*knockknock*

almost one month since I posted!!!!

How did that happen...

Needed to bury my head for a while... too tired for anything...

all the colds... Mum at emergency another round...

work.. school and THE DARK and THE COLD...

not a good combo for me!!

But emails have been coming in my mail to 

alert me... so 

*knockknock*

Here I am...

Thankyou friends for thinking of me.. 

you all know how you are..

Gold stars to you!!

(Wont reply to old emails.. will start fresh from this post, sorry..

hope you dont mind...:o)

Ok.. what have been happening here...

NOTHING MUCH!!!

I mean it... 

Thank goodness for some lovely mails that have arrived...

so something happens!! 

*smile*

First this arrived...

A lucky win from 

Bari J

 Awesome patterns.... these are just so fresh...

I so love the bags...

Would be nice to have a new bag!!!!

...Thankyou so much Bari...

In the middle of November we had a 

stack n slash weekend at my place....

Schoolwork... Patchwork this month..

and it have been the toughest month of them all...

So far!! 

Dont like my batik fabric... and not the colour...

it doesnt speak to me at all...and I have to use it!!!

SIGH!!

So it aint finished.. should have been..

So it need to be done .. tomorrow!!!

But it was fun to have Camilla around and learn her to play with fabrics!!!

All the other girls were sick or just couldn´t come!

Hope she have done something fun with her blocks!

The same week a surprise package was in my mailbox....

A Thankyou present from Judy at 

...CJ Stitching and Blooms...

for helping her out on how to use Picasa...

Isnt that sweet or what...

ANd I love this cute little cupcake 

pincushion!!!

Love it Judy

Thanks!

And then more started to come in the mail

A brown little package from Lyn 

...at Blue Bird Quilts...

Saved it for Christmas...

Hurried to pack it away.. so I wouldnt open it up before.. 

so I forgot to take a photo!!!

Thanks Lyn!!! 

More happiness came... for the first of Advent....

from Norway two Elves had put together calenders for me...

even if I told them that I couldnt return

 a calender to them this year...

Thankyou 

May Britt and Hanne for your generosity and 

all the positive chatting ...

*smiles to you*

 Had a lovely Sunday opening the packages after have been decorating the house for Christmas all weekend...
( Bless you Son for having the energy and Joy to do it with me!)

Long till tomorrow to open up package number two!!!

Pheew.. that was  a lot from me...

Still here ..

Just tired and will probably not post so much during 

December... but I will be around!!

Signing off with some pictures from my daily walks to work early mornings...

I love to walk through the Old Church town with our Church...

just to feel the atmosphere...

feel the calmness and peace around the place...

Good for the soul!

Hugs to all...

"Life is a Patchwork of Friends"

May update from me...

 Still here...

trying to sew when I have the time...

last week held little time behind the sewing machine 

when Mum was here..

Now she is back at home..  and brother is in charge...

trying to keep her out of work!!

She is doing fine... despite everything...

she will never be able to lift her arm again.. and life feels hard...

Still hope the surgery will do some good!

Well..

what have happened here then...

have had lovely mail from friends...

A couple of weeks ago Mary at Quilt Hollow 

sent me some lovely pink leftovers from her work...

some pretty little pinks...

Ahhh.. this will be some fun to work with...

( havent played with them yet..:o)

Thanks Mary!!!

And I had a date with Mrs Fortuna and won a giveaway  at Ullas Fiber Blog last week...

won fabrics that were like a vitamin injection..;o)

Thanks Ulla... :o)

And this week a surprise came in the mailbox..

it was my swap blocks ...

in my swap with Louise and Marica...

Four baskets were sent from me

and Louise and Marica made four each for me...

And Ohh.. Girls.. they are just lovely...

THANK YOU!!

just like I imagined them...;o)

Will be fun to put these togehter...

( Marica... yours will come soon...;o)

In between work and family I am still sewing for the exhibition...

having  some finishes.. and sewing on some new things...

It goes really slow now... 

need a little bit more energy and time...

Hope to find it this week..:o)

Have a good time out there...

and be nice..:o)

News from me...

but first I do want to thankyou for all the wonderful 

wishes for Easter... 

This time I wont personally thankyou for them...

almost breaks my heart.. because I love to answer!!

So Thanks everyone... 

you know who you are..:o)

Why on Earth did I do this then.. 

You see.. BIG NEWS here..

I wont be able to have so much time with computer

 and blogging ...( sigh...) 

I have to SEW!!!!

Why then... sew I do anyway..

but this time...

I AM HAVING AN EXHIBITION 

this summer!!!!!

So it will be some serious SEWING!!!

You can feel my panic can you.... !!!

(Both scared and excited...:o)

So I will take some time out here...

blogging when I can.. commenting...

wont be so much...

visit you all.. not much...

Time will be spent in 

sewing room...

from today!! :o)

So dear dear..PIF receivers...

Swap friends.... and other friends ...

have to move forward my commitments to you to a later date... 

hope I will have your understanding...

But I promise... I will be back....!! :o)

Well..

Easter... :o)

Had a wonderful time...

They told us it was going to be bad weather... 

but no way... we had the most wonderful weather one can ask for...

I got my SUNSHINE!!!

And some lovely family time!!

Playing...laughing and wonderful restful time...

not so much sewing though.. even if I tried... :o)

Had my Gardeners Journal blocks with me... 

And I finished one block and started the other.. for this months challenge...

sigh.. how am I going to be able to do this now...

Hmmm... night light perhaps and lots of TEA!!

(small problems..right..lol)

Before Easter .. I received a wonderful  gift...

From Karen...

at Log Cabin Quilter

I so admired her Spring Wallhanging...

sooo lovely...

And what does she do.. she said..  

when I am finished with it.. I send you the book!!!!

You can see my smile ...can you..:o))

 

So happy she did send.. I love it ... :o)

And she also added a little bonus.. a bit of pink wool... :o)

Thanks Karen!!!

I also had a date with Miss Fortuna...

and won a pattern from 

Plumcute Designs...

Love it.. 

it is so so sweet.. 

and she also added some hexagon templates.... 

Thankyou Tracy!!!

And yesterday a very nice package arrived...

From Julie  at

Tattered Threads & Willing Hands

Who so kind helped me with the Easter Chicken  wallhanging....

She helped me out once again...

trying to find some Cheri Saffiote Patterns that 

are out of print.. :o)

Oh my goodness.. 

I told her when I wrote my 

big Thank you....

I am in Cheri Heaven... :o))

She sent me her double copies of the patterns I looked for.. and 

LOTS more!!!!

Ahhh.. SO SO SWEET!!!! 

I will have lots of fun..

when I have the time to start some new projects... :o)

THANKS JULIE!!!!!

And now... 

Sewing for the Exhibition

will start!!!!

This week..

Quilting!!

See you!! :o)

Sewing and having fun...

But first...

♥Happy Valentine´s Day!!!!! ♥

Last week I was one of the lucky winners of a Bronwyn Hayes pattern....

...The Sweet project Bag...

and I love when this post comes...

Just the labels...

and the wrapping...

how sweet isn´t this!!!

Thankyou Bronwyn!!!

And another LOVELY gift came from Marica...

The towel is wonderful..

love the pinks and the reds..

and the china.. sigh...beautiful...:o)

LOVE IT!!! 

Thankyou Marica...

Some Valentine gifts have been made...

for family and friends...

And Marica ..this picture is for you... :o)

My recycled tunic..

Made from an old sleeping sheet...

so I took some dancesteps to swirl around some..lol...

Pheew...:o)

Finished  the quilting on my 

February Schnibble...

so see you later...

binding have to get on...

so I "have" something to sew later tonight 

in front of Tv and Olympics...

So see you..

HUGS!!!

♥♥♥

Back home...

from my visit in Arjeplog...

where the cold still holds it´s grip....

We were lucky yesterday driving home at only -12 C

today they have -26 C again... Brrrrr...

Here we have -15 C so it is OK..:o)

We hardly sticked out our noses during these days...but managed to take some photos one of the days..and the day we drove home....

Lots of snow and cold weather!!!

But pretty!! :o)

Brrrr....

Feels good to be home.. yesterday nothing was done..and today I slept in...

nice...:o)

Long till I can enjoy myself in the sewing room...

I hope 2010 will be a much more creative year..than 2009...

At least today I feel  happy about sewing..

and that is good...

Have photos to take of gifts...

Christmas presents..

so stay tuned and I will have a little show and tell... :o)

Just before Christmas I was lucky to win  at

Linda Lum Debono

And wow... the win was lovely...

2 new books...

and I won lots of Fq from her own range of fabrics...

In pink and green!!! :o)

Pretty isn´t they???

SPRING!!!! :o)

Oh..that word sounded just right in my mouth...:o)

But I guess I cant start to long now...

with 2 months left of cold winter days...

and 2 more with snow... sigh... but SPRING will come...

so what the heck.. I long anyway!!!! :o)

See you soon with more pictures..

And before I forget..

It´s good to be back...

and I wish everyone a Creative and lovely Year of Sewing!!!

Been at home ...

with a nasty cold since Tuesday......

finally better today...

Mum have been here for her X-ray...

so now we just have to wait for Doc´s orders...

and hope for the best.

Otherwise nothing big have been created at my place..

just small little things...

I decided to celebrate my two years of blogging and 300 posts..

and I have made a little something for

a winner...

Been a little sneaky here..

think I like to have it that way...

I love all your comments and Im happy with that..

I dont need to have thousands of readers...

so I have counted comments from the three last posts..

...since my two years day...

Today Viktor helped me out...with a little cheering on from his buddies

...Albin and Lukas... :o)

Some got as much as three votes in the tin...

one for every comment made...

then we took a little pause....

No .. we did draw the winner before tea... ;o)

just teasing a little...

Oh... that was a nice little break..

Are you curious who won????

Ok..

It is someone who have a Passion for something..

She loves to applique... :o)

And her name is...

Carrie.. :o)

So Carrie...

if you see this...

please email me with your address... :o)

I want to thank you all for still visiting me after two years of

various attempts made in the quilting department...

Your comments means all to me..

Without you

I wouldn't keep on doing this..

So thank you  all my friends out there!!!

You are my Rays of Sunshine!!!

:o)

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!!

Things made in pink...

Ok...

What have happened here in Stina land ...

Viktor is back at school... Im back at work...

Finished some sewing this weekend...

Made a block for a friend.... in pink...from me...

Finished a birthday gift( in pink) for a friend...

So YOU who have a birthday soon...

and gets a package from me...

Save it until your BIRTHDAY!!!

Finished my little Doll quilt ... (in pink)

with tiny finished 3/4"squares...

and with a lousy daisy quilting...

Love it anyway... *S*

And a giveaway win in pink...

and yummy candy for Viktor!!!

I was lucky to win this cute little bag at Lena Karens blog

LeKaQuilt last week...

It is so well done and beautiful!!!

Thankyou so much Lena Karen!!!

It has already gotten a place in my larger bag...

and will travel with me to Norway..

which I leave for on Thursday!!!!

So tomorrow will be a big packing day!!!

Giveaway wins and a birthday gift...

Last week.... 

many things happend last week ...it seems...*S*

anyway... 

I won two giveaways...

First this pattern from Perkins Dry Goods...

....think it will look good in a scrappy light version...

don´t you think??? *S*

Thankyou!!!!

And I was lucky to win at 

Soggy Bottom Flats giveaway too...

Nice fabrics...wonderful magazines...fun patterns...

shimmering threads and a sweet template for making yoyo hearts!!!!

Ohhh.. it is so nice to have fun mail!!!! *S*

Thankyou Elaine!!!

And this also happened last week...

My sewing friend Lotta had her birthday!!!!

And this is what I made for her....

She loves to make bags...so...

 I made her a little pincushion handbag... 

with a little cute needlecase to match the pincushion with....

Marica and I did go together to Lotta...

and we missed both Cici and Kristina with just a few minutes...

sorry  girls.. It would have been fun to meet you too!!!

Hope you had a fabulous day Lotta!!! 

Anyway...

Marica and I did get some time 

to start planning and chatting (and a nice cup of tea) about our 

Norway (class with Leanne B and Gail P) trip toghether with Louise!!!!

Which is soon!!!!

We got the material list last week too.. hmmm..lol..

so I better start think and plan what to make!!!

A win..and some things bought...

Hello !!!

I´m hanging in here...
work goes just fine..
they have been so so kind...
So everything will solve
and I can relax...

But nothing is going on in my sewingroom..
nothing at all..
I even have trouble packing up from my trips...
we are sooo tired...
sure dont know what it is...
Maybe the weather...
Anyway Im taking Viktor to a doctor today ...
just to make some tests...
Ok.. that I am tired but not he...
Hate it when the kids are not well..

While I was at my trips... I received some mail...
I was so fortunate and win these gorgeous patterns
from Renee Plains at
Liberty Star

Can you tell ..I love them all..
Sooo gorgeous!!!
Thankyou Renee!!!


And I have done some shopping too...

Long to try this one out...
I HATE TO DRAW LINES ..
on the backside of half Square triangles...
so I hope this one works like magic!!!
Take a look at it...
Clearly Perfect Angels
from New Leaf Stitches!!
Kari added a pattern to my order ..
so so sweet of her...
A beautiful pillow!!!
Thankyou Kari!!

And some gorgeous fabrics have been bought...

...still waiting for the pattern to arrive...
dont know where it have gone..
hopefully on its way...
with two new books that I just had to have...