Fat quarters giveaway.

Wow, would you like to win some fab fat quarters? 14 of them.Yes I said 14. Don't waste anytime then get yourself over to retromummy.blogspot.com It doesn't matter where you live so go on have a go. You had better hurry though it closes on the 21st Nov.

What Have I Been Up To.

Yes, it’s me after a long absence again. I have been doing loads of stuff, but not finding time to blog about it.

First we had my sister, Lily and her husband Steve over for 2 weeks holidays. We even went away with them for a few days. So we had a mini holiday ourselves. We travelled to the west side of Crete and spent 3 nights away. Lucky even came with us.

The same day as they went home we had other guests. My sisters son, another Stephen and his wife Tracey, for a week. We went swimming, fishing, dining and generally had a good time.

 

The weather here now is quite changeable.  We have had sun but Monday we had rain, thunder and lightening and sun but it was still t-shirt weather. I suppose it is past been summer now.

However it was lovely on Sunday when I went to a bazaar in Elounta. I got loads of things.

Lovely things to cut up and use in quilts and two handbags.

 

Some crochet lace.

Three books and a game for the winter nights.

I have been cutting up t-shirt material and making this rag rug. It’s heavy and slow going and hurts the hands a bit. So its little and often with this one.

These are the string blocks I started ages ago. I had seven and a half done, now I have twelve.

 

Most people have a design wall, well met my design floor. The camera is telling lies here as the sashing material is a deep pink colour.

It is looking good don’t you think? Just after I had took this photo along came a little Lucky dog and when she had finished it looked like this.

Oh and I have started knitting but I will keep that for another day. Got to go and pick up the pieces of my quilt now if I can get Lucky to move.

C’ya all soon, I promise.

Judith x

Little Lambs.

These little lambs mesmerised Lucky. She could not take her eyes off them. She just stood and watched them.

We had to keep taking her to the fence to so she could see them.

Their mothers were unable to look after them for one reason or another so they are been hand reared. I know they were making a lot of noise until they got a bottle of milk!!!

Enjoy your day,

Cya, Judith.

Hello, It is me!

Well it is a long time since I did a post, but I have been so busy. However, I have managed to take a few photos that I thought I would share with you.

Our onion crop.

The onions drying in the sun.

The oranges are coming along nicely.

And this lovely tree blooming away down in Neapoli.

I will be posting more often now as things are beginning to quieten down here.

I have started crafting again, I am making a scrappy crochet rug out of t-shirt material. Will take some photo’s to show you my progress.

I also have my sister and brother in law coming for a holiday next Tuesday and I am really looking forward to that as it is a year since I have seen them.

Ian is busy making another project. Yes we are getting a door on the bathroom.  A proper  netty door!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok will leave it there and I will catch you all again soon.

Cya. Judith

Colour around the village.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not got a lot of time to post at the moment so thought I show you a few photos of things in our little village. Hope you like them.

REVEAL

I can now reveal what it was that Soggibottom won in my surprise giveaway.

 

2 fat quarters.

3 embroidery cottons.

! book.

and an added extra  for Amie. 1 rope bone.

Thank you to those who entered. Alas there can only be one winner.

My Denim Throw

I have been collecting denim jeans for quite awhile, picking the odd pair up at the bazaars that I have been going to during the winter months. I cut them up into rectangles the size of a cd box. ( I used one to cut them out. ) When I had cut them all out I sewed them all together on my sewing machine.

 

The seams are 1/2 inch wide and are on the right side.

Quite colourful with all the different denims.

I have sewed them all together, now I have to sit and clip all those seams every 1/2 inch so that when it is washed and dried they fray and go fluffy. Well that’s the idea anyway. There is only one snag with this for I don’t have a tumble drier.  Anyway got to go I have a pair of scissors waiting for me. x

Food from our garden

A while back I showed you some photos of our garden with our potatoes growing, well now this is the results.

Radish, Lemons. potatoes.

 

Sorry there is no picture of our lettuce but we have eaten it all. We also have a hungry tortoise who just loves lettuce.

All the shaws of the potatoes are dying back now so its time to lift them. Got to go and get some sacks  to put them all in.

I remember when I was young we lived on a farm and I used to help the tattie pickers pick their tatties. Then when I got older going picking myself and getting paid. I remember picking potatoes for a month solid. At first all my muscles ached but by the end of the month I was fine. Ah! the good old days.

My New Cupboard

In this house storage space is at a premium. So we had a brainwave on where to put a cupboard. Above the bathroom door would be a great place. Now we are not going to go out and buy a cupboard, no that’s to simple. We are goi9ng to make it out of reclaimed wood.

This wood!

Ok I know it looks grotty and all that but this is what we are using.

Oh and from these pictures you might just notice that our bathroom does not have a door. That is another project for later.

Painting followed.

Now we have a cupboard with some very useable storage space. Now let’s see what will I fill it with????????????

And the Winner is?

I put all the names into a cup whizzed them all around and drew out one slip of paper………

The lucky winner is Midge from Soggibottom

Thank you all for entering.

Midge please email me your address and I will post you your prize.

Last chance to enter my giveaway

My giveaway closes tonight. To be in with a chace leave a comment on the previous post. Have a great day.

101st post Giveaway.

Giveaway is now closed.

Well this laptop is behaving its self and I have found the cable to connect my camera to it and download photos. So I think my Giveaway is a go’er.

So what am I giving away??????????????

I have been thinking long and hard about this.

Fat quarters maybe?

A book?

Some wool?

Well I couldn’t decide so I think it will be a mystery giveaway.

Everyone likes surprises so it is going to remain a surprise for you all. It will have some of this and some of that and maybe, just maybe a bit of this. Now that will be nice won’t it. You won’t be disappointed and don’t forget to tell all your friends too.

So here is what you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this surprise.

• Leave a comment here for one chance, only on this post.
• Blogging about my giveaway on your blog will get you another chance. You will have to let me know if you have done this by commenting here also..

Make sure I have a way to contact you.

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Giveaway ends on 12/06/2010 at 21.00 Athens time. Good luck to you all.

100th post and my Computer has Kna……………….

Well this is my 100th post and my pc has decided to give up the ghost. So much for me having a giveaway. I am using my Hubby’s laptop which is an alcoholic, and sometimes its too drunk to work properly. It has no card reader so no photos, unless I can get the camera software to load onto here. Keep your fingers crossed. So there will be a slight postponement for my giveaway until I can sort something out. Wish me luck.

What Is Happening In My Little World Today Then!

Everything in the garden is growing.

Courgettes doing their stuff.

Radishes coming along nicely.

Lemon flowering.

 

Rhubarb putting on a spurt in the sun.

Lettuce looking yummy.

Tomatoes swelling.

Seedlings reaching up toward the sun.

A bean emerging from the soil.

A pepper stretching out.

Strawberries for tea maybe?

A very large wasp of some sort enjoying the sun. He was well over an inch long!!! Think I will stay well clear of him.

Lastly a very tomato faced tortoise causing havoc again. Think we should have called him RAMBO and not Sandy.