Knitting!

This is somewhat new... I Knit! Found iut last summer that crocheting was the perfect summerhobby, now I have discovered (re-discovered, as I have done it once before... ONCE!) the joy of knitting!

One step at the time

There are most definately benefitial to writing aprox. two posts a year in my blog; I have so so much to write about. Problem now, though, is that it's almost one o clock, and I really should have been in bed.

I wonder; does anyobe even read my blog? Actually it doesn't make a difference, anyway. I really shoild be doing this in the morning, when Im not so insanely tired, then I will have energy to write about, and post pictures of my newest Quilt projects.

Night

A sudden DJ relapse!!!

I have to change my planned colorscheme...

And I want to bake bread! And I sooooo love my boyfriend...

For those of you who doesn´t talk to me, or otherwise catch up on my life that often, I should propably present a brief resume of the last ten months or so.

My housband and I broke up early in the spring last year, and I moved into my new house in the middle of May.

It has taken some time and effort to get head above water again, as I have my two wonderfull children to take care of, in addition to beeing ill for quite some time over the summer and fall.

Now, however, life couldn´t be smiling more. I have the most amazing boyfriend, and the future looks so bright in all possible ways.

I find myself wanting, and trying to get all this fun and joyfull content into my given 24 hours, and realize I am the luckies person on this planet. I actually have som many wonderful things to fill my life, that I cannot seem to find the time for them all. A luxury problem indeed!

I have remind myself what I refered to almost a year ago, about prioritizing... (But that is sooo boring!!! )

Have to go now! I have made my bed with brand new linnen, stripy in pink, green and yellow.

I will snuggle under my covers with my DJ book, and listen to the silence from insane amounts of snow and 12c degrees belove zero.

Your truly, and tata for now;

I love my stash!

I´ve spent the time since last post moving, and my lovely fabrics have been stashed away untill now. The urge to sew suddenly came over me, and i enjoy finding my projects in bokses and bags. I find place for my stash, sewingbooks and notions. I no longer have a sewingroom, but I have a nice appartment, with lots of space and plenty light.

I really look foreward to getting started again. My DJ, my handapplique/ nine-patch project, the placemats with tiny fourpatch´es. I´m planning a bali-wallhanging as well.

The next week is my "welcome back, fabrics" week. Then it´s back to work after a wonderfull summerholliday, even thoug i´ve been ill (mono).

A matter of prioritizing

A man with a little more experience in life than yours truly told me, not long ago... that prioritizing, isn´t simply reorganizing the order of your planned actions, but to actually exclude something, decide what is less important and let it go.

If you don´t actively prioritize, things will prioritize them selves, and things will eventually fall out from the bottom of the list, wether you like it or not.

So, the last few weeks I have been struggling back and forth between my "want to"s and "got to"s, trying to keep my head above water.  This weekend however, is my big comeback to sanity. Not one single plan other than getting on top with laundry, cleaning and hugging and kissing my kids over and over. If I´m lucky, I´ll even dust off my Janome tomorrow, it´s been neglected for over three weeks!!!

Wish me good luck, getting a grip on my time again. 

Nattinatt :D

So little time...

I am the luckiest girl in the world! I Love my family and my job , and I have sooo many things to fill my life. I have no understanding for people who gets "bored". HOW is that possible? I usually try to do at least two things at once, because there are just soooo many things I wanna do! 

Every now and then I sit down with my computer, watch the news on TV, while i chat with friends, blog,  and surf the web. 

Tonight I had a list of possible activities, some more necessary than others, such as laundry. I like laundry, and the folding, but not too fond of putting the clean laundry back in the closets and drawers. And I tend to down-prioritize pairing socks. 

I could choose to continue moving in to my new sewing room (it´s actually not a separate room, but we´ve refurbished the master bedroom, so one third of it is my brand new sewing room)

I could (and did!) bake a cake.

I have plenty of funny sewing to do!

I can play games on my PC, or organize photos on my Mac.

I did clean half the kitchen (save some for tomorrow)

And now I will go put on another washing machine, hang my already clean work-trousers on the clothesline, so I have dry pants tomorrow. (The blue shirts I washed yesterday, my blazer is overdue for dry-cleaning, but I forget to bring it home from the office every day. )

And finally, before going to bed, I will enjoy my new sewing room a little more... Will post pictures later. 

The Jason's Jack block  turned out Ok, btw. 

Hm... I may reconcider the approach

First attempt on "invisible" hand applique, not entirely sure it´s the thing for me... oh well... Half way trough the D3, Jason´s Jack, and not convinced. Will post again when finished, maybe i´m more satisfied when I see the end result :D

It is not the applique that bothers me, but how the piece is really wonky on the background, I´ll hurry up finishing the applique, and cut the block the right size :D

"Promise of Spring"

Yeay! It´s finally finished!
And I Love it... So does my son, who wanted to borrow it, and ten minutes later he was "gone"...

Ski-me!

Had the most wonderfull moonlight skiing tonight.
:D
Now I´ll soak mself in the tub, and spend the rest of the evening making a new, and better sewingbag!

tata

Fabricshopping!

Another week has past so quickly. I must have blinked! 

Friday I went shopping, my LQS, Lille Stasjon´s annual wintersale. 

I´ve also, finally, taken pictures og the lovely quilting on my "Scrappy Baltimore" quilt. Merete Ellingsen did a wonderfull job!

My brothers quilt is now on it´s way to Harstad in the mail, and I´ve started a new project; a sewingbag. I found the pattern online, and got going coupple of days ago. The pattern was supposed to be easy, but I don´t agree. Knowing now how the bag is supposed to turn out, I would have done it in another way, which I think would be both easier as well as quicker. Perhaps I´ll make another one, with my own aproach, but maybe only half the size. (For shorter sew-outings?)

It´s been snowing again, for a coupple of days. Maybe I´ll take Ragnar (my son) out skiing today.

There´s a garden somewhere under all that white fluff...

Loooooong day at work

I´m tired, today... I really want to sew, but I just sit here yawning.... Maybe i should snuggle under my covers with some handstiching, and recharge my batteries for tomorrow, when I will have to dig my car out from a huge pile of snow before driving an hour in the blizard to some work thing in Oslo... 

Sorry.... just tired, and had to get it out of my system.  All better now :D Will post picture again tomorrow. The large quilt I sent away for quilting is back, and it is sooooo beautiflully quilted... But, you will have ti wait til tomorrow. 

Nighty night...

Sunday sewday...

Today I´ve finished the quilt for my brother, Truls. I appliqued his name on it pretty early, so I wouldn´t risk wanting to keep it to myself when it was done... Think i´m getting the hang of the freemotion quilting now; look, flowers!

I have also delivered the large country-baltimore´ish one for quilting. I found it was too large for me to do on my own machine. Now it´s way past bedtime, and I still have to do the dishes and some laundry.

Good night...

And... yes, I just had to make my blog pink. You know, "pink is like red, but not quite"

Hair by mom!

Had a wonderfull day with my parents. The food was delicious, and the kids had a great time. My mom had bought me a new hair-clip-comb thingy, and fixed my hair, which is too long. Haven´t cut my hair for a very long time. I think it´s nice with long hair, but unusual, so I don´t know what to do with it....

No sewing today.... Watching movie on DVD, "Tropic Thunder" and eating snacks and candy...

Next in line on the DJ is an applique, and I´m procratinating, as I havent done it Freezerpaper style before...  

Visiting grandparents

I´m taking the kids to see my parents today. We´re getting roasted moose-beef, yum.

They live in Notodden, about an hour from here, but after they retired they spend more and more time at the summerhouse in Åsgårdstrand, the home town of artist Edward Munch. (Idyllic little place).

I practise my handapplique, and will bring my practiceblock to Notodden..

And there we go!

Simple Simon is now finished, and stored in his own plastic sleeve in the DJ ringbinder. 

I´ve actually started my journey for real, and it feels gooooood!

Tiny post from work

I believe my employer prefer me not blogging in my workhours, but I just had to say hello!
Tonight I will start my first DJ block, Huzza!
Simple Simon in red and blue.

Gotta go now,
(And to DnB NOR Bank; I wont blogg at work again.... soon... at least not very often... I think)

Sniff´ling little one

I´m home from work today, to look after my 2 year old, Marie. She´s been under the weather for soome days now, and is tired. Been sleeping for over two hours now. I don´t mind, getting plenty of fun sewingthings done. I relax, as i have spoken to my boss, who has taken care of my clients today.

Just had Pasta Carbonara for lunch, yum. (Carbon based pasta, as opposed to Silicon based?)

Inspired by Wenche

I tried to change the layout on my blog.  It´s nothing wrong with the way it is, but i really wanted a cooler background, not this booring green one. But all i find are complete themes, and when I tried one of them out, my widgets dissapeared, and I dont feel like adding and customize them again...

Tips will be recieved with deepest gratitude.

Hand applique

There´s a first time for everything. I will no enter the world of hand stitching. I start easy with fusible web.  I will spice it up a nodge when I get going with the appliqued blcks on the DJ, and do the freezerpaper-thing...

Still waiting for background fabric before entering the word of DJ "for real".  But I have made som preperations. In addition to getting the book, i have made copies of the first nine blocks i will start with, i have put each copy in its own plastic sleeve in a ring binder. The intention is to do the apliques by hand, and most of the piecing by machine. I picture i will prepare the applique blocks so i can just take a plastic sleeve with me when i go somewhere and need something to stich.

No i will go do some Ironing, and then i will get my crayons and play with colors, maybe i´ll post a drawing tomorrow. 

Goodnight!

Debbie Mumm BOM

Natural Wonders

This will be my 2009 sampler. First block is an Ohio star with a mushroom applique in the middle. Maybe i shall stitch a face on it, my own little "shroomy"... hihi