She has started school...

She was happily skipping down the street - I was a nervous wreck!!
She did great, and she can't wait to go back - which is good :)
Now I'll just have to get used to a whole new set of worries to add to the ones I have already.
Oh well...I guess that's what it is to be a mom?

Maybe all her visits to friends' houses and all the hours of having a friend visit her here, will free up some time for me to sew??
I will think of it that way, then it's not as scary - it is, I'm trying to trick myself ;)

I have been working on my quilt for Doll Quilt Swap 9. I have started quilting it, but I haven't taken a picture of that yet.
I also have another project I am working on. I am using Punctuation charm squares. I love that fabric line.
This quilt will be big, it's for our bed. I really don't want this to become a UFO!!

Clean-up job!

My coworkers and I were invited to dinner at the Raddisson in Copenhagen. The fod was delicious, and take a look at the view!! Wow, right?!

I love this city :)

Speaking of things I love - or don't love.... I used to have shelves above my sewing table, to hold fabrics....but one day, one of the shelves broke!!! What a mess. Lucky for me, it was not taken as a sign that I have too much fabric, but just that I needed different storage :)
So off to IKEA we went, and I chose these:

They are really kitchen cabinets, but I like them so much as fabric-storage! I am loving this, and I have even managed to keep my sewing area cleaned up since we put these up...how amazing is that?!

I am working on my doll quilt for DQS9, and I will post pictures once it is closer to being done. That should be very soon now!

I'll just leave you with this bit of trivia:


Did you know?? I didn't!

A picnic quilt!

I have tried to put my scraps and stash to use, and I have some different projects to show you over the next couple of weeks :)

First I will show you my picnic quilt!
This quilttop is made entirely from scraps. I cut 3" strips to whatever length the scrap would allow. Some are long and some are really short - depending on the length of the scrap-piece it was cut from.
I have pieced them totally randomly, and added each strip once it was finished. It's a little scary for a quilter so addicted to arranging and rearranging LOs as I am :)
I am really happy with how it turned out, though. It is bright, happy and busy enough to hide all the spills....
I quilted flowers like these from Oh Fransson - only mine are connected in a continuous line, I hate securing all those loose ends!

Here is a shot of the quilt in action. The I SPY fabrics in it helped keep the kids busy :)
My favourite thing about this picnic quilt is the carrying strap I attached to it. It is made a'la Anna Maria Horners Totable Towel. Only I didn't do the envelope sleeve.
BTW this year I am definately making a towel like that for a Christmas present for my sister!! I have wanted to since I first saw it, so this year it is going to happen!!
We don't have a car, so we have to carry everything, or be able to balance it all - and the kids - on our bikes. So being able to carry this like a shoulder bag is such a great help!

My oldest is starting school in less than 2 weeks. ACK! Where did all that time go?!
Anyway....looking forward to seeing what I have missed in blogland - I know it's a lot, so I have a lot of exciting reading to do...mmmm a cup of tea and blog-reading!

A baby quilt and lots of fabric :)

Yesterday we went to see my good friends' baby get baptised...and you know how it is. A new baby means a BABY QUILT!! I haven't been able to share any pictures of this before, since it obviously had to be a surprise :) This picture is taken in the laundry room, right after I pulled the quilt from the dryer, and right before I packed it up and ran out the door...we made it to the church on time, but only just!!
My friend loves it...it 60" square
Like so many others, I like to work with solids, and since I order most of my fabric online, I treated myself to the Kona cotton solids colorcard. Wow. I love it. I see many more solids in my future.
I ordered my color card from Canton Village Quilt Works if you don't know the store, go visit. Jackie has a lot of great stuff in her store! I also bought the FQ pack of rainbow colors from her.

Last week I took Miss V to the fabric store - to buy backing fabric for the baby quilt - and she chose these fabrics. She needs new dresses and skirts, she has grown so much since last summer that all her summer clothes are too short. LOL. So I am going to start by making her some skirts. I also bought these orange and teal fabrics. Orange and teal is my favourite color combination right now.
Also....I am a swap mama in Doll Quilt Swap this round. EXCITING!!! So if you visit the flickr group or the DQS blog, you'll see me there from time to time as well!

I haven't fallen off the face of the earth...

I have been busy....and I have managed to sqeeze in a little bit of sewing time, but not nearly enough! Sad but true.

I have mostly been working on blocks for the quilting bees I am in.
This is for the EuroBee I am not in this bee anymor, I had to sign out because of my crazy schedule *sniff*:

Charles and I took the kids to the ZOO, and Little A bought a snake-softie at the store, Miss V chose a bunny. But when we got home Miss V really really wanted a snake, so...I made her one: She loves it - although it doesn't look anything like the one A bought!

This scarf is still in the making....the pattern is not too difficult, just time-consuming. And to be fair, it did say so in the book (Last minute knitted gifts by Joelle Hoverson)

I have also finished a row for Tia for my Row10 quilting bee. She wanted red and white crosses.

The owl was part of Kims row...she wanted red/aqua gnomes/mushrooms/woodland creatures. You can see my row in my flickr set and Kims quilt WIP here.

So hopefully you haven't all forgotten me? I miss blogging and seeing what you all have been up to! Thank you for the emails, I love hearing from you :)

I started a new job...

...and I have been sooooooo tired!
These flowers were on my desk on my first day, isn't that nice?! My first day, by the way, was March 1st. That's the main reason I have been away from blogland.

Now I am back to normal -whatever that is- and I am not ridiculously tired all the time anymore.

I haven't done a lot of sewing lately, so I am also behind sewing for my bees :( Sorry!!
I have been working on a row for the fabulous Kim, she wished for aqua and red/gnomes, shrooms and woodland creatures

This is a little ladybug....

....and some shrooms. I also have a hedgehog and a caterpillar in the works, but they are not ready for photos yet :) That'll have to wait for my next post!

I have made two of these little bags...I have put buttons in the bottom corners, so they can hang in a row. They are for holding keys, cell phones, wallets and whatever else Charles and I usually leave in a pile on the kitchen counter :)

Much neater this way.

I hope you are having a happy Easter, and I will be by to visit soon!

A week off ;)

The kids and I have just spent a week at my parents house :) Aaaah! It's been fun, and I have really appreciated seeing them enjoy spending time with their grandparents!

Also, it has given me some extra free time! I spent some of that getting some sewing done. I have had this box bag on my list for ages..
Little A is getting older, and it's really not neccessary to drag a diaper bag everywhere we go. So I made this little bag to hold a few diapers, wipes, and a small changing pad. I love the orange zipper!
I also managed to finish these blocks for Aneela in the Euro Bee. These were fun to make. Maybe I should consider making myself one of these quilts??
The scarf I started back in January is finished, just in time to give it to my Dad for his birthday :)
And I started a new knitting project! This hat for Charles is already finished - I'll have pictures soon - and I started another one like it for A!
It's cold and we have a lot of snow, so woollen hats are really useful :)
I'll make one for Miss V too, but I need some purple wool....yay, shopping!!!