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As you may know, life for me has changed quite a bit lately with the girls now being home schooled.  Well, things just aren't the same any longer.  It's not longer 'Just About Me.com!'  So I've decided to say goodbye to my blog.  Yes I'm afraid it's time for a group hug my dears.  But first I must say a huge thank you to all of you, for your friendship and time you have taken to write all those

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The girls have just signed up for a marvelous swap organised by the very lovely Megan from Mousehouse.  If you have any interest in the Rugby World Cup, or even if you just love to receive lovely parcels, pop on over and sign yourselves up.  Even if you don't have any children I'm sure it wouldn't matter.  RWC countries are scattered all over the world and a parcel from any one of these countries

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Well quite a lot really I guess, although some days I wonder where the day went.  We have had quite a few outings of late which we have really enjoyed.  When you home school you are able to go and experience real life quite a bit more than when you go to school, and it's great.  I love it!  We love it! You probably know that we, New Zealand, are currently hosting the Rugby World Cup.  Well sport

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Please excuse my sideways photos, but the dear man removed my favourite photo software and now I have no way of working with my photos.  He was just trying to clean out the computer to make room for all my crap lovely workings, so I can't be cross really. Anyway things have been mighty busy these days as you can imagine with four girls all at home every day now.  Oh my goodness they can fight,

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your jeans match your bed covers?  Is that taking clothes co-ordination a little too far do you think?  Perhaps, but when you have lots of heavenly scraps leftover, well why not?  Oh yes, and a doily! Lots of leftovers also made this rather groovy pillow case just now.  It's fresh off the press.  Quilted just like the quilt will be so it should be snugly warm at night. No 4's quilt top is also

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Well the garden sure has been super busy and so confused.  Strawberries in NZ in June???  OK it's a small one, but still.  Spring bulbs flowering??  Autumn leaves still changing?  Very late, but then the temps have been so warm and so NOT mid June.  It was 20 degrees on Saturday!!!  T-shirt weather I tell you! The high temps in Auckland are anything from 15 degrees to 20 at the moment.  They 

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I have actually made a start on No.4's quilt!  Yes I know!  Amazing, it really is.  And I started on the spur of the moment as well.  I just decided two nights ago to rip into it.  I'm not sure if many of you sew like I do.  I just went into this quilt with no idea of what I was really aiming for.  I knew that I was having squares and doilies, but as for design, really I was in the dark.  So I

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A while back my dear bloggy friend Lara sent me a quilt top, two matching fabrics and another matching charm pack.  She was having a clear out and getting rid of things that made her feel guilty.  Oh you know the feeling do you?  Yes, me too.  I told her I would finish the quilt and donate it to a charity.   Well surprise, surprise Lara, it's finally done!!! And it's so cute too!  I love the Moda

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I've had a collection of Modern meadow for quite a few months now.  I do love it.  I bought it because I loved them, not with a use in mind.  That's the nicest kinda fabric shopping don't you think?  Anyway it seems I'm not the only one who fancies it.  No.4 also thinks it is pretty and her thing.  Could I please have a quilt with this fabric she asked one day?  I really thought she was having me

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Well I promised you a recipe for a dish washing powder that you can make yourself, but wait, there's more!!  Yes I am going to show you how you can clean all of your home with just a few different recipe cleaning products.  Now when I go down the aisle at the supermarket for cleaners, washing powders etc I just aim straight ahead and then go down the next aisle.  I have absolutely no business

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Yep that's us done and dusted for all the girls birthdays this year!!  Yee ha I say.  Although I do love bits of them.  Like the cake decorating bit.  And the planning part.  And maybe the buying of serviettes and finding a theme perhaps.  So it's not too bad I guess, but it is exhausting having them so close together. Anyway this birthday was for No.1, Molly.  She turned the very grand age of 12

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Quick, go and check this out NOW!!

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Well I suppose it's to be expected when you go and have four children!  I have to say that I don't enjoy the huge amount of kitchen activity when you organise a party.  Give me ready made cupcakes any day!  But I do love to decorate these little cakes.  Ohhh yes I do!  I stole this idea from a magazine I found while browsing in a bookshop one day.  And no I didn't buy it!  So naughty I know.

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This is my last post about the 'Gifts of Love' Appeal.  I couldn't have done it without all your help my dear friends and family.  Thank you hugely to Cat for helping me and for organising donations of soap and tea for the mum's presents.  Oh and for finding me a music group to send all these wonderful gifts to.  These very beautiful cloths were made by a friend of a friend.  Thank you so very

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My goodness have I got some pretty things to show you today!  In the postbox today were two lovely parcels.  Really it's just like Christmas around here with boxes and boxes of goodies piling up destined for Christchurch. Check out these gorgeous raw edged bears!!  Aren't they the sweetest you ever did see?  Thank you very much dear Val!  They've made the flight all the way from Oxford in England

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I've got something sooo exciting to show you!  Just take a looksie at these fabulous crayon rolls...  Are they not fabulous?!!  My girls desperately want one each.  But not these ones.  No, these ones are destined for Christchurch for the 'Gifts of Love' appeal and were very generously crafted by a wonderful NZ lady named Margaret - thank you very much!  The little children are going to love

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We are still having the most glorious weather over here in NZ.  Yesterday when everyone was starting to fail due to turning the clocks and gaining an hour, (and a sleepover party for one of them which resulted in five hours sleep max!!) we decided to go to the beach.  It won't be long before it's too cold to visit and enjoy the sand and the water. I enjoyed playing with the shells and watching

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I have 32 little presents so far for Christchurch children, and nine dishcloths. I'm expecting 11 soft toys so that puts the total up to 43, and more dishcloths as well. Blimmin fantastic I must say!! Thank you ladies all so very much for your very generous 'Gifts of Love". They will be appreciated and loved immensely I'm sure. I have bought some lavender that arrived yesterday so I will make

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Well it's all rolling now ladies!  We have 15 tissue covers, finished with tissues...  Another 2 to go. 9 hand knitted beanies and a scarf... (big thanks to my mother, Gran and my aunt!!)  We must confess that although they are hand knitted they were bought!  'Save the Children' though, so that still passes in my book.  There are several more genuine hand knitted hats in progress by my mother and

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My goodness, it's been over a week already??  Really?  Anyway how are you?  Safe I hope.  Yes we've seen more tragedies over this side of the world.  The jolly Pacific Ring of Fire strikes yet again, in Japan this time!  When is it going to stop?  How much more can we take?  More horrible pictures spread across the TV screens.  More doom and gloom.  You can't help but get caught up in it and it's

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Afternoon my dears!  Morning to my other dears!  Yes I'm chirpy today, am I not?  About time really.  I've been someone else lately I'm afraid.  But as from yesterday I'm back.  Yep and I'm back into my sewing which is very nice.  Not really sure why I've been a bit odd lately, perhaps it's because it's my last year with my darling little sausage at home and I'm missing her already.  Silly aren't

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Thank you all for your lovely comments on yesterday's blog.  I hope Cat reads them too.  Well anyway, Cat likes blue, red and pink so I went with that as the theme.  I made a rag wreath in the shape of a heart. All of her gifts were popped into this cute bag from Trade Aid.  There is a red heart printed on the other side.  Silly aren't I not photographing the other side?!!  It's always the way.

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Cat and I were paired up for Beki's Heart Swap.  It was quite funny really as we had just met each other in real life a couple of weeks prior.  It wasn't one of those meet ups where you just bump into each other, it was a planned event with our two youngest children in tow.  We thought it would be nice to put a name to the face and both travelled halfway, meeting for a coffee.  Well now we were

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This is my first post without pretty pictures, or any pictures at all actually.  It's all pretty doom and gloom in our little country since the huge earthquake in Christchurch.  Many of you won't realise just how much impact it has had on all of us.  It's not just something that will get cleaned up and we all move on.  We've gone from 24 hour coverage on TV, just waiting for a miracle to appear,

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It looks like a bomb has gone off.  It has been likened to 9/11.  It's absolute devastation for everyone, but especially those that experienced the huge earthquake in Christchurch yesterday afternoon.  While the seismic number was lower than the previous big quake last September,  this quake was only 5kms underground so was way more violent than before.  Whole buildings have been destroyed,

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 He loves me not :( He loves me! He really loves me!! And I really love my girls.  I made them love heart pikelets for afternoon tea today.  What a lovely surprise for them this Valentines Day. Someone clearly loves chocolate too!!  Goodness me. Happy Valentines Day to you all!  I hope you all have a very LOVE-ly day today where ever you are.  Fourteen years ago hubby and I got engaged! 

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We are having such a wonderful summery day today.  Well actually the weather might be that way but in reality I've been busy vacuuming the whole house and helping make trays of cookies.  Funny how I always end up finishing the baking!  Anyway I thought I'd just pop in and show you my new creation.  Look, it's crochet too!!!  Thank you Maria for your inspiring stripy blanket to get me back into

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Sarah has received her winning wall hanging I made.  Go on over to her blog if you like and see the beautiful post she wrote about it.  It sure makes it all worth while!  I think I may have to make a few more.  Perhaps a different design maybe? I've been thinking about opening a store online.  The thing is, I'm not good at making many of one thing.  I get bored.  Still there is a market for

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Oh boy, two parties in two weekends!  Not good.  I'm so very over parties for now.  Luckily there are no more until May for us.  I just didn't have the energy for poor little Soph's party prep.  The day before the big day I was standing in the kitchen contemplating making a jewellery box cake for her.  The temperature was in the high 20's and the humidity was about 100%.  Not good for me or for

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Well Miss 10 sure did have a lovely birthday.  Thank you all so much for all the kind messages you left.  We even took a photo of her when she was exactly ten years old.  It's easy when you are born at a reasonable hour, 12.59pm to be exact.  She was a fairly quick arrival.  Well not completely, she was eleven days overdue!  But from arrival at the hospital, to induction, to birth, she was here 

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We have a new sewing machine at our house.  It's very fancy!  It's for No.2's tenth birthday tomorrow.   Two children over ten is a little hard to imagine really.  I still remember making a cake when she was a baby.  I drew a basic shape of a sewing machine and she added the all important details.  Pretty cute aye?  Pink and red are very nice colours for a party. Now we are going to need some

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Well you ladies came through for us once again.  Thanking you all kindly.  I think we'll probably go with that carpet.  Well it's only for one room at the moment, we can always change our minds later on. Now, Mr Red Gingham LOVES his cups of tea.  I think it's the English boy in him.  Apparently he even had it in his bottles when he was a wee lad!  What is a more fitting present, just for the fun

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You are such a bunch of loves aren't you?  You always have such lovely things to say about what I've made.  I really do appreciate you taking the time to leave me a comment, I know how busy you all are.  Of course I don't want you to leave me a comment every time, I'm thrilled even if you've just stopped by to read my ramblings.  Remember my yoyos from the weekend?  Well now they are a cushion.

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Hello, hello!  Wow what an auction!  The wall hanging went to a lovely lady named Sarah.  How funny is that?  And no I didn't buy my own wall hanging!  Sarah very kindly donated $265 to her fellow Australians who I'm quite sure will benefit hugely from this.  The auction was a wonderful experience and it was run extremely well by Toni and her helpers.  Well done ladies!!  And now you are going

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It's rained non-stop here since yesterday afternoon.  Luckily it remembered to stop a wee while ago.  Now the girls are all out there having a fabulous time.  It's so muggy the windows are fogging up.  There are long worms in the puddles too - yuck! Mr Red Gingham went out to try and save his bark garden from floating away.  He gave up.  The levels are all uneven in the wrong places and the drain

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Well my auction is going very nicely thank you.  It's now up to $160 $170 which is fan flippin' tastic!  A huge thank you to all my lovely bidders so far.  You are wonderful!! Pop over here if you fancy my wall hanging and place a bid.  You have to be in to win!  The auctions are all doing very nicely and I heard today that so far they are up to $45,000 and we are only up to day 2!!!  Isn't that

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First up I'd like to say a huge thank you to all my super duper bidders on my wall hanging auction.  So far it's up to $90 which is amazing!  And the big list isn't even out yet.  There are so many wonderful auctions out there, think birthdays, Christmas.  It's like getting something for nothing really if you were going to donate money anyway, and it's going to a great cause. This afternoon I got

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Hello my dear ladies, and gentlemen (if any are looking), last night and today I spent many an hour on a little project.  My regulars may recognise this wall hanging from a while back.  But this new one is still unique with new fabrics used and other slight variations.   I would like to auction this mini quilt wall hanging with all proceeds going to the Flood Relief Appeal to help out with the

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Hello my darlings!  I've just read about this appeal and was wondering if you were able to help.  Would you like to make a sewing kit up for someone who has lost everything they own?  It's a pretty simple request really and it would make a huge difference to someone in that position.  A gift from an angel is just what these ladies need at this time.  Here is what I read: A large part of

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So, who has the smartest washing trolley in the whole of the street?  Me, that's who!  And it was all made from fabrics I had lying around.  But not only that, I cocked up, and guess what?  I was able to say, this is what I'm talking about ladies when I say a mistake is only another way to be creative.  Yes indeed it is!  I'll tell you more about this a little later on. First I need to tell you

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I bought myself a new book yesterday; A Home Companion by NZ author Wendyl Nissen.  Thought it might kick start reading for me once again.  It's a fabulous read for those of us who want to return to a simpler life, growing your own veggies, preserving food, using natural products, you know like our Nanas did.  But this isn't one of those heavy reads, no this is a very light, humorous read.  It's

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Breaking news... We have our third chicken pox victim!  Yes the littlest one is currently turning into a chicken.  She was feeling a little bit sick this morning so we did wonder.  So that's three down, one to go.  Will No.1 get it as well?  We'll wait and see. I am VERY impressed with myself today.  Yes indeed I am.  Do you know, on this fourth day of the new year, I have completed a quilt?  And

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I've reeled you in with my amazingly coloured Zinnias haven't I?  I adore their colour so much in my vegetable garden.  Aren't they just the cheeriest flowers out?  How could you not be happy looking at their beauty?  Anyway I went out and bought another five pots of them yesterday as I just can't get enough of them!!  Yum-me!  Consider these a Happy New Year gift for you, from me.  Now I'm not

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Thank you all kindly for your well wishes for our spotty girls.  They both seem to be coming on nicely now, but still look rather dotty.  No.2 found it rather easy and didn't find the spots to be itchy which was quite fascinating as the doctors have always gone on about how bad it would be for her with eczema.  Not so at all for her.  No.3 has found it all rather tiring and seems to be constantly

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we'd like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas!!! It's Christmas Eve here in New Zealand tonight and I'm waiting for Santa to arrive.  The girls were very impressed to know that our country gets Santa's deliveries first.  This Christmas is one that we won't forget, ever.  This Christmas two of our girls have the chicken pox.  Yesterday No.3 came down with them after high fevers,

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This morning I've made eight jars of strawberry jam.  Strawberries are on super special this week so I bought ten punnets of them yesterday for $10.  I'll go back and buy another ten today.  Well after the jolly shower installer man has finished putting in our new ensuite shower!!  So exciting.  That's after he actually arrives I should say.  It's now 10.17am, and after having a super duper early

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I'm thinking it might be a lovely idea to show the girls what a vintage Christmas was like.  Not that I've actually experienced one myself of course!!!  So really I should say, to show all of us youngish people what it was like.  Perhaps some candle light, proper cloth napkins, table cloths, napkin rings, old toys, old fashioned sweets...  and on and on it goes.  I've prepped Great Gran to raid

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I really do!!  But it's not all about feet creaming around here!  Or snacks (provided by my lovely girls). I'm afraid I'm rather run off my feet right now.  And I must dash off for a quick round of Junior Scrabble NOW!!!  But I will hopefully be back sooner rather than later to talk with you all. Until then - Love to you all!!!! xxx

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Our Cookie Swap Christmas Evening has become a tradition among my friends.  Dear Glenda has the task of putting it on, which is quite unfair, but she does have the most beautiful English looking house among us. She decorates her house for Christmas and has a pot of mulled wine on the stove.  It's the event of the year and not one to be missed for any reason.  I think the most fun for me was

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Before I begin I would like to thank all of you who left me sweet birthday wishes.  I think I've got to the bottom of the email reply list!  You really are a sweet bunch aren't you?  You made my birthday week extra special! Now a few of you were interested to know about the Scandinavian Stitches book I received for my birthday.  I have to say, it's my favourite book to date.  There are just so

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What a wonderful weekend we've just had.  Saturday was the annual village Santa Parade which was full of all the usual delights.  Bands playing, kids dancing, floats and of course it ended with Santa himself.  The girls thought it was really fantastic, I just don't see what they see, clearly.  Perhaps it's age!  Anyway speaking of age, I've just turned 29... well you can add ten years to that if

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I've not done much in the way of sewing lately.  Having a bit of a sewers block I guess.  Probably just need more fabric!  I do love a bit of new fabric to get me going again.  Maybe next week.  Now I haven't shown you these little birdies I made a couple of weeks ago.  They were rather fun to make.  I just made them up as I went along.  No.2 is very clever and she showed me that she could line

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Every year at our girls' school, the teachers organise an art show with a theme.  This year it was Africa.  Every class teacher decides what their class will make and each child makes a piece of art to show in the hall.  It's held over three afternoons and is always wonderful to go and visit.  This year was no exception, as you will see. This is No.3's class display of shields, well some of them,

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Here is the pillow I sent Michaja for the Pillow Swap.  I started with stitching the Russian doll, as I knew from looking at my partner's blog that she liked these dolls. And then I got stuck... until I went to the craft show and found the perfect charm pack with the right colours in it.  And away I went, stitching squares together to make a border for the doll.  The blanket stitching was the

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Heleen and Corry from Dutch Sisters were kind enough to pair me up with Michaja who lives in France.  How wonderful is that?  I quite love France actually having visited it twice before.  I was very much looking forward to receiving my swap pillow and we ended up sending them the same day.  Mine arrived two days before hers, so go NZ Post!!  Don't you just love what she made me? I love the little

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Looks like I might be able to get a quick post in before the computer craps out again.  The third photo was looking a little iffy but it's come through.  Hooray!  So quickly, before the connection fails, here is my wonderful Stocking Swap parcel...  Dear Jille, who I've not known until a few minutes ago, sent me this beautifully handcrafted stocking.  It's made from a lovely off white wool and

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Getting two of them in the same day!!  Both swap parcels too.  Yoo hoo!!  Just what I had been waiting for as well.  Now as much as I am dying to show you what was hidden in between the folds of brown paper, you will have to wait until our stupid computer connection sorts itself out.  Gosh aren't computers the most frustrating things when they are not working? So that's it for now sorry.  I'll

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What a busy few days I've had.  It began with a very lovely outing on Friday to a quilt show over the harbour bridge.  I took my mother with me and No.4 was invited as well.  The other three went off to school feeling rather left out.  Well actually No.3 would rather have had it that way, she's not the going out sort of girl.  Now I must tell you that I met my second ever Bloggy friend at the

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...there was a little girl called Sophie.  Well that's what No.4 insists she's called.  She also thought I should write her name at the top of the quilt and hang it in her room!  And the little girl called Sophie should have a face too. Can you tell I'm having a whale of a time with this new-to-me free motion quilting stuff?  My goodness it's fun drawing a picture and then seeing it come alive. 

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Last night I had the most fun I've had in ages with my sewing!!  I found this lovely blog idea from Comfort Stitching a few days ago and showed No.2.  She really needed, yes needed, a wall hanging of her own and loved it as much and I did.   So we went through the pink scraps and patch worked the background.  Every thing is stuck on using that fusible stuff and then stitched into place. And last

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No.2 and I decided that the playhouse needed a little bit of jazzing up for the summer.  So we cut out triangles and made a bunting this afternoon.  She stitched them all together, which was trying at times, but she did a great job in the end.  Jolly bobbins running out are so frustrating are they not?!!  Mind you, stitches falling off the line are just as bad!!  And in the last light of the day

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Well Daisy has finally made it across the ocean to be Amanda's bunny.  Lucky for her she had the company of another bunny, Stanley, who just happened to be travelling by package mail at the same time and believe it or not, going to the same address!!  What is the chance of that happening? Her sisters back home are missing her dreadfully.  Still they are comforted by the knowledge that Daisy is

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We are just the worst at hanging things on walls.  That would be hubby and I.  So bad that we don't actually have a single photo on display.  Truly.  We have always been this way.  When we do get around to putting something on the wall we end up moving.  Oh gosh I hope this isn't a bad omen!  Especially so, as this Christmas I'm hoping to get the nicest bedroom in the world.  But to prove that I

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I'm off out tonight.  Yes it is a rare event actually.  I'm going to my stitch evening with friends and I'll be taking along my pillow swap cover to work on.  How lovely it will be to catch up with everyone, I hope they all bring something to work on as I do like to see what others are making. So today I whipped up a tray of rum balls to take with me.  Would you like a very quick, simple recipe

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Goodness me, my last posting was on the 8th!!  What have I been doing that has kept me away you may wonder?  Well nothing actually.  I've just been doing the after holiday unpacking and settling back into routine thing.  Does anyone else take two weeks to unpack their bags?  I guess I've been feeling a little unmotivated as well.  But I have started another swap gift.  This time it's the pillow

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Christmas!!!  she says, singing like an old bat.  Am I the only one who gets a little bit excited when she realises Christmas is just a couple of months away?  The first week of October is now over so that must make it... about ten weeks away!!!  How exciting is that???  Oh gosh, I hope I haven't freaked anyone out! Now that the warm weather has arrived in little old NZ, I have been spending the

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Well we are now back home after our little trip away over the ditch to Aussie.  I can actually say that we enjoyed our time away.  I would even go as far as say that it was an enjoyable holiday.  Usually our little people find the whole holiday thing a little much to cope with, but clearly things are changing.  The plane rides went smoothly, those individual TV screens are fantastic!  The food a

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I love to keep my doilies for my future bed cover project in a nice pile.  That way I can peek at them and play with them whenever I want. These are my newest ones... Isn't this fine lacy one so pretty?  I love the little flowers around the edge. This one is equally beautiful.  The edging is so pretty and the embroidery exquisite.  It's bigger than most of my mats and must have looked wonderful

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I designed this little camera case a while back for Daughter No.2.  Well No.1 requested one for her holiday and I needed one for my camera too of course.  So I got sewing the other evening and I'd forgotten just how quick and easy they are.  Of course I had to use my favourite fabrics for mine.  And one of Aunty Liz's precious French antique buttons.  Well it just wouldn't be complete without one

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I've been wanting to design and make something sweet and simple for a little while now.  I was hoping that this bunny might be something I could produce lots of to sell.  But I just don't think I'm cut out for mass production.  Greta doesn't think that she wants too many sisters either.  She likes special attention, and you just don't get that with having to share with lots of other little

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Hello my lovelies!  I know you've probably already seen my stocking swap makings if you've popped over to Anita's blog, but I just wanted to post some photos on my blog for future reference.  You know how it is!  Please bare with me.  (Oh gosh Floss is that the right bare?!!)  No apparently it's not the right one!  Oh well you get that. Sorry the photos aren't the best, but when you finally

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Would you like to see what I sent for my part of Selina's Stocking Swap?  Pop on over to the lovely Anita's blog and see. It was so much fun making all the goodies for her, but best of all I now have another lovely blogger friend to visit.  And for once I was the first one finished their swap!!  Yay for me, a big first and not last for a change.  A big thank you to Selina for thinking up such a

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Today's lunch.  Freshly made strawberry jam on freshly made bread.  I found the bargain of the year last week.  1kg bags of frozen strawberries for only $4!!  I'm off to buy some more next week.  Seven lovely jars are sitting in my storage cupboard now.  Delish! And look what arrived in my letter box today... I won a special prize last week at Ted and Bunny's blog.  How exciting is that?  I need

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Perfection is... No.3's brand new shoes My Great Grandmothers table cloth A stack of new tea towels A little project in the making The sweetest little girl's dress ever Just having my daily fix of red gingham!

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Hello all my lovelies!  Do you know just how much pleasure it is to sit down at my computer (yes darling hubby it's mine, just ask the girls) and see a flood of emails coming through for little old me?  Do you know just how much I adore seeing all your very kind, supportive comments you write to me?  Well I can tell you it's huge.  It's right up to the sky and back and then some.  I enjoy writing

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My oh my, have I been a busy bee at the sewing machine this weekend.  I made the two dresses out of the fabrics bought a short while ago.  Got to love it when you actually use fabrics you buy.  Of course there was a bit of pressure from the girls over that one.  No photos yet as they are already in the wash!  Added another tier onto a favourite twirly dress to make it the right length once again.

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I have been preparing for my sewing class session this afternoon.  I am going to teach them how to make yoyos.  I've made a clip to show them what they can be used for.  I have a couple of other examples too, yesterday's stocking included.  I have made a double batch of lemon cordial and managed to spill some of it down the cupboards and all over the floor.  Nice and sticky I can assure you!  

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I'm guessing most of you would have heard about the huge 7.1 earthquake that rocked Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand.  I had several very sweet blogger friends worried about us, but we are far from that part of the country luckily.  My brother and his wife and daughter did live through this terrifying experience though.  Their house seems to be fine but hundreds of others didn't

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Long time no see!  Sickness, sickness, sickness should pretty much sum up why.  I'm rather over all these end of winter gremlins.  Still it's been a very mild winter and these are the only illnesses we've experienced so I shouldn't complain.  But when you're changing sheets in the night, you don't really see it the same way do you?  But now we are all well again and Spring is here.  Well it was

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This morning, before school (naughty, naughty!) I finished this little picture that I started last night.  I haven't played with felt much in recent years.  There's so much fun to be had with the little coloured fabrics.   It's the perfect fabric for beginners to sewing.  I found the idea for this stitching here. When you have a little three year old helper standing by you side, you end up doing

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Thank you so much ladies for all your very sweet comments about my new quilt.  I really do appreciate them.  And yes I will be gifting it.  I've got over it and moved on.  See I did it!  Yep, I went to the cupboard and pulled all my fabrics out... and then Daughter No.1 came home from school and I knew then it was time to make her quilt.  So we found all the red and aqua fabric we've been

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Hello, hello everyone!  I've been busy.  Too busy to blog even.  Yes for a change I actually made something - a quilt no less.  Let me introduce you to Roses, my third quilt, but first lap sized quilt... Does she not look fine on No.3's bed?  Against that fabulous wall colour and freshly hung garland?  The fabrics in the garland are some of the ones I've used in the quilt.  Shame it's not

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I was very lucky to be the winner of a lovely giveaway at Whisker Graphics last week.  It's been ages since I won a giveaway so I was very excited indeed.  This sweet doll named Fru Marseth was handmade with love by the lovely Emily Moss from Ravenhill.  Well she arrived safely in my post box yesterday and has now been secretly hidden away until Christmas, sneaky sneaky!  Thank you so much ladies

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Ok Ok, I'll use the soap!  But I still think they look nice all wrapped up.  I'm going to keep it for a little while longer before getting it all wet, but I still think it seems a shame.  I'd better not tell you about all the other dry soaps I have, had I?  Or the bath sachet I bought in Honolulu, oh... about 13 years ago! Now just to prove to you all that I haven't stopped sewing altogether, I

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It's a funny sort of day today.  It started off foggy, then it rained off and on, and now it's got a bit colder.  But all is good because today my big girls are going to walk their little sister home from school, so I can pick up No.4 from kindy a little later than usual.  It's going to be a regular thing on kindy days.  Well that is if they don't all arrive home in tears after fighting all the

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Yesterday it rained.  Last night it poured.  Today I got to jump in puddles with No.4!  How cool is that?  Lucky for us I bought some lovely shiny gumboots on Saturday.  A serious gardener has to have a pair of boots after all.  Don't our boots look lovely all lined up?  Daughters 1 and 2 share a pair as they don't often need them.  I'd rather have the cute pair on the left, but plain red is the

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It's nice to see so many of you are wanting to make lemon cordial and lemon curd now after yesterday's post.  That makes me feel very good because now I know you aren't missing out on two of the tastiest things. They are so yummy!  One thing I did when making the lemon curd, was I beat the eggs and left them in the fridge for ages so when I mixed them into the hot mix they had time to combine

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What a fabulous weekend I've had.  The weather was just perfect.  Warm and inviting.  What better thing to do than get outside in the garden.  I found some yummy things to do inside on my breaks too.  Lemon curd is a favourite with our girls.  Of course the homemade variety wins every time for flavour.  My two bags of lemons have been reduced to three lemons.  On Saturday I made a batch of lemon

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You lovely ladies are all so sweet with your wonderful comments, that I've gone out into our garden and picked you, yes you, a little posy of flowers.  Not bad for the middle of winter is it?  Honestly our winter is just pathetic this year.  Some days we go out without jumpers or jackets on it's so warm.  Most days it's at least 16 degrees on the weather report.  Don't get me wrong here, I'm

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It all started with this book... which has some fantastic chapters on shopping, recycling, green cleaning and growing your own vegetables.  As you may know, I am now cleaning with baking soda, salt and white vinegar with fabulous results.  I take bags with me on all shopping expeditions, so there is no reason to collect yet another plastic bag.  I've even taken goods out of bags and left them at

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Well we had our special 'T' Party last night and it was great fun for all.  The girls and I had spent many hours coming up with the perfect menu for the dinner.  We started the evening with a cold glass of Lipton ice tea.  I can't say it was very popular with all, but clearly the littlest one is a tea lover - well she is part English after all! For starters we served chips, or crisps for you

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Just popping in to say "hi everyone".  The weather has been quite spectacular these holidays and we have been out and about most days this week.  You really would think it were Spring it's so warm.  OK the mornings are a bit chilly with frosts in some places, but I'd rather have that than the grotty rain we were having for weeks on end.  So what have we been up to you ask?  Well we've been to

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Isn't it a good day when you finally complete a big project?  Sometimes they can seem never ending.  This one sure did, although it didn't take that long really considering it was my first crochet project.  I'm missing my crochet time in the evenings now. It's a bit like a good book.  You can't wait to see what happens in the end, but you know when you get there you won't have any book left to

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What a glorious pile of colour and fun lay on my bench yesterday.  No.4 and I scrounged around the bargain stores and found a few items suitable for Wacky Hair and Hat Day at school today.  Remember last year's entries?  The rest came right out of our party boxes.  We do love a party around here!  The girls couldn't think of a theme for their hats this year so it was left up to me.  I chose '

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Hello, hello!  It's so nice to see you all again.  Sorry I've been AWOL this past week.  I've been trying to decide what to do.  I was getting sick of spending too long looking at blogs, blogging, and on the computer.  Sure it's nice but there are too many other things in life that need to come first.  I get really quite angry with our computer at times.  I know it's not his fault but he's such

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Well it looks like Autumn outside our house.  But it sure feels like Winter out there today.  We have a lovely big ball of sunshine beaming down on us so inside we are cosy and warm.  The perfect morning to put on a pot of soup. Would you like a new soup recipe?  My mother made this for me a few weeks ago and I've just got around to making some myself.  It sounds quite weird because it has

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Would you like to come over and bake chocolate chip cookies with No.4 and me?  I'm sure you'll have a whole load of fun and you can sample as you go. Here is a copy of the recipe for you to keep.  It's probably a family recipe that's a huge secret, but never mind, we'll just keep it between us.  The only difference to how I made it, was I didn't use the custard powder as No.2 can't eat things

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You may remember I bought this fabulous piece of fabric some time ago.  Unfortunately it found itself a nice shelf and refused to budge until last night.  Now it's a pretty cool dress for No.4 and she outside right now with it on, running through puddles and admiring the rainbow in the sky.  I wonder if she'll come in when the rain starts?  She's a bit wicked sometimes! We can show you the new

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The big weekend 'Show and Tell' has arrived.  I do hope you all participate as it would be great to see all the beautiful aprons in one go.  This is the apron I made for my wonderful swap partner Heleen.  I used this pretty neat fabric with old fashioned aprons on it.  I've lined the  apron with the same gingham as the pocket so it could be worn in reverse if she messes up the good side!  The

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Well ladies, look what arrived in the post box yesterday.  Yep all the way from The Netherlands.  It can only be one thing, yes it's my apron swap parcel from dear Heleen.  I was very controlled I'll have you know.  Since it was nearly school finishing time, I waited until I had walked the girls home from school to open it.  I know, nice of me aye?  Well they were just as excited as me really.

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