UFO's and grandmothers

No this is not a post about little Green Alien's from Mars.  It is a post of Un Finished Objects.

I have decided that when we move in about a year's time I don't want to be carting lots of things we have been half started or half finished.  So I started first by making the Summer Garden Blanket which is almost finished.  Secondly have been looking through my Cross stitch folder  there were several half started cross stitch card projects and several small kits not started yet.

DH was away  with work till Sunday night sailing on a Beautiful Ship called The Morning Star so I had control of Iplayer and whilst watching several programs during the week I finished several cross stitch kits only small ones.  I also mounted them onto or into cards so that instead of just sitting in a folder they can be sent out for other people to enjoy.  Some of these Cross stitches only needed a few stitches to be finished off.  Cross stitch was the first craft I ever did to a large degree. 

  I also found this little house that needed finishing This might be the centre of a patchwork cushion!

I started this and finished it whilst watching The Other Boleyn Girl on iplayer.  It did feel very strange to be doing embroidery whilst watching ladies embroider on television in the court of Henry the VIII.

Doing all this embroidery and cross stitch made me think of my grandmother.    She was a brilliant seamstress.   Who at the age of 11 she won a scholarship to go to The Royal School of Needlework but unfortunately she couldn't take it up as times were hard and she had to go out to earn a living.  She started of her working life as a pattern girl for a dressmakers in London.  This was where very smart, fashionable and rich ladies to go to have there dresses handmade.  this was before the days of "off the peg" clothing!  She would be sent to get the personalised patterns for the ladies that would come into have new clothes made.  Eventually she worked her way to working in a fur coat factory where she became one of the best  in her profession of sewing.  She sewn Mink which is the finest fur to sew!  To join the pelts together you have to part each and every hair before you can sewn them together.  Now whether you believe in fur or not this was a time before the Second world war where the world was a very different place.  Ladies wore hats with Gloves to match and a gentleman would never been seen outside without his hat!   Now I am not saying that the world was better before the war just different.  My grandmother is no longer with us and I miss her!  Although towards the end of her life she had senile dementia and she was no longer the same I still miss her.  I miss the days when I would spend some holidays with her, my grandfather and my sister when My Mum and Dad were working and we used to watch old black and white films on the television.

URGH!

Today I am definately not feeling my best I seem to have started a very stinky cold which has made me sneeze all day.  I need to do some work but really can summon up the energy to do anything bar housework, which I don't want to do but when  you have four boys it has to be done.

Here is a pic of the latest Cushion I have designed.  Made out of felt with Yummy bright colours buttons sewn into the shape fo a heart.

Almost There!

I have been very quite over the last couple of months trying to sort myself out and get into routines etc that will help everyone in the house!  I have also had two articles to write for a christian women's magazine called Woman Alive the first one being that of a creating a scrapbook which was published in the September Issue and the second one is Christmas related.  It did feel a bit strange writing in on August Bank Holiday Monday!

I have also been on a use up mission I had lots of wool from magazines which I wanted to use up so I have made a blanket.  Inspired by several of the blogs I read. Lemondedesucrette  and attic 24  I decided I would have a go at crochetting a blanket.

I started by making 180 circles  like these

Then when I had enough I started joining them usign Attic24's wonderful joining as you go tutorial  I must admit this is much easier than sewing all the pesky little things together!

This is row three The blanket consists of 12 squares wide by 15 squares deep no colour order just randomly place.

 Close up on the joined squares

On the 7th Row

 

 Finally finished or so I thought until Dh looked at it and said could we have another coupld of rows on the top before you put the border on  So being the Mug  Loving wife I am said yes.

I know need to make another 36 circles so that i can join them on to make the blanket  longer!   So that it can be used on our bed when the winter comes  Hopefully next update will be of a finished blanket!

A close up of the blanket just because I am so amazed by it

Granny Square finished

I have finished my giant granny square  I have deicded to make it into a cuchion cover to brighten up our very boring blue ones in the living room.

Giant Granny Squares

Well it seems these giant monsters are everywhere at the moment.

over at http://bugsandfishes.blogspot.com/  Lupin is doing one.  and over at http://lemondedesucrette.wordpress.com/  people are being encourage to join in with a hook a long.

So I have decided to do one myself in an effort to use up some of the wool that comes free with magazines.  So far I have done 7 rounds and I am hoping that eventually it will grow so that of the Ds's can use it up on there bed on the top floor of the house which i am sure during the winter is going to be cold!

Moving!

Well we have moved and just as I was getting ready to get back into my stride of posting up to my blog.

I go and have a car accident.  Well it was done on purpose of course a white van man drove into the back of my car and thus started a change of events that ended up with me being airflifted to hospital in the air ambulances helicopter.  I will say though I am fine just seem to have a pinched nerve in my shoulder which is makign life slighly complicated as doing anything with my right arm either causes it togo to sleep or be in pain!

Inspired by others!

There are several other blog as read most of which are listed further down the page!

On of my favorite is attic24 !  well recently Lucy has created some hooky happiness by making lots of crocheted hearts to hang on twigs. 

We are in the middle of packing boxes to move, yes again, twice in six months!  But I just had to have a break from packing and create some of these yummy hearts.  

I have also made some brooches with the same pattern I have sewn them onto brooch backs and embroidered them with beads!