Hi there!

I had to turn off the comments today as I have been getting so much spam.

If you want to contact me, you can email me at ninalise(at)mrsmoen.com

I do want to keep this blog open - and who knows - one day I will be back here blogging again:)

In the meantime, you'll find me on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

Nina Lise

FRI nettkurs i frihåndsquilting

Har du lyst til å lære frihåndsquilting?

Eller frihåndsquilter du, og har lyst til å bli bedre?

Da kan FRI være noe for deg!

HVA FRI ER

FRI er et nytt nettkurs i frihåndsquilting, og består av totalt 15 leksjoner fordelt på 5 deler.

Kurset er kun i videoformat.

Den første delen, FRI 100, er gratis, og kommer 06.03. Deretter sendes nytt kursmateriale ut på fredager f.o.m. 20.03. Siste del kommer onsdag 08.04 siden fredagen er langfredag. Du tar kurset i den farten du selv ønsker.

Pris for hele kurset er 899 pr deltager.

Kurset kjøres en runde nå i vår med max 200 deltagere. Blir kurset fullt, kan du stå på venteliste. Det er mulig det blir en ny runde på høsten, ellers blir det på våren 2021.

Du melder deg på både nettkurset og gratisdelen her, bare klikk på et av ikonene under (introduksjonsdelen er en del av nettkurset, så du trenger ikke melde deg på begge deler:)

    

HVEM FRI ER FOR

FRI er et helt nettkurs for alle som har lyst til å bli bedre på frihåndsquilting.

Det passer både for deg som er nybegynner, og deg som allerede frihåndsqulter. Det er alltid noe nytt å lære.

Jeg kan ikke love deg at du blir bedre til å quilte av å kjøpe kurset; det er øvelse som gjør mester, så du må gjøre øvelsene:)

Kurset tar deg gjennom basisformene som de aller fleste quiltemønstrene består av, og lærer deg å bruke dem på ulike måter. Når du behersker basisformene, kan du knekke kodene på mønstrene, eller lage dine egne, helt nye varianter.

HVA VI GJØR I FRI

Vi starter med byggesteinene for quiltemønstre, og bygger videre på dem, trinn for trinn.

Vi skal sy alt fra basisformene og helt opp til å bruke dem til å lage egne quiltemønster for prosjekter i den siste delen.

Jeg anbefaler å lage øvekluter med alle de tingene vi går igjennom. Samle dem sammen, så har du et bibliotek med mulige quiltemønstre du kan ha glede av i mange år framover.

Del 1, Intro: Kom i gang, utstyr, øvelser

Del 2, Basis: Byggesteiner, bruk av basisformer

Del 3, Kombinasjoner: Alfabet, mønstre, quilte på strek

Del 4, Tegne med symaskinen: Symmetri, applikasjon

Del 5, Praksis: Prøve øve, hvor starter vi hen, stripeprosjekt, landskapsprosjekt

Kursvideoene til hver del blir lastet opp i en passordbeskyttet Dropboxfolder hvor du kan streame dem, eller laste dem ned slik at du ha dem til odel og eie.

HVA FRI IKKE ER:)

FRI er er ikke et symaskinskurs, du må kunne din egen symaskin.

Tipsene i Introdelen er generelle, du må gjerne finne fram manualen for å finne ut hvordan du setter opp akkurat din maskin for frihåndsquilting.

Du finner manualer til de fleste nyere symaskiner på nettet.

Det finnes også mange gode tips om forskjellige maskiner på YouTube.

Øv deg på hjernemassen mens du finner ut av maskinen og innstillingene.

Det er umulig for meg å finne ut hva som er feil når maskinen din ikke syr fint:)

Har du trøbbel, kan du bruke sjekklisten min ”Førstehjelp ved Trådtrøbbel”, eller ta kontakt med symaskinsbutikken. Sjekklisten får du tilgang til sammen med kurset.

Finner du ut av dette før vi starter opp, sparer du mye tid, penger og frustrasjoner:)

Du melder deg på både nettkurset og gratisdelen her, bare klikk på et av ikonene under (introduksjonsdelen er en del av nettkurset, så du trenger ikke melde deg på begge deler:)

    

       

Snakkes:)

Magic star class samples

Rose/storm class samples

Here are my samples for the mixed media Rose/storm class:

Warm colours 

One of the things that I particularly like about this class is that the overall look can easily be adjusted to the students’ colour preferences. The warm colour kit can for instance easily be made more hot pink or warm orange.

Cold colours

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And the purple sample

And a few pictures from one of my classes

Mrs Moen på norsk

Mrs Moen har fått blogg på norsk! Den heter "Mrs Moen på norsk". Bloggen kommer ikke opp i Google søk ennå, så klikk på bildet eller linken, så kommer du dit!

Mrs Moen på norsk

Blomstereng kurs

Velkommen til en Fargerike dag!

Mrs Moen patterns

You may have noticed that all my pages that contained Linky tools went blank. I'm not sure what happened there as I have paid my dues, but there you go. I have taken them down until I can fix them.

I am in the process of uploading my English patterns to Mrs Moen at Craftsy where they can be downloaded immediatly after purchase. Have a look at what's there, and let me know if you are missing a particular pattern!

Mrs Moen on Instagram

While I haven't been much around blogland lately, I have been more active on Instagram. Look me up - I'm Mrs Moen there as well. It has been great fun reconnecting with quite a few of you who I've known and loved through this blog.

And no; while I have been silent for quite a while, I have not stopped blogging as such!

Velkommen til Tre D nettkurs!

Her lager vi tredimensjonale trær som er flotte til julepynt, og supre presanger. Vi tar utgangspunkt i noen ulike typer trær og teknikker, og resultatene blir helt forskjellige avhengig av stoffene du velger.

Kurset koster 200, og består av tre videoer på til sammen ca 1,5 time.

Nettkurset, som er i videoformat, passer for alle som har symaskin. Du får tilgang til videoene online når du har betalt kurset, og kan se dem så mange ganger du ønsker.

Kurset arrangeres av Mrs Moen og påmelding skjer ved å overføre kursavgiften til

Vipps: 90 60 56 30. Merk betalingen med kursnavn og mailadressen din. 

Etter at du har betalt, får du kursinformasjon med materialliste og link til videoen(e).

Jeg har satt opp en Facebook-gruppe til kurset som åpner når det er n0k medlemmer.

Velkommen til kurs:)

Nina Lise

http://mrsmoen.blogspot.com

Mrs Moen kurs høsten 2017

27-29.10

Grønt & glitrende og Jul jorden rundt, Molde Quiltelag, Molde

10-11.11

Julemix, Svithun Husflidslag, Stavanger

13 + 20.11 Ettermiddag/kveld

Fargerike, Sandnes Husflidslag, Sandnes

22.11 Ettermiddag

Tre D, Rogaland Quiltelag, Sandnes

November og desember

Tre D nettkurs, hjemme hos deg

Våren 2018
Hurra! nettkurs, hjemme hos deg

Velkommen til en Fargerike dag

A big question

Hello there!

I have been working with classes lately, one of them a brand new beginner's class for the fall. I'm having a lot of fun planning it, and a lot of debates with myself about what is crucial to include in such a class. I did a little research on a couple of Facebook groups, and, surprise surprise, everyone's opinion i different. 

My big question is: Looking back, what do you wish you had learned as a beginner quilter?

My thought is that I would like to take them through the process from beginning to end so that they have a small finished project (tablerunner) at the end of the class, quilted and bound and ready to use. 

We will start with one simple pieced block and rather than throwing lots of different shapes into the mix, focus on the joy of creating. Through that first project they will learn how to cut fabric, choose colours, sew proper seams, work on a design wall, piece a top, do applique, add borders, basic machine quilting and binding. Then, we will move on to creating a second project where they will calculate block sizes and numbers, working with their own layout. 

I will have to keep my options open whether to introduce a new shape and block, but if time allows, we can.

What do you think, would you be disappointed after such a class?


While I have no regrets about my first ever quilt, colours was the only thing I knew:)

You can read more about it here.

Merry Christmas

With my annual stack of Christmas cards, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Super simple santas stitched in long rows and cut apart.

I'm planning to get back here after the holidays:)

How to make a Pumpkin pillow

With Halloween coming up soon, I thought some of you might like to make a new pillow for Halloween, or maybe several blocks for a wall hanging or lap quilt. 

My first ever Pumpkin pillow was originally posted here, and the free tutorial here.

Enjoy!

From block to top

Wooosh. That’s the sound of August and September flying by. While I spent very little time in the studio, I was exercising every day, picking up the pace were I left off way too many months ago. We have been enjoying the most amazing weather this fall, so spending time outdoors has been a pleasure indeed.

I have returned to my studio though, happily working on this and that and stitching up improv blocks. I was planning to write a post about our brilliant day of Improv Round Robin back in September, but as I am having a bit of trouble uploading pictures today, they will have to wait to another day.

I have made progress on a few of the projects from this post, among others the block from the Design a block challenge.

The block was stashed away with a few bits and pieces which would go with it, but I had to play with a few other options first like this batik which I adore. It was way too busy, but you never know until you’ve tried.

Then this fabric caught my eye. It is a beautiful heavyweight woven cotton fabric which I picked up in Birmingham last year, 

and with the purple embellishments, it was the perfect companion to the purple string from the bag.

A little slash and stitch later, and the top for a new pillow was finished. It has later been quilted, but those pictures need to be uploaded too. Oh well.

Thanks for stopping by!

Back in the saddle

I have spent some happy hours in the studio this morning curating fabrics for a day of improv round robin stitching with my study group tomorrow. I had almost forgotten the lovely smell of freshly ironed fabric.

Starting out with blue and orange, I have pulled a mix of light and dark, calm and busy, hot and cold, pretty and ugly; my signature fabric on the bottom.

I'm looking forward to get back to my sewing machine indeed.

"Daisy Chain"

“Daisy Chain”, which I shared process pictures of back here, has been finished for a while. I have been waiting for pictures of the quilt in its new home, but I keep forgetting it even though the new home is just downstairs.

Our daughter and I are both very happy with how the quilt turned out and it fits just as well on the young ones’ wall as it did on my floor while taking pictures.

I worked quite a bit on the quilting design before I started quilting, using the YouDoodle app as described in this post. I worked both on a single block 

and how to chain the blocks together. It’s such a great app.

This was my first time free motion quilting such a big all-over design – which was quite hard work as I had to make big movements. I did not mark the top, so no flowers are the same even though the number of petals is constant.

I wanted the quilting lines to be as fat as possible, and found an old black spool which would do the trick. It was rather hairy and kept breaking, but I did not give up even though there was times when I wanted nothing more. I was prepared to clean lint out of the bobbin area every hour or so, but there was surprisingly very little lint. Still, all that extra work with the thread breaking made me throw the spool out as soon as I finished quilting so I wouldn't be tempted to use it again.

The design shows well against all the fabrics,

and also quite well on the back (bobbin thread from the huge cone in this post). I found this bright and fun fabric in a bag in my studio and thought it would be perfect for such a bright and happy quilt.

I used a glue pen to temporarily attach the sleeve to the back while hand stitching it. The glue pens have spared me from unpicking thousands of basting stitches since I discovered them. You’ve got to love that.

A little warning though - it dries white, not clear. How I know? Take a guess.

The edges were a bit wobbly as I didn’t quilt all the way to the very edge, but they have already straightened out a bit while hanging.

The quilt measures 64”*48” and has my favourite low loft polyester batting which made all the moving around more bearable.

Thanks for stopping by!