STAVANGER, WE ARE BACK!

We have been back home for a couple of weeks now, very busy, but enjoying picking strawberries in the garden

being a tourist in our home town and take friends on sight seeing

alot of cruise ships

in a busy harbor

this boat is sailing out to where our daughter is working this summer, I will post pictures from our visit there

A little boy is missing his own bed, staying in a hotel for weeks is no fun, but today was the first day of kindergarten, and we had fun

Where did my brother go??

For those of you that are on Facebook, I will make a journal of all my quilts, it will take a while because I have many... Have a look at "Quilting by Hanne"

FOTOKONKURRANSE “MITT LILLE LAND”:

Petunia har fotokonkurranse på bloggen sin og jeg melder meg på med dette bildet fra "gamle Stavanger" som viser de flotte hus med et av de store cruise skipene i bakgrunnen. Bildet ble tatt i juni 2008.

Der er mange flotte bilder fra Norge som har meldt seg på, tvi, tvi, skal bli spennende å se hvem som vinner...

MOVING!!

After many years in Houston we found that it was time to move on! Everyone helped packing...

The cats got in their boxes with a little helping hand..

The kids got into their carriers...

The last stitches were done on a little woollen hat...

and at the end of the day the whole house went into this container

Update is coming soon, thanks for reading! We are ready for new adventures...

FOR COLDER DAYS...

I am knitting for colder days, trying to use from all the yarn I have. These will warm two little ones...

                 A small wallhanging, quilted it on my machine....

I have got a new camera, the problem is just to find time to read the instructions and try it out...

Another of my friend's beautiful quilts has found it's way over the ocean....

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your summer!

RAINY DAYS.....

Rain, rain, rain, I love rainy days....

Little feet in new rainboots...

So much rain, not even the cat will go outside...

Dark, grey days, with candles, favorite magazine, roses from a friend...

a nice cup...

On the floor in my hot, damp sewing room

a horse quilt for a girl that likes horses, and some other small pieces, waiting to be pieced together...

THANKS FOR STOPING BY, AND I HOPE YOU GET THE WEATHER YOU LIKE FOR THE WEEK END, HAVE A GOOD ONE!

TEXAS TWO STEP.....

Nei, jeg danser ikke, men det er navnet på den quiltblokken som jeg startet her.
Jeg har nå tømt resteboksen min, og det ble til 30 quiltblokker, hver er på 6,5".
Det som er gøy med denne er det at quilten blir forskjellig alt etter hvilken vei man setter blokken isammen.... bare se her...
No, I am not dancing, it is just the name of this quiltblock that I started her I have emptied my scrapbox and it ended up with 30 quiltblocks each 6,5".
The fun thing with this block is that the quilt will be different, it all depends on which way you put the block... just have a look..

Jeg tror jeg har bestemt meg for denne siste sammensettingen, vil bare sortere fargene litt....

Det blir nok ikke siste gang jeg lager denne quiltblokken, den kan bli fin i en quilt med bare et par farger også.

I think I have decided on the last picture. It will not be the last time I make this block, it will look great in just a few colors too..

Ha en flott sommerkveld og tusen takk for alle fine kommentarer, jeg er virkelig imponert over hvor mange som er innom og titter på bloggen min.

Have a wonderful summer evening and thank you so much for all nice comments. I am realy impressed by how many are looking into my blog.

LILLEBROR'S HETTEJAKKE OG SOMMERQUILTER

Lillebror sin hettejakke er ferdig. Jeg har brukt samme mønster som til lillesøster, men denne gang med flere farger.. Har brukt hva jeg hadde av garn, "Malabrigo silk" og "Malabrigo merino".

Little brother's hodded jacket is done. I have used the same pattern as little sister's, but this time with more colors. I have used yarn that I had, "Malabrigo silk" and "Malabrigo merino".

                  Lillebror elsker hunder så hans jakke har fått knapper med hunder, hundehus og hundebein...

                   Han ville gjerne ha den på med en gang, men med 35 varme grader så blir nok det i varmeste laget, får vente til høsten...

Little brother loves dogs. His jacket has got buttons of dogs, doghouses and bones...

                He will like to wear the jacket right away, but with more than 90 degrees F it is too hot, better wait to the fall....

                Denne nydelige quilten kom tilbake til sin eier igår etter å ha vært en tur her borte og blitt maskinquiltet...

                       This beautiful quilt came back to it's owner yesterday after being

over here to be machinequilted..

 

                Den tilhører en dame som syr de nydeligste quilter,

                     her er flere av hennes quilter, nyt bildene og ha en flott uke!

                                It belongs to a lady who is quilting the most beautiful quilts, here is some more of her work, enjoy the pictures and have a wonderful summer week!

FRANSK SOMMER.....

Vi har vært på shopping. Denne gang fant vi en herlig fransk liten butikk, her måtte vi bare ha denne skjønne kjolen

We have been shopping. This time we found a wonderful little French store, we just had to have this little dress

og disse flotte håndklærne

and this towels

Flere ting kom hjem med oss..

a few more things came home with us..

Flotte tomater er hentet inn ifra hagen..

Tomatoes from the garden..

Denne gang til lunsj

This time for lunch...

18 MÅNEDER IDAG!! / 18 months today!!

                 Idag er våre skjønne små 18 måneder, som tiden flyr!

18 months today, time is flying!

Her fra gårsdagens handletur! Vi elsker å gå i butikken!

Lillesøster leser handlelisten..

We love to go to the grocerystore,

little sister reads the shopping list.

Søndag morgen i bassenget

Sunday morning in the pool

Vi er så heldige som har dobbel glede! Ha en fantastisk uke!

We are so lucky with double happiness! Have a wonderful week!

QUILTING AGAIN.......

En ny quilt er begynt, tenkte jeg skulle få tømt resteboksen min...

                               I am working on a new scrapquilt, trying to empty my scrapbox....

Mange små firkanter og trekanter skal bli til et teppe som er kalt "Texas two step"

                     Many tiny squares and triangles will turn into a quilt called "Texas two step"

Det blir en del lilla i teppet, ikke akkurat min favoritt farge, men det er nok grunnen til at det var en del i resteboksen...

A lot of purple, it is not my favorite color, but that is probably the reason why it was in the scrapbox..

Jeg fant "quiltblokken" her. Man kan lage firkanter og trekanter den størrelsen man vil. Min quiltblokk som du ser den på bildet her er 6,5"

I found the quiltblock her. You can make the halfsquare triangles and fourpatches the size you want. My quiltblock as you see it in the picture here is 6,5"

Min neste quilt vil bli denne:

My next quilt is this one:

Da vil jeg bruke rester fra min "Thimbleberries" boks,

nå tilbake til jakkestrikking!

For this one I will use scraps from my "Thimbleberries" box,

now, back to my jacket knitting"

GOD HELG!