Vacation part 3 !!

During the trip we passed a few quiltshops. We couldn't stop in all of them, but a few had a scandinavian visitor that they will remember for a long time ! Bringing your family to a quiltshop with many interesting fabrics, stash and exibitions means STRESS! You want to cover as much as possible and at the same time you have somebody waiting. This first picture is from a nice store in Loveland, CO where I was allowed a full hour :O) And I harvested quite a nice portion that I will live well from during the autumn :O)

At the end of the vacation we met up with scandinavian friends. The two females was shopping - with a nice driver bringing us from one shop to the next. We covered three different shops in Denver during the day and probably purchased fabrics, stash and stuff to last AT LEAST until our next US visit ......
Here's a few snapshots.

And here's a picture of the harvest :O)

Vacation part 2 !

The second week of the vacation was planned at a dude ranch. The idea was to relax, have fun and ride!People who knows me are a bit surprised about the last part. For many years I have been scared of horses (they are soooo big) - but I do think one needs to keep devolping / challenging oneself. So, during the spring we have had riding lessons at a nearby riding school - and from not getting close at all I have actually enjoyed sitting on the school horse (although I am still scarred and filled with butterflies before getting on the horseback).

Our cabin at the ranch

After some internet research we found Cherokee Park Ranch in northern Colorado, and what a good choise. Everything was perfect! All details matched and here are a few flavours of the week:

More than one houndred horses - and they chose a really good match for each of the guests :O)

View from one of the trails from the horsebackriding. They took us to different spots on each ride. And one could choose own speed, walking, trotting or loping (slow or fast). And a wrangler rode with you and could tell about the trail, the people, funny stories or just keep quiert and enjoy the ride. Fabulous!

Spotted at the trails. 

Cowgirl Annelise on Muffin in the barrel race the last day of the stay.....

The final part of the vacation is coming up shortly :O)

VACATION!!!!

It has been vacation time. And we have had the most fantastic, phenominal, fabulous vacation. When we planned the vacation, the goal was to see Yellowstone national park. This has been a dream of mine for many years. We combined Yellowstone with a weeks ranch vacation. This idea came through some friends, although their choise of ranch is completely different (more in a future post).

Yellowstone was the first national park ever, and it is obvious why someone thought of preserving it for all future.

Hotsrping at west thumb

I will share a few pictures with you from our vacation, but it is not at all possible to show the beatifull landscapes, the atmosphere, the wonderfull weather, the impressions ...... I can highly recommed a trip there!

Bison just after entering!

Mammoth hot spring

Overnight in West Yellowstone

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

After Yellowstone we went out through the Grand Teton national park - which I think is less known but not less beatifull., At the Tetons we saw the biggest moose one can imagine. I think they were as big as elephants but my family claims I overestimate them a bit.....

Moose in the afternoon

Viwe from the Grand Teton national park

Part two and three contains snapshots from the ranch part of our vacation and from the quilting shopping day I had at the end of the vacation. Stay tunes :O)

Another finish ....

July might be a good month for finishes. Yesterday it was the sunhat and today it is a tablecloth !
The top was made together with nice friends during a week-end at a cabin in the mountains. It consists of lots of small pieces sewn together and recut in diamonds. It is a quite funny pattern, and I think I will do more, but then from leftovers, which would fit this pattern perfectly.
The tablecloth is for my little cornertable in the livingroom. Until recently I have had a christmas tablecloth there (although not to christmas like) so it is about time to get another cloth that fits the table :O)

 I have quiltet it with woll thread and less than one inch squares. I think that fits well with the many stripes in the pattern and I like a closely quilting when it is something to use on a table. Now it is being washed before actually start using it :O)

 And then just a flavour of the desk in my living room. Although I am not really a pale red/pink person I think these peons are fantastic.
Now I need to hit the sewing room - this time not for quilting but for repairing a pair of "work trousers" - not the best fun I know, but fortunately it is quite seldom ....
NB! Yet another finish just around the corner!

A finish !

I did it. I actually finished a sun hat in 1920 style. It is nice egypcian cotton and it will help shadow the hot sun - if and when it comes ...
Another finish is just around the corner, I hope to blogg it tomorrow :o)

Pure joy !

on the way to our cabin we pass a new knitting shop. so far I am the lucky owner of yarn for a jacket, socks and a new hat. the latter might actually materialize soon, as that is what I have been working on during our short stay here :o)

Low output ...

There's a shortage on finishes right now. It is summertime and a lot is going on. So, it is good to have some old projects to show. This tablerunner was made some years ago, together with some dark red sisters. I have had it in reserve for a gift, but never found the right occation. Now it is turning into something that looked nice some time ago....

Anyway, this week-end was spend wtih some very nive young people. I was "a proud corps mother", and participated in the yearly summer tour. Three days with a lot of activities and music. That was very fun and nice, and without to much sleep :O)

I am now having one more "welcome summer activity" before the laziness of summer is actually here. I hope to get some needlework done them :O) 

A finish and a new hairstyle :O)

I was at the guilds place during Lierdagene this week-end. It was quite fun and quite lifely with both many participants and many guests. Although I brough my camera I didn't take any pictures, but if you pop over to Hanne there is a couple of them.  

Although there were numerous of nice purses there was a guest who looked for a red one with black hearts at a particular size. We didn't have one of those! So I went back home and made one for her. I am going to send it tomorrow morning.

So that was this months finish, otherwise I am afraid I wouldn't have had one, as I am just sewing bigger projects right now.

 This is Coco - believe it or not. He had so much hair and as we live close to the forest he was bringing stuff with him back from each trip. SOOOO, as a consequence we cut him. I do not think theres a lot of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels looking like him - but it was like he said; thank you! for taking away the burden of all the hair on the ears. They are a less than a quarter the size they were before.
And below you see the removed parts :O)

Del 2 og 3 ....

Det er lenge siden jeg har hatt innlegg - og jeg har desverre ikke fått sydd så mye som jeg har lyst til. Men del 2 og 3 av den australske BOM er ferdig. Deilig å være ajour!
Det er jeg dog ikke likevel, for idag kom del 4 :o)

Sy og altmulighelg :o)

Denne helg har vi vært herhjemme. Min kjære har skadet fingeren for noen uker siden (yterste led ble kappet av i en port!) og derfor har vi noen rolige dager.
Jeg har vært på syrommet, i kjøkkenet og ikke minst har jeg vasket alle tregulvene med trip trap hvitvask. Åhhh så fine de blir og så rent her lukter.....

På syrommet har jeg sydd mellomlegg til den australske bom del to og tre. Noe av den er ferdig med ikke allt - jeg synes det blir kjempefint. Bilde kommer så snart jeg er ferdig.

Ellers har jeg kommet et stykke videre på duken fra hytteturen medio mars. Den blir fin. Jeg ble nødt til å utelate den yterste farge (skulle også ha vært en enda mørkere brun) - men den ble allt for stor til mitt hjørnebord - så da er det bare å ferdigstille og gjemme de mørkebrune - lekre - stoffer til noe annet fint. Nå mangler hjørnene og quiltingen. Gleder meg over resultatet.

PS! Er det noen som vet hvorfor det kommer bilder på noen på blogglisten mens andre ikke har bilder? Jeg har tidligere fått frem bilde fra sjokoquilt, men nå er det bare overskriften ??????