CAR BOOT PLAYTIME AND LUNCH AT IKEA

Weeeeeeeeeeel l had to get through the car boot didn't l? lol

so l  took the tub of small balls and a ball of white!! lol

now what to make with them all?

Colours were inspired by a small quilt l found in the move

needs a black round and then a white to join together but ran out of the white and don't have black in Merino...oops another urgent purchase at ColourMart l think!!

CAR BOOT  

we were a bit late but sold about half of the stuff and made about £130 so went a few more miles and had a late lunch at Ikea and bought the shelves l need to get the craft room sorted out!!

TOMORROW..MORE WALL PAINTING 

So painting in the morning ready for the shelves and Noo Noo cleaning in the afternoon for Phil and James while l get the craft room something like!

SHELL ISLAND WEEKEND.....for James 

Phil has put James on the insurance and is allowing him to have the camper for the weekend

All his friends think it's real cool lol

CAR BOOT THIS MORNING...SELL SOME OF THE ATTIC FINDS!!

Quick post should be on our way to a car boot.... ugh!

Did all the garage sorting yesterday in a grump only way l could get it done but then
Phil did something stupid so stupid l can't tell you all about it
but......got the mess sorted even quicker!!!

bloody men hey!

so eventually l just left him to fill the camper with all the CB Boxes!!

So......CAR BOOT this morning another favourite job........l think not 

love looking but hate the selling at one

WISH ME LUCK.....

l'll like the cash at the end and the unwanted stuff gone though!

WAS ONLY ALLOWED TO PLAY HOOKY 'TILL LUNCH TIME

One of my old drawstring bags in same colours goes well with the cushion and blanket lol

NEW IDEA....

Want to make a couple more things now with the AF's minus the last round

Great job done this afternoon we cleared the lower floor of the Garage and my car is actually inside 

wow!!

Ache all over though and back with the hooky stuff and 'Lewis' on TV 

Decision made on the Jacket too.....

new yarn though and l think it's Cash/Merino need to check with ColourMart 1st
did the sample in it so fingers crossed l can get more!

Going to make it all cream with just a little pastel colour on it some where but not sure yet exactly where!!

NOT A HAPPY HOOKER!!!

lots done until l fell asleep mid stitch!!..hehehe

mmmmmmmmmmm not so happy though with the days colour combinations added the gorgeous cornflower blue and a lovely lilac....2 wonderful colours but as a colour combo in the hex's l don't like them.....not a waste but l can't help thinking it feels a bit like it!!

Should have added the soft orange like l said then it would have been ok l'm sure

Oh well back to the drawing board

Oh! and it started as a cushion then went to the neck border of a jacket then to the start of a blanket but with the middle hex left out so it fits over my head was trying to think of a way of filling it so it could be used as a poncho or a blanket!! 

May be small AF's tied together some how so they make a sort of collar when being used as a poncho

Watch this space going to try that idea this morning 

and will be adding soft orange and more lime to change the colour combo too!

see....too much blue needs the soft orange to warm the combo up a bit....l think!!
IF THAT DOESN'T WORK THEN ALL THE CREAM WILL JUST HAVE TO BE RIPPED AND THE BLUE HEX'S SPREAD ABOUT THE BALNKET........UGH!!

Sewing Serenity blog post.... thanks SS for a blog about Philip Jacobs Delphiniums fabulous fabric
Google him and found lots more..stunning fabrics
PHILIP JACOBS FABRICS at the Cotton patch
if you want to ogle!!! hehe

works for me and no orange in sight!!

WET AND GREY OUTSIDE...WARM AND SNUGGLEY AND PLAYING HOOKY INSIDE

Thinking of adding a SLASH of soft orange to the colorway?????

and giving myself a day of hooky in bed today......very decadent hehehehe

Party tonight maybe!!! hehehehe

Slight panic last night hehe...Tracy rang to ask if she could move in today and not next Tuesday!!

Now l'm the best procrastinator you will find so hadn't printed the paper work off my laptop until the last minute.....
big BIG mistake..couldn't find it..panic mode set in

No wonder it was on Phil's laptop!!

Late but panic over rushed over met Tracy and her BF Jason....who is going to help her move in this morning....she has got even more excited than l get!! hehehe

GOOD LUCK WITH THE MOVE TRACY 

l'm sure the rain won't dampen the enthusiasm!

PS....Cushion has turned into something else this morning lol.....let ya know if it works by the end of today!!!!!
HAPPY CRAFTING ALL
HUGS XX

WINDOWS..GIVEN THE LOUNGE A COTTAGE FEEL!!

All finished by 1.30 and packed up and gone by 2....can't believe the difference to the  feel of the rooms

a real cottage feel particularly to the lounge

Want the back two doing now....that will definitely have to wait lol

BEFORE AND AFTER

LOVE THEM THANKS GEMINI WINDOWS...great team fab windows

2ND CUSHION UPDATE:

Tried a lime green background....liked it but decided the cream was still best

WINDOW FITTERS ABOUT TO ARRIVE AND I'M STILL PLAYING HOOKY!!

Just had to pop in..... 

photos later 3 new windows being  fitted today arriving at 8.30..ooops they arrived mid post aT 8.09 moved the car in my PJ'S ...

1ST JOB TO GIVE THEM A CUPPA

Carpet covering went down at 8. 15

 Grabbed the camera and snapper the before fornt of house.....

By 8.20 all unpacked and the windows were opened

 l left them too it and went back to this post and a cuppa myself and to finish the

almost finished 2nd cushion front hehe...changing the shape of this one l think just for fun!!

catch ya later all lots of cushion pics mean while l'll up date the post with...

WINDOW PROGRESS.....
10.33
TWO WINDOWS IN AND THE GLASS IN TOO....
mmmmmmm!!! comented that a couple of the squared pains were a couple of mm out!! he measured them and said noooooooooooooo
They just went for a cuppa and l measured the 1st one l noticed.....one measured 8" exactly and the other 8.25"....mmmmmm not out am l being a fussy bugga?
We'll see what they look like when they are completely finished with the bars attached

upper pains have cross bars
like this....

                                      [                8"                  ][                   8.25            ]   

Fussy customer or perfectionist!!!!

Liking them very much though...need to get the front door off striped and painted the pale aqua we had mixed and should be a big improvement 

JUMPING UP AND DOWN COULDN'T WAIT TO SHARE THIS ONE HEHEHE

SOME ONE WAS GIVING IT AWAY!!!

can't wait to get the sander on it and paint it white..watch this space 

Present for the bathroom already bought what l thought was a black and white shower curtain but it looked dull and grey so l bought another one today far better quality and very white but only £3.99........

still lots to do to this bathroom but already had a couple of changes hehehe

New biscuit tin..found another hiding inside!!

ANOTHER SPLASH OF COLOUR FOR THE BACK GARDEN

I rescued them from the shop that didn't think they needed water..poor lovies!!

Now l can go put these in the ground and then spend a couple of hours playing hooky!! hehehe

happy happy happy today.....

Relief  l think now the old house is finished and about to be occupied again lol

Weight off my mind and l'll have a bit more cash to play with

ColourMart needs another visit tomorrow when Phil is at work and won't know l've been......ssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

XX

LIFE IS JUST FABULOUS!!

Totally finished the old house tidy up ready for Tracy....she is sooo excited about moving in

new basin in the bathroom looks great too

Relief that the old house is all finished now so we can chill out for a day and then start all over again with Bakewell hehehe

LOTS OF PLANS.....Phil groans everytime l mention anything hehehehe

NOW HAVE 3 SLEEVE OPTIONS....
help l know there are more in my head too!!

giving myself until Monday to play with the design then l must get started if it makes up fast then l might make 2!!

GARDEN BLOOMING

The Peonies are fabulous have huge flower heads..got to get a couple more in white and pale pink..stunning flowers

Herb pot starting to thrive again and looks like we will have a good few strawberries this year too...yummy!!

Hostas have doubled in size my Lily pots are looking great and the...

Acer that Phil pulled up

'arrrrrrgh!!...it won't move was only a cheapy from the supermarket l was leaving it' l said

but....

it seems to be doing well....

keep telling it it can survive the move l have the parasol over it to keep the sun off it and it gets watered daily and we have a little chat and l stroke the leaves...can't do any more so fingers crossed hehehe

9 Blooms in all on the front Peony
 love these colours together as they peek out from under the

 dripping Wisteria

A cushion or a blanket to commemorate Bakewell's Garden maybe in these colours?

SUN FILLED BEDROOM HERE AGAIN

Life IS just Fabulous 
HUGS ALL XX

PHOTOGRAPHS OF OUR EMPTY HOUSE MADE ME A BIT SAD!

Painting all finished totally empty now just a new sink in bathroom to finish off and Tracy can't wait to move in

looking at the empty home we loved and the garden l designed and we created during our 1st Easter made me a bit sad

The living Christmas tree we bought for our 1st Christmas only a couple of feet tall was planted in the garden and is now about 5-6feet tall and sprouting right now...oh help now l'm crying!!

Don't get me wrong I love Bakewell just having a moment!!!

Tracy brought all her friends and gave them a tour of her new home...she was so excited and hadn't been able to sleep the night before she said..think it will be in good hands! 

VISIT TO COLOURMART

To stock up on the 100% Merino for the AF/HEX jacket.....these are the colours l will be using with the cream as the base colour

Have lots of ideas for this jacket...in fact may be a couple of jackets out of this project.......

Now have a 2nd SLEEVE OPTION....and a totally different look to the jacket emerges!!

Can't wait to get going on this jacket again but another trip back to the old house..thought it would be finished yesterday and mostly it is but the new sink didn't go in as easily as we hoped and we need to go finish it off today..poor Phil was tearing his hair out really had had enough last night we didn't get back until after 7 totally exhausted and wiped out.....please let today be the end of the phaffing around!!!!

THANKS

Thanks Elizabeth Cat for the invite to post AF Jacket on the AF Flickr group

Thanks all for the AF Jacket follow.....hope you all like the end jacket! hehe

GREAT PROGRESS MADE

Almost finished the old house 

painting and tidying and possible new tenant moves in next Tuesday fingers crossed..........what a relief then we can start to knock Bakewell into shape......yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhh!

James here for the afternnon again....seeing so much more of James these days..happy Mummy hehehe

Spent a couple of hours on the comp jacket......so at the next design stage......where the sleeve will be sewn up and the body and sleeve continue as separate constructions...need more cream yarn now though.....

trip to ColourMart l think!!

Shame but all this will have to be ripped and the whole jacket made again couple of changes l want to make but using this half as the try out and perfecting the pattern....but really happy with it so far

NEXT:
Drawings of all the ideas l've had so far 

sometimes when you work with drawings other ideas pop into your head

Happy crafting everyone

HUGS XX

MORNING DEVELOPMENTS TO COLOURMART COMPETITION JACKET

Slight miss understanding l think...

The jacket will be an original design using the basic baby hex jacket as a starting point along with the AF design BUT it will be an adult size...in fact it's for me!! hehe

and I'm blogging the design process for those who are interested in how a new design can develop and the many changes and options that happen

THIS MORNINGS DEVELOPMENTS....

Started the design again with a larger hook..wanted it slightly softer and less bulky and some slight adjustments to the pattern..
Very happy with the pattern now and it's working for me in the base colour of cream

BUT..

The body piece l made opened out made a wonderful cuff so another development and another option

MANY MORE WILL HAPPEN I'M SURE BEFORE THE FINAL JACKET DESIGN IS FINISHED

This is the part of designing l adore...

Thanks for all the wonderful comments

sorry l haven't time to comment on individual blogs this morning back to the old house to throw some paint around and make it ready for who ever moves in soon!!

Another sun filled day by the looks of it

Hugs xx

FABULOUS WEEKEND THANKS K

Had an idea..dangerous you may say but it worked l think.....this picture is all paper prints!!

copied the photo of the original cushion printed it out a few times and then laid it out and took another photograph!!....hey presto a blanket lol

All be it a paper one for now but a great way to see what a large crochet would look like with out spending hours and hours crocheting took me about an hour to do this!!

Changed the colour slightly on this photograph and did a collage of the cushion and possible blanket to come

on this one!!

I love Picasa 3

Spent an hour or so before K woke up this morning sorting out a possible pattern for the AF competition Jacket

HARD TO BELIEVE THIS WILL EVENTUALLY TURN INTO HALF A JACKET!!

But it will taken from a baby pattern l found HERE at Cosy's Corner

Adapted it to the African Flower design to start with......

Then l had to stop 'cos K woke up and we needed to go have some fun!!!

Show you more tomorrow

WISTERIA WELCOME AT BAKEWELL.....CYA SOON K

Needs paintings and shelves on the wall but not worth adding until it's been decorated and a new light but hope it's a comfy as the old bedroom K...Cya soon...weekend of laughter and fun

WISTERIA'S WELCOME...

All the plants l put in are doing well no losses with the May Frost and one has changed colour!!!!

yellow to a gorgeous soft burnt orange....

AND....

I knew the move would turn up a few forgotten or lost things....

my beloved wool winder lost in the dust it was but looks and works like new still..

Did  my 1st sample for weight last night ready for the competition  jacket but colour wanted to make the same as the bedroom cushion but  don't want to look like part of the furnishings hehehehe

so spending some time rethinking the colours slightly