The postman/woman have been busy

Another week has passed

Half november is almost gone

it´s dark and rainy outside

but indoors it´s warm and cozy.

Last Saturday it was time for

Quiltkramarna to have our monthly meeting

On Sunday.............

it was time to celebrate Dad

on Father´s day.

All the children were home

Perfect day with lot of cakes

.............sorry no picture

We ate it all up before I remember to take some pictures

Our son Joachim

The youngest daughter Jennie and her BF Patrik



and here is our oldest daughter Johanna with her BF Daniel

I decided to take a picture every Monday

from the same spot in our garden

to see how it changes during the year

so here is the first one
the first snow this winter

My sewing buddy Honken

he is 10 years old

and a fan of my quilt with a fleeceback

The postman manage to squeeze down this parcel

from Arlene in Australia,

on Tuesday

I hardly manage to get it out of the mailbox

And inside it looked like this

a cute snow-bear

It´s containing 25 Advent Swap parcels

I have to wait until 1st of December to open the first one

It´s tough but..................

Wednesday

A new Fat Quarter arrived

with a lot of "to do" projects

This is the only swedish quiltmagazine

I did my homework on Thursday

meening.....

my japanese handbag is almost finished

I just have to figure out how I want to have the handles

but it have to wait until 1st of december when the next meeting is

the same day I got a new exciting envelope

this time from Quiltbiten

this one contained

2 new patterns,

this time from Lizzan.

You can´t have to many can you? :)))

I wonder what the postman thinks

Friday did a new parcel arrived this time from Jane in USA

My blocks from the Disappearing 9-path swap

100 of them

looking forward to put them together

but how???

I don´t know yet

Thank you all who joined this swap

and

a big THANKS to Jane who organized it
Jane I´m waiting for the next swap 2010!!! :)))

Getting closer to Christmas

it´s time for this

I love having glögg with almond no raisin

and som gingerbread with blue cheese

Hugs..............................Ankie

A little peek

- of what I´m doing

This is the fabric that I´ve chosen for my japanese bag

2:nd meeting is next Tuesday

...............have to do my homework soon

let´s hope for the weekend

but I have a meeting with my quiltgroup Saturday and in the evening

it´s PARTYTIME

Then on Sunday it´s Father´s day

Here comes a picture of my first Christmas project

you will se more of it when it´s finished

I hope :)

Hugs...............................Ankie

Oink,Oink....

No I haven´t got the flu

and I don´t want it

I´m just working 3 more weeks, then I´m off to Quiltcamp at Österby

a whole week,

just sewing and having a lot of fun with old and new friends

so you understand why I had my shot of vaccin today,

I sure don´t wanna risk anything

Hugs......................................Ankie

Try to remember......................

the days of september............... and october

I can´t believe it´s november already

I haven´t had the energy to update my blog

But now I am on to it with loaded battery.

A summary....................

I´ve celebrated my birthday,

it still keeps coming once a year

I got some money...lucky me

which came in handy when I went to Stockholm to visit the Sew-festival

with some friends from my quilting-guild "Quiltkramarna"

I bought a new sewingmachine,

to use when I´m off to different kinds of quiltmeetings

It is much lighter than my other one, but the same brand

But if you think that was all I bought

you are wrong

I came home with some fabrics and some good to have things

those you know all about...or??????????

I have also been at 2 meetings with my guild

I finished my "Rainbow" quilt

(sorry no picture)

and started with some smaller christmas projects,

the photo shows the result of Nina´s christmas mystery

I have been to Quiltbiten once (4 lessons all together)

trying to figure out how to make Japanes bags

we are all making bags of our own choice

I found one in this book

and it looks like this



I joined the swap "A stitchers angel" and
last week I received my package from my secret angel.
It came from Germany and contained such lovely things
and a piece of a tasty chocolatebar





Thank you so much Katrin
and I know that the package I sent to Janet in Canada has arrived

Tomorrow I´m off to the postoffice again
I´m wellknown there.
Posting a package to Arlene, my partner in the "Advent swap"

Oh, I almost forgot!!!
I have also received my blocks in the Halloween swap
thank you all for the gorgeous blocks
(picture is coming)

That´s all folks.......
Now back to one of my favorite shows
Two and a half men





Hugs ............................Ankie