg må berre sterkt anbefale denne boka: En mann ved navn Ove, av Fredrik Backman. Romanen er utruleg god (etter min smak), ho kallar både på latter og tårer, men er slett ikkje sentimental. Ting er sette veldig på spissen, men eg trur dei fleste av oss kjenner att element både hjå oss sjølve og andre...

Dei to andre bøkene eg vil framheve er Rydde ut av Helene Uri og Mors gaver av Cecilie Enger. Sistnemnde har fått bokhandlarprisen. Ein ekstra spiss set det at nokre av bipersonane har tilknyting til bygda her. Forfattaren Pernille Rygg er kusina til Cecilie Enger. Desse to bøkene har litt same tematikk, men er likevel veldig forskjellige.

Temecula blocks finished.

I have finished the last blocks for the Temecula sew along. 

Tulips and orchide, loveley presents!

These squares are cut at 2 3/16..., I have no ruler with that measure, but it turned out well.

No har eg gjort ferdig blokkene i Temecula syalongen. Kjekke blokker i civil war reprostoff. Eg er veldig fornøgd med den nye, lyse skjærematta, den gjorde underverk. Men i dag sløkte symaskina seg plutseleg, så no er eg nervøs for at ho må på reperasjon.

Nydelege blomar kjem framleis til heimen, det lyser opp!

Where life is, is hope!

And then August is here, quite of a sudden.......

I had a photo session in my garden today, with quilting blocks, but first, here is the nicest picture from my flowers. Love this one, I had it in my bride's bouquet 29 years ago...

 Mimosa is a wonderful name, and here is the plant my DD2 had made for me at school, and I care very much about it!! The picture below is from web, and there you can see the small flowers, we had one of those some days ago.

 Achimes, Brita in the Wood (translated from Norwegian...), is a favourite of mine, I have not had it in so many years. At the local shop I found some "seeds", very cheap, and I had to give it a try... where is life, is hope...

 And again, a picture from web...

 Last year I bought this Geranium, Queen Ingrid. I was convinced I had killed it during winter, no light, very cold (although inside the house), but now it slowly is coming in bloom!

 My favourite bread this summer for parties, foccacia with chorizo, feta and rosmarin!

Eg begynner med nederste bilete, foccacia til heving i den dyre, og ikkje så mykje brukte, tupper-forma! Dette brødet har vore ein favoritt denne sommaren, når ein har hatt selskap. Chorizopølse, fetaost og rosmarin gjer susen!

Over er bilete av ymse blomar. Yngstedottera kom heim frå skulen med ein sjølvsådd Mimosa, som eg verkeleg steller etter alle kunstens reglar, har han framme i glaset ved kjøkenbordet, slik at han ikkje skal få sjanse til å bli gløymd! Han lukkar seg ved berøring og ved sengetid, og han har hatt ein liten, unnselig lilla blome. Han kler godt rognebuskene på utsida av glaset, ikkje sant? Det andre biletet er frå nettet.

Så fann eg Brita i skogen-knollar på Mega, 10 kr for ein pose, sikkert utgått på dato...men eg ville gje den ein sjanse. Eg hadde ofte slike plantar tidlegare. Eg har fått 3 spirar, og skal sjå om det kan bli noko liv over den etter kvart, elles så fann eg ein fin nettbutikk som eg har bestilt katalog frå.

At Dronning Ingrid skulle overleve vinteren, var marginalt. Ho lei ein ublid skjebne på eit veldig kaldt og mørkt rom, der var tidvis minusgrader! Men no er det like før blomane sprett, ja, der det er liv, er det minsanten håp.

Øverste bilete: Eg har alltid eit eksemplar av denne, det minner meg om brudebuketten eg hadde for 29 år sidan, iblanda blå kornblomar.