Competition Time!!

I've just recently become a very big BIG fan of 'Twitter'... And amazingly enough more so than google and facebook!!  With this, I have discovered that there are many competitions on offer all of the time!  One such competition is run by Bailybelle Creations which is simply FANTASTIC!


Here are a taste of some of the great comps on offer! 


Sew, Mama, Sew!
P.S I Quilt
Lesley Grainger Design
1 Choice 4 Quilting
Fabricworm
P.S I Quilt 

There are so many other comps out there too. The only thing now to do, I suppose is to go out there and FIND them! Someone has to win!! "Why can it not be me?" says I!!

Toodles

Trystan

The Truth about Mothers

MOTHERS
Real Mothers don't eat quiche; They don't have time to make it.
Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils Are probably in the sandbox.
Real Mothers often have sticky floors, Filthy ovens and happy kids.
Real Mothers know that dried play dough Doesn't come out of carpets.
Real Mothers don't want to know what The vacuum just sucked up...
Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' And get their answer when a littleVoice says, 'Because I love you best.'
Real Mothers know that a child's growth Is not measured by height or years or grade... It is marked by the progression of Mummy to Mum to Mother.....



Images of Mother
4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mummy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mum knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn’t know everything!   14 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother? She wouldn’t have a clue. .16 YEARS OF AGE - Mum? She's so five minutes ago.
18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it!
35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mum's opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mum would have thought about it?
65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mum.


The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure she carries, or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, Because that is the doorway to her heart, The place where love resides. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, But true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that sheShows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!





 

HIT ME!

It has only just hit me that my type of fabric style, home decor style, quilting style EVERYTHING! Actually has a name! 

SHABBY CHIC! 

Having only just made this discovery re-emphasizes the true fact that I'm dreadfully new to this world of quilting and demonstrates just how much I still have to learn... 

*SIGH* 

But let me tell you, I'm gonna have an absolute BLAST learning and finding out all there is to know of the things that I like and don't like and all of the ins and outs of this new and lasting passion of mine!! 

Toodles

Trystan

GOOGLE IT!

I'm so excited to be apart of this!! What? You ask! OK - I'll tell you! 

A Monthly Block Swap!!! YIPPY!! 

Are you excited too?? This is the first time that I've been involved with something like this!! And I can't wait to get started!!

I'm now proudly apart of a blog called http://quiltblockswap.blogspot.com/ 

The lovely lady I'm making a block for is named Jen and she lives all the way over in Pennsylvania (where ever the heck that is -_^) and loves Batiks fabrics and has asked for a log cabin block to be done in them...

I'll be honest with you... I've never done a log cabin EVER and have no idea what Batiks fabrics even look like!! :O I think I'm in over my head here already and I've not even begun! 

ARH! But wait! I've just had a BRILLIANT thought! 

GOOGLE IT!! 

Thank the my lucky stars for GOOGLE!! If I need to find anything - GOOGLE IT! and in a few seconds it'll be right before your eyes!! *SIGH* Gotta love technology when it works!!  

ANYWAYS....

Here are the images I came up with... 

This is Batiks... or a type of Batiks... I think?? ANYONE please correct me if I'm wrong!

And this is a log cabin block... I'm sure we've all seen one before... I know I have - but I've never as yet have I actually attempted one! No time like the present to learn eh?!! :/ Just hope I don't stuff it up! I'd hate to be sending something ghastly for my first blog swap! :(

I might have to go shopping in search for these Batiks fabrics... Oh no! What a shame! More trips to the quilting store!! LOL -_^!!

I'll let you know how I go!! 

Toodles

Trystan

It Came...

My new 1/4 inch foot!! My DH (Dear Husband) bought it for me off e-Bay for $10!! What a bargain!! He knew I wanted and needed one and so went a-lookin' to see if he could get one for me. What a sweet surprise!! And to make it even better it is a Janome foot too and will nicely fit my Janome machine! How observant of him!! LOL!! 
Now - hopefully - I will be able to sew straight!! 


I just needed to share my excitement... :) 


Toodles


Trystan

SURPRISE!!

Well wasn't I as proud as punch the other day when I toddled down my drive to my mail box to be greeted with a wonderful thing! A package! And who was it from? Bee!! My quilting sister no less!! Inside was the most beautiful thing that Id ever been given... A pin cushion ring! 

It was such a lovely, unexpected surprise, and it truly brightened my day!! It was custom made just for me too!! Bee knows me too well! I ADORE the fabric used!! Bee and my other sister, Miranda, have matching button and "LOVE" word ones too that were custom made just for them!!    


I'm cheering!! YIPPY for surprises and loving sisters who know me!! 


Toodles


Trystan

First Things First...

An apology... I've been struggling with my mobile phone - Which is my only source of internet - and have only just gotten the problem fully fixed! Two replacement phones later and many struggles with dragging little ones into a shop and out again, have once again opened my home to the outside world! 


In general I'm a horrid blogger... better to have some than none me thinks... and having 4 children makes the job even harder to accomplish... *sigh* 


So here is my apology... I'm sorry for not blogging this past month... I hope you will forgive me... 


Trystan