søndag 28. november 2010

Stinkbombe !


En hyggelig forretningsforbindelse bor i Frankrike. Når jeg var der i April spiste vi en meget god middag som ble avsluttet med et fat med forskjellige franske oste. De var kjempego'e!
Den sterkeste av de har han ikke lov å ha på kjøkkenbenken for fruen - fordi den lukter ganske kraftigt (fjertelukt - men ikke surt!). En riktig franskman mener jo det er å ødelegge osten å legge den i kjøleskapet, så derfor bor den i garasjen deres.



Nå var denne hyggelige mann på besøk i uken som gikk. Han hadde vært så snill å ta med en ost til meg. Jeg aner ikke hvordan han fikk den med i flyet, men kan bare tenke meg til blikkene han må ha fått.

Jeg hadde ikke anledning til å ta den med hjem på torsdag så den måtte overnatte på jobben til fredag. Det ble utrolig mange kommentarer på jobben, for selv om den var pakket godt inn og lå i et kjøleskap - ja så dunstede den langt omkring.

Fredag kveld ble det godt brød med ost og fikenmarmelade, og en lille smule portvin. Det var VIDUNDERLIG !!

tirsdag 23. november 2010

Ready for Christmas ?

Usually I hate starting with Christmas before late November. However, due to the course with Bareroots I already startet in October this year!
Yesterday I finished adding the green background and now I have also cut the border in the right shape. In the original there are yellow stars, but I like it a little darker and I think there is enough motive on the runner already.
This was really fun to make, and I am very happy with the result. It will be "exhibited" on my bookshelf thoughout the Christmas time :O)


When the pine border was embroidered I was lacking only 5 cms when there were no more mouline ....... therefore I had to visit Lille Station to by another one. Before I came out of the shop I had also bought a new book (don't know how that happened) - by Jo Morton. It has a lot of lovely patterns and I have already made 16 small blocks for my next project.... They will turn up on the blogg within the next couple of days :O)

onsdag 17. november 2010

Litt nytt i posten ...


Nå har jeg vist alle bøkene til Miss Rosie.... Denne kom i posten idag, og man blir bare så glad når man setter seg ned og kikker i den.
Som de andre bøker er denne fylt med nydelige quilter i deilige fargekombinasjoner. Jeg får så veldig sy-kløe :O)

Igår var jeg hos Anne med 2 tepper til quilting (bare det ene er mitt - det andre var jeg kurer for) !! Nå kan jeg nesten ikke vente med å få det tilbake og se hvordan det blir når det er quiltet - åhhhh hvor jeg gleder meg :O)

fredag 12. november 2010

Leftovers....

I had a lot of small leftovers from making the blanket for my son. These were sewn together while doing other projects. Suddenly I had two small "tops" that fitted perfectly as purses.


When the nine year old saw "his" leftovers he decided that at least one of the purses should be a gift for him. Now it is the "carrier" for several Pokémon :o)

søndag 7. november 2010

Ladies of the heart

On wednesday I had three wonderfull ladies over. They are fun, sweet, creative, lovely, lively and a lot more. I think we had a most wonderfull evening, talking, sewing and inspiring each other.
Two of them were here for sewing for the first time, and brought me a nice present!


Purple is one of my favorite colours and of couse I was inspiret by this little sweet tinbox with goodies inside! The box was from Lille Stasjon where they have a lot of wonderfull lace right now.

And look at this wonderfull stars of light. It fits perfectly in the window in the diningroom and reminds us of the season we are about to enter.



Now I feel really lucky to have such nice friends. We will meet again in a short while and challenge our abilities to start on a new project - this time a BIG one :O)
PS. That might not really be a difficult challenge, huh?

The purple laces gave inspiration. On Thursday night I thought out which fabrics to use, all from my statch, and cut the squares. On Friday evening my family was only hearing the happy sounds from the sewing room as the table runner was coming together. And yesterday the binding came on.
So now I am ready to face late November and early December - for the first time with purple as the colour.


PS This is also a finish for November - although it was supposed to be something else I had finished  !!!