Playing with Double Diamond Ruler

On our last meeting in Vestre Toten Lappelag we had a little "show-and-tell" first.

Wenche has sewn this modern Easter-tablerunner from a kit made by ????

Close-up of the tablerunner.

Don't fall apart! Wenche NEVER sew stitchery, but look here..... A cute little girl!!

Wenche has been on the annual meeting of Norwegian Quilting Association and she bought a pattern for these two purses there.

Embellished with two sweet buttons :-)

And at last her bag made from a Peggy-Pattern (?). Wenche is going to sell this beautiful bag!

Inger Lise with a baby-quilt. The baby buggy is black; therefore a grey/black blanket. Click on the picture if you want to resize it and look at the beautiful fabrics used in this quilt :-)

Kristrun has sewn two of these bags; one in black and one in brown. She is really clever! Perhaps she will bring the other one to our next meeting in Gjøvik Quiltelag, hehehehehe.

Table runner made of scraps (I). I don't know who has created them, but they are brighten the meetingroom, that's for sure.

Table runner made of scraps (II).

Playing with Double Diamond Ruler!

Picture of my fabric after precutting, ironing, folding, cutting and unfolding :-)

Curious?

Mine and Kristrun's pieces.

How to do it? I will try to explain it to you..... Follow!

The biggest of the two Double Diamonds Rulers.

The package contains two rulers for two different sizes of Doble Diamonds: 1 1/2" wide 3 1/2" wide.

Astrid was in a Christmas-spirit-mood I think :-)

Picture of Wenche while she cut slits in her fabric. She was the only one who tryed the smallest ruler. First we cut two chosen fabrics twice as wide as the ruler. These were glued together with a new powder, ironed backside to backside, folded lengthwise with the main fabric on the outside and pressed well. Slits were then cut in the fabrics from the folded side of the fabrics. The fused piece were unfolded and lightly pressed. Each diamond flap could then be tuck under the diamond below it. See picture below....

Trine Bakke from "Lappe Makeriet" visited Lillehammer LappeLaug

The author of this book; Trine Tolfsby Bakke, came to Lillehammer LappeLaug (LLL), the local guild for Lillehammer district, on Friday last. Gjøvik Quiltelag was invited to join the members of LLL to be present on this evening.
Trine is also one of the three owners of Lappe Makeriet at Bærums Verk.
Trine told us about her way of working with fabrics and her way to find time to sew. It was entertaining and funny :-)

An easter-tablerunner with chickens stitched on with pearl-cotton-thread.

This panel with a couple in Norwegian national costumes is taken from a tablerunner and sewn into a bag.

This is made of an embroidery tapestry. My mother has one of the same at her home in Lofoten. I think Trine bought hers at a flee marked :-)

Another bag; cute and easy to make :-)

A lap blanket. Beautiful colors and fabrics.

Some close-ups......

A cellphone bag.

The same bag opened.

A table cloth with 4-patches.

Beautiful fabrics :-)

4-patch-quilt with hen-fabric borders.

A christmas table runner on my lap.

This table runner is very long. And Trine has used beautiful fabrics on its back as well.

A little bit crazy with all these colors, but this quilt is cute.

A close-up of the quilting.

Star-quilt. One of two sewn to her daughters when they had to share the same bedroom.

Another 4-patch quilt.

And one made of 9-patches.

A mini purse. Notice the cabin-hook :-)

Trine, Lise and Ruth at the end of the meeting. We had a great time spending with Trine and Lillehammer LappeLaug.