Bell’s Country Cottage

HELP Smell

2011-10-26T07:52:00.000+11:00

Hi girls.can anyone give me any suggestion's as to how to rid the house we have just bought of cig smoke? the carpet is too good to just rip up also it's All through the house so would cost quite a bit to replace , the house has been empty for 12 months while the owner was in hospital then moved to be with her daughter and put the house on the market.
As some of you know I'm moving for health reasons myself so I'm not looking forward to the move ! now this smell is making the move all the harder for me. Didn't know cigarettes could smell SOOOOOOOOOOO bad. I did /do smoke under stress I keep going back to the rotten things but if I do have one it's outside and not right next to other people.
ANY help would be great we will be having the carpet cleaned

Moving form country to town

2011-10-22T20:40:00.001+11:00

Hi girls, Sorry I have not posted for quite some time I just lost my MOJO for no apparent reason , now we have just sold our house and are moving into town, not because we want to however health reasons say it's what we must do.
So now I'm hoping that the change will help me get my life back in order and get my MOJO back where it should be.
So I'm thinking I now need to change my blog name yet again since I wont be in my country cottage after the 4th of next month.

Just pics

2011-08-28T19:40:00.000+10:00

Just a couple of pages I have done this week, one is my granddaughters leavers dinner, two male birthday cards and last years Christmas page for my granddaughters album.
One of these days my sewing mojo has to come back.

Latest edition

2011-08-21T10:23:00.000+10:00

This is a page I did of my Granddaughter and her boyfriend Gerry at a wedding on Devonport beach in February , I did not want to put too much on the page and take away from the actual picture of them , The paper matches her dress and the label at the top matches his shirt.

What Ive been up to

2011-08-17T20:48:00.000+10:00

This is what I have been doing instead of sewing the baby is my Great grandson the grandma in one of the pics is my daughter and the father is my grandson, the other pic is of my granddaughter and her partner on their boat fishing, hope you like them. If you click on the pics you win get the enlargement

what do you do when

2011-08-06T21:01:00.001+10:00

What do you do when you have lost your sewing mojo and found another mojo for scrapping and card making ?? No doubt it wont last too long :)

Lovely day out

2011-07-18T20:12:00.000+10:00

Who did I have lunch with today ?? your friend and mine Rosie , we went to Anvers chocolate factory and had the most lovely lunch (NOT CHOCOLATE) Qiqa had to have a play in the delivery train with Rosie :)

lovely surprise in my mail box

2011-07-13T20:59:00.001+10:00

I got a great big surprise in my mailbox yesterday morning it was soo exciting, I could feel something soft inside however as everybody who lives in the country knows you have to drive to your mailbox so most times you pick up your mail on your way back home at night , with it being winter here that means it's dark so me being me could not wait till I drove back to the house (no street lights out here) so I just HAD to put on the car light and rip into it and it turned out to be a gift from my friend Jo of Lilly Pilly formally Jo in tas and I just love it to bits Thanks heaps Jo I just love it, OK so this post is back to front what do I do to get the pic at the bottom ????

would you believe from this at the Sheraton to this

2011-06-14T08:10:00.000+10:00

I was one of millions of people stranded at Melbourne Airport on Sunday night, what annoyed me most was not the fact that over the air came the announcement Jet star management have now decided we will not be flying! anybody with a brain at all would understand and accept this as a small price to pay considering the poor folks in Chili and the affect on them, it was the fact that Jet star personnel had magically vanished when we went back to "check in" for help as to where to try for a room or what to do next ALL the other airlines had staff helping passengers to find accommodation etc., being a long weekend all the hotels we knew in Melbourne were fully booked already then with all the people who were stranded on top of that !!! We eventually were helped by a lady who was at the airport shuttle counter so we ended up in a hotel at St Kilda (NEVER AGAIN ) we went from this to this which folded up when one of us (not me) sat on it. this by the way cost us $245.00 per night talk about taking advantage of a disaster situation

Sorry Girls

2011-06-07T18:48:00.000+10:00

Sorry to all the girls I normally send comments to blogger wont let me comment on SOME blogs so if I'm not commenting on yours but you see that I am on others please dont take it personally it's blogger not playing fare,
I was going to post the three owls I made yesterday and today however if you just go to Rosie's blog .
Happy Rosie you will see hers and they are exactly the same including fabrics.

Help please melbourne

2011-05-26T06:08:00.000+10:00

Hi girls,
I'm going to have to be in Melbourne at the weekend do any of you know of a quilting shop to visit while there? I'll be staying at the Hilton on the Park I believe it's East Melbourne I dont know Melboune so Havent a clue where anything is any ideas would be great thanks

Followup from last post

2011-05-15T20:39:00.000+10:00

My great granddaughter with her quilt which I'm happy to say she loved, also with her new seven week old brother in his wee woolie suit which we all needed today.

Narah's quilt done at long last

2011-05-15T10:39:00.000+10:00

This is the quilt for my granddaughter Narah it has been a long time in the making it is all hand quilted so took ages , I'm sure she will be pleased when I take it over to her today she has waited sooooooooooo loooong for it :)

1st three blocks of All Creachers Great and Small

2011-05-05T06:25:00.000+10:00

These are my first three blocks of All Creachers Great and Small Quilt I am doing for another expected G/Grandchild these kids are coming too fast for me to keep up, I guess thats what happens when you have so many Grandchildren to start with LOL.

My T I S blocks for May

2011-05-03T20:10:00.000+10:00

These are the blocks I did for May in the TIS stitch along, you can see my wee iron in the pic I got it at the Craft and quilt fair

Bekki's quilt

2011-04-27T19:03:00.000+10:00

This is the quilt I have made for my Granddaughter for when she has her first bub it's my version of Bears in my Garden which I have changed around a fair bit and added an extra few bears. :) hope she likes it.

Just got home

2011-04-26T20:38:00.000+10:00

WE, Rosie, Debbie (non blogger) and I have arrived home after 4 days in Hobart had a great time , sorry no pics as yet
We all spent a lovely afternoon Sunday at the lovely Jo's for an afternoon of stitching only problem was I did not even get my stitching out my bag we were too busy talking and drinking lovely coffee made by Jo then I went into the back yard and pinched a tomato gosh it was lovely so nice I came back to Burnie with a bag of them and had tomatoes on toast for tea tonight. Thanks again Jo for a lovely catch up afternoon.

HELP Please

2011-04-20T11:42:00.000+10:00

Hi Girls, I'm after the names of any stitchery quilt patterns for babies quilts with my Granddaughters and granddaughters in law being pregnant ect., I am on the hunt ,I have just finished Teddy's in my garden twice so dont want to do that one again any help would be great thanks

this weeks stitching

2011-04-15T22:59:00.000+10:00

This is just a wee look at my stitching for this week , I did mean to put up the two blocks I have done of my Vignette Hezagone quilt however I forgot :(

Hexigons

2011-04-03T17:26:00.000+10:00

Here are some of my hexigons that I have been doing and swaping between my other quilting projects the ones with the white around them will be removed and repositioned to suit the quilt this is going to be another fun project me thinks.

New Great Grandson

2011-03-22T19:30:00.000+11:00

Today I got a new G/Grandson he is 9 Lb and just like his Dad was when he was born.

Not sure who the old lady is

What I have been doing

2011-03-06T22:02:00.000+11:00

This is what I have been doing other than my hexies which I will put up on another post in a day or so

A Finish At Last

2011-02-28T10:50:00.000+11:00

This one has been in the UFO pile for a while now I finally got around to getting it done this weekend

so thought a pic of a finish might be good for a change on my blog :):)

So the winner is

2011-02-18T21:26:00.000+11:00

Well the winner of my 200th post is Roseanne Queen of the unpickers , I got hubby to pick out the winners the first one he picked was uncontactable so he drew another and Roseanne was it .
So Roseanne if you could send me your snail mail address your surprise will be in the post Monday morning hope you like them Roseanne
Hugs
Bell

OOoooPS

2011-02-16T10:09:00.001+11:00

Sorry Girls I have just noticed that my last post was my 200th post so it's time for a giveaway, again this will be a secret gift :) still a secret to me LOL I promise it will be worth giving and recieving though.
To enter all you have to do is be a follower of my blog.close time will be Friday of this week at 9pm

Baby Shower

2011-02-13T18:12:00.000+11:00

Well today Rosie and I went to Devonport to the baby shower for my new great grandson what lovely presents there were for them. I did manage to get the baby quilt done in time, while I was there I was informed that another new great grandchild was on the way they are not going to find out what the baby is so this quilt will have to be one that will do either a boy or girl LOL at least I have 6 months to work out what I'm going to do.

Mug Bag

2011-02-11T17:41:00.000+11:00

This is just a small Mug Bag I made today it has elastic on the top of both sides which keeps your mug snug :)

I think I need to get on hubby's back to get my table and chairs painted :)
and why is it that I see the sprinkler after I take the pic ??

Quilt for Greatgrandson due 17th Feb

2011-02-06T16:01:00.000+11:00

This is one of the tops for the two quilts I am doing for my future G/Grandson due on the 17th of Feb so far it is still only the top I hope to get it quilted tomorrow in time for the baby shower next Sunday

Then the other one the first one I finished doing today hope I do get then done in time

A Visitor

2011-02-05T22:05:00.000+11:00

Today I found a surprise visitor when I went to pick some of the thornless blackberries Ray put in last year,

I dont think the poor thing got much to eat it seems to have gotten its head caught in the bird netting, when it was found it was allready dead.

WOO HOO I WON

2011-01-31T22:19:00.000+11:00

Look what I won from Fiona at bubzrugs.blogspot/ three lovely baggage tags complete with plastic sleeve

and lovely Australian fabric

I got that BIG BUG TOO

2011-01-20T19:23:00.000+11:00

Not sure what the end plan is all I know at this stage is I want to make it into a queen size quilt so if any of you lovelies know of a pattern please advise.

water water everywhere

2011-01-14T19:42:00.000+11:00

This is just at the back of my house with a paddock between it and us fortunately it's a big paddock and we are nowhere near like the poor folks on the mainland.

how long will it be

2011-01-11T09:31:00.002+11:00

How long will it be till we have 1/1/11 or similar again ?????? It will be the 11th hour of the 11th day 11th month 11th year And a pic of lower crackpot Mini Town for Allie, notice the building standing on it's side at the back

1" hexies

2011-01-09T19:20:00.000+11:00

I have been accepted by an on line hexie swap group this is my first 2 1" hexies.
I have been doing a lot of hexies of late all different sizes these are the first ones for this size grouping

a few non sewing pics

2011-01-08T17:33:00.001+11:00

The Cactus belonged to Rosie's aunt who passed away last year, I brought the plant home but after a little while it looked like it was dead however I would not toss it just persevered with it and look at it now gorgeous flowers growing outside the old cattery its not just a tin shed promise its all lined out with vinyl on the floors, The other pic is the little girl I spend time with wonder who did the jigsaw puzzle I know who Mummy was told did it.
Sorry still no stitching to show just yet I have been stitching though

Sort of a dare

2011-01-05T22:35:00.003+11:00

This is a bit of a dare you don't tell me I wouldn't dare cause I will, providing the mickey is being taken out of me and not hurting anyone else. anyway who would call anyone a friend that even took a pic of you like this even if it was Christmas day don't know what was going on for me to have a face like that in the first place LOL
Blogland is full of good fun folks so that makes it OK to have fun with friends at least it's not on that facebook thing.

Just a test

2011-01-04T21:28:00.000+11:00

Just doing a test as I'm having problems since changing my blog name

Just A Few Pics

2011-01-04T17:32:00.001+11:00

These are a few pics of the Roses Ray bought for our garden for Christmas also the gooseberry's that will be preserved tonight, I also caught Ray watering his veggie garden so had to grab that he would hide my camera if he knew I'd put it on here , Santa up the water tower at Evendale on our way back from Hobart and a couple of the carvings at Campbeltown with Rosie also on the way home from Hobart. I'm hoping this posts OK as it looks strange on the preview

Changed Blog Name

2011-01-02T21:18:00.000+11:00

Hi just a quick post to let all my follwers know I am changing my blog name to Bell's country Cottage with the new year I just felt like a change so i hope I dont lose all my friends by doing this.
I have been doing some stitching however I'm sorry I dont have anything to show just yet.

Advent doll pic & my Fav dolls

2010-12-27T12:04:00.001+11:00

These are just quick pics mainly to show you the doll I got from Kaylee for my Christmas day gift and a couple of my favorite dolls bought from reborn doll makers the old pram cost me nearly as much as a doll $300.00 I just couldn't find a genuine old pram so I had to cough up the$$ $ The dark doll is the one from Kaylee Thanks again Kaylee

Advent gifts

2010-12-27T11:12:00.000+11:00

These are my Advent gifts from Kaylee lots of Rik Rak ,an Angel Tree decoration, a lovely covered soap for my drawer , three more Christmas tree decorations (Which are put away with the tree) a lovely needle case and pouch to match, a pattern and the fabric to make it up , hand cream, talcum powder, folder cover, and a gorgeous doll who is not showing up in the pic as she is a black doll .

I think I will get her out she is sitting with my reborn dolls and take another pic of her outside in the pram she is just too lovely for you not to see properly . this pic is not a very good one AT ALL of any of the lovely gifts I received from Kaylee.

Help with Hexagons

2010-12-18T23:39:00.000+11:00

Can anyone help me ? I want to make 1/4" hexagons I got the papers however when I tried to cut the fabric from the temp plate it was way too big and if I had left it like that I could not have gotten the papers out , so any help would be great

we have a visitor

2010-12-14T07:48:00.000+11:00

We have a little visitor for three weeks do you think she is comfy in Bobby's bed ?

I was a bit concerned as to how they would both get on especially through the night while we were asleep however since this is what I got up to see this morning I think she will be just fine ! Don't you ? I think her mum and dad were a bit secretly concerned too, Shiloh will miss her mummy and Daddy big time as they spoil her rotten and where dad goes thats where Shiloh goes.

After the rain

2010-12-12T18:16:00.000+11:00

We have had rain for over a week now however it has done well for the poppies , this is from my back fence yesterday it was all just green tops

Advent swap gifts

2010-12-06T09:43:00.000+11:00

I thought I'd just show some of my Advent gifts from Kaylee of Krafty Kaylee today,

This is what happened to me today

2010-12-05T19:09:00.001+11:00

You will not believe this!!!!!, Today I went shopping at woollies for the weekly shopping plus a few Christmas things like the leg of ham , WELL while I'm paying my bill somebody pinched my trolley full of groceries you should have seen the look on my face( I'm one of those folks who shows all with my expressions) to say I was gob smacked would be an understatement there I am just turning to put my handbag back in the trolley only to find NO TROLLEY the poor kid who was serving me was speechless the shop was packed I had had to wait ten mins at least at the register everybody is looking at me and saying things like how brazen is that ? and I don't believe it ect , Rosie then comes round with the car to see whats keeping me and what all the commotion is about ? I then went to tell Rosie what had happened only to find out SHE WAS THE CULPRIT Thinking she was helping me she had come into the supermarket and taken my trolley to the car so the moral of this LONG storey is DON'T EVER SHOP IF Rosie is about.
Funny now!!! but I was worried sick at first, then mortified when I had to say to the front end control girl it was my friend who had taken them.

Rosie is back (I hope)

2010-11-26T21:15:00.002+11:00

I went up to Rosie's home tonight and we set up a new blog for her she is now known as happy rosie I hope you can all go and wellcome her back to blogland, every time Rosie gets her blog going something happens and she cant get back into it, so lets hope this one will last a bit longer for her.
Cheers
Bell

The Winner Is

2010-11-19T19:41:00.001+11:00

Thank you to everyone who entered my give away, I got hubby to pick my winner since I knew everybody who entered and he picked First In Best Dressed so the winner is the lovely Vickie from Tozz's Corner .
So Vickie if you send me you addie your surprise will be in the mail Monday/Tuesday.

150th Give Away

2010-11-18T10:23:00.002+11:00

Soo Sorry ladies, I have just noticed I missed doing my 150th blog give away, so here we go just send a comment and your in with a chance to win my mystery gift.
You have till Friday the 19th to enter 7pm Tassie time :):)

I have been VERY VERY SPOILED by Kaylee my advent partner

2010-11-17T15:53:00.000+11:00

I have been sooo spoiled by my advent partner Kaylee I promise I haven't scummed to opening them up but would you look at the size of it all, it all came in THREE BIG postage bags and they were heavy Thanks soo very much Kaylee I cant wait for the 1st Dec :):)

My wee pity party

2010-10-23T12:20:00.000+11:00

I'm having a not so wee pity party much more like a big kid tantrum all my online friends are at a lovely stitching retreat in Hagley and I have to stay at home to look after Qiqa , we are going to see some silly 3D movie which I'm sure I will just love (NOT.) don't you all feel so sorry for me :(:(

First block of remember when

2010-10-11T14:33:00.000+11:00

This is the first block from "Remember When" by Libby Richardson which I am doing from a block of the month at Calico Crossroads it's really nice to stitch, allthough I really should be doing my Gardeners journal since I did join the stitch along but I can leave this one at Qiqa's house while she plays I can get a few stitches in LOL

this is what I have been doing

2010-10-05T22:00:00.000+11:00

This is the top only of a small quilt I am doing for my future Great Grandchild if the baby is a boy I'm also working on an other one for a girl as we dont know which the baby will be.

A quilt for Qiqa

2010-09-22T01:58:00.001+10:00

This is a quilt I have almost finished for Qiqa the little girl I have been looking after the pic was taken in the front porch of their house, as you can see I am still doing the binding, Qiqa had to get into the picture because it is her quilt LOL the quilt is one from the pajama Party book.
Rosie and I had a quick trip into Calico Crossroads on the way back to Burnie after taking Qiqa to see the Wiggles in Launceston , Pauline has the most amazing new needles you have to see them to believe it they have a three sided point not a round point we got some then after trying them made a quick phone call to get Pauline to send up another two pkts. Go check them out on your next visit to Launceston.

A few Gardeners Journal Pics

2010-08-28T20:54:00.000+10:00

Here are a few of my Gardeners Journal blocks , Hope everyone is having a productive weekend.

Sad news

2010-07-17T12:26:00.000+10:00

My darling little Granddaughter Isabella passed away on Wednesday 14th, those of you who know me well will know she was born ill but this has not made her passing any easier to cope with, so if I'm away again its just because I'm so up and down at the moment, As a Christian I believe she is at long last running like the wee girl she is and playing with other precious children who have gone on to a better life . If it were not for my faith I really dont think I could cope at all.

I'm Back I think :)

2010-07-13T22:40:00.001+10:00

Looks like I'm back ( hopefully).
My GP friend passed her Australian med finals, I'm back home nights, still at her place Moday/Friday and some weekends if she is on call.

These are two quilts I have done while I was away ( if I remember how to post them) The first one is for a friends foster child, and the small lap quilt is for my G/Grandson as a wee quilt for when he falls asleep in the car.

Sorry I'm A W l

2010-02-26T15:36:00.000+11:00

Sorry I'm absent without leave , I am staying with a friend looking after her daughter while she works and studies for her finals which are starting in March and finishing in May , since my laptop does nt work at her home I cant get on the blogs much only when I'm home to see poor old never complaining hubby. He really is a dear just dont anybody tell him I said that .
I hope to be back blogging in May .
Hugs to ALL my blog friends believe me I'm missing everybody and everything :-(

The Verdict is in

2010-01-03T22:13:00.000+11:00

Well I think her name is Bessie from here on in

One good thing did happen

2010-01-02T21:20:00.000+11:00

We had a new member of the family arrive poor wee thing doesnt know what her name is one min it's Sophie then it's Bessie I cant make up my mind what do you think??

No Celebrations for us this year

2010-01-02T20:18:00.000+11:00

Well lets hope next year is better I spoiled Christmas for both hubby and I, we were going out for Christmas dinner guess who got pneumonia on the 23rd and still have it after two lots of antibiotics, as if that was not enough the phones went bung cant be fixed till after new year as its a big fault , then yesterday the water pump gave up so after allmost two days with no water a new pump was installed $2800 later .someone please tell me nothing else can happen :-)
All the best for 2010 to all my blogger friends and thanks for your friendship

Merry Christmas and sorry

2009-12-18T13:22:00.000+11:00

Hi I just want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and also to say sorry I cant show all the fab advent pressies I have recieved from my swap partner Laurie my camera has gone bung now of all times.

First day of Christmas

2009-12-01T08:50:00.001+11:00

Today is the first day of Christmas so you all know what that means! we get to open a gift from all those parcels we have had sitting waiting tempting us, so before brekie I opened my first one from Laurie here is a pic of my first gift. Thank you soo much Laurie.

Picture heavy post

2009-11-22T22:01:00.000+11:00

These are some pics of Sufi's craftshop and Tearooms at Triabunna, We visited the shop spent a bomb between us nearly $1000 it is a shop you just have to buy from, its an all year round Christmas shop Debbie(non blogger) Rosie and I stoped there had afternoon tea,bought some fabric, panels and needles the rest was spent on Christmas things the prices were very reasonable which is why we bought so much :-) we also stopped at the craft shop in St Helens sorry no pics from there.

I'm back and Advent Swap

2009-11-13T16:41:00.000+11:00

I'm back from Hobart now after my friends death, it was a hard two weeks (even much harder for Rosie) it was her cousin and she had the responsability of clearing out the house for resale most of which I could not help her with some of it because it was not my place to interfer and some other bits were too heavy for my back, but at least I was there to support Rosie and could help with her cousin's dissabled daughter.

Now to happier things I have posted away my parcel for my swap partner Laurie in NZ and I received a parcel from her this afternoon now the hard bit not delving into it for sooooo long

Gift for my Drs little girl

2009-09-30T18:54:00.001+10:00

This is just a quick pic of what I made for my Doctors little girl today she was thrilled with it when I handed it into the surgery for her to take home to little Qi Qa.

I Think We Had A Storm

2009-09-28T22:42:00.000+10:00

I think we may have had a bit of a storm on Saturday night and all day Sunday it blew and then blew some more , I was without power for just over 36 hrs which for us means no water either, poor hubby had to get buckets of water out of the cow trough just to flush the loo :) Then I had to drive down to Rosie's house to get some water for drinking and have a shower LOL fortunatley the power came on again tonight I was going through withdrawals from blogland after two full days of it all. The pics with the muddy Rd is where I live I took them from the saftey of the car though I was not getting back out in it again LOL

More Eye Candy (I hope)

2009-09-26T20:25:00.000+10:00

Eye Candy from Calico Crossroads

2009-09-26T20:01:00.001+10:00

On Wednesday Rosie Debby and I went on a trip to Exeter to visit Pauline at Calico Crossroads. We took our lunch which we had out in the workroom with Pauline then out came my camera to take a few pics to show all of you sorry I did not take pics of what we bought.

My Baby

2009-09-21T21:52:00.004+10:00

Since I have no finishes to show you I thought I'd show you all my baby, her name is Bekki Lee she was re birthed in 2005-2006 I don't know where I put the "birth certificate" :o) to checkout her proper date etc.,
The work that goes into this re birthing process is amazing each hair being done individually with real hair and all the little baby markings.
She is feeling a bit strange just now as Rose and I swapped baby beds so this is her first night in this bed. I dont think she thinks much of me as a mummy I gave her brother to Rose now I have changed her bed poor wee mite must be wondering whats next.

A Finish

2009-09-10T17:25:00.002+10:00

This is a pic of a quilt I finished today for my friends little foster boy so it's one down three more to go there are four foster children in this lovely wee family so cant do one without the others :-)

Lovely Day

2009-09-09T22:53:00.002+10:00

Today was the first really nice day we have had for so long that after a little stitching in the morning Rosie and I headed away to Calico Crossroads we didn't leave the shop till 6.15pm poor Pauline closes at 4pm however she was going to be staying back to cut out some kits for my favorite quilt don't suppose I need to say it was "Family Values" so we were not really too naughty staying late. It was great to catch up with Pauline and the wonderful fragrance in her shop is SO nice I had to bring that home to, the vast mix of lovelies she has are a joy to behold I love a visit there.
We got home at 9.10 pm :) sorry I have no pics to show forgot to take any.
Hope all the teachers and mothers out there are enjoying your holidays

Free B O M and Giveaway

2009-09-06T11:42:00.002+10:00

Hi Girls, hope all of you who managed to get to one of the mystery quit days had a fun day!
there is a free B O M at Dorothy Baker Designs not sure of the starting date ( sorry I still cant get those buttons up ) Allie has one on her blog so all of you who did" Port Holes " or Wonky Houses can pick up the button there.

giveaway

2009-08-24T18:21:00.001+10:00

All pop over to Calamity Janes Blog she has a great giveaway going

Another block for my "Family Values/Tender Moments Quilt

2009-08-23T22:11:00.002+10:00

I hope Rose the designer of "Threadbare Creations" approves of what I have done with two of her patterns "Family Values & Tender Moments" I need to make what was the Family Values quilt quite a lot bigger king size en fact so am using the Tender Moments blocks to achieve this, I like my quilts big so that they hang over the sides almost to the floor, Family Values sits really well on top of a queen sized bed so the rest I am doing are really for the overhang so I'll put them on the quilt on their sides so it looks right and you can see the pics and words.

Looks like I spoke too soon

2009-08-22T17:18:00.006+10:00

Looks like I spoke too soon when I told Laurie my cyclamen were doing really well after being in flower for around six months the last one is looking a bit sick today it's gone all droopy so I hope this is not the beginning of the end for it.

Tender Moments" Well Not Quite"

2009-08-22T14:47:00.003+10:00

As most of you know I'm doing Family Values by Threadbare Creations I just love Roses patterns well I finished Family values however in the mean time we bought the new Number control bed so now I need kingsize quilt so after lots of thinking about how I could add borders ect to make it bigger I came up with the idea of doing more blocks but then it was what kind of blocks from where?? I ended up putting it aside and was going to start a lovely stitchery I received from Christine which I have been itching to start then what do I see in with my patterns " Tender Moments" by Threadbare Creations so I got to thinking I wonder if I can put the two together so with a few changes (hope thats OK Rose) this is what I came up with. I had to change the border and the colour, what do you girls think will it work???

Fish

2009-08-18T08:26:00.001+10:00

It's Been Found Thankyou All

2009-08-13T21:39:00.002+10:00

Thank you all the pattern has been found thanks to all who helped find me a copy.
Hugs
Bell

Can Anybody Help ??

2009-08-12T19:19:00.001+10:00

Hi Girls, I'm trying to do a quilt from an old copy of "Pathway to Paradise "by Jacky Hens, my problem is that I don't have the instruction page, I made the blocks before I noticed it was missing, I also don't have a colour copy of the finished quilt to copy from, it was published in Australian Country Craft a few years ago.
Any help would be great.

A great give away

2009-08-04T10:50:00.002+10:00

Hi Girls, Jenny from elefantaz is doing another give away, also you must look in her etzy shop she has more lovely patterns in there as well, I really love her free BOM "Shabby Roses" it's just lovely yet soo not me but how I'd like to be all prettiness around me not my usual Plain Jane type of person look out girls I may just change do you think that's possible? I'll still be my silly good fun self though making faces trying on aprons at gatherings :-)

I have to wait another month

2009-08-03T20:02:00.002+10:00

This is my version of block 8 of Jenny from Elefantaz's Shabby Roses as I said yesterday I love doing this one, but now I have to wait another month for my next one :)

Block No 7 Shabby Roses

2009-08-02T13:08:00.002+10:00

This is a pic of my Shabby Roses Block No 7, I'm really enjoying doing this set and can never wait to get the next block from the blog, it's by Jenny of Elefantaz thanks again Jenny.

A finish

2009-07-23T06:13:00.004+10:00

Well my bag is finished in time to take to Hobart this morning Rosie has made one too. Rosie will no doubt show hers on her blog we put a centre zip in and an extra wee zipped pocket inside I'm of to see my specialist, Rosie is driving me down this time in her new matchbox car (as she calls it)its actually a Mazda 2 nice wee car we will be home again and on line Sunday.

My New Glasses case

2009-07-15T18:14:00.005+10:00

Look what my friend Debbie made me a new case for my glasses, I'd left them at Debbie's.
When Debbie brought them back for me they were complete with this nice wee case.
Do I have nice friend's or what??

Another Try at Shabby Roses Pics

2009-07-12T08:57:00.007+10:00

Here are a few pics which I think may be a bit better this time around.

What's that saying about best made plans

2009-07-11T17:02:00.004+10:00

Well so much for my PJs day Rosie twisted my are so tight I had to give in and go for a drive over to Cranberry crafts in Ulverstone where we bought the fabrics to make this bag, hope ours come out as nice as this one of Lynn's

My Friend Allie

2009-07-11T08:44:00.004+10:00

Have all you girls been over to see my newish friend Allie of "allie-opps sweet happy life "first and foremost she is a great blogger secondly Allie has a FREE stitchery pattern going just now that was was going to be a BOM Allie however has now made it a BOW Block of the week for those of you who don't have my nutty brain :-) pop over and see it for your selves .
It's Raining it's Pouring Wish this old girl was snoring
We are still blessed though it's a great day for stitching , even a great day to have a PJ's day For us country girls , (we normally get a phone call to make sure we will be home before anybody comes way out here :-)
Hot soup and thick toast followed by home made boiled fruit cake, I add nuts and seeds to mine yummy, Yes thats the order of the day for me (I hope)

My Boot from elifantaz

2009-07-10T20:58:00.002+10:00

Hi Girls just a wee pic of my stitching of Jenny's boot. Sorry about the light through the window and my net curtains :-)

Give Away

2009-07-08T16:46:00.001+10:00

Quick girls get on over to kimonos and quilts for a great give away there is also a link on Jo's blog

Family Values top

2009-07-04T19:11:00.003+10:00

This is a pic of my Family Values quilt put together at long last, I still have to put on the borders though.

The winner is ??

2009-07-01T00:15:00.002+10:00

Sorry No pics, there were pics but there were soo blured I tried to re take them but no go I'll need to have my camera checked sorry again.
The winner was Roseanne (razzy) so if you will send me you address I'll get it away to you in a few days when I get to town.
Thanks to every one who entered

Any one have this Problem

2009-06-28T07:35:00.005+10:00

You take home your mag only to find the article your looking for from the cover page is just not there.There is no mention of Helen (Stubbings) in here at all. I have been over the whole thing with a fine tooth comb :_( Sorry about the glare on the pics

Just a wee give away

2009-06-23T23:09:00.003+10:00

Well girls I think it must be past time I did a give away, so for a surprise in your mail box just leave a comment by the 30th June.
And Hubby can pick out another winner.

Pics of a few "Family Values" By Threadbare.

2009-06-15T16:50:00.006+10:00

A Few Pics

2009-06-14T21:11:00.007+10:00

Here are a few pics of my Shabby Roses By Jenny Reynolds of elefantz it's been soo long since I posted anything I hope I remember how :) these were all taken just a few Min's ago and the colours look different but they are done on the same fabric just not good lighting and poor photography

2009-06-13T22:53:00.002+10:00

Hi all, This is an exciting day, A pic of Sarah's new wee bub AND a new on line store in Tassie how good is that? I have been dealing with Sarah for quite a while now on EBay (before I started blogging) and have been more than satisfied .
Things are always as advertised and delivery is fast.
I hope you all check out her new online shop "Patchwork Plus "the link is on top of my page I know you wont be disappointed

New Email Address

2009-05-14T23:13:00.002+10:00

Sorry I still dont have anything to show yet.
Just want to let you all know I have changed my Email address to
isabella.smith8@bigpond.com

I won

2009-05-06T19:20:00.002+10:00

Look what I found in my mail box yummy fabric, a great mag, a three cone hanger and yummy chocolate with a really nice wee card.

Thanks SO much for the lovely give away Debs

A Finish at last

2009-05-05T19:34:00.002+10:00

Unfortunately it's too small for my new Number control Bed, so I guess I better start a new quilt :-)