Reminder of my giveaway

Here are the details and rules for my giveaway;

• If you leave a comment today and leave a comment everyday for the following 10 days (total 14) - I will put your name into the drawing 11 times.
  
• If you leave one comment on one post this week - then you get your name added once for the drawing. Or if you visit and comment twice - then you get your name in twice, and so on.
  
• If you post about my blog anniversary and giveaway on your blog, then I will enter your name one extra time (but please email me so I know you've mentioned the giveaway on your blog).

Get it? Start spread the news about the giveaway!


And 3 of you will be winners because like I said I have 3 prizes.

(Warning - you can't comment the day after a post and have it count! I will be checking the times/dates).



The first name I pick will get their choice of the 3 prizes and on down. So the third name I draw will get the last available prize.

I hope this isn't too confusing or complicated. Well, that's the way I do things I guess.

Great giveaway from Spun Sugar Quilts

So if you'd like to win one of these awesome prizes....

visit Spun Sugar Quilts blog and leave a comment before Saturday, December 5th.

Good Luck!!

Reminder of my blog-anniversary giveaway :-)

Here are the details and rules for my giveaway;

• If you leave a comment today and leave a comment everyday for the following 11 days (total 14) - I will put your name into the drawing 12 times.
• If you leave one comment on one post this week - then you get your name added once for the drawing. Or if you visit and comment twice - then you get your name in twice, and so on.
• If you post about my blog anniversary and giveaway on your blog, then I will enter your name one extra time (but please email me so I know you've mentioned the giveaway on your blog).

Get it? Start spread the news about the giveaway

And 3 of you will be winners because like I said I have 3 prizes.

(Warning - you can't comment the day after a post and have it count! I will be checking the times/dates).

The first name I pick will get their choice of the 3 prizes and on down. So the third name I draw will get the last available prize.

I hope this isn't too confusing or complicated. Well, that's the way I do things I guess.

Blog anniversary in two weeks time; -great giveaway ahead

It occurred to me this morning that my blog anniversary is in two weeks time. December 10th 2008 was my very first post to Elins kreative side and I can't believe it has one been one year.

Those of you that are regular readers or friends know that I do tend to "over do" things. So I have decided since my blog-birthday is just around the corner, I will have a big extravaganza anniversary party for the next two weeks and I offer 3 different prizes!

December 10th is also the date for the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony. The Nobel Peace Prize has been called "the world's most prestigious prize". Alfred Nobel died on the December 10th in 1895, and it has been an established tradition ever since 1901 for the Peace Prize to be presented on that date at a solemn award ceremony. The Peace Prize award ceremony takes place in the Oslo City Hall, in the presence of representatives of the Royal Family, the Government, the Storting, and about 1000 other guests. Banquets in honour of the Laureates are held the same evening at the Grand Hotel, outside which there is a torchlight procession in honour of the Laureate. Last year my youngest daughter and I went to Oslo to participate in this torchlight procession, see blogpost here!

I so appreciate all of you who stop by and read my page and leave such nice comments too! I keep seeing that little counter tick away those numbers and it amazes me that people from all over the world really read my blog! THANK YOU to all who take the time to follow me and my blog and I hope I can reach many more besides through this next year of blogging too!

Here are the details and rules for my giveaway;

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  If you leave a comment today and leave a comment everyday for the following 13 days (total 14) - I will put your name into the drawing 14 times.
  
  
  
• 
  
  If you leave one comment on one post this week - then you get your name added once for the drawing. Or if you visit and comment twice - then you get your name in twice, and so on.
  
  
  
• 
  
  If you post about my blog anniversary and giveaway on your blog, then I will enter your name one extra time (but please email me so I know you've mentioned the giveaway on your blog). 
  

Get it? Start spread the news about the giveaway

And 3 of you will be winners because like I said I have 3 prizes.

(Warning - you can't comment the day after a post and have it count! I will be checking the times/dates).

The first name I pick will get their choice of the 3 prizes and on down. So the third name I draw will get the last available prize.

I hope this isn't too confusing or complicated. Well, that's the way I do things I guess.

The first week I will post about my prizes; one of the time. I think it will be great fun.

Good Luck! I hope we all have two happy weeks ahead. And I hope you'll join me here each day to see the giveaway- prize on display and make comments to me.

Beautiful BOM from FatCat Patterns

Sindy makes wonderful pattern for all of us who simply loves making quilts.

And they are free to use :-)

This BOM is called Chocolate Stars and it is updated on the first of each month.

It will run from August 1, 2009  until October 1, 2010.

On the first, new blocks are added. Blocks for this series will remain available for the duration.

Finished size as shown is 60x72 inches.

Do you like it?

New BOM from Burning The Midnight Oil Quilts starts December 15th 2009

Online Block of The Month

Heather Finnell in Burning The Midnight Oil Quilts will put up a free block of the month quilt.  You will be able to download the new block every month for free. The free block is available from the 15th of the month to the 14th of the next month when the new one will go up. If you miss any of the months you can purchase the blocks you missed for a nominal price. Fabric Requirements will be up November 15th 2009. Isn't this quilt lovely?

Happy Quilting!

Visiting Syskrinet in Molde

Syskrinet A/S in Molde is a small quilt shop, with a large selection of fabrics and patterns. Join me in a visit in this lovely quiltshop and enjoy!

Quiltshop-window....

This is a tiny little shop, but they have displayed quilts and quiltrelated things everywere...

Sunflowers are beautiful and popular in quilts :-)

Snowmen; high and tall or small and round.

On top of every shelf something were displayed!

A special bag made by Angelina.

Angelina used in this wonderful pillow.

Anne Beier Finnestad; a Norwegian quilbook-author has made this cute owl-purse.

This quilt is simply outstanding. I bought this as a kit :-)

This lovely lady helped me in the shop.

Somebody out there who know her name? I forgot to ask her :-(

Over the exit door hang this funny banner telling you "Welcome back" in Norwegian writing. If you ever visit Molde, drop by Syskrinet A/S. You will not regret!

Some fabrics bought from Lappemor

Some time ago Lappemor sold all her fabrics in her quiltshop and gave you half the price as normal. Anne Heidi (the owner) had been to Houston and bought a lot of new goodies, so she "shared" with us by letting us shop cheap.... :-)

My good value buyings!

Foggy walk by the lake. Sewingweather?

I got this artice from a very dear co-worker and I thought you might be interested also

Breast Cancer May Be Gone, But Pain Lingers

Nearly half of patients have chronic pain, researchers find

Posted November 10, 2009
By Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay Reporter


TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Even three years after finishing treatment for breast cancer, almost 50 percent of women report long-term pain, a new Danish study finds.

The research, published in the Nov. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, strengthens earlier findings, said study senior author Dr. Henrik Kehlet, a professor of perioperative therapy at Rigshospitalet at Copenhagen University. But this work indicates which women are most likely to experience persistent pain.
"Several previous scientific reports have shown a risk of chronic pain after breast cancer surgery," said Kehlet. The strength of this study, he noted, is the large number of participants -- more than 3,000 -- and the evaluation of many types of treatments.
Kehlet's team reviewed questionnaires filled out by 3,253 women who had undergone breast cancer treatment in Denmark between 2005 and 2006. Their treatments varied and included breast-conserving surgery, mastectomy, radiation, chemotherapy and dissection of the lymph nodes.
The women were asked whether they experienced pain, in what areas of the body, how bad it was and how often they experienced it.
In all, 1,543 -- 47 percent -- reported pain in one or more areas. Of those, 52 percent reported severe or moderate pain.
Among those who had severe pain, 77 percent said they had it daily. For those who reported their pain as light, 36 percent had it every day. Pain was reported in the breast area, the armpit, the arm and the side of the body.
The research was funded by the Danish Cancer Society, Breast Friends and a private organization that funds science research, the Lundbeck Foundation.
Women under 40 were more than three times more likely to have chronic pain than older women, the researchers found. Those having radiation therapy were more likely to have pain than those who had chemotherapy. Dissection of the axillary (under arm) lymph node was associated with increased likelihood of pain compared to dissection of the sentinel lymph node (the first node to which the cancer is likely to spread).
Why does the pain linger?
"There are multiple mechanisms to explain the risk of chronic pain," Kehlet said, "such as young age, risk of nerve damage during axillary dissection, radiation therapy or a general pain hyper-responsiveness in some patients."
More research is needed on the pain mechanism in those who experience high levels of discomfort, he said. The focus for now should be on identifying patients at high risk for pain and providing preventive treatment and nerve-sparing treatment when possible.
The results do not surprise Dr. Robert H. Dworkin, a pain specialist and professor of anesthesiology, neurology, oncology and psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York, who has also published on lingering cancer pain.
But the findings may come as a surprise to oncologists and others who treat cancer patients, he said. "Women tend not to tell their surgeons about this continuing pain," he said, citing clinical experience. Why? "They fear that the fact they are in pain might mean a recurrence, and they don't want to deal with it," he said. Or, "they don't want to hurt the oncologist's feelings."
A third reason is "they don't want to distract the physician from thinking about the cancer," he said.
Even pain specialists can't say for sure why the pain lingers. "We have little understanding of what causes this kind of pain," Dworkin said.
A woman in pain after breast cancer treatment "should not be shy in talking to her physician about it," Dworkin said. He advises such women to ask for a referral to a pain specialist.

Giveaway from Sweet Home Quilt Co Blog :-)

Melisa is in a "cleaning mood" and offers this great giveaway.

The fabrics are Cinnamon Stars by Fig Tree Quilts for Moda!

The giveaway includes 65 – 5×5 inch charms, plus 3/8 yard of the gold and 1 3/8 of the large brown

 floral. Remember to sign up before next Friday. (Go here!)

What I'm doing these days? Buying fabrics and making an Advent Calendar for my oldest daughter...., you will get a little peek in a couple of days :-)

Take care

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Another giveaway from Barbara :-)

Barbara at Pinelands Patches and Beadscapes is celebrating her first year of blogging and she is looking ahead to the holidays! Her first blog post was November 15th, 2008. So at midnight November 15th, 2009, this giveaway will end. I shouldn't tell you about it, because it decrease my changes to win. But nothing ventured, nothing gained. Perhaps by telling you it brings good luck to me :-)

Great giveaway from Quilt Hollow

Go here and tell Quilt Hollow what you would do if you won this little quilt.But hurry up; the great giveaway ends at Monday the 9th.

Happy Sunday to you from me :-)

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