Friendship Basket quilt

Tada - another finish !

The Friendship Basket quilt from Leanne's class in Trysil is done :-)

My basket is filled with friends, laughter and good memories.

The sayings around the edges was May Britt's idea, and all but the bottom one is her prep work before class. I changed the bottom one after I came home.
Leanne generously wrote the saying for us, on paper, so we could write them in her hand writing on our quilts.

I will hang this small quilt on the wall in my hall, to greet me every day.

I didn't mention that the hand quilting is done with Perle Cotton, did I ? A different experience indeed.
It has it's good sides and not so good sides.
I will do it again - promise!

All good things

All good things comes to an end, and lucky me have had lovely days filled with applique, stitchery, laughter, new and old friends, good food, good wine, a lot of chatter, smiles, smiles and smiles.

May Britt is a wonderful host, we really enjoyed having these days together. We have decided to redo our get-together again in the future - that will be very nice!

Leanne is a dream to be with - as if you do not know - a well of knowledge and inspiration.
Thank you Leanne, for being who you are, for sharing, for your creativity and making people feel special.

You left more than one footprint in my heart! Thank you!

The lovely label will be treasured and absolutely go on the back of my Leanne's House quilt.

My plan is to keep the needle busy stitching my quilt so I am ready to start Sommerfuglhagen - Butterfly Garden - in December when it is released.

Leanne knows how to say Sommerfugl, the Norwegian word for Butterfly - directly translated to Summer bird :-) Hagen = Garden.

Also a special thanks to Siw and Bente for making this dream come through!

I have some more photos to share tomorrow.

Another lovely day

A lovely day have been had by us in Elverum, at May Britt's.

I have spent time in one of my 3 favourite quilt shops, Lille Stasjon (Little Station), picking fabrics for the border of my Leanne's House.
Since I bought most of the fabrics for the quilt there too, it was not difficult to match.
3 times 12", full width, was the catch, to make into a simple divided border.

A good friend of May Britt's came for dinner, and after, we attended the local quilt guild meeting. I gave a short inspiration speech on making quilts for children with long term diseases.
I was asked today, so I had not brought any quilts, but as the guild plan a sew-together in the future I plan to attend if I can :-)

We have enjoyed some quiet hours after the meeting, with wine in glasses, some hand applique and a lot of chatting.

Tomorrow we are going back to Trysil to attend another class with Leanne and see her trunk show again.
Dinner is already prepped - lasagna day 2 + wine - perfect quilter's dinner :-)

Now it is time for bed, and tomorrow is another lovely day !

The photo is from May Britt's living room wall, by cell phone. Isn't it a gorgeous quilt ? Block size 4".

On the road

Your very own travelling stitcher is on the road in a minute, heading for Trysil - and - Leanne, May Britt, Laila, Anne Heidi, Bente, Irene, Siw and all the other lovely quilters and stitchers, known and unknown.

I am counting my blessings - stitchery, friends, travelling again, inspiration - Life Is Good !

Take care and be good while I am gone. I will try to do some on the reporting from Trysil by cell phone.

A smile says it all

With permission from May Britt I just had to have this photo on my blog as well.

I hope Leanne enjoys her stay in Trondheim today!

We are looking forward to meet you again very soon :-)

You stitched a footprint in my heart

Leanne - you stitched a footprint in my heart, with your lovely appearance and abundant generousity!

I forgot my good camera at home, and could only use my mobile phone camera, but I hope these photos will give you all a glimpse of our afternoon at Leanne's trunk show in Asker, outside Oslo in Norway.
8 hours out of Leannes normal timezone in Australia, on the other side of the world.

This is a glimpse of Leanne's new quilt Butterfly Garden:

The wisest saying in the world, from Ruth's quilt, in Living the Dream book:


The Friendship Basket quilt - the class quilt for upcoming Wednesday. I have been talked into attending that class too, by May Britt.
It was not hard to convince me to spend another day in Elverum and Trysil, right, May Britt ? Jumping up and down with anticipation here :-)

This quilt is from Romancing the Roadtrip book -
hmm, hmm - another quilt on my to do list, in my colours ??
Time will tell :-)