Commissioned card - Embroidered Twins

 Hi,

This is the commissioned card I was asked to make at the end of July,  the twins were not born then but I made it as far I could,  then my customer fell off the face of the earth so to speak.  
A week ago I re-listed on etsy to see if I could sell it,  one week later my customer was back and still wanting the card,   It is now finished and winging its way across the pond,   So now I can show you.

Gosh its been a long time since I put a card on my blog,  its embroidered  with pink, blue and gold metallic thread,   I use the outlines for the cradles from a peel off sheet,   and then stitched them on some oil based card that shines different colours in the light. 
 Placed them on a rainbow paper and then stitched around the outside with gold metallic thread.

The card is an 8 by 8 square,  scalloped edged.


There are hours of work in this card,  I was so upset with all the work I put in and then thought it was not going to sell.  
Oh well all ends well in the end. 
I hope she likes it when it arrives.


Have a nice weekend and take care
                     Hugs
                 Margaret

I love Yarn Day- 12th October, 2012

 Hi,
Today is Love Yarn Day,  and here is my lastest items that I have 
knitted,  and Oh boy did this yarn test me,   Its been a pain so much so that Vernon said throw the ball away.   But in the end I won the war of the ball so to speak and here they are.
These booties did not start out as booties,  I saw this ball in the wool shop in Shepton Mallet.  Lovely I thought, (not what I think now)  I took it to Crete and started a baby's jacket,   I got half way and found I did not have enough wool,  so when I got home I asked Mike do you have anymore,  oh he is so good,  he asked the rep and he found two balls.  Brilliant only when I knitted the sleeves I found the dye did not match the rest of the jacket.  What is it they say match the number before your knit,   well I thought I had,   I should have known better how many years have I been knitting and I missed the golden rule,   naughty girl.    So I unpicked the whole jacket minus the sleeves and re-knitted the booties and mittens in Rhodes.  Only the mittens pattern I took with me was for premature babies so they were tiny and booties for 0 to 6 months,   Had another go so here they are finally one pair of mittens and booties for 0 to 6 months.   They are in my Esty shop.  (Please sell I am fed up with them)

This is the jacket I finished it last night,  I forgot to get the buttons on saturday buts its finished,   so when I have washed it and put the buttons on, this will go into my esty shop.
I now hate this wool and I have one ball of blue,  yep I bought pink and blue,  I am going to put a plain colour with the blue and hopefully make a  jacket for a boy,  thats the plan,   but you never know with this wool that really might end up in the bin if its as much a pain as the pink.
The Yarn I have been playing with is Robin Jelli Been double knitting,  I think they have discontinued it,   Robin is good wool but I did get really fed up with it.   Usually I don't have much trouble with knitting all I can say is watch this space and I will let you know how I get on.
Hope you are having a good day.
                          Hugs
                       Margaret

I Love Yarn Day, 12th October 2012

Hi

I had an e-mail over the weekend announcing I love Yarn Day,  on the 12th October,  well I have never heard of it before,  perhaps something new who knows.   Anyway I will try to bring you something I have been working on in Yarn on the 12th.  (Its been a nightmare wool Vernon keeps saying throw the ball away but its so near finishing it would be a shame).

This is the Announcement from Lion Wools.

Announcing I Love Yarn Day

Celebrate your love of yarn on I Love Yarn Day!Wear your knit or crochet projects, teach someone to yarn craft, throw a crafting party...

There are so many ways you can participate!

Heres the challenge,   its over to you what will you share on the 12th October.
For more information here is the link

                           Hugs

                         Margaret

Holiday Tatting 20/25

 

Hi,

Today I thought I would show you some of my holiday tatting,   I have already shown you Diane's Doodad challenge which I tatted on holiday,  so this is the rest,   above is a selection of snowflakes and angels which I asked to tat for the Nursing Home Mother lives in,   They saw my snowflakes on my table at the summer fair and they asked for a selection for their christmas decorations.  They are from Anna magazine December 1991,  there are three SSSR angels by Anne Bruvold link.  and also three 3-Dimensional Angels by Katie Johnson which I did when I came home here is the  link which I have adapted the pattern to stand rather than glue the skirt to the body which I don't like,  so by adding two picots to the body I can attached the skirt. All were tatted in Lizbeth No 20 white.

I also tried this lovely pattern which I saw on a blog before I went away unfortunately I can't remember which blog but they were lovely with beads, so if you are reading this my apologies    Just to try the pattern and I did not take a lot of beads with me I did the pattern without.   Its Tatted Daisy by Mrs W.M. Odum.  I will be doing this one again with beads and plan to make them into pendants.
To find the pattern link   I used Lizbeth no 20 Summer Fun.

I also made this bookmark for a Friend whose birthday was when we returned,   I used Oren Bayan Perle 8,  I saw these in a shop in Rhodes and brought a load of different colours,   this is a mixture pink and I love the colours,  its a bit soft but has a lovely shine.  I brought so much that the shop owner gave me a free ball of red/gold Altin Basak Thread for my christmas.   I think he was rather amused on one of my visits yes I made several visits to the shop,   when I told him I could pack my husbands suitcase with thread from his shop and leave vernons clothes behind........  Vernon laughed but I don't think he would have be amused.  All in all I spent a lot of euros on thread and I have checked the prices since I got home and I did save a fair bit,  I have also found I can get some more from www.tatting.co.uk,   The pattern yes its Flowering Quatrain Bookmark by Joelle link
This finishes my holiday postings.  I hope you have enjoyed them.
Until we meet again take care
              Hugs
          Margaret

Lace Mat Tat Along Challenge round Three

Hi,

We woke to a lovely rainbow across the back of the garden with the sky as black as coal in the background   after more rain,   the sun is now shining but with rain to more to come,  its a windy day with the leaves starting to turn Autumn is here,  and winter is not far away.

Today I bring you round three of the tat along which Jon started. I have not changed colour or thread its still Lizbeth no 20 Scottish Thistle.   It was an easy round with long chains,  but the final round does not look so easy.  I still have the ends to sew in but I have decided to keep the mat for myself,  its ages since I did a mat and I love the colouring.

I went to the hospital yesterday and they are arranging a CT scan,   and took a sample but they have said its not cancer,  cancer according to this doctor is not painful until it gets into the last stages.  I am still in a lot of pain and not managing to do a lot,  I have not felt like making any cards which I want to do, lets put this way the heart is willing but the body says forget it,  I am missing doing the Sunday CD challenge,   for the last two weeks I have printed out the image and thats it they are still sitting on the table looking at me.  One thing with Vernon now retired and at home he is able to do most things for me.

Hope you are having a good day,  take care

                        Hugs

                    Margaret

Ice Cream............. anyone

Hi,

Knowing how many of you like Ice Cream,   I saw this lovely display in Rhodes Old Town,  I hope you can see the pictures OK,   all the different sorts had faces on the dishes,   the strawberry one was my favourite with real strawberries for eyes.  I just had to take a picture for you to share.

 Close Up.


Enjoy...........................




Hope you are keeping well,  when this is published I will be on my way to the Hospital hopefully they will give me the results to the scan.
                             Hugs
                  Margaret

The Old Town of Rhodes

Hi,

This is a selection of pictures from the old town,  I am going to let you wander down the page and enjoy the narrow street and shops that make up this walled town,   It has now been declared a World Heritage Monument by UNESCO.    There's a lot of history to this town  from the Greek Mythology,  to the Romans and then to the Knights of St John who established themselves in Rhodes in 1309,   the Knights renovated, strengthened and extended the Byzantine walls and made Rhodes the capital of their idiomorphic but important state.  This was rudely interrupted in 1522 when after a five month siege the island fell into the hands of the Turkish sultan Suleiman the Magnificent,   that lasted for 390 years.  After the Greek Revolution of 1821 and the declaration of the new Greek State Rhodes remained under Turkish yoke until 1912,  when the Italians captured the island.  The Italians held the island until the defeat of the Axis powers during the Second World War when Rhodes was finally united with Greece.   (this information came from the Tourist guild to Rhodes) My history is not that good.

 We saw this growing in a little plot and we have no idea what it is?   but the plant was climb over the trees with this hanging,   there was some more higher up in the trees and it looks like a vegetable.

 This little square,  somewhere with a bit of shade for us to sit for a while, I was not feeling well on this day so a sit in the shade was welcome,   the shop keeper from the shop behind the tree spoke to me and told me it was 35c,  there was no wind and it felt really hot that day.

These Hibiscus were flowering in the little square,  there was some white bushes and these pink ones,  it was really colourful. Every so often there are little places of trees and plants growing.  

 This gate went out into a shady walkway where artist where painting and the rabbit see picture below was,   the walkway continued passed the grand Masters Palace,   and out to the D'Amboise Gate.

The Rabbit,  see last post,  yesterday.

 Wall of the Grand Masters Palace with the cannons sticking out,  I hope you can see them,  there's one just above the palm tree

Grand Masters Palace.

 The moat in between the gates.

The other side of Moat from the walk way between the gates.








Well I hope you enjoyed your walk through the Old Town,   this is just some of the pictures,   I could have taken a lot more.
That concludes my visit to Rhodes.   This was our second visit,  there is something about Rhodes that just draws you back.   I would recommend Rhodes as a place to visit.
Until we meet again,  Take care
                    Hugs
                 Margaret