Embroider A Cute Free Santa Design - Happy Ho*Ho Holiday Tea Towel

Embroider A Cute Free Santa Design - Happy Ho*Ho Holiday Tea Towel

Knitted mini Christmas stockings

 Aren't they cute these knitted mini Christmas stockings from Little Cotton Rabbits? The pattern is here.

Christmas Fair at Presteseter

Overview picture from the Christmas Fair at Presteseter last weekend :-)

An acquaintance had this crafty bag......

Mrs Løkken with some of her Tilda-look-alike dolls. I really liked them :-)

An old suitcase filled with hearts in different shapes and a Santa-couple.

More dolls and Santas displayed.......

Her Santas are strange characters

A pin cushion made like a muffin and an Angel-doll.

Wenche from Gjøik Quiltelag and member of Vestre Toten Lappelag is keen on exhibiting her patchwork and quilting.

Two cozy covers for hiding the bags inside the wine-carton .....

A tablerunner-and-doily-gathering. Beautiful!!!

Purses, bags, pompadures gathered in a wonderful mixture.

The Christmas Corner....

Wenche is sewing a great deal throughout the year. She attends "Kjerringtreffet", the Christmas Fair at Prestseter and in Fjellhallen, Gjøvik. So if you want to buy something from her; try the Christmas Fair in Fjellhaven in Gjøvik this coming weekend :-) Or leave a comment to this blog and I will tell her....

Torunn and Ruth from Vestre Toten Lappelag are good friends. We went together to this fair and had a great time. Some money were spent on presents and we got inspired to make some of ourselves. We enjoyed coffee, waffles and a long chat as well.

Old stuff; a little bragging

Homemade Advent Calendars

In Norway and Scandinavia there is a tradition of having a so-called Julekalender (the Norwegian word for an Advent Calendar) starting on the first of December, and ending on Christmas Eve.

I want to share with you two of my home made Advent Calendars. An Advent Calendar is a special calendar which is used to count or celebrate the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. Today, most advent calendars are made for children, but the first is my sister Anne’s Calendar. She was in her’s forties when she got this from me. Two years ago she got this filled with chocolate and other sweets gift wrapped. It is really simple sewn. The heart is made of many tiny scrappy pieces just glued to the linen by using appliqué-vlise. Stippleseams are both decorative and easy to make. A pocket is made by folding a quilted fabric on the quilted linen-top and small parcels of sweets were put in this pocket. Each parcel had a ribbon with a number at one end and these ribbons were hanging outside the pocket. This way she could see which parcel she should take each day during Advent. Free motion-quilting is used and I sew “Hjertelig” (meaning sincere/hearty) to her.

The second one I made for her twins when they were one year old. They are going to be 16 years this summer, so time passes quickly :-)

The pattern is from a very dear book of mine. 24 rings are sewn on the Calendar so wrapped gifts can be hung by them. Beginning on the first day of December, one parcel is opened each day, counting down the days remaining until Christmas Eve, from one to twenty-four where the 24th gift often is bigger or more expensive than the others.

Thank you Anne for sending me the pictures so I could brag about these Julekalenders.

Winterpictures from my home

Beautiful light over my hometown yesterday. The picture is taken from my veranda...

My Christmas Gnome is smiling on my staircase.

We had -21C yesterday; that's cold! Brrrrrr!

But it is cosy by the fireplace with good friends company :-)

Happ New Year to all of my friends!

FUN

What Engineers Do When They Retire.....

This is great ! Go here to have some fun.

I'm an engineer but I think I'm going to quilt.......

Take care everyone!

Is this appropriate for you as it is for me....?

I just received this from a friend and wanted to share it with you. 

Twas the night before Christmas,
I'm glued to the tree.
I'm wondering what Santa
brought just for me..
Could it be fat quarters
or a pattern or lace?
Or a quilt kit, I said,
with a smile on my face.
And that's when I heard him,
"Hi Santa," I said
"You know....good little girls
should be in their beds ".
"I know I should Santa,
and now I've been caught.
But I was just so excited
to see what you brought."
"Well, let's take a look
in this room where you work."
He shook his head quickly,
And left with a jerk.
I heard him exclaim as he put it in gear.
"You've got enough stuff, I'll see you next year!"

author unknown

I wish all of you the most Merry Christmas ever!

I haven't told you who have chosen which prize, so here it comes :

My blog-anniversary giveaway result:

Kristrun ( no blogger jet....) has chosen 1st prize: Debbie Mumm fabric (2m), Mettler Metallic Thread and a parcel with small buttons.

Martina wanted 2nd prize: 50 cm of each of the wavely Christmas Fabrics and some tiny little buttons.

Therefor Pokey gets the last prize: 54cm black Christmas fabric, 38cm with Harlekin-patterned, 50 cm of gold and 4 Christmas-bears-buttons made of wood.

I hope you will like your prizes. I had a great time reading all your comments and I had the opportunity to clean out my Christmas fabrics......

Merry Christmas to all of my friends

Today is Christmas Eve and in Norway we celebrate this evening. All of our girls are home for Christmas and we are going to enjoy a good dinner, eachothers company and every minute of our holiday. I always enjoy the sight of Christmastree and the snow outside our house. I have a special reason to celebrate tonight; It's been two years since I finished my cancer treatment. My last radiation treatment took place on Christmas morning 2007...... So I sending a special wish to all "pink" ladies out there; All the best wishes for you and your families. And to all of my readers; Happy Christmas to you all!

FREEBIE Snowman with gingerbaby

Or perhaps this....?

A Christmas Challange from Nina

I have joined 9na's smutthull's Christmas Challenge and I will spend my Sunday sewing this Challange.

Kristrun is going to join me in my sewing room, I'm looking forward to this :-)

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Helen's giveaway :-)

Helen's giveaway!

Leave a comment on Helen's blog and you will be in the drawing for a free copy of her latest stitchery-pattern (BOM); " Twas the night before Christmas".

Gorgeous it is!!!
I want it sooooo much!

A Christmas Quilters Poem

A Christmas Quilter
T'was a few weeks before Christmas and in my head was a plan

To make all of my Christmas gifts by my own hand.

Away to my scrap box in a flash I did fly.

With patterns in my head and a twinkle in my eye.

I cut and I sewed as merry as an elf.

Making things for others and not for myself.

A quilted vest for a teen-aged niece.

Quilts for the grandparents with love sewn in each piece.

Quilted covers for aunts' tabletops,

Away I go with hardly a stop.

On scissors, on needles, on thimble and thread,

Oh, hurry I must, for Christmas day is ahead.

A quilted diaper bag for the baby so new.

I may even quilt Santa a coat before I'm through.

Quilted beadspreads for Mother and Sis.

I still have a few left on my list.

Cushions with quilted tops and potholders done.

It's now Christmas Eve and I have a gift for each one.

So I sprang to my Volks wagon and made quite a clatter.

The neighbors ran to the windows to see what was the matter.

From one house to the other, I leaped like a deer.

Leaving my presents and hopefully cheer.

With best wishes to each for a Christmas so bright.

A tired, happy quilter drove away in the night.
(Author: Pat Everson)

Today's saying;
"Quilts connect the past with the present and the future."