Showing posts with label show-and-tell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label show-and-tell. Show all posts

Saturday, 10 April 2010

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....



Sunday, 31 January 2010

Januarymeeting in Vestre Toten Lappelag

Look what Wenche has sewn to her granddaughter. Cute isn't it?
Closeup of the stars. She has used a vey sweet fabric in the middle of each star.
The granddaughter is a little girl so the quilt isn't so big eighter...., but it is a big present to give away :-)
Winni with one of her kaleidoscope-quilts. She has made quite a few and I think she has given them all away to family and friends.
Her son said he didn't have any Christmas-tablerunners! So Winni has made two scrappy Christmas-tablerunners to him. He is a lucky dog!!
Closeup of the snow crystal.
Tablerunner number two.

Every fourth Thursday in the month we gather together in Vestre Toten Lappelag. We are only eight members of this guild, but we enjoy eachothers company and talk and share a lot of quilting secrets..... Some of us are also members of Gjøvik Quiltelag so we attend two meetings a month.
Our meetings are in "Møteplassen";  a place where people with psychological or emotional dysfunction can meet during daytime. They talk, go on small trips and make something with their hands if they want to. Astrid is working in "Møteplassen" and she is a great teacher in quilting and patchwork. This tablerunner is made of leftovers from another quiltingproject by one of the users of "Møteplassen". It is really simple and beautiful!!
Ruth handstitched her potholders. She got inspired by Nina's Smutthull to make this.
Ruth got this sweet pocket with thread and scissors from her Quilting Angel (SWAP) before Christmas.

Saturday, 5 December 2009

Meeting in Vestre Toten Lappelag last Thursday


I tried to catch the suggestive atmosphere in our Advent-meeting by not using the camera's flashlight. Ruth served a lovely crabsticks and shrimps in aspic and homemade bread.

Astrid bought a kit for a tablerunner from Kari Renolen when Gjøvik Quiltelag visited her shop last month.

Close-up of one of the two runners she managed to make from one kit :-)

The second tablerunner. It is going to be really swell!

Torunn with her Christmas-tablecloth. Pattern from AnnAKa.Lovely!

Winni with her hexagon-quilt. Beautiful colors.

Close-up of Winni's quilt.

Ruth is stitching as usual....

Torunn with her stitchery. The girl is a famous motiv from Carl Larsson. I think she is going to frame the stitchery with some patchwork. I'm impressed over you ladies!!!!


Friday, 28 August 2009

Visit to Elverum Quiltelag; neightbouring guild

Yesterday six of the members of Gjøvik Quiltelag went to visit Elverum Quiltelag. Elverum Quiltelag is also celebrating their tenth anniversary this year.
They are going to have a exibition later this autumn. And a big lottery. This quilt is one of the main prizes in the lottery.
They also have a "Show-and-tell"- part in their meetings.
Look at this lovely quilt!!!! Bjørg made it after an Australian pattern.
Go to Gjøvik Quiltelags blog to see more from this meeting... :-) It is only in Norwegian, but the blog contents a lot of pictures. Enjoy yourself.

Friday, 1 May 2009

Meeting in Vestre Toten Lappelag last Thursday

At our last meeting in Vestre Toten Lappelag Ruth showed us her new pompadour with cute stitchery. Ruth was in a good mood and cheered us up :-)
The stitchery says: "i mårra blir det godvær!" Freely translated: "tomorrow will it be sunshine".
I hope you will have a great weekend with lot of sunshine!
I'm travelling to Stavanger. My sister's twins are going to have their confirmation/civic initiation on Saturday. I'm looking forward to meet my two sisters, my only brother, my mother and of course my nephew and my niece.

Monday, 23 February 2009

Meeting in Vestre Toten Lappelag last Thursday.

Lene is planning to attend an exhibition in France this fall. Various fabrics of silk and Angelina is used in this fantastic quilt.
Close-up. Notice the quiltinglines!
At the back of the quilt you can really see the quiltinglines.
Lene with her quilt.
Flower close-up.
Wenke with one of her two new bags.
The other one.
Lene had to do some handsewing. She doesn't like to sew this.....
Ruth is stitching "Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes". The plain truth!
I have recived my two first BOM from Kathrines Quiltestue. During our meeting I managed to draw the stitchery-pattern for one of them.

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