Photo a day May week 1

I started doing Fat Mum Slims photo a day challenges last year and well this year I've been rather slack. But May is the month- every Sunday evening I will share the week in photos here is May week 1

1. I Bought this - visit to the nursery protea in the garden happy Mother's Day to me and maybe my mummy (it is supposed to be a surprise)

2. Morning ritual - vital greens, vitamins and blood pressure med and the asthma preventer everyday

3. This is really good! - my first homegrown fig from our tree

4. In my cup - white tea, lemon and manuka - sigh in a cup

 

5. Paper - not often but occasionally I read the paper with breakfast even Saturdays on a Sunday

 

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Quilts of Love or Hope Quilts

Every Monday that I can I attend with a group of 12 - 15 ladies a sewing group in Campbelltown Library. Back in December 2011 we started making what we refer to as Quilts of Love or Hope Quilts, over the last 15 months, we have parcelled up our love and hope to many families.

I was asked recently where we got our supplies from and how we chose to give out the quilts. 

Our supplies come from our own stashes, and also from our weekly dues that we pay (rental of our hall, tea &; coffee, teachers fees etc) there is always a little extra. But we were also fortunate enough at the end of last year you have an article in the local paper, which sparked some community interest and we have since received a few donations of fabric - so if you are wishing to donate some fabric please contact me.

How our recipients are chosen, well sadly I am sure if you think about the statistics of Cancer and Terminal illnesses of late - I think its' every 1 in 2 are diagnosed, you only need to ponder on that a moment. To realise there are many in need. And almost every other week we have somebody who knows somebody who is diagnosed or recently found out. ...so our list just grows.

Here is a dedication roll to the those that have received quilts from us...I think I have photographed each and every one of our made with Love Hope Quilts!!

 List of Love,  So far we have quilted and stitched 19 quilts filled with love and hope.

Quilts 1 & 2 for Al December 2011

Quilt 3 for Zac December 2011

Quilt 4 for MUM January 2012

Quilt 5 for Janet February 2012

 Quilts 6 & 7 Donated to the Palliative Care Unit in Camden March  2012

Quilt 8 for Princess Lexie's September 2012

Quilts 9 for Princess Lexie's Benefit Night Donation 

September 2012

Quilt 10 for Princess Kosher Love-Lopes

October 2012

 

Quilt 11 for  Iris December 2012

 Quilt 12 for Kerry December 2012

(pieced & quilted by Joan with blue/red binding NOT photographed)

Quilt 13 for a Family Friend January 2012

(green with brown/red floral binding NOT photographed)

Quilt 14 for Evelyn  labelled incorrectly but edited and fixed. January 2012

Quilt 15 for Sue

February 2013

Quilt 16 for Lorraine

March 2013

Pink binding .

Quilt 17 for Matthew

March 2013

shades of green floral green binding

Quilt 18 Colin

March 2013 shades of green with a stripe binding. 

Quilt 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23 

are all in my care awaiting labels and binding....

If you were interested in donating fabric or even sending a stitched heart -  please leave a comment or email me for more information..

Nuffnang Product Talk - Kraft Belvita Breakfast Biscuits

This post is brought to you by Nuffnang Product Talk - Kraft BelVita Breakfast Biscuits

My first Nuffnang Product Talk, hasn't gone without its hitches, with the blog post date due, and after realising the product hadn't yet arrived. I emailed the office. Whom informed me that there had been a glitch so I was asked to purchase the items at the supermarket if I still wanted to take part. I decided as we are really grab and go breakfasters in this household now. Unless number 1 son is home to chef me up his cafe style eggs....then its usually Yoghurt and fruit for me.  The rest of them are really not breakfast people but lately in a last ditch effort to get them to eat, I have been making sure there is plenty of grab and go style meal replacements in the cupboard, as breakfast is the most important meal of the day. If its easy to eat on the run, I can get them to at least start the day with something. Which is a bonus.

So in our hunt for the Kraft BelVita Breakfast biscuits we found that our local Coles didn't have any on the shelf, but the Coles Express had all other varieties but as the product talk was to be on the Cranberry variety we sort out Woolworths....and yes they had them and they were in the Biscuit aisle.

Of course, all this has happened after the scheduled blog post date of Friday, and with the family all working the weekend. The Kraft BelVita Breakfast Biscuits were bound to be a hit....I made sure everyone was aware of them on the bench, and that I wanted texts with what they thought so I could blog, on Sunday.

Being home alone, it was my usual Yoghurt, fruit and some flakes for crunch....so I decided to use the Kraft Belvita Breakfast Biscuits as my crunch part of my breakfast ....YUM

I loved them.

I also liked that after my bowl of yoghurt I still had a couple to eat with my tea...perfect. I definitely couldn't have eaten them without it as they are a dry, very oaty like biscuit. I loved the portion control packaging. Each box contains 6 individually wrapped portions of 4 biscuits. It was perfect for 2 crumbled and 2 to eat.

I can't say that I was hungry when I met a girlfriend for a coffee later, but I only had a light meal (smoked salmon bruschetta) and I am still ok this afternoon, so perhaps the long lasting fullness the packaging recommends....works...

I can see me taking them in my handbag on my early morning trips to mums once a week, all I will need is my takeaway coffee and I will have eaten breakfast before I arrive...unlike my usual no breakfast or bad for me bacon and egg Turkish on the way.

Family responses....

The boys thought they were a little dry, but OK asked if they would eat them again, the answer was yes they were easy to eat whilst riding to work on the bike.

Daughter's response was they were OK, she enjoyed hers with a coffee in the car on the way to work...

So, Yes I will definitely be adding some of the other tasty flavours to my trolley later this week. 

• Milk & Cereal
• Fruit & Fibre
• Crunchy Oats
• Honey & Nut with choc chips

and I would definitely recommend them...

Ripple-A-Long Completes

Thanks to Mel Goodsell and her day to day blog and Instagram challenge 7 weeks ago, I've been bitten by the ripple crochet bug. I love that it has varieties in its stitch style, and I've managed to complete a few different styles and items.

Ripple Blanket

The Details:

The Yarn - Morris PADDINGTON which is a 6ply Bamboo 80% Merino 20% blend.

4 x 50g balls Newspaper #635 (grey)

5 x 50g balls Chalk #601 (cream)

5 x 50g balls Lipstick #634 (red)

5 x 50g balls Dutch Teal #624 (blue)

5 x 50g balls Cornichon #627 (green).

The Pattern - Attic 24 bloggers Neat Ripple Pattern

Using this pattern I hooked 199 foundation chain and worked a total of 56 bands of colour that's 112 rows.

The Hook - 4mm

The Border - I've worked a single crochet all around the blanket, but in the space of the peak at each ripple, I've worked a bobble stitch. By using a variation Heidi Bears Creative bloggers Crocheted Bobble Edging.

First work a Slip Stitch,

then in to the same space, work like the ripple decrease but your in the same space so it's increasing.

Yarn over, into same stitch, yarn over, back through stitch (3 loops on hook)

Yarn over draw through 2 loops (2 loops on hook)

Repeat above again, so Yarn over, into same stitch yarn over, back through stitch (4 loops on hook)

Yarn over, draw through2 loops (3 loops on hook)

Repeat again, this time finishing with (4 loops on hook)

Yarn over, draw through all 4 loops.

Complete with a Slip Stitch into the same space and your little bobble is formed.

Continue with Single crochet till the next ripple peak point and repeat.

At the end of each row work 3 Single crotchets into the same space to complete your corner turn.

On the sides I worked 3 Single Crochets into each band of colour.

Completed size 140cm x 120cm

Leftovers - yes there is enough I think to work a small cushion too match which is my to-do list.

If you have enjoyed my blanket journey pop on over to Mel's blog post and check out the list of other bloggers who joined in the ripple-a-long, or just pop into my pinterest board, where I've pinned my favourites, or even follow me along in Instagram or search the #ripplealong.

Scarves

Adult Ripple Scarf

The Details:

The Yarn - Lincraft Zambezee which is a 8 ply Tencel 50% Acrylic 50% blend.

The Pattern - Attic 24 bloggers Neat Ripple Pattern

Using this pattern I hooked 45 foundation chain and worked a total of 65 bands of colour that's 130 rows..

The Hook - 4mm

For Sale - This one will sell for $45. This is a one of a kind item, but I'm happy to replica in new yarn - price subject to yarn price.

The ZigZag Cowl Scarf - shared this last week, but wanted to add the details

The Details:

The Yarn - Lincraft Zambezee which is a 8 ply Tencel 50% Acrylic 50% blend. Pattern requires 300grams, i think I've used less than that but cant be sure as I worked the above 2 scarves from the 12 balls i purchased in two styles and I have one full ball and some scraps left.

The Pattern - Simply Crochet Issue 3 Digital Edition, downloaded via subscription to my ipad.

The Hook - 6mm

Rainbow scarf - I fell in love with rainbow ripples and had to play with rainbows, so these will feature at an upcoming market stall for Forever Always or you can email me on info@foreveralways.com.au to place an inquiry or order.

The Details:

The Yarn - Moda Vera GELATO, which is a 50% acrylic, 50% cotton blend, it's lovely and soft.

The Pattern - Attic 24 bloggers Neat Ripple Pattern. I've worked 7 colour repeats for my child size scarf, with a ruffle edge on each end to complete.

The Hook - 4mm

The Border - I decided on a pretty ruffle edge, and after reading many blogs my head was spinning with all the crochet jargon so i ended up playing with the different stitches, and I think I've come close to Attic 24's version off Granny Blanket Edging.

Border is completed in 3 rows.

First row begining with a Slip stitch, 5 chain, slip stitched into every 3rd chain Repeat till end.

Second row 5 chain slip stitches into middle of previous rows 5 chain spaces, repeated till end.

Third and final row, into each 5 chain space work a single crochet, double crochet, half treble crochet, treble crochet, half treble crochet, double crochet and a single crochet.

To order or purchase - Rainbow child size will retail for $20, and is available to order.

And coming next post is my African Flower finish, all 115 hexagons were stitches together on the weekend, I just need to settle on an edging pattern, so if you have a suggestion, I'd much appreciate it.

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