Summer vacation :)

Look what I got in the mail!!! A total surprise from the creative chicks :) A super useful library bag, a beautiful apron and a big pile of gorgeous scraps!!! Thank you! Thank you so much :D

Among the scraps are some Disney Princess squares, they will be perfect for Violas quilt, however, I just had to use one right away, and I put it into Beths purple 8two8 block.

I haven't done a lot of sewing, I have spent a lot of time adjusting to working vs studying. I have managed to sew my contribution to Amandas SewConnected2 quilt. A wonky pinwheel:

I like the fabrics she chose so much, and the embroideries are so cute :)

So...instead of in front of my sewing machine, this is where I spend my days:

at the office! I am enjoying my job, I definately prefer working to studying!

I have the next 2 weeks off, the kids have their summer vacation too, so we are going to my parents' house for a while. Summer is just a little more fun when you have a lawn to play on!

YAY! I still know how to sew!

...or atleast, I can still sew like before :) I have finished my pink and orange 8two8 quilttop! I find it so intimidating to make a quilttop using the beautiful blocks made for me by my friends....but leaving them a UFO would be worse than messing them up....maybe!
Anyway, I added the strips of fabric in between the blocks to make the quilt a bit bigger, I didn't want regular sashing, I was afraid it would take away from the blocks. I love each and every one of these blocks...this quilt will be treasured! -if I ever dare quilt it, that is :)

I made a block for Beth for 8two8...I am a bit behind, I am making her a green and a purple block. So far all I have is the green block ;)

I have also made a simple quilt for the kids. They need something to keep them warm in the bike. So when Charles saw Barbapapa curtains, he bought them for the fabric....a sweetie with an eye for fabric! What more can I ask for?!

I quilted rows of hearts on this, they don't show up so well here, but look at this photo on Flickr, and you should be able to see them.
Viola chose the backing fabric, a vintage sheet I had in my stash. The girl has good taste, if you ask me....

The binding came from stash, and the batting is actually a fleece-blanket from IKEA ;)

I am planning to take you to my new job soon...yep, I am now employed. No more full-time studies for me for a while (dare I say never again?!). I feel very blessed, lucky and happy!!

8two8 March and April

These are blocks I made for Tia for the 8two8 group. Tia wanted liberated stars, 4 to a 15" block -which proved quite a challenge :) But we all managed, and Tia has already put the quilttop together. She's such a fast quilter!!

Next up was Lisa, and she asked for any pattern, in black and white.

I have nevet worked with black and white before, so it was fun to try :) I am very happy she likes these.

I have 7 days left to finish my paper, and it looks like it'll be fine. I am very impatient, and cannot wait to get back to my sewing machine. I wonder if I can remember how to use it??

Welcome to the kids' new room!

Ohhh...this used to be my bedroom, but Violas room was just too small for both kids, so something had to be done :) Viols has been asking for bunkbeds for awhile...she really wants to tell her friends, that she sleeps in the top bunk.

But...let's go in. That huge white thing there is a closet. Gigantic, but we need the storage :) I put some stickers on it to make it a little more appealing to the kids.
Beneath the bed are some drawers one with LEGOs and one with FlexiTrax (Asks new favourite toy!)
This dresser holds their sheets....and the big white thing is Asks changing table, it opens up, and it has little shelves to hold wipes and diapers and stuff. Handy when you have a bathroom that's smaller than your bed -which is what we have. Lol! Again the stickers are there to help me not feel so bad about this taking up room in here ;)
This is also new. The red and blue buckets hold everything from Little People to trainsets. Very easy for the kids to get to their toys, and really easy to put everything away..
The black round thing behind it is a gigantig swing :)

This is their new window. They spend a lot of time looking out at the cars in the tiny parking lot next door! The mattresses are not supposed to be there, they are from the old beds. But I am hanging on to them for a while. Putting them at the bottomof the bed every night...just in case someone should fall out of bed :/


...oh, and I have 21 days of crazy stress left, and then my paper will (hopefully) be all done!

Thank you Anne!!!

My friend Anne is sooooo generous! Look at these beautiful Easter baskets she sent for my children!! Needless to say, Viola and Ask were excited! A blue one for Ask and a pink one for Viola :)
Stuffed full of goodies, candy, a moomin scarf for each of them and felted eggs! They were running around ecstatically. LOL.

I have been so busy lately, that I have had a really hard time making Easter special for the kids...but Anne really saved the day! Here are their baskets all the goodies and the moomin scarves.
And Anne had packed some treats for me as well! Look at these stunning fabrics. The pirates will be perfect for the pirate quilt I hvae planned for Ask, and the birds..........ooooooh the birds!
That is such a stunning print, I can't even begin to tell you how much I adore it.

And last -but not least- there was this really really sweet figurine in the package too..
She is such a treasure!

I love everything, Thank you so much Anne!! You are truly amazing :)

Pay It Forward from Jackie

When I came back from my parents house, there was a package waiting for me at our post office.... And it was my package from Jackie!!!
I was so excited I could hardly wait until I came back home to open it :)

And.....it is AMAZING!! Jackie sent me a wonderful quilt! It is so beautiful, I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love it!
She also sent me some great green fabric, yellow giant ric-rac, a glass-pin and....um...some chocolate, but that's gone already :(

The quilting is an awesome paisley and flowers pattern, it is so full of detail, I have tried to get some shots of it here, but I am afraid my camera is not really doing it justice.... Here's part of the back of the quilt, she pieced the back -it's so beautiful!

This is the front of my new favourite quilt, there are some great fabrics in here! And look at the colors, so fresh and summer-y.

Thank you so much Jackie! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

If you would like to sign up to receive a handmade gift from me within a year, let me know in the comments :) And let me assure you, even if I am not a very frequent blogger these days, I am definately not gone. I have a HUGE paper to hand in May 29th (ack! that's pretty soon), and after that, I'll be back to normal :)

Anyway, back to the PIF...if you want to play, let me know. I'll have a year to send you a special handmade present, you will then blog about the PIF and have 3 people sign up :)

so....come on....sign up!!

I'm still here!! And I miss you!

Thank you so much for your emails and your comments!
I am okay, just WAY too busy! I am finishing my BA in Library and Information Science this summer, and I have started working :)
Good things, but lots of work. I have managed to sew a little on Asks quilt, mostly because LauraJay sent me this awesome pile of scraps!! Thank you so so much LauraJay :)

My February block for SewConnected 2 is a spiderweb. Katy sent us Liberty fabrics and linnen to work with. I really enjoyed sewing this block for her :)

It is still winter here in Denmark, we don't have all the snow some of you guys have, but it's cold and I am beginning to long for spring......but don't we all (except of course those of you who are moving into fall!)

I am thinking of maybe just uploading a couple of pictures every so often, that way I won't be all gone :D I do miss you all very very much, and I hope to be able to visit your blogs soon!