First of all I shall catch up on the news then show the photos........ where to begin mmmm i think I shall sneak some wording from something that was written by me and Ally regarding the main reason I've been silent hang on ..lol
Due to DJ's recent illness and diagnosis and the ongoing treatment, the> > moderators decided they would like to do something for her on behalf of
the
> > whole group. A few 50p in the meter later we decided to make her one of
our
> > Friendly Stitchers quilts of which there have been several in the past.
The
> > next challenge, after a few wines, was to decide on a theme - and knowing
> > her passion for biscornu a light went on and the idea was born. A cry for
> > help went out back channel to various members, some of whom had already
been
> > in touch with us to express a desire to help in any way if we had any
plans
> > for doing something for DJ. We set up a separate group for planning and
> > discussion - not in any way to exclude anyone but more to keep it off the
> > main group so as not to let the mouse out of the bag, especially as we
knew
> > that DJ did pop in from time to time to read messages when least
expected!!!
> > We wanted to get the quilt to DJ as fast as possible so we were working to
a
> > tight deadline, so needles were flying frantically on both sides of the
> > Atlantic, Europe and Australia in order to get the squares to Mouse who
had
> > kindly stepped up to the plate and offered to put the quilt together (or
> > rather she opened her big mouth and fell in with both feet). Mouse felt
like
> > Mrs Tiggywinkles when all the squares arrived and she set to washing them
> > all by hand. Then came the fun part - much cutting and sewing, cutting and
> > sewing and cutting and sewing later the quilt finally came together -
photos
> > of progress have been placed in a separate file on the group if anyone
wants
> > to see the whole process. The bias was handmade and hand sewn by Miss
Mouse.
> > Karen bobbed over to the Mouse House and played a critical part by
unpinning
> > the safety pins and holding the quilt while the bias hem was folded over
by
> > the iron and got through a whole box of hankies in the process leaving
Mouse
> > to mop up after her. Many hours later, by candlelight the bias was finally
> > hand sewn on and the quilt was pressed for the last time and packed ready
to
> > go to Gillie who was wearing her Fedex hat and being our personal delivery
> > person. The quilt duly arrived at the house on the pond and was then
> > delivered to DJ who just happened to be in hospital again recovering from
a
> > gallbladder operation! There was much relief in the Mouse house and she is
> > so glad she can talk properly on the group again as she has been so busy
> > behind the scenes getting everything together. Many thanks to all
concerned
> > - you know who you are girls (wink!) We very much appreciate all your hard
> > work and we know that DJ does too!
soooo there you go reason one ..lol .... then as I was feeling all creative we at the mouse house decided we needed to redecorate the living room and then the kitchen as it follows on from there so that kept us out of mischief for a few weeks ..... during this time I didn't get any stitching done due to the craft room being rather full of things from the other rooms but that has now been resolved and I'm back in business YIPPPEEEEEEE
sooo mmm where did I get to oh yes I got a lovely biscornu from Rebecca in the summer lavender biscornu exchange and she even put a little mouse on it :) it is soooooo cute I love it ... the little tag went onto the scissors straight away ..... Abi received hers from me and loved it too so I can show you pictures now phewww ..lol and I've found the up to date pictures of "the castle" as well .
I also got a really cute bookmark of Jillann in the book mark exchange but it was only in my paws long enough to take a photo before eldest DD Jo whipped off with it saying she wished last night for a book mark and one turns up in the post today !!!! so Magic really does happen ..lol
other than that Jo and I went into the garden and did some much needed pruning of the grape vine and other bits and bobs while we had a few sunny days last week :)
soooo now for the photos .......
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| Biscornu from Rebecca |
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| Abi's lavender biscornu from me |
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| Front of quilt for DJ |
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| Back of Quilt for DJ |
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| The Castle so far |
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| My Bookmark from Jillann |
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| Bookmark made for MIL birthday |
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| MIL's card |
hopefully the next instalment won't be as long in coming ... take care one and all till next time
happy stitching
love mouse xxxxxx
