Today it's my day as a guest writer at Jane's blog. Pop over and take a look. :-)
http://janesfabrics.blogspot.se/
Have a nice day. :-)
http://janesfabrics.blogspot.se/
Have a nice day. :-)
mandag, oktober 14, 2013
onsdag, oktober 02, 2013
60's bloghop, MY day... :-)
When this blog hop was announced by mdm Samm I joined right away.
The batik I had purchased long time ago, without any plan for the end use. ( as often is the case, or??) So I thought, no problem at all.....
Then I started to think.
60's ...........
What did my 60's look like?
Well, it was Elvis, Tommy Steel, Bob Dylan, Beatles, sailing boats and Jazz. JAZZ !! That's it.
In my hometown Molde, a couple of young men from Storyville Jazz Club started to think BIG! They would like to arrange a Jazz festival, an International Jazz Fesitval!! In little Molde, a small village on the coast of Norway, in the middle of close to nowhere..!
We did not have an airport, and no railroad. The closest airport was in Alesund, and that was on the other side of the fjord, with a ferry, and some extra miles to drive, and the roads was not a highway.
But sometimes miracles happens....
In 1961 they got a festival for the first time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldejazz
Take a look. The artist gallery is just amazing.
Remember Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Witherspoon, Keith Jarrett, Ben Webster and so and so on??
The list is endless. From the later years we had Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Chick Corea, and
Carla Bley, just to point out some artists.
.
The Street Parade ( this picture is from 2010) is one of the big events for everyone. Marching in the main street, and a lot of the artists participating, walk along, and play.
They also attracted a lot of pop artists as Bob Dylan, Sting, Van Morríson, Leonard Cohen and Eric Clapton.
And remember, this is still a small village with ca. 25000 inhabitants on the west cost of Norway.
Think then a young girl like me, ( born in 1949) walking into town, and listening to a concert with Dexter Gordon??!!
The BIG world had come to Molde!
So, I had a plan.
I got some embroidery thread from Jane ( se the side of my blog) witch I should use for a challenge on her blog. This I used for the pictures on the front of my pillow ( that means I had to make some new ones for her challenge... but I had more thread left, so no problem... )
On the back side, the JAZZ and the music got all the attention... :-)
So, Thank You Mdm Samm from Sew We Quilt and Mary from I Piece 2-Mary for arranging this blog hop: It took me back to the 60's and a lot of hidden memories . :-)
And the result looks like this:
The embroidery on black fabric. I made all the patterns to fit my small blocks.
I tried to get the sense of the time, with love, flowers and peace.
The pillow sewn with batik. I love the way it turned out. :-)
And don't forget to visit my fellow bloggers today.
Hill Valley Quilter
The batik I had purchased long time ago, without any plan for the end use. ( as often is the case, or??) So I thought, no problem at all.....
Then I started to think.
60's ...........
What did my 60's look like?
Well, it was Elvis, Tommy Steel, Bob Dylan, Beatles, sailing boats and Jazz. JAZZ !! That's it.
In my hometown Molde, a couple of young men from Storyville Jazz Club started to think BIG! They would like to arrange a Jazz festival, an International Jazz Fesitval!! In little Molde, a small village on the coast of Norway, in the middle of close to nowhere..!
We did not have an airport, and no railroad. The closest airport was in Alesund, and that was on the other side of the fjord, with a ferry, and some extra miles to drive, and the roads was not a highway.
But sometimes miracles happens....
In 1961 they got a festival for the first time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldejazz
Take a look. The artist gallery is just amazing.
Remember Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Witherspoon, Keith Jarrett, Ben Webster and so and so on??
The list is endless. From the later years we had Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Chick Corea, and
Carla Bley, just to point out some artists.
.
The Street Parade ( this picture is from 2010) is one of the big events for everyone. Marching in the main street, and a lot of the artists participating, walk along, and play.
They also attracted a lot of pop artists as Bob Dylan, Sting, Van Morríson, Leonard Cohen and Eric Clapton.
And remember, this is still a small village with ca. 25000 inhabitants on the west cost of Norway.
Think then a young girl like me, ( born in 1949) walking into town, and listening to a concert with Dexter Gordon??!!
The BIG world had come to Molde!
So, I had a plan.
I got some embroidery thread from Jane ( se the side of my blog) witch I should use for a challenge on her blog. This I used for the pictures on the front of my pillow ( that means I had to make some new ones for her challenge... but I had more thread left, so no problem... )
On the back side, the JAZZ and the music got all the attention... :-)
So, Thank You Mdm Samm from Sew We Quilt and Mary from I Piece 2-Mary for arranging this blog hop: It took me back to the 60's and a lot of hidden memories . :-)
And the result looks like this:
The embroidery on black fabric. I made all the patterns to fit my small blocks.
I tried to get the sense of the time, with love, flowers and peace.
The pillow sewn with batik. I love the way it turned out. :-)
And don't forget to visit my fellow bloggers today.
Hill Valley Quilter
InGa (Me)
Enjoy the blog hop. :-)
mandag, september 30, 2013
Hasenbach Challenge, last day of the month :-)
Today it's the last day of the month, again.
I can't understand where all the 30 days went....
We have been away for a week, and I will show you later where we went. I can tell you we drove on the left hand side of the road, and that there were a lot of whisky distilleries, :-)
Anyway, I have done a lot of sewing as well. On Thursday I will present one item I made, all I can tell you is that's about the 60is.... and batik. That was a lot of fun...... Don't miss that post...!!!
And I have been knitting socks, and done a lot of embroidery..... >>>>
and been for 1 whole day at a Hockey arena in Trelleborg, watching one of the grandchildren playing a tournament. His team won the cup, and that was great fun as well. :-)
AND THEN I made just some small blocks of PP. The time did not allow any more, but there will be more end October. OK?
Hope you are not disappointed. PP is more fun the I expected, but it takes time.
So this is my only achievement this month:
Have a nice day, and enjoy the other participants in this challenge as well.
You find the link with picture on the side of the blog. Can't miss it. :-)
I can't understand where all the 30 days went....
We have been away for a week, and I will show you later where we went. I can tell you we drove on the left hand side of the road, and that there were a lot of whisky distilleries, :-)
Anyway, I have done a lot of sewing as well. On Thursday I will present one item I made, all I can tell you is that's about the 60is.... and batik. That was a lot of fun...... Don't miss that post...!!!
And I have been knitting socks, and done a lot of embroidery..... >>>>
and been for 1 whole day at a Hockey arena in Trelleborg, watching one of the grandchildren playing a tournament. His team won the cup, and that was great fun as well. :-)
AND THEN I made just some small blocks of PP. The time did not allow any more, but there will be more end October. OK?
Hope you are not disappointed. PP is more fun the I expected, but it takes time.
So this is my only achievement this month:
Have a nice day, and enjoy the other participants in this challenge as well.
You find the link with picture on the side of the blog. Can't miss it. :-)
tirsdag, september 24, 2013
Bloghop, Let's twist to the 60"s :-) starts today !!
Hello....
Today starts this wonderful blog hop, with motives from the 60's.
I don't have my day today, but on the 3rd. of October. :-), so don't forget to take a look later.
This is the new schedule, and please visit the other creative ladies.
I bet you will find some very beautiful things.....
Today starts this wonderful blog hop, with motives from the 60's.
I don't have my day today, but on the 3rd. of October. :-), so don't forget to take a look later.
This is the new schedule, and please visit the other creative ladies.
I bet you will find some very beautiful things.....
September 25
September 26
September 27
September 30
October 1
October 2
October 3
October 4
Have a great day, and take care.
See you.
tirsdag, september 10, 2013
9-ruter, I'm sewing Disappearing 9 Patch
Jeg har behov for en quilt til mitt kjökken i Oslo, og der har jeg en furu kjökkensofa.
(Jeg vet, det er ikke inne nå, men jeg har värt for opptatt til å male den hvit, som jeg har lyst å gjöre....)
I alle fall har jeg kjöpt på meg litt ulike stoffer i blått og beige, og nå har jeg skjärt og sydd, og lagt ut på gulvet for å se hvordan layouten ser ut.
Jeg kan bare vise deler her, fordi i midten er det et broderi som skal vises på bloggen til Jane, når det er min dag.
I'm sewing a disappearing 9-patch in blue and beige colors. It's for my kitchen sofa in Oslo. I need a quilt to throw over my shoulders in cold winter days... :-)
Anyway, you will only be able to see part of it now, because I will have a embroidery in the middle, and that is part of the challenge on Jane's blog. http://janesfabrics.blogspot.se/2013/07/for-love-of-hand-embroidery.html
(Jeg vet, det er ikke inne nå, men jeg har värt for opptatt til å male den hvit, som jeg har lyst å gjöre....)
I alle fall har jeg kjöpt på meg litt ulike stoffer i blått og beige, og nå har jeg skjärt og sydd, og lagt ut på gulvet for å se hvordan layouten ser ut.
Jeg kan bare vise deler her, fordi i midten er det et broderi som skal vises på bloggen til Jane, når det er min dag.
I'm sewing a disappearing 9-patch in blue and beige colors. It's for my kitchen sofa in Oslo. I need a quilt to throw over my shoulders in cold winter days... :-)
Anyway, you will only be able to see part of it now, because I will have a embroidery in the middle, and that is part of the challenge on Jane's blog. http://janesfabrics.blogspot.se/2013/07/for-love-of-hand-embroidery.html
Lay out of the blocks in 2 different ways.
I've used the last one, and it's laid out on my floor.
I will look at it for a day or 2 before I sew it together, if I decide to change anything..
Have a nice day.
:-)
fredag, august 30, 2013
Hasenbach Challenge 2013
The last day of August is here, and it's time to publish what we have managed this month.
I joined this challenge very late, in August as a fact, but I made 2 blocks. :-)
The snow-covered house, and the Birdfeeder.
I have to say that I made a mistake with the Birdfeeder, and discovered it too late.
One of the pieces had a wrong color on the pattern, and I did not check out the picture of the block before I sewed it..... :-(
I will not rip it, so I need to come up with a good idea to cover it up later.....
The House:
and the Birdfeeder:
Both blocks are 8x8 inch.
I will also add some applications of flowerpots and so on later.
Visit this blog and you will se the others also participating in this challenge. :-)
http://cattinkakw.blogspot.se/
I wish you all a creative and pleasant weekend, and hope you are busy with the Challenge.
Until the next time...
regards Ingrid
I joined this challenge very late, in August as a fact, but I made 2 blocks. :-)
The snow-covered house, and the Birdfeeder.
I have to say that I made a mistake with the Birdfeeder, and discovered it too late.
One of the pieces had a wrong color on the pattern, and I did not check out the picture of the block before I sewed it..... :-(
I will not rip it, so I need to come up with a good idea to cover it up later.....
The House:
and the Birdfeeder:
Both blocks are 8x8 inch.
I will also add some applications of flowerpots and so on later.
Visit this blog and you will se the others also participating in this challenge. :-)
http://cattinkakw.blogspot.se/
I wish you all a creative and pleasant weekend, and hope you are busy with the Challenge.
Until the next time...
regards Ingrid
tirsdag, august 27, 2013
Paper piecing or socks??
Paper piecing?
It helps to be a little tiny bit mad....
Or what do you say about this block??
I started yesterday, and it's a looong way to go. Hopefully I will have a finished block to show you on the 31st...... :-)
When making the Block of the M with http://www.oresundsquiltarna.se/, I avoided the PP blocks, they looked just too much. And then I go ahead and join this PP challenge in the Blogworld !! I must be a little bit mad, I think....
Just look at my right hand side of the blog, on the Hasenbach Challenge 2013.
Or, ( if I use my brain) I could use the time to knit more socks.....
I have 3 grandchildren in Norway, and I would like to surprise them with a pare the next time I'm visiting. It's sure much more practical, but who would be that all the time??
I say, be a little bit mad, You only have one life ( as fare as I know)
Pink/cerise socks with white stripes. When wearing they could be pushed down so only the pink will show, and the tiny stripe of mixed colors on the top.
Knitted with double yarn, 1 thread cotton and one alpaca.
Soft and warm.
Have a nice day. :-)
It helps to be a little tiny bit mad....
Or what do you say about this block??
I started yesterday, and it's a looong way to go. Hopefully I will have a finished block to show you on the 31st...... :-)
When making the Block of the M with http://www.oresundsquiltarna.se/, I avoided the PP blocks, they looked just too much. And then I go ahead and join this PP challenge in the Blogworld !! I must be a little bit mad, I think....
Just look at my right hand side of the blog, on the Hasenbach Challenge 2013.
Or, ( if I use my brain) I could use the time to knit more socks.....
I have 3 grandchildren in Norway, and I would like to surprise them with a pare the next time I'm visiting. It's sure much more practical, but who would be that all the time??
I say, be a little bit mad, You only have one life ( as fare as I know)
Pink/cerise socks with white stripes. When wearing they could be pushed down so only the pink will show, and the tiny stripe of mixed colors on the top.
Knitted with double yarn, 1 thread cotton and one alpaca.
Soft and warm.
Have a nice day. :-)
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