It's challenge week again from Persimon Dreams, and I had totally forgot it. After reading the challenge I had to find out what a birthstone is. And I found that my birthstone is this one.
And as I had just a few hours to finish a project, I made another miniature cushion. And it really looked like the birthstone. So I'm happy to say that I finished the challenge again. Two more to go.
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I was so inspired of the music theme from Vicki on Art Journal Journey that I had to make another journal page. You can say that it gave me a "Magic moment".
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It's been a long time since I made an art journal page. This month the theme from Art Journal Journey is music. And as I love all kind of music, I had to make a page. And there may be more pages before the month is over.
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Common blocks, three different of them, was the challenge this week from Persimon Dreams. Just now I'm making miniatures, and I took my box of small scraps, cut out 1" stripes and was ready to start. I couldn't come up with something else than miniature cushions. I made three of them and used nine-patch, monkey wrench and courthouse step blocks. The cushions are a little bit smaller than 2". A fun challenge, thank you Kim and Trish. As you can see, spring is near.
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Ombre is this week's theme for the challenge from Persimon Dreams. I immediately thought about these hot pads. I've done them in different colours before, but never like this, from light to dark. So fun to dig in my bag with blue scraps to find all these treasures. The quilt is 7"x11".
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A couple of weeks ago Bonnie Hunter posted the reveal, and I've started to join the smaller pieces to make blocks. I have planned to finish a baby quilt from these blocks, hopefully during April. I just have to cut and sew some more small pieces.
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My first finish for the new year is the first Project Quilting challenge from Persimon Dreams. The challenge was mythical creatures, and I really find a snowman mythical. He is standing there one day, and the next he could be totally disappeared.
I made a home for the snowman, and the dinosaur is watching him. I hope he's not cooling down everything put on him, as this is a hot pad, Size; 7"x11".
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I'm always planning to start new projects, and of course to finish some old ones. As always I will be tempted by some of my fellow quilters during the year to jump into new things. Thank you all for inspiring me with your creativity. Jump over to Yvonne's blog to find out what people are planning. Maybe you can find a new project to start.
The first thing I plan every year is to take part in Project Quilting from Persimon Dreams. Kim and her friend Trish always have fun challenges for us. If you don't know about this challenge, you should check it out right away, starting soon. Here is one of the quilts I finished during the last challenge.
Right now I'm making a new quilt for an exhibition in March. All my house blocks are done, and now I have to make some trees, join all blocks, quilt and bind it. Wish me luck.
I plan to take part in the EQA (European Quilt Association) challenge. This time the theme is CONTRASTS. I can't show you my idea, but this is one of last year's Norwegian entries, made by my friend Magnhild Tautra. In Alsace at EQA's stand we could study more than 500 entries from different countries, and it was fantastic.
Next year I will try to make some more miniatures from fabric. You might know that I love all mini. I made these for a friend's Santa's house.
Bonnie Hunter started this year's mystery in November. I've made some blocks from every clue, and hope to finish a quilt this time.
Some more kawandi or slow stitching is also on my list. I have a secret quilt I can't show you yet. But this is one I've started.
In May I certainly will make some micro mini quilts with Lesley. They are so fun to make.
By the way, I never touched my Norwegian Snowflake Quilt this last year. Do I dare to say that the top should be finished by the end of 2025?
With an extra clue for Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt this week I have to try to catch up the next days. Clue 6 was easy, as we have made those HSTs already in other colours. The small flying geese are so sweet. I love small pieces, so this was perfect for me. And I'm happy that we started joining some of the clues already and make bigger blocks.
Here is a picture of all the different blocks we've already made.
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It's time for summing up 2024 together with Cheryl. Here is five of my favorites from this year. Enjoy, and visit Cheryl for favorites from my fellow bloggers.
Circle Quilt
The first big quilt I finished in 2024 was this circle quilt, for an exhibition in Oslo in March. The quilt is a study of fabrics from the last 40 years. Many other quilters smiled when they saw it and remembered quilts they had made from the different fabrics. More about this quilt you can find here.
Mini La Passion
I hand quilted my mini La Passion for the exhibition in Oslo in March. Pattern is by Grit Kovacs, the hexagons are 1/4", and there are 17 300 of them. You can read much more about this quilt and my first La Passion here and here.
Quiet books
I've made quite a few quiet books this year. They are popular for small children. I've also held classes and seen some beautiful quilt books be made. Here and here are more about my quiet books. Here is a page from one of my books.
Micro mini quilts
Every year when May comes there is a challenge to make micro mini quilts on Lesley's Instagram. And as I love all things mini, it's perfect for me. Here is one of my minis made this year. You can also watch some others in this blog post.
Mice for Christmas
In December I made a mouse family. And I sold them all, so now I have to start making new ones for next year. My blog post about these mice is here. There you will find the entire family.
