1 metre 2 skirts.....and another giveaway

Housework just had to wait this morning as I was itching to use the new fabrics! 1 metre of this adorable fabric made 2 quick skirts in under an hour and there are leftovers for some small purses or appliqued tops.


I love this fabric so much and since this is my 501st post (time flies when you're having fun) I am giving away 1 metre so just leave a comment here. To be drawn Sunday night!

cute overload - now in store

I think my middle name should be cute due to my addiction to anything cute (or it could be chocolate, coffee.....the list goes on)! Tonight, a healthy delivery of cute arrived on my doorstep....


this is a super cute and soft double gauze....anything bambi and pink wins in my books! You can find it all here.....I must admit to keeping some of this to myself...ok quite a bit for myself!

Sunday Food Day

Today was our Sunday Craft Day but you might have well renamed it our Sunday Food Day as this was the spread...oh no wait, this is just the savoury table.


here is some of the sweet selection.....I'm sure I said in my email that this was not masterchef! And that absolutely scrumptious looking chocolate tart was made by this lovely lady...who I've now renamed that chocolate tart lady! Thank you everyone for the wonderful food you bought...you put my egg and mayo sandwiches to shame!


We had a ball, there were 18 of us in total and despite my best efforts I didn't even finish 2 rows of my ripple blanket as there was too much conversation to be involved in.


I know I'm not alone, I don't think this young lady touched her machine till after lunchtime. We finished up after 3pm but as you know time flies when you're having fun so I think a longer day is on the cards next time.


thank you to each and everyone of you clever crafty ladies who came along and made it the special day that it was.....we will definitely be doing it again....


but perhaps we'll bring less food next time or we'll have to call our husbands in to clear the lunch table for us when we're done.


and the day was made even better with the news that my mum is back in the ward, did a little walk around the bed and is on the mend! thank you for your special prayers and thoughts......it was the worst week of my life but ended on a high!

oh thank you

Thank you again. I knew I would receive the most wonderful messages that I will pass on to my mum. Its always a tough decision knowing how much to share online and I've kept it all to myself until now. These are the lovely flowers that I organised from her favourite florist yesterday but there are no flowers allowed in ICU so they no sooner arrived than came back to live with me.


and I'm still baking this morning....these are the easiest little cakes ever. Take 1 packet of basic vanilla cake mix (I just use a 99c no-name brand) and drop in a few frozen berries into each one. Bake for 20-25 minutes, dust with icing sugar and you have the most deliciously moist little berry cakes.

Thank you...please keep praying

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your lovely thoughts and prayers. Unfortunately, today my mum was transferred to intensive care due to complications with her lungs. Please keep her in your prayers to those of who pray..she'll be in there a few days before she can get back on her feet again. We weren't expecting this setback and another batch of rocky road was required to get me through the afternoon. My Sunday day of craft will be a welcome relief to take my mind off things............

keeping my mind busy

yesterday I really needed to keep busy. It was the day of my mum's big operation, her third operation in a few years to remove more cancer. What started out as melanoma on the back her leg and has been removed twice is now in her bones. Its been too hard a topic for me to think about let alone talk about but I tried to keep really busy yesterday and think of nicer things. I made 43 hair clips and ties...quite a feat in itself, a batch of cookies to take in today, a big pot of soup and some rocky road...I won't reveal how much comfort eating of my own went on late yesterday.


I wasn't prepared to see her so dosed up on morphein but I visited her today and am feeling both better and more emotional at the same time. Cancer is so evil a disease but I know my mum is strong and will fight it. She has had her hip replaced and part of her thigh removed to get it all out and I know she has a long recovery ahead but seeing her laugh about her bed hair today reminded me she will get through it! I came home to this big pile of liberty fabrics on my doorstep which are for my liberty classes and made my day (this represents one lady's huge destash of liberty fabric on ebay and most of it came to live at my house).



Off to remove keira from the bath after she threw up in the car on the way to the hospital. As any mummy knows, things like this always happen when you don't have a change of clothes with you. here is my mum with my little niece....

perfecting the yo-yo

I haven't touched my yo-yo makers since Christmas but I didn't feel like knitting or crochet last night so pulled out my basket with scraps and yo yo makers instead.


and I am now in full on yo-yo making mode....and isn't my model co-operative! She stood so still and we enjoyed a little piece of chocolate afterwards for being such a good little model!