REBECCA, DOC MARTEN's and THE MUSEUM AND COMPLETED THINGS BY ME

OK,  I know I have put a few of these on here before,  BUT I had to show them again, because the local Boot and Shoe Museum in the centre of Town decided to have ALL the boots and displays the children had made. These are better photo's than the previous lot I took. Rebecca was thrilled her Doc Marten Boot she made was on display.  So here we are Doc Marten display from Boothville Primary School Children.

Reb with her yellow Doc Marten boot...

That's the one Nana...

They look great don't they...

This is The Wizard of Oz and Dorothy's Red Shoes -

Rebecca pointed out to the Museum they had put the leaves round the WRONG display..

Go girl...

The Giant's Boot from Jack and the Beanstalk...

The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe..

Look at the size of it compared to Reb, at school this had all dolls over it as all the children...

These Boots are made for walking....

Cinderella of course...

Jack and The Beanstalk, minus the leaves cos they put them round the Wizard of Oz,

also the Boot should be here...

Close up of Reb's Boot to finish.

Well done Reb and ALL the children at the School, fantastic Boots and Displays.

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Following now are things I have completed recently, taken me a while, but I am slowly catching up with things. This first item is the Journal page for JULY, I am doing these Journal pages from the Popular Patchwork Magazine, they set a  the task of what to do, this was SunPrinting, I have chosen to use Windows as my continuing theme throughout the year, this is the back...

this is the front, hopefully you will see it is a view of the hot,

searing desert, through large picture windows...

Now this has taken a whole year to do for some reason,

I just kept getting waylaid by other things...

These are strips of Batik fabrics again from Popular Patchwork Forum,

we swapped strips and then had to make something with them...

Finally, this is what I made...

this is the back...

and this is the all important label...

Whew!

Again from the PP Forum, we are doing a Friendship Block swap,

this is going to go to Alison who requested Baskets...

Yep, more from PP Forum, this time the Postcard Swap,

some folk have trouble keeping up or sometimes they drop out,

so Katy and myself are making up the missing cards for others so they will

have a complete set, shame to miss out don't you think!

This is UNDER THE SEA for..................

Katy made this one for me as I was missing my

Under The Sea Card,

isn't it great, thank you Katy.

Well, that's all for now, it is my Group's day tomorrow, so I have been a little busy getting ready for that today. Tomorrow we will, I hope, be doing a kind of Quilting Bee!! Hmmmm!! I wonder what they will make of my new aid! I now have a walking stick. On Tuesday as I got out of bed I managed to do something to my left knee. I just cannot describe the pain to you, I have had it before but not as bad as this. It is only just beginning to feel right. I was unable to walk properly so hubby went out and bought me the stick which helped enormously. I hope I wont have to use it permanently, I can just imagine the remarks!! Reb is itching to have a go with it as a golf club!!!!

WIN SOME - LOSE SOME

I still find it pretty amazing, [even after sending Postcards to people for some time now] to find how many just never reach their destination. This is now happening with some of the blocks from the Popular Patchwork Forum, we are swapping Friendship Blocks, and some are just not getting through. It is such a shame really as the person who makes these blocks, has to now make another, and the one who should be receiving it has even longer to wait.....again.....

This Postcard was made for theme HARVEST swap on PP site -

I wanted to make a card that was 'different', as sadly the first one didn't get to its new owner!!!

This is the cover...

Page  one...

Page two...

Page three ...

Last one...

The card went to Irene B and she likes it, so that is good. I have to say it is better than the first version, so all's well that ends well...

FRIENDSHIP BLOCK SWAP

PP Forum again -

This block I made for Jo, she stipulated Lilac for her choice -

she has received it and again she liked it, I seem to be on a roll -

mind you -

{I sometimes wonder if anyone doesn't really !!! like the block they get -}

that is the devil in me speaking of course....

This next one, was made for Anita -

it hasn't arrived -

it was sent a while back so I guess it has gone walkabout

I shall have to make another for her, not to worry,

but I do have to say I was quite pleased with this one,

Anita had stipulated Birds and Flowers, on either a blue or green background...

Close up of the Peacock

I did enjoy making this - on my Bernina - I tried on the other machine which will

remain nameless and it just wouldn't do it - couldn't hack it - WOMBAT!

Oh well, back to the drawing board.

Mine is not the only one that has gone missing, Angela's has too!

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A REMINDER ABOUT MY GIVE AWAY

I shall close this at the

END OF THIS WEEK,

SO

IF you wish to be in it you will have to go back a few posts to find it to enter.

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BRIGHT

Here is the block I made for Cath on the PP Forum
Friendship Block Swap -
she requested BRIGHT..

It was
Busy day for me tomorrow, it is my Group's day,

ALLSORTS AGAIN

A few more pictures for your enjoyment...I hope...

Hanging basket above the water butt...



Babs was asking where are all the bees?
Here are lots...

These little violas are so sweet...

I love this big beauty...

Extremely pleased with these two tubs...

Ready for the Friday Block Party...

I got in touch with the Quilt Angel,
as Ros and Caz didn't get their complete set of Friendship Blocks,
these should make them up to the right amount...

Once again, Gilly, the daughter of my lovely neighbour
has come home all the way from Tasmania for a few short months...
Welcome Home Gilly...

I made a silly banner for her...

Hope you enjoyed the pictures
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You will never guess what I have done....
Sent Cath's block to the WRONG CATH...
what a muppet as my friend Marian calls me!!!
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ASSORTED ITEMS

Here are some cards I have received,
I just cannot remember putting them on here, so...

a QTC for ZERO swap...



Through the Window Postcard swap...

PAW Swap - Question Mark...

SPEEDY Card swap...

SUFFOLK PUFFS/YO YO Swap...

Isn't this pretty?
It is the shade in my sewing room,
it is all beads, I love it...

Oops, back to the cards,
these are ones I have sent out...

SPEEDY swap cards...

GARDENS theme swap...

SUFFOLK PUFFS/YO YO swap...

Gifts from Suzanne...

Aha, this is the original block I made fro Caz
on the Popular Patchwork Friendship Block swap,
it looks red, it wasn't at all, but hubby said it wasn't purple either,
so I didn't send this one I made another for her...

this one....

it is very difficult to get the colour right, I kept going til I got it though,
it is the one above that is right, not these two...

I have actually made my block for Cath now and posted it,
but until she gets it I cant post a picture on here.
I loved making what I did for her, and Annette and Rebecca
both wanted it when it was done, sorry it's Cath's
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MY WORST NIGHTMARE HAS HAPPENED

My beloved sewing machine has gone kaput this evening.
I was doing some quilting and it sounded a bit odd,
but I carried on, as you do,
then it started going...
ppppfffffftttttttt.....
and that was that basically.
So I am now using Annette's old Janome, very strange it feels,
but I have lots to do so can't waste time worrying about it,
just gotta get on with it.
I wonder how much it is going to be to put my machine back to normal.
BOOHOO
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