Placemats

 

This is probably the year where I am making a lot of placemats. I found the pattern the Norwegian designer Annaka publised in a Norwegian quilt magasin a few years ago and made this 8 placemats for our cottage up in Hemsedal.

Then I decided to make some for my brother as well. Saturday my husband and I were invited for a supper and to stay over night. So they got 6 of the same. On Sunday morning they were used for the first time when we had our breakfast.

Elisabeth

X-block ruler

 

 

One Friday some weeks ago Sølvi Alfnes challenged us to start using rulers we still hadn’t used. I decided to use my X-block ruler. I watched some videos on YouToube so I knew how to use it. I picked out some maritime fabrics from my stash and started. I was a bit scared but after a while I felt quite comfortable in using it. These placemats were the result of my first attemt.

I was quite happy with them I twisted the blocks and put them together in different ways. Here are four of them.

Elisabeth

My last works

 

The red and white one was started during the Christmas holiday. I found a pattern on the internet and decided to make it. I picked out the fabrics and everything else I needed for sewing this during our holiday. It was easy to make but when I was nearly done I didn’t have a fabric for the frame. Luckily I was helped by a quilting friend in my neighbourhood. So I finished it but didn’t had the curriage to machine quilt it at once. Some weeks ago I got the spirit and it was very quickly done.

 

The first picture showing the start. The next one is showing the finished quilt and the third picture is showing the machine quilting, close up to.

Baby Quilt

 

Two weeks ago my nephew got his first child, a little boy so I decided to make him a quilt after I had asked his mother if she would like to have one. Not every youth likes quilts so I asked before I made this. I used the X-block mini ruler to make this one. I really hope they like it. I have fleece as backing and also stabilized it with a very thin batting. It is machine quilted in a free motions pattern.

More Meshwork

After the class with Brita I wanted to do some more meshwork so I started to find a tiny mat and the materials needed for making tiny meshwork to make a cosmetic purse for my granddaughter.

I made very small band for it and the purse was easy to make. She loves everything violett so it had to be that colour, of course.

Meshwork

This weekend I have participated in a class where we learned Meshwork. It is a braid technique where we braided different panels that can be used for different purposes. The teacher was Brita Rundgren, a very clever and patient woman. At first the technique seemed very simple but as the day went forward it was not as easy as it seemed at first. However, the first panel we made was very simple but that was only a warm up. the next was a bit harder and the third one was difficult. So now I have to do many new attempts trying to really understand how to do it and get it in my fingers.

Here are my panels. I also made a toilet bag for my little granddaughter. Later I will make a small cosmetic purse for her as well.

Tour de Fibre 2012

This morning I realized that Hanne and May Britt had started a challenge for those of us quilters who like to combine the cycling sport and quilting. Since I am in my summer house at the moment and since it has been raining cats and dogs the last days I would like to join.

I have been sewing the last days and my first work was a tabletopper from Kquilt. I made five blocks but now I have to take a break due to lack of fabric. I have an appointment in the town on Tuesday so then I will go home and collect the fabrics needed. However, I did more sewing today. All the leftovers from the tabletopper were cut in 2 1/2” squares. Some tiny strips in yellow were put in between the squares to make the potholders a bit bigger. I have to wait to finish them until I have been home to collect the wadding. I am now hand sewing the binding of my first made potholders which were also leftovers from an earlier project.

This is the project I am hand stitching on at the moment.

The final table runner is this. I liked it very much.