2026 Planning Party

 I always have lots of plans for the new year. Here you can see some of my plans.

Lupine & Laughter 

 I can't resist taking part in Bonnie Hunter's Mysteries. This year we've come to part 6, and already have made lots of bigger blocks. I think we have at least two more clues to go before the release, but one never know with Bonnie. HERE you can see my posts about this project. 

 Project Quilting

This is a fun project to take part in, as I get a kickstart with finished projects every year. You can jump in, and you'll find it at Persimon Dreams, starting the first Sunday in January. Here is one of the things I made in January.

Micro mini

Every year in May I've made some miniquilts for Leslie's challenge. Hopefully she will host this party in 2026 too. Here is one from last year. So fun to use selvages.

 Scrappy meets thrift

This year I've made small economy blocks for a challenge from Taryn. I plan to finish this quilt before the summer. Here you can see hundred blocks, but I've made 250 of them. And HERE you can see my posts about this project.

 EQA-challenge

European Quilt Assisiation hosts a challenge for European quilters every year. I made this quilt for the exhibition in September, with the theme Contrasts. The inspiration to make this I got from Martin in Bergen, with his wonderful photo from Fjellveien. Next year the theme is Insects. That's perfect for a butterfly lover. The exhibition will be in Alsace in September.

 Slow stitching

As I love slow stitching, I plan to make some more art journals. This one I made for a friend for Christmas. HERE you can see a video of the project.

 I'm always making some secret projects. Most of them I can show you later. Hope you will find some interesting things here also the coming year. You can also follow me HERE for more daily updates.

Happy New Year to all my followers! 

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Lupine & Laughter - part 6

 New blocks for the Bonnie Hunter Mystery.

 

 

Best of 2025

 Every year I sum up my blog year together with Cheryl. These are the posts I'm most proud of this year. Please visit Cheryl to find all the favorite posts from other bloggers. 

 

Book cover 

In March I showed you a book cover I made as an exercise for my quilt exams. I was, and still am, fascinated by van Gogh's art. Read more about this book cover and see the back- and inside  HERE.

 

 

House quilt  

 For Norwegian Quilt Association's yearly meeting in March I always make a new quilt for the member's exhibition. My younger grandson loved this quilt so much that I gave it to him. We played for hours with it, and found who was living in every house. Read more about it HERE.

 

 

The tree

 

I love to hand stitch, and this little quilt was also made for the same exhibition as the house quilt. It was a challenge with nine participants, and my quilt is in the middle row to the left. See a better picture and details of my quilt HERE.

 Meditation roll  

 In July I made my first meditation roll, or meditation scroll, and after that I've made several rolls for myself and as presents for friends. Here are three, and HERE you can see my first one. You can also watch a video of it HERE.

 

 

 

Norwegian Snowflake  

 Last year I planned to finish this quilt. And in a way I did it. But it still needs borders. Maybe I can do it next year, and get it quilted? HERE you can find the post about it.

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Slow Sunday Stitching 

Lupine & Laughter - part 5

 So fun to make some blocks for clue 5 out of all the small pieces. Bonnie Hunter Mystery is so fun. And as I write here clue 6 is out, with more joining of already sewn pieces. Tomorrow I will start sewing.

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Lupine & Laughter - part 4

 The worst blocks I could have, but it's part 4 of Bonnie Hunter's Mystery, so I have to make them. After some trouble, I will say they are coming along quite well. But certainly I had to do the mistake Bonnie told us not to do. Anyone else? The little mouse is watching.

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Needle books

 This last month I've made several needle books from scraps. All of them are hand quilted. Here you can see some of them.

 

 

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Lupine & Laughter - part 3

 Clue three for Bonnie Hunter's Mystery is HSTs. The HSTs are different sizes and different colour combos. After some wrong cutting I found the right combos and made a bunch this week. I love chain piecing the blocks after all is cut. This is how long I came this week.

So fun to try to make some blocks too. Always different from what Bonnie reveals at the end.

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Lupine & Laughter - part 2

 Every week I sew as many blocks I can for this mystery from Bonnie Hunter. This was a fun one, and I've never done flying geese easier. Bonnie's measurement is perfect. Here you can see the two first parts together, as long as I've come. Waiting for tomorrow.

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Lupine & Laughter - part 1

Every year in November there's a mystery quilt from Bonnie Hunter, running until the end of January. Clue 1 was released a week ago, and of course I had to try. Every week I make some of the blocks, and then I decide how big I can make the quilt when all the clues are released. As we've got plenty of lupines here where I live, I'm quite familiar with the colours. And as always I make it scrappy.

Here are my first blocks, and the pile I made the first week. Now on to the next clue from yesterday. Visit Bonnie's blog to find all about the mystery. It's so fun, and you learn so much.

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Scrappy meets thrift

 I've been making these blocks every week for months now. It's a challenge from @repreoquiltlover, and you can still jump in. This week I counted 250 small blocks, and as that was my goal, I now have to find out how to join them. Actually it's supposed to be a neutral in-between block, but I love them together like on the picture. The problem is that the finished quilt will be too small. Have to think about it for a while.

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