tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65765278755347064282024-03-06T08:56:40.149+11:00Meanderings of a Crazy Quilter aka Jan QuigleyJan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.comBlogger289125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-42093956760080037912018-05-03T22:27:00.001+10:002018-05-03T22:27:15.444+10:00Our New Baby, a Catch Up & more Babies!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ruby joined our family a few months ago & from day 1 she just fitted it. She turned 1 in December so is just a baby. She & Molly have become great mates & Zaphod, our cat, is not averse to having his face licked by Ruby. Mum loves Ruby & jokes she will take her home with her one day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Life is very busy at the moment as we are flat out getting our house ready to put on the market. It was quite unexpected, we'd planned to move this year, but had then decided against it, so we'd spent a lot of time setting this house up to suit our needs. Although it's a 5 bedroom house, we only had 2 bedrooms being used as bedrooms, with the others a study, craftroom & loungeroom. A little unconventional, so now we are juggling furniture around to make it more marketable, & of course finishing off everything we had started over the years. Mum moved down to Melbourne from the Central Coast (NSW), at the end of January, & needs a bit of help with things these days, so we are moving to be closer to her, the fact that she lives in one of our favourite places, is an added bonus. </span></span><span style="font-family: "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", notocoloremoji, "segoe ui symbol", "android emoji", emojisymbols, "emojione mozilla"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">😊</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-align: left;">My latest finish, a shawl, a birthday gift for a dear friend. It's a virus shawl, I've made 5 of them now, they are very addictive!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-align: left;">Life has been changing over the past few months, with our youngest now living in the city Monday to Friday, to be close to his new job. Although he comes home weekends, he has a busy social life, so we might not see much of him over the weekend. I guess it's a gentle way of getting used to being empty nesters, something I've been dreading for many years. Nothing makes me happier than having my kids under my roof, if only for a visit. Our new house will be a huge change, but I'm looking forward to making it our own, & taking part in local activities. Luckily I already have several good friends in the area who I hope will be popping around regularly for a cuppa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-align: left;">Although I have a lot of wips, I'm concentrating on yet another corner 2 corner blanket, I love making them. I'm using Caron Cakes for this one, I've bought 10 different balls, very colourful. I'm on the 5th ball & I'm making it to fit a queen size bed, I'm thinking I may need to get a couple more balls to make it big enough. The beauty of a c2c is that you work out the size as you go along, rather than having to preplan.</span></div>
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Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-45845484450937361282017-10-27T11:00:00.003+11:002017-10-27T11:00:50.424+11:00Some Bits & Bobs I've Been Making Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was very excited with the news that my high school bestie Wendy's daughter was expecting her first child. I couldn't miss an opportunity to make something, so I asked if she would prefer pastels or brights. Pastels please! & she sent a pick of a beautiful ripple blanket in these exact colours. I did plan on making the ripple rug, & I did start it, but for some reason I just kept losing the plot with the pattern so in the end I threw in the towel & decided to go with a simple corner to corner rug. I felt it was probably the best option if the rug was to be finished this decade! Sometimes my brain just doesn't co-operate & this was one of those times. I used Patons 4 ply pure Merino wool, I'm old fashioned & like to use natural fibres for babies. It was lovely & soft & drapes beautifully.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I found a few odd granny squares I'd made & realised they'd make a great base for a vintage basket I take to my craft group. I joined them up added a border & voila!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'Betty' the Yarndale mascot & she couldn't have a better name. My Mum is Betty, & she taught me to knit & sew so I just loved it when I first saw Betty on Lucy's blog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here is the link to Betty & the pattern to crochet her:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The bag below is made using the yarn supplied in the kit from Wool Warehouse. It is a fabulous bag, just the right size, I use mine a lot & plan to make a few more in different colours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I crocheted up a bunch of flowers & decorated a pair of </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">IKEA </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">scuffs, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">& </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">an </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">IKEA cushion cover with them. These were a birthday gift for a dear friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is where i found the pattern : </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-align: left;">Like a lot of people I caught the sock making bug. I never actually thought I'd be able to make a sock but with a little help from my friends, a wonderful pattern & tutorial from Winwick Mum, & a teeny tiny circular needle I did it, quite a few times in fact! They are super comfy & very warm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Knitting socks had always been on my to-do list so I was glad when the opportunity came along. I find most things just fall into place along the way. My Mum knitted socks for the soldiers during WW2. She was still at school at the time, & she & her friends, would go the home of a lovely local lady in Goulburn to make socks, & also camouflage nets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My great aunts used to knit beautiful wool socks for my Dad, they lasted for many years, & Mum would darn them whenever necessary, the socks not my great aunts lol. Though they did also last for many years, the last of the four sisters who shared a home, passed away aged 103. Aunty Lal was such a character she was by far the worst driver I've ever been in a car with, but somehow we all survived. She went through life calling everybody 'Love' as I'm not sure she actually remembered anyone's name. She was always a lot of fun & all her great nieces & nephews loved her. Ah getting a little nostalgic, back on track...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grab a friend who is also keen as it's fun to sockalong together & help each other if necessary. There is also a facebook page where you can chat to other sock makers & get heaps of help & advice if needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These beautiful hanks were bought from a local lady who dyes the most exquisite colours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pauline has a facebook page, Wild at Heart Yarns, so you can check them out for yourself. (No affils. just a happy customer).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These 2 pairs of self-striping yarn, very clever & fun to work with, are made from Spotlight's Not Just Socks 4 ply yarn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's especially good when it's on sale, that's when I grab a ball or 2. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have no idea why, but as a kid I really didn't like hydrangeas. Now I love them! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I snapped these pics at my daughter Emma's farm, the colours are just amazing. Knowing how much I love hydrangeas (now) she bought me the hydrangea kit put together by my fave crafter Lucy of Attic 24. I haven't started it yet, but I have made the Moorland blanket & it's been toasty warm through a very cold Melbourne winter. I'll share pics of it soon.</span></div>
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Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-56230703529997388222017-09-04T21:53:00.003+10:002017-09-06T00:16:26.703+10:00My Yummy Crochet Hook Case<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I treated myself to a set of Clover crochet hooks, oh how I love them! They are wonderful to work with & I can crochet away for hours on end & often do. Because they are so lovely I felt I really needed something special to store them in, so I made this holder. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I actually used my gorgeous Kaffe Fassett fabrics & thoroughly enjoyed matching each hook colour to the fabric. Actually there's a method to my madness as it turns out, because when I open the holder & a hook is missing, I instantly know what colour hook to look for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I had trouble choosing a fabric for all the colours to be up against, nothing seemed to work, & then I remembered my black & white stash & it worked. The outside fabric is a Liberty print.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you would like me to write up a pattern, please leave a comment & let me know. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Note: no affils to Clover, Kaffe Fassett or Liberty, I just love their products.</span></div>
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Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-18701379888250121292015-12-14T19:12:00.003+11:002016-03-16T01:19:58.940+11:00December Again?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Maybe I should go back to school, time went sooooo slowly then, now it just flies by in the blink of an eye. Now my youngest has finished school, & has just finished his first year of work, it's going even quicker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The past month or so has been a write off. Never really picking up after a routine colonoscopy, the symptoms the doctor described as 'normal' finally proved to be my first bout of diverticulitis. Not fun & what was even less fun was 7 hours in the local hospital ER waiting for a scan my doctor had phoned ahead & arranged. 16 1/2 hours waiting for pain relief was no picnic either. My many food allergies meant the kitchen, 'that takes allergies very seriously,' were able to offer me a glass of water. I finally managed to arrange to be transferred to the local private hospital where they had no difficulty giving me lovely meals. 4 days in hospital, it is very nice to be home.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whinge over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I started decorating the last weekend in November, I planned to do quite a bit this year so thought it best to start early. I couldn't decide what colour to use on the tree this year & dd Emma suggested going rainbow, so we did. I have to say I think it looks great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My tree collection. Dd Emma snuck the little teal one in while I was away wondering how long it would take me to notice. It was only a matter of seconds after I actually sat down & looked up & saw it, lol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I fancied having a green tree too this year. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I haven't done much pressie shopping but I'm not buying much this year. Nobody really wants anything, I think so many are trying to cut back on possessions, so what I give will hopefully be useful & not just get shoved in a cupboard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My vintage stalls are ticking along, I gave them both a makeover & changed direction a bit. Deciding whether or not to continue with them next year, we'll see.</span><br />
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Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-42258597664369134522015-10-03T23:25:00.000+10:002015-10-03T23:25:38.331+10:00Out & About.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the past few weekends we've had some beautiful Spring weather here in Melbourne. A couple of weeks ago we headed down to one of my fave places, Mornington, for a picnic. It didn't take long for the seagulls to discover us. They had us totally surrounded & thoroughly enjoyed sharing our lunch. The noise was deafening & they became braver & braver & were actually taking food from our hands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we headed into the city, we visited the Finders Keepers market at the Royal Exhibition Building, the beautiful building in the background, it was very enjoyable,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">then we sat out in the gardens & had a picnic lunch watching the ducks on the water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then it was time to head off to the airport to pick up Rowan who has spent 2 weeks away. The first week doing a work course in Sydney, the 2nd week visiting my Mum on the Central Coast. It is wonderful to have him home again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've lived in Melbourne for a little over 5 years now & I've seen so little, agoraphobia has kept me housebound for as long as I can remember, & I've decided I've had enough & I'm really going to push myself to go places! Next weekend I'm hoping to go to the Miss Fisher Exhibition at Ripponlea. I managed to get there last year & it was fabulous, I'd love to go again.</span></div>
Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-38851404685065743342015-09-10T20:37:00.003+10:002015-09-10T20:38:21.770+10:00Alice in Wonderland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It started out so simply. I happened to read that Alice in Wonderland was published 150 years ago this year & I thought it would be fun to have a Mad Hatter's Tea Party. It was also my birthday coming up, & as I hadn't had a party since my 18th, which was a 'few' years ago, I thought why not?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course as with anything, give me a theme & I'm off, lol. Well with google & Pintrest there are millions of ideas out there so I started searching. Here are some pics of the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I did it again, locked myself out of my blog & today, with the help of ds, I finally got in again.Yes I'm writing down how I got back in. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So what's been happening all these months? Well I have been busy & I will show you a few things I've made. I won't try & catch it all up in one post though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last year I started a monthly sewing group in my home to make quilts for Aussie Hero Quilts. These are the three quilts I've made so far.</span><br />
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Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-24138735470235999672015-04-26T16:29:00.003+10:002015-04-26T16:29:56.564+10:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">YAY! I haven't blogged in such a long time & I'm finally here. I keep forgetting my password & google logs me in on another account so I can't post, but I finally got it sorted!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been busy since my last post when I told you about the poppies I was making, well yesterday was ANZAC Day & the culmination of all that poppy making. My Mum also started making poppies & she sent about 60 down to me to add to the collection. Mum is 85 & still a very keen crocheter. I gave some of our poppies to the 5000 poppy project with dedications to my relatives who fought in both world wars, I also sent some to Parramatta RSL for their collection, & the rest I attached to camouflage netting, & my husband draped it over the front of his 1952 FX Holden. He drove a WW2 Air Force veteran & his son in the Melbourne ANZAC Day march.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It looked lovely & I was so pleased to be able to honour my relatives, & indeed everyone involved in all the wars. I hope you had a chance to see the hundreds of thousands of poppies in the Melbourne display, & all the beautiful displays around Australia, New Zealand, & I'm sure other countries too. There are so many photos on the internet it's hard to miss them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I haven't just been crocheting, since October last year, a lovely group of ladies have been meeting in my house once a month to make quilts & laundry bags to send over to our Servicemen & women. We have a lovely time & have formed real friendships & are now meeting for craft days to work on our own projects. I was simply looking for a group to give some of my excess fabric to, when I remembered the Aussie Heroes Quilt project & got in touch with the organizer Jan-maree. She put me in touch with ladies in my area who were either already making quilts for the project, or keen to start, & our group very quickly formed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a link to the Aussie hero Quilt blog, perhaps you'd like to make a quilt or laundry bag. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm currently sewing the binding on a quilt to send & will post a pic when it is finished, I then have another quilt layered ready to quilt & 2 more on the go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I won't try & catch up everything in one post, I'll be back soon to show you some pics of my fave quilt at the Melbourne quilt show last week, & the fantastic book & yummy fabrics that begged me to take them home.</span></div>
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Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-40642822123402989392014-11-02T20:08:00.001+11:002014-11-11T22:31:32.884+11:005000 Poppies- my poppy designs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I heard about the 5000 poppy project a little while ago & thought, I must look into that, but as always I got distracted. Last week I had the luck/pleasure of meeting 2 lovely ladies involved in it, Carol & Marie, & knew it was time to jump in. Carol gave me a brochure with some patterns to try, I also googled patterns, & got busy crocheting & knitting. The patterns I tried were lovely, but quite time consuming, so I decided to have a go at making up a pattern. I had changed one of the patterns I'd tried, adding an extra row of petals, so was feeling brave enough to try. The beauty of crochet is that it is very quick, & as you are only dealing with 1 stitch at a time, unlike knitting, it's easy to unpick & keep modifying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So here it is, I hope you like it!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">PS I've added a variation, scroll down to see version 2.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8 ply green wool/yarn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8 ply red wool/yarn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">black 'eyelash' yarn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4.5mm crochet hook (Use bigger or smaller if you prefer).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Using green wool/yarn make 4 chain & join them with a slip stitch. (or make a slip ring)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Row 1</b>, 2 chain, then 11 trebles into the ring. End green wool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Row 2</b>, Join in red wool, work 2 chain & 1 treble, into the first space, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*1 treble into next space, 2 treble into the next.** </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Repeat from * to **. around the poppy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Use your darning needle to flip up the fluffy part of the eyelash yarn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8 ply green wool/yarn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8 ply red wool/yarn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">black 'eyelash' yarn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4.5mm crochet hook (Use bigger or smaller if you prefer).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Using green wool/yarn make 4 chain & join them with a slip stitch. (or make a slip ring)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Row 1</b>, 2 chain, then 11 trebles into the ring. End green wool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Row 2</b>, Join in red wool, work 2 chain & 1 treble, into the first space, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">work 2 trebles into each space. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Join with a slip stitch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Row 3</b>, 2 ch & 1 treble into the first space, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*1 treble into next space, 2 treble into the next.** </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Repeat from * to **. around the poppy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Join with a slip stitch. Fasten off yarn.</span><br />
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Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-12969279816363248322014-10-22T19:25:00.003+11:002014-10-22T19:25:32.975+11:00Mum's Birthday Pressie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> It's hard to believe that mum turns 85 next Monday. If you met her you'd think she was much younger, she is as sharp as a pin & still very independent. As happens every year i racked my brain to think of the right present. I asked a facebook quilt group for suggestions & one clever lady suggested a bag for mum's walker, if she has one. She does, not because she's doddery, but because she has hammer toes, the result of hand-me-down shoes. As one of 9 children, & the youngest of 5 girls growing up through the depression, it's not surprising. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Unfortunately mum lives 1000 kms from me, so I couldn't pop in for a visit to measure up the walker, I asked my nephew to take some pics while he was visiting & I had to wing it. He tells me mum isn't using the walker so I'm hoping this will encourage her! With this in mind I decided not to go with something pretty, but something cute, oh & the walker is red which immediately meant red, black & white to me. I hope she likes it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's 10" square, I used lightweight pellon to give it some body & some medium weight interfacing in the base. The pocket is for her keys so they are easy to find. I sewed on red webbing to tie the bag to the walker.</span></div>
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Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-91685109311741662072014-10-19T18:16:00.003+11:002014-10-19T18:18:02.061+11:00Clare's Craft Challenge #2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This finish came down to the wire as I was waiting for a nice warm day to paint the chair. I did get it undercoated a couple of weeks ago, but the weather since has been cold with a lot of wet. Anyhoo yesterday was lovely & I got the 2 top coats on. Today I covered the cushion, yes I could have done that anytime but.........:-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">So here is my tah-dah, all done & I'm very pleased with it. I would have used the darker blue if I'd have any, but I'm on another challenge of using what I have, & this is the darkest blue I had in a sample pot. The blue flower is actually quite close to the blue grey, it looks brighter in the pic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">& yes even under the cushion is finished. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">It also kick started a lot of furniture painting because I have a stall at a car boot sale early in November, so this is my chance to hopefully clear a lot of excess stuff from the garage. I have a dream that one day I'll be able to park at least one car in the garage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I will blog some furniture pics in the next week or so. Right now I have been nominated by my friend Abby:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">to take part in the <b>Around the </b></span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">World Blog Hop</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, so I have another post to write. If you would like to be nominated please let me know in a comment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Don't forget to pop over to <b>Clare's blog</b>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">to check out the other challenge projects, I'm on my way now! </span></div>
Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-1535547709606568962014-09-28T20:17:00.003+10:002014-09-28T20:17:39.295+10:00My Latest Challenge Project<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have signed up for another challenge with Clare & these are my challenge photos:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are what I have chosen to use in my project:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A lovely old chair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <span style="text-align: center;"> Some bright fabric I bought a while ago because I couldn't resist it,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So you can see the size of the flowers, quite big.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Molly had to check out if it's a comfy chair, lol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Watch this space to see the finished product. :-)</span></div>
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Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-25105765730140934492014-09-18T11:09:00.001+10:002014-09-18T11:09:30.530+10:00Cubes Makeover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm on a mission to get my house just the way I want it. We've lived in this house for 4 years now, & we have made quite a few changes/improvements, but there is so much more I want to do. The main object of the exercise, is to de-clutter as much stuff as possible. I get ridiculously attached to 'things,' & instead of all those things making me happy, I feel like I'm dragging them all along behind me, & boy are they weighing me down! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Every so often Rowan & I daydream about moving to another country, & it all sounds so wonderful, but then I think about all the stuff I have collected over 54 years, & the idea of moving anywhere, let alone to another country, is a nightmare. SO, I'm getting rid of as much as possible to make life lighter & easier. The house will work for me, instead of against me, it will be quicker & easier to keep clean & tidy, & I'll know where everything is. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My focus is on the lounge/dining/kitchen, which is an open plan area. Because it's a bit overwhelming to attack 3 rooms I'm breaking it down into areas. I've nearly finished 2 walls of the loungeroom, & here is a peek at a project for wall 1. The cubes were in another room, & I had an antique kitchen dresser in this position. I decided to jazz up the cubes & display things I love & will be keeping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After: I cut 3mm MDF squares, covered one side with <br />wallpaper & arranged them in the back of the cubes.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Just a few of my favourite things. As I work my way through the house I'll add more treasures. The typewriter was my dad's. I chose the wallpaper behind it with some yellow in it, as yellow was dad's favourite colour.</span></div>
Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-49820949210720441252014-09-03T18:30:00.001+10:002014-09-03T18:33:55.585+10:00My Miniature Quilt Shop in Homespun Magazine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I received an email from Emma at Homespun magazine earlier this year asking if a pic of my dollhouse quilts, could be shown in an upcoming edition of Homespun magazine article on miniatures. I said yes please, & mentioned I also had a miniature quilt shop. Emma was interested in seeing pics of it so I sent a few through & Emma asked if they could be used too. I took this opportunity to add some more things to the shop before taking more pics for the article. Here it is in the September 2014 issue. I thought it would be a good time to blog my little shop for my regulars to see, & if anyone has come via Homespun, Hi & Welcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I built this mini quilt shop many years ago. It was a kit that I bought at an annual miniature & dollhouse show in Sydney. I built the little classroom to match, & added the side door to join the rooms. The shop is 1/12th scale, meaning 1 " = 12" which is a standard measure for most miniatures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The quilt shop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I made the two quilts, the one behind the counter is hand pieced & hand quilted. The blocks are 1/2" square. The house quilt is made of pre-printed house fabric. I bought the beautiful braid rug, it is hand made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The knitting corner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Quilt shop from above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The classroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I filled the stand with lots of mini magazines & mini fat 1/16ths. <br />I made the noticeboard & painted the scene on the stand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The table in the corner holds a teapot & teaset,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">because </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">a classroom </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">without a cuppa is no fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I signed up for a craft challenge a few weeks ago. The idea was that Clare would send me a random picture, & a colour. & I would use these to create 'something.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://clarescraftroom.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/are-you-up-for-creative-challenge.html</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Clare emailed me these pics to base my project on:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'll be the first to admit that my creative juices have pretty much dried up of late. I've been running on auto-pilot for quite a while now & it's hard to get my brain to focus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First I thought about making a small quilt, but I knew it would just get shoved in a cupboard with all the other small quilts I've made. I love working with felt & haven't done so for a while, so that seemed very appealing. I do have a bit of pincushion obsession, & I tend to have them out on display so I can enjoy them, so I figured this would be a good way to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's very simple as you can see, but it ended up taking a few days on & off as I tweaked it, & unpicked a bit here & there to change it. I enjoyed just pottering with it, & as I'm not up to much else at the moment I didn't feel guilty just faffing about with it. I also enjoyed the change from crocheting which I've been doing for the past 5 weeks. It's hard to tell the size by the pics the base has a 4" diameter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My initial 6 week recuperation stage is nearly over so I'll be able to start doing more which will be good. No heavy lifting till next year, but I'm not sorry about that! :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pop over to Clare's blog to see what other people did with their challenge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks Clare for a fun challenge!</span><br />
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Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-1594264863360265092014-08-29T18:45:00.000+10:002014-08-29T18:45:17.193+10:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well the Dr Who outfit was a success, mind you I was sewing
the buttons on the vest as Rowan was waiting to leave. Typical me! I kept
procrastinating when it came to the buttonholes. I finally dug out the machine
manual, followed the instructions, & they were fine. I haven’t done
buttonholes for donkey’s years & have bad memories of a lot of unpicking. I
should have just trusted my lovely machine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The hardest part of the whole thing was getting the pattern
right for the vest. I bought a pattern, & luckily traced it onto
lightweight interfacing because a. I like to keep the paper patterns intact
& b. it gives me a chance to check out the size. Thank goodness I did this,
& thank goodness Rowan was home that day, because the pattern just didn’t
fit. Too long & too small around the hips. Once I had the pattern right,
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I knew if I tried to knit the scarf I would do nothing else, & my arms/wrists would protest loudly, so I decided to make it out </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">of polar fleece. It took quite a few hours but I’m really pleased with it & Rowan loved it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fortuitously a post popped up on Facebook with a link to
cleaning your sewing machine. I knew I would need to clean my machine after
sewing the polar fleece so this reminded me to do it I opened it all up to
find this: Ewww! I cleared out all the fluff & oiled it & it looks, & sounds, a lot better now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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across a 10 a day plan that really seems doable. The truth is I have 1000’s of
things to get rid of, & because it’s all seemed so overwhelming, I keep
pushing it to the back of my mind. But all this excess stuff is dragging me
down, so when I read about getting rid of 10 things a day it sounded well
within my comfort zone. I started on the garage on Friday, well I sat on a
chair in some very rare Melbourne sunshine & directed. We filled 2
bins & a trailer with rubbish. Why did we keep all those boxes? Sorted out
several bags & boxes of things to go to the charity shop, & sorted
stuff to price up for my vintage stalls. We only dealt with about 10% of the
garage but it was a start, & we could actually see a bit of floor. I’d
really love to reach a point where I could put my car in
the garage! Saturday Emma came to visit & took some large sets of shelves I
no longer need, & I gave her a few things of hers that had been left behind
when she left home 12 years ago. So an easy 10 things.</span></div>
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progress. I've actually done more since I took this shot but it's too dark now to take a current pic. Mind you, I’ve now mislaid my crochet hook, hard to understand when
it stays next to me on the lounge, but I’m not quite up to crawling around on
the floor looking for it yet. Meanwhile, I have started sketching up some ideas
for the craft challenge I signed up for so I will get started on that. I have a
few ideas, but all I know for sure is that it will involve lovely felt. I have a
week so I should start today rather than waiting till the last minute……..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Update, I've made my challenge project, with days to spare, & will upload a pic on Monday. Oh & I found my crochet hook, it had slipped down into one of the large balls of wool, lol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well I've started on the gypsy blanket & it's looking quite pretty. The blocks are smaller than I'd imagined, which is a good thing because they are quick to make, & I feel like I'm making progress. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I finished the first 9 squares & laid them out, I then decided to join them, like a patchwork 9 patch, I'll continue doing this & then join the blocks. I'm choosing either warm or cool colours for each square & will sew them up alternately warm/cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also bought the fabric & pattern to make the vest/waistcoat. I haven't done any dressmaking for years & I'm looking forward to it. I've bought a few patterns lately, mostly vintage style dresses, & I'd like to make some clothes again. I was making my own dresses when I was 12, mum was a keen sewer & taught me. These days her eyesight is poor, but she still makes bags when the mood takes her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'd hoped to blog regularly again after my last post but life got in the way. I'm now officially recuperating for the next month or 2 so hopefully will have more time to get back in the swing of it.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm currently sitting quite comfortably on my lounge, watching the Commonwealth Games, as I recover from the total hysterectomy I had last Tuesday morning. Definitely not something I had on my bucket list, but such is life. I'm not going to bore you with a blow by blow of the whole saga, yes there was stitching involved, but not of the craft variety lol. My pathology all came back clear, this was more a preventative exercise rather than a treatment, so now I just heal & it's behind me. If you would like to ask anything I'm happy to answer. I can report a positive experience, so if you're waiting on the same op, don't panic it's all ok! I feel so good it's hard to remember that I can't lift anything or overdo it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I now have a 6 week 'holiday' from any housework & I can craft to my heart's content. I joined a facebook hysterectomy group & so many of the women are going stir crazy as they rest, I'm looking forward to all the craft time I now have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's been so long since I blogged, & it seemed the longer I left it, the harder it seemed to get back into it. Do I try to catch up all the months or do I just mention a few things? Silly really, 'Nobody cares mum,' said Rowan, & he's right. I started a blog as a diary to push me along to finish things. I wanted to be able to simply scroll down a page & see things I had done to know I was achieving something! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not a lot has been achieved lately, life is a day at a time experience at the moment. I know I mentioned a while back that dh & I had separated, well we spent a lot of time in counselling last year & deep down I was sure that we would sort things out. Wrong! He decided at the beginning of this year that it was all too hard, not worth the effort, so I only see or hear from him if he wants something, not often. Life is less stressful without the arguments & I have a lot less headaches which is really great! But it's hard adjusting to a life you didn't envisage. When you've been married for 34 years it's impossible not to have a picture in your head of how life will go, & now that's all changed. I like the freedom it's brought, I don't have to ask permission to do anything, I finally get to be an adult. Oh it would be nice to have someone to talk over the big stuff with, or even the small stuff, but that was never his forte so......... anyway enough of that. What have I been doing?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well my little foray into the vintage world has been ticking along, though a little neglected. By chance I saw that a stall was coming up at The Vintage Emporium, Tyabb, one of my fave vintage haunts, so I applied & was offered the spot. YAY! I have so much stuff to sell & I do love playing shops, ie. setting up & sourcing stock, without having to be there everyday to do the selling. Luckily Emma has a big work van so she drove it down last Sunday & we loaded up all my goodies & drove down to set up my new space. We had to dodge some heavy downpours but we were pretty lucky. Emma has decided to go halves with the stall, which is just brilliant. She has a great eye for vintage & decorating so I know her flair will be a real advantage. If you like you can follow my Carry On Vintage Facebook page. I don't post often so you won't be inundated with posts. :-) https://www.facebook.com/carryonvintageoz?ref=hl</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well a bit of a catch up, now I just need to blog regularly again. Well done if you got this far. :-D </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Two books this month. I recently watched the old Joanne Woodward movie, 'The Three Faces of Eve' & it reminded me of Sybil, a book I first read in the 70's. I still had the copy so I reread it. It was still as incredible as ever, 1 lady with 17 different personalities. The book covers her psychoanalysis over many years. It is certainly easy to see how her condition developed when you read of her upbringing, & sadistic mother, & aloof father. I Googled Sybil to see if there was any info on her since the book was written & I found an article claiming that the whole thing was a hoax simply made to make money. I don't know if that's true or not, but I felt the claimant, who has since written a book herself about the whole thing, may well just be the hoaxer cashing in on someone else's story. The fact that Sybil, her psychoanalyst & the book's author, have all since passed away means there is no one left to confirm or deny this person's claims.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To be honest I needed something light after Sybil as it is a very dark book so I reread 'Watermelon.' I LOVE this book, it's the first Marion Keyes book I ever read, it is her first book & it introduced me to the Walsh Family. Marion has written several books about the Walsh family, each time focussing on another of the sisters, & their lives, & I've loved them all. This is a very funny book, a real laugh out loud book. It's actually starts out a sad story, & you may shed a few tears as the main character's husband walks out on her the day she gives birth to their first baby, but the way she deals with this, & how it all pans out is very entertaining & not depressing. I just love Marion Keyes, she is an Irish author, I seem to have a weakness for Irish authors, & all her books are fun & funny.</span></div>
Jan Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577921789461699471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576527875534706428.post-53908669526172068672013-08-29T14:07:00.001+10:002013-08-29T14:09:25.186+10:00Vote For Me, please!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've entered a contest with the magazine Cloth, Paper, Scissors to win units for my sewing room. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />I'm currently preparing Rowan's old bedroom to be my new sewing room so they would be brilliant! </span><br />
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