Leanne and I are back from our big adventure to Norway!!! WOW!!! What a great trip we had. It was so nice to meet lots of lovely ladies, those who I sort of knew through the blogs and others I got to know after a weekend of laughs, stitches and great food. All in a great shop of course…Quiltegarden in Trondheim. We had a wonderful hostess, Siw, who was fantastic and welcomed us very warmly!!
this first photo is part of the beautiful town of Trondheim..gorgeous…and not too cold!!
here is Siw, on the left with Anne Heidi and Laila on the right.
Berit, Tine, Leanne and Annika
Another blogger, Laila, also came, it was so great to meet her. If you pop on over to her blog you will see her finished top of "Laila's Garden"
We had such a fantastic time, if you go over here you will see a link for the TV news….eek!!! we were filmed for a Norwegian show…….very embarrassing and I am sure some of the ladies have photos of me that are not so flattering!!!
Solvi's blog also has some great photos so pop on over!!!
And finally a photo of one of my projects…"Laila's Garden".
Here are lots of blocks all together.
This pattern is available now so ask at your local quilt shop, or look at my list of shops on the left side.
Thanks to Siw, her family, Inger Marie (you are an angel!!), Anne Marie, Liv Gur and Heidi for their fantastic job of organising the weekends and the cruise (that will be another post!!!)
Back soon with another installment!!!
Cheers
Gail
So glad you have arrived home safe and sound. The trip looks fantastic, cant wait to see more of your photos and read your stories. Hope you are not too jet lagged.
It was so nice to finally meet you and Leanne. I really had such a nice weekend with you, and all the other ladies. It was so great to meet you in person, and I hope to meet you again! It was so sad to say goodbye to you, but I’m so glad you are back safe, and I hope you’ll have a great and creative week :o) Thank you so much for the inspiration! I’m still “high in vitamin Q”, and I know it will last for a while :o)
Look forward to your new projects, happy stitching dear Gail:o)
Hugs,
Laila
Gail, What a fun post. I followed along on Stina’s and Anne Heidi’s blogs too and saw the video, loved it. When I get to Houston this week I am meeting up with Anne Heidi for a day and dinner, can’t wait. Wondering if your new book will be available there, am going to look.
Welcome back, I was having withdrawal symptoms, grin, I can imagine your family were delighted when you arrived home.
Love the Laila quilt pattern.
Barb in western NC
Hi Gail! Thank you for your time in Norway. It was fun, and I have my santa finish ,after TV- teame was gone.
Hei.
Thanks for the great weekend. It was so fun to meet you.You gave us all a lot of Q vitamins. I’m working on a lot of your new projects… They are all so great.
Big hugs..
Sounds like you had a great time, Gail! Wish I could have been there, too! Maybe next time!
Lots of greetings from Denmark!
Thanks a lot Gail – for giving us this lovely weekend. We had such a good time together with both of you.
Looks like a great trip and you met lots of kindred spirits on the other side of the world. Glad you had fun.
Hello there Gail.. so happy to hear you are home .. safe and well…. Thanks for one of my most inspiring weekends ever… Have photos of you on my blog…lol… but only sweet ones… Have the top finished… just havent showed it yet!! So stay tuned..
Take care…
What a fantastic adventure you had, welcome home… I love your new quilt… Love Jo xxx
What!! Are you back already!!! How fast did that time go!! So glad you had a ball, look forward to catching up and photos
xxxR
Looks like quilters are the same the world over. Glad to hear that you are back safe and sound and to hear that you had a wonderful trip.. Lucky Norway..
DebH
What a lovely trip, it makes me want to go. I love your blog and your projects are fantastic. I will keep an eye for the book.
welcome home Gail!..sounds like you & Leanne had a fabulous time in gorgeous Norway..i look forward to hearing lots more 🙂
Hi Gail! Was wonderful to meet you in Trondheim, lots of inspiration you gave us! I look forward to see more from you:) Warm hugs!
Welcome back! It must have been such a wonderful experience. Are you ever going to come to the Netherlands *LOL*
It looks like you had so much fun! What a beautiful place to teach in! Thanks for sharing.
Have a great day.
Hi Gail, It was such a wonderful weekend to meet you and Leanne in Trondheim and you gave me a lot of inspiration.
I have finished a needle book and one more is almost ready. Nice gifts and fun to use as a giveaway to a friend.
Hope you enjoyed ROME, a place I visited 1957!!!!!
Hope you have nice weather,we have some frost today and I have got new tires for my car. You never know when the snow is here so you have to be prepered.
Louise D
What a great trip you have all had!!! I have just posted the laying out of my BOM…it’s all coming together!!!
Hi Gail.
Great that you are back home safe! Hope your trip to Italy went well.
I had such a great time in Trondheim! Love to meet you and Leanne.
My hexagonbag is finished!
Quilthugs, Carolina in Sweden
I’ve been seeing you pop up all over the place. I even watched the TV program. Looks like you had a wonderful time.
Looks like you had fun and i wish i was there as well. hope you and Leanne have inspiration for some new quilts. cheers Judy
Good to see you back glad you had a good time …off to watch the tv show now
Welcome home Gail! Glad you had a great time away! Great projects! I am realy looking forward to seeing your cruise pics….. what a wonderful experience, a sewing cruise!!
Your new patterns are beautiful, as always Gail. Welcome back to Aus! I really love Laila’s Garden – pinwheels make my heart spin!