In the last minute......

did I finished my last project

for January

and that was the crazy curve quilt

that I started on last Sunday

I have used parts of the fabric collection Iced Mocha

and I think it turned out quite well

this is gonna have it´s place in my office at work

and here is a close up

then I have to show a picture of my three cats

during brekfasttime

they are so cute, aren´t they?

when I looked out the window

Friday morning-Sunday morning

I saw snow, snow and snow

and here is the result

Sunday morning

"Photo of the week and month" at the same time

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

Busy weekend

I had a lot to do this weekend

it started with a meeting with my

quiltfriends "Quiltkramarna"

I decided to make a wallhanger

for my office at work

since I work at a diary

I looked for a pattern with a cow

and found an AnnaKa pattern

the original is a tablerunner

I finished it today

and here is the picture

A close-up

Then on Sunday I had a class at Quiltbiten

to learn how to sew this

with crazy curve-templates

very funny to make

and much more easy to make than I thought it would

then rest of the weekend did I spent

cleaning out the bathroom downstairs

we gonna start renovating this week

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

UFO-focus

Believe it or not!!!

I have started with one of my 2 UFO´s

or was it 20 of them ?? :)))

the disappering 9-patch swap

here is the first block

I haven´t decided yet how to put the blocks together

but I have an idea that I´m gonna try

Then I have been thinking of what project

I´m gonna sew, when my quilting guild

having a meeting on Saturday

no decision yet

My DH also has a hobby

and here is photo of his Poison dart frogs

I don´t remember the latin name

you can see one grown up and at least 3 young ones

Have you seen Annikas ( on Sammanfaller) great giveaway

I really don´t want to tell you about

because I want to be one of the winners

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

The quilt is finished

Home again

DD 1 invited all of us to a "cookie-party"

to celebrate her 20th Birthday

yummy, yummy..............

some cupcakes with apple

chocolatecake

french choklatetarte

and Pavlova

I don´t think I need any dinner today

or?????

this weeks OPAW

about the same as last week

but today is not as cold

I embroided this

and sewed it on the back of the quilt


and here it is
the finished quilt
was a bit tricky to take a photo
because of the snow
it is 240 x 260cm





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

Friday Night sew in 2

I promised a picture

................. and here it is

my oldest DD´s birthdayquilt

ready to quilt

It´s a pattern from " Tyger och tings " (in english "Fabrics and things") book

"Tyger blir ting" (in english "Fabrics become things")

and I bought a kit from the same store

I made the quilt larger with 1 broad border, to fit a doublebed

This is how it looked Friday night

and today have I done a lot of freehand quilting

now..........

IT`S FINISHED!!! :)

I´m gonna take a new photo tomorrow

when it´s daylight

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

Friday Night Sew-In

Yesterday I tried to update my blog and tell you that I joined

Friday Night sew in

but I have had some troubles again with my blog

I thought this was a fun idea

so during Friday evening I finished the birthdayquilt top

and sandwiched it

photo comes later today

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

Sneakpeak

I have now start piecing DD´s quilt

and here you get a sneakpeak

her birthday is on Tuesday next week

I hope I´ll manage to quilt it this weekend

I think I have not shown you this wonderful embroidery

that I got from Arlene

Here comes the last UFO-photos

I hope !!!!

This one is from FQ and I think it is called Greetings from Sweden

I have 4 blocks left and some embellishing

Here is a signblock swap

organized on Quiltsnack

and as you see this is from

2008!!!!

Debbie Mumms BOM 2009

Natural Wonder

and finally

..............yeeeess

Verandah views

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

The UFO´s continues

The UFO-story continues

There are some BOM´s hiding in my sewingroom

some have I started with some blocks

and other is resting piecefully

1.

The Tail feathers BOM from Cinderberry Stitches

Liz is very nice and keep sending me an envelope each month :)

It´s a kit with pattern and fabric

2.

This is Gingham Girls

that I ordered from Åsa

this is just a pattern BOM

Haven´t started on this one either

3.

The Country Calender BOM

5 blocks done just 7 more to do, hmmm

4.

A Christmas Wish

5 blocks to do

it feels like the UFO is a never ending story, puhh!!!

that means

more photos tomorrow

Now over to something much better

2 photos with gifts from Arlene in the Advent Swap

Nothing to do!!!!
Let´s start a new project
This is gonna be a doublebed quilt
and it´s a gift for my DD1 on her 20th birthday
I agree with Lizzan
it´s someting wrong with the math
I can´t figure out how I can have a daughter this age
while I´m 30 myself !!!!?????
hmmmm.................






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

OPAM, OPAW, UFO,WIM, PIM and OOPS

If you aren´t into quilting

this words must sound like jiddrich

but I´m gonna show some examples what I mean

But I start with a photo of my new co-worker in the sewing room

may I introduce- Tequila

a 9 months old catlady who is everywhere

OPAM you all now as One Project A Month

but in this case

it is

One Photo A Month

This is my own challenge,

I will take a photo once a month from the same spot in my garden

November

Beginning of december

End of december

January

OOPS

one photo to much

Then every weekend I´m gonna try to take a photo

of something interesting
thats the OPAW


Today I thought I have to check out my stash of UFO´s

and onother OOPS

there were some of them

here are the first ones

the rest will show up tomorrow

1.

A quilt that I started on at Quiltcamp nov/dec 2009

the top is finished

The pattern comes from

"Jelly roll quilts" by the Lintott

and is called

Loc Cabin Hidden Stars

2.

My blocks from

the Halloween swap nov 2009

have to be put together

have to think about this one

3.

The disappearing 9-patch swap dec 2009

4.

Bulls Eye-swap on Quiltsnack

this is an oldie

Then I have a lot of PIMs and WIMs

but now I got tired

when finding all my UFOs

Now I´m gonna watch some TV -

an episode of CSI New York

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

Tada I´m back

2010 years first post

I have decided to join Kris and Pegs OPAM 2010.

This have inspired me this week

I have finished 4 projects this week

The first one is a table runner in Christmas fabrics,

there always be a new Christmas

the pattern comes from the Swedish quiltmagazine Fat Quarter

and then

I finished a lapquilt

the blocks come from the "Rainbow swap" that Jane organized.

I thank all ladys that sent me a block

My block is the dark blue star in the second row

then I continued with the Christmas theme

here is a table runner with appliques

I bought the pattern from Tyger och Ting

Quilted with hearts on free-hand

last one for this time

is a blue table runner

it looks like it is weaved but it ain´t

It was real fun to make

I´m already thinking of making one in another colour

blue isn´t my colour

but I think it fits very well

on the table in my hallway

together with Mrs and Mr Snow

Finally I can show you some photos

of the gifts that Arlene sent me for the Advent swap 2009

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