Up walking....

so Im better thank you!!!

Have been home all week.. not being able to sew anything..

strange feeling... :o)

But have been organizing things in the sewing room..

which was pretty much needed...

It looked like a bomb was dropped after

my packing to Norway and my homecoming!!!

SIGH!!!

What do my kids learn about this behavior!!! lol..

Dont do like your mother!!! :o)

Ok..

Finally have everything packed up...

and this is what I bought...

Gails new fantastic book...

oh..lots of things are going to be made from this one!!!

Love baskets!!!

Have lots of them ..filled with sewing related things..

all over the house...

A new scissor.. and I found a pink one.. says its for paper..

but works perfectly in fabric..  I tried..lol..

Some new applique needles...

that they say are the best!!!

And new lovely fabric to play with!!!!

I think it says Stina on every one of them..lol...

Got my blocks made from the class up on the

design wall yesterday...

Hopefully I can manage to cut out some squares

for the  pinwheels today...

Will take a photo later... :o)

Earlier this week I got mail from USA..

from Lynda 

at Primitive Pieces by Lynda..

and she was so kind to send out her new pattern

"Mockingbirds"

to every one that had commented on a post of hers

about Mocking birds...

and well I didn't know a thing... :o)

but got one anyway!!!

THANK YOU LYNDA!!

and it´s signed... :o)

She has so wonderful patterns and I love them all..

she has some new ones that I think I have to buy!!! :o)

Have some of her patterns

in my collection of patterns... ;o)

and I hope to get them sewed one of these days!!!

Things have gone back to normal here...

All the fun from the class I have saved in my heart..

and will keep me smiling all winter...

Thanks again all !!!

Hope Gail and Leanne had a safe trip home!!

See you later and have a fun weekend!!

Heading home...

ohhh... Last day ...and end of class...

Thankyou to Siw at Quiltegården 

for arranging the class, having the wonderful shop to be inspired in

and THANKYOU to the wonderful , creative and fun teachers...

....Leanne Beasley and Gail Pan....

Well I didn't do so much the last day either...

but I webbed all my 12 blocks..decided not to

needleturn mine... but with reflection...

they might have been finished by now...

thinking of the long way home in the car...and lunch hours..

Here are some of the things made from the two days...

Ohh.. we had fun girls...hadn´t we????

SOOOO....WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE THE NEXT ONE?????

The class!!!

The bloggers....

At the back (left to right)

Laila, Gro, and Gail

Middle row

Heidi, Laila, Sølvi and Oddbjørg

In front

Stina, Marica, Merete, Anne Heidi, Leanne, Tine and Berit

Thanks girls for a fantastic weekend!!!!

A fantastic adventure and filled with a lot of VITAMIN Q

we headed home to Sweden..

first stop in Östersund...slept over...

In the morning we took some last photos and

played a little in Louise sewingroom

(we found lots of wonderful little blocks laying around...lol)

setting up a new challenge between us...

Louise, Marica and Me...

...making small blocks and exchange them...

this will be so much fun!!!

After that we took our machines to the Sewing machine Doc...

Maricas machine became "rigid operated"

(screen light in just one option)

but OK...:o)

And mine a little adjusted...

and hopefully a happier machine!!

And then we sat our goal..to HOME!!

After 10 miles.. we needed a break.. Ok I did..

bought ice cream...

YUMMY...

Temptation it was...

But who knew we were heading for snow just 20 miles later

Yikkees!!!! Brrrrrr...

Came to Marica at evening...

Thanks to you Marica for driving all the way

a total of circa 145 swedish miles...

Crazy ..but oh so much fun...

Slept over and took bus home ...

and that was nice too..having been

 a "little" missed..:o)

The not so fun part was all the plumbing I had to do...

dishwasher didn't work..

and guess what.. he saved that for me...:o(

But after two days.. fiddling with it.. it worked!!!

SMILES!!!!

Have I packed up yet then...

NO..

Had hope for yesterday.. and yesterday for today..and this morning I hardly got out of bed... Lumbago!!! :o(

So today everything goes VERY slowly!!!

But I will pack up!!!

Need to see what I bought!!! :o)

Can you put up with another post about my trip....

Hope so...:o)

I do it anyway...

Such sweet memories!!  ;o)

Still have lots of photos from the shop

Quiltegården

Do you think I was in real trouble getting here...???

Im just sorry that Norway is an expensive country to shop in...

Otherwise it might have been a lot more shopping..:o)

Think I dived in to the repro fabrics...hmmm

It will be a surprise..

Still haven't packed up my treasures from Norway...

Today it will happen...

Oh I long..:o)

almost like shopping..lol...

Temptations all over....

Think I show pictures of some nice people

 I met instead...

Take a look at Sølvis box with DMC..

Just like candy!!! :o)

Fun to get a face to some bloggers..

So I caught you on picture Oddbjørg.... :o)

Marianne is going to have a lovely version of

Gails  Laila´s Garden...

nice browns, pink and greens....

My IDOL photos.... :o)

I said to my son when I got home and had posted my pictures

 on the header... of me and Leanne and Gail..

that this was meeting was as if he had met Rafael Nadal!!!

-NAH!!! he said... :o)

-Yes I said...

Still think "Rafa" had been better ...he said..lol...

More pictures from the shop....

Just lovely!!! :o)

still have some more pictures...

will post later..

and ohhhh....

this was sent to me late last night..

it seems like it has been on TV in Norway...

So take a look..

and pheew..Im glad I was cut out of the pictures..lol...

Ok..Ready for more....

Where was I???

Sunday...

and last day at class

Time flies ..when you have fun!!! :o)

After a lovely Breakfast... :o)

Class began again...

New projects for us to sew...

I continued with the one I started on Saturday

Gails

"Lailas Garden"

surprise...

I did mine in pink...brown and green...;o)

Pictures from what Leanne had with her to show us...

I so love her work...

and the colours she works with...

Gail had projects from her new book

with her...

"Baskets in Bloom"

Yes.. I bought it..and I love it... :o)

(The Santas isn't in the book)

Some of us worked more than others ( me..;o)

Louise worked on Laila´s Garden..and used lovely colours...

with Kaffe Fasset fabrics...

Laila started with Leannes stitchery..

Anne Heidi... worked with Mary Engelbreit fabrics...

it will be gorgeous....

Lailas version will be a soft blue one with  Japanese fabrics...

You just have to love the diversity in colours...

every one will be fantastic...
And Karin she stitched and appliqued!!!

And talking about fantastic...

The shop is absolutely  IT!!!

Do you think I found something to shop???

Everything was so nice displayed...

and the models were so so pretty!!!

Ok... think you have watched enough for tonight...

Will be back tomorrow with more pictures...

So see you later...:o)

Jumping back in time...

Ok...

pretend its Friday evening...and we just arrived to Trondheim...

Packed out our things at Quiltegården...

and then I hear..

-Stina....!!!

And guess who...

Gail and Leanne recognized me..

that was a sweet moment...

getting hugs from my favorite designers...

I love you!!!! :o)

Back to the hotel... checking in....

and off to Leanne Beasley´s and Gail Pan´s lecture

and Show and Tell !!!

Well.. all I can say these two ladies..

are the most fun and inspiring people I have met!!!

So happy to have met them and having a class with them...

So many quilts were shown and Leannes and Gails quilts

 were displayed all over the shop ( will show more of them later)

So just enjoy!!!

Ohhh... Sølvis hexagons were beautiful...

and TINY!!!!

I loved the Japanese fabric Log Cabin quilt...

and the green version of a Leanne B quilt....

Anne Heidi had used photographs in her lovely quilt...

and Louise showed her scrappy homespun quilt!!!

Gail and Leanne showed and laughed and

made us feel very special...

and more wonderful quilts were shown...

A Kittens Tale, Butterfly Garden to mention...

A lot of inspiration...

Saturday evening I just had to go and see little

 of the town of Trondheim....

Just the thought of knowing many of my ancestors from the Viking era

had walked around there..tickled my mind...:o)

Loved the street signs... with all the viking names...

A statue of Olaf Tryggvason stood at the Centrum square

and Olaf the Saint was buried where the Nidaros Cathedral  were built...

maybe that was why I felt so at home with the Norweigans and Trondheim..lol...

Ok are you still with me...

more pictures will come...:o)

More from Norway....

Oh my...

still smiling when I think of my days in Norway....

So much fun!!!

But first... the Hell part...

Just follow this link and you get what I mean...

We passed this place... :o)

Now on to the heavenly days...

Back to the hotel.. after shopping some bread, camembert...

and sharing a glass of wine we went happy to bed ....

Eagerly waiting for the morning... :o)

This was on our tables when we arrived Saturday morning...

our patterns for the weeked and a nice surprise

from Siw at Quiltegården...

After chatting and chatting ....

Leanne and Gail wanted to make them selves heard...:o)

Introducing the projects for the weekend

Some more chatting and deciding what to start on....

then the total surprise was told by Siw at Quiltegården....

TV was coming... :o)

Do you think we became nervous...

OH YES....

They needed some brave ones outside

( we who lived longest from Trondheim... :o)

pretending we just arrived to the class...

Laila at Jacobs quilt captured us from the window..

where everybody watched us perform...

What a laugh!!!! :o)

What do you say Merete...

were you nervous giving the interview???

Pheeww...

What a start of the day...

and they stayed all day filming...lol...

Some pictures from the day...

It was so fun to meet all the bloggers...

and others too..

Did I make something then...

Couldn´t think... after the nervous attack from being

confronted with a camera...

so as usual...  I talk.. and shopped...

and I did start ..but on tomorrows project...

So see you later for that!!!

The trip continues...

While I´m waiting for pictures from Friends....

I decided to show Louise quilts...

Hope she will forgive me...

Please.... :o)

Some finished..and some in progress...

The one in the lower right corner

I made for her ??th birthday ;0)

Promise you..

She has an amazing home!!!

Some gifts made by me

(not the heart)

and beautifully displayed by her..

Hope you liked the little mini tour to Louise

 warm and welcoming home!

Back soon with more pictures!!!

I´ve been to "Heaven and Hell"...

What a trip I have had!!!!

I haven´t had this fun in YEARS!!!!

Thankyou ALL GIRLS... 
that have made my weekend so special!!!!

( I love Louise sign...:o))

Well I´m going to start from the beginning with the header picture...

Anticipation....

Bus trip for 8 swedish miles to Marica...

She picked me up at the bus station in Skellefteå...

and our road trip continued by car for 47 swedish miles to Östersund and Louise...

who wasn't at home when we arrived ...

she was on Crete... ??? !!! :o)

Her Dear Husband welcomed us...

(We took a photo tour in the house... will show later her 

quilts for Autumn)

When we came to our room...

this lovely little basket waited for us

Homemade Apple Purée...

Mary Engelbreit soap and magnet...

Heart made of Flax flower and hand cream..

Thankyou Louise for your thoughtfulness!!!

Early night for us and more anticipation...

and now it have started...

Friday  morning....first wait for Louise to land ...
and after that...

Norway and Trondheim!!!

More pictures tomorrow...have to hit the bed!!!!

See you!!!