July OPAM

Only a few hours left of this month, so it's time for the OPAM report. Fortunately I have had some time for handicrafts the last week, but haven't so many finishes.
I have quite a lot of knitting needles, so I needed one more case.

I was asked to knit some pair of socks. The variegated yarn "Big Fabel" is quite thick - knitting needles nr. 4 - so making a pair doesn't take too long.

Enjoy the weekend!

FNSI

This is the result of last night's Sew-in. Not so much, but it's 3 blocks less to make, everything is better than nothing. Enjoy the weekend!

Needed a push

It's been a while since you heard from me. I have been on holiday for a couple of weeks, but the last week I have spent at home. Two of my daughters have been here - enjoy to having them around. Unfortunately the weather has been too bad this summer - actually perfect for indoors activities - but I haven't done any handicrafts. I really needed a push, so I have joined
Friday Night Sew-in. I'm not sure what to do tonight, just looking forward to sew again. Tomorrow I'll visit the participants blogs and see what they all have made.

May be some of you want to join too?

Happy Quilting!

OPAM June

One finish this month too - a pair of socks. They are perfect for our summer this year. Every morning we wake up to rain, fog and 6-8 degrees Celcius :-((

Have a nice day/evening!

Summer?

Rain, rain, rain! It's pouring and the temperature is 6-8 degrees C. The calender shows mid June, but it's hard to believe it's summer. Perfect weather for handicrafts, but I have been too busy. No sewing; no knitting.
Some positive things. DS and DIL are visiting us, and tomorrow foreign visitors will arrive. Yesterday DH gave me these roses. We had our thirty-fifth wedding anniversary.

Have a nice day/evening!

I can't believe .....

The days and weeks just fly. I can't believe that we are in the middle of June already. May/June are not the best months for me to get sewing time, so I haven't much to report. I had to buy a few more fabrics for the Log Cabin quilt. I have 15-20 blocks left to make before I can start putting them together. I have one more make-up bag to finish.

I have also plans for these green fabrics; more about that later when I have started.

But I can't give sewing/blogging the highest priority at the moment. I wish there was more weekends :-))

Happy Quilting!

BQF

Amy is hosting Blogger's Quilt Festival for the third time. There are hundreds of participants; not only showing their quilts, but also telling the stories behind them. Thank you so much Amy for doing this! This is my second time joining the fun. My entry is a wallhanging made in 1999. It was the first mystery quilt I made. The pattern was from a foreign magazine; a Belgium friend translated it into English and sent to me every time there was a new part of it. At that time there wasn't any quilt shop in my area. When I knew how many light, medium and dark fabrics I needed, I asked my eldest daughter in Bergen to help me. I hadn't said anything about what colours I wanted. My daughter didn't want to decide, so it was the staff at the quilt shop that made the decision. I must say I was a bit nervous when I received the package - it could be colours I didn't like at all - but I was happily surprised. During the next months it was exciting to get the next part of the mystery from my friend and make progress. When the quilt was finished, I was satisfied with the result. Now I'll have a cup of tea and enjoy visiting more blogs.