Colourful Fridays-RED

Hello,

Today I have decided to join in Colourful Fridays with Robyn.

Red Poppies growing at Kainga.

Red Paving with Aussie thongs out the back door.

Red Wool waiting to be made into something.

My Red Rooster plate and the Red shelf sitter Rooster.

Tulips in Tasmania on our holiday a few years ago.

We don't have many red things around our home. Though Red is one of the dominant colours used in advertising. Think the famous cool drink company, Red Cross, Red-Bull Air Race,Red -Nose day,Red Cross Blood Bank and of course Valentines Day which would have to be the day that most Red Roses are sold.

I hope you find a splash of red in your day today.

Happy days.

Bev C

"Makes Me Happy Monday" number 39.

Hello,

Happy Monday everyone. It is a public holiday here so that is a great reason to be happy. We are also on school holidays for two weeks. This will actually be our last school holidays ever. On Friday when I got home I found a envelope stuck half way in the letterbox. It was my prize of some scraps which I won on Stef's blog. Look at the lovely floral/rose material I won in a giveaway. Thank you so much Stef. Please make sure you hop over to Stef's shop to have a look to see what she has on offer. Over the weekend we went here for some lunch. Nothing like sitting in lovely surroundings and being served a meal in super quick time. Look at the sweet peas in full bloom on the front side fence.

We sat around the side of the home. It is a great setting with cushions etc and floral inspired tablecloths. The smell of Jasmine perfumed the area. Several of these climbers were in full bloom just near our table.

I am also happy to have done block one of this Block of the Month by Dawn. I have decided to do mine with button hole stitch. I hope everyone has a Happy Monday.

Happy Holidays.

Bev C

97

Hello,

I got these little crochet circles out of the bag yesterday. There are 97 of them. I won't tell you just yet what I will be doing with them. After hours of trying to turn them into a square yesterday trying different stitch combinations by adding a round or two I found it was impossible because there are thirteen lots of trebles on the last round. I needed an even number to make a square. Then I had a light bulb moment!!! In a flash I new what I was going to do with them. Then I realised they needed washing. They were so dusty,after all they have been in storage quite a while. I hope to have them finished by the middle of October.

Have a wonderful day.

Bev C

"Makes Me Happy Monday" Number 38.

Hello,

Happy Monday to you. This week I am happy to have just finished my Cross Stitch Sampler. I changed a few things around on the border because of the size of the Aida Cloth. I bought the Aida from Good Sammy's (op-shop). It was still in the packet,though it had been opened up because I found a small cross on the centre in pencil. Obviously it wasn't needed by that person so I am glad to have found a use for it. Next week is school holidays so we will probably be going to the "big smoke" so will drop it of to the framers.

I was so happy the other day when I went to the local library and found they have added a few more magazines that we can borrow. I just love "Country Style" magazine and I can spend a great amount of time reading this. I like this magazine because it has some beautiful photography in it plus the homes and gardens look like ones you can actually live in.

I am happy that these two envelopes were in the newspaper which we bought on Saturday while shopping. This great organisation that is helping the Youth of Australia fight cancer is asking for you to donate your old mobile phones. We managed to find two phones we no longer use and will be posting them of. Please go to the website and see if you can help. Thank you.

I was so happy to receive The Sunshine Award from Melissa. Now I am supposed to pass this onto 12 blogger's. I want to adjust the rules a bit, I want to pass it onto all those who read my blog,after all,you all make the world a better place. So feel free to copy and save the "Sunshine Award" and put it on your blog with pride. Let me know and I will come and share some "Sunshine" with you.

I nearly forgot,everyone is extra extra happy in this home after yesterday's win by

Swan District's in the WAFL grand final. Ian Bonnie Lucy David and Sherri had the time of there life at the game. I stayed home but turned on the TV just as the last goal was kicked. Lucy tells me it was the best footy match she has been to. Swan's won by one point!!!!

Happy Monday.

Bev C

Friday -Night- Sew -In Results.

Hello,



Preparation played a big part in my projects for yesterdays sewing. Cutting things out and organising threads and of course fitting the needles to the overlocker played a big part in getting things done and finished. I managed to get three items done. This is the potholder/heated pad and potmitt I made for Bonnie. I ended up using some recycled calico for the lining of the potmitt and for the backing of the potholder/heated pad. I made the potholder/heated pad a bit bigger than usual because I was using up the insul bright wadding I had left over from another project. The material I had bought at Goody Sammy's and have used all of that up now. A few less items in the sewing room. Not that you could tell the difference.

I also made a T-Shirt for myself. It is a Kwik Sew pattern Number 2054. I made the short sleeved one,though I didn't worry about the pocket. I have metres and metres of this stretchy material. It must have been on special ,one of those buy 2 get 3 metres.I guess I will be making some more shirts. I made this a couple of inches longer than the pattern as I tend to get a little sunburnt in the summer when leaning over while I am gardening. This will help aleviate this problem.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Back on Monday with "What Makes Me Happy Monday" posting.

Happy days.

Bev C