Folksy store

My Shop

Go ahead, click on the link and tell me what you think?

I just don't seem to be attracting any traffic through what so ever.  It is all very demoralising to say the least.  At a time when I least need it, thanks to the malingering flu, cold, chest infection that just will not stop harassing me!

However, I have managed to get some things done despite the colds best efforts to keep me bed ridden  

What is your honest opinion?

I am charging £5 per rug... Mug rug and Teapot rug.  Their sizes range from 4" to 7" 

That was by accident rather than design, but it works... I think?

I've also been doing others, these are in various stages of completion - Follow this link to see the other's in the Mug Rug Bunch

Well as of now, I have a house to get sorted (laundry day was Friday and I am backed up by two weeks), I have a study/sewing room to make straight and I need to take my tablets that will allow me to sleep soundly tonight... 

Take care of all of you and fingers crossed tomorrow will see me feeling fitter than today 

J x

Blog Hop Winner's

I have sent two of the winner's gifts out... but the last two just haven't been in touch!

If you are a winner, please get in touch so I can send your gift to you....


Jeanne Gwin

Farm Quilter

J x

Sorry for the absence

Where has the time gone?

Christmas came and went in a swosh of medication, fever, hallucination and nastiness.

A very nasty flu virus has swept the valley where we live, and because of the time of year, people travelling to families etc, it has gone nation wide.

Norovirus has also made a recurrence in the NHS hospitals, not so good for my Grandfather who is very poorly and has been since before Christmas, when he was found on the floor in his bungalow by the cleaner.   That was a water infection, then he had a stroke, then Noro Virus got him.... What else can he be hit with?

Thankfully he is a strong man and will come through the other side.

I, without thinking of anything but the poo storm that would erupt if we didn't go to visit my family, took all of us on Boxing Day to visit, and stay over with my Mother for a few days.  I was still very poorly, but just couldn't not go. Family politic's are hellish in my family.

Mother, I believe has now got the virus that had us all and blames me totally.  Which is OK. What was not OK was that she told me in no uncertain terms that we were not staying there two nights.  As we had arranged.  

Her own daughter ousted out of the house that I once called a home.  That summed my Christmas up.

I hope your Christmas' were fantastic, as they should be. This year, our Christmas will be good. All the children will be here (the eldest two are born of my Ex husband). We alternate years.... it can be very quiet when its not our year... 

For now though, a New Year, New beginning and all that... I have found a new passion.

No, I am still with my partner, I have discovered... piecing, paper piecing, foundation piecing, seminole, bargello, stargello etc... you name it, I love it!

Though I do find putting fabric's together something of a chore... I just don't have the eye for it... or a big enough stash of fabrics yet?

Rear of my Eldest's wall tidy

Pocket of wall tidy

The entire front of her wall tidy

My youngest daughter's wall tidy.

A fuzzy middle of the wall tidy...

Paper pieced heart

Bargello cutting board bag

board bag

Practice foundation pieced log cabin

Practice

one of four final pieces.

same one,

same again....

Gaia's wall tidy...

the back of Gaia's wall tidy

The top rear of Gaia's wall tidy

Bargello - Batiks are some of my new best friends

My paper piece design heart, sat on my journal - part patchwork/quilting diary and every day diary...

Why do I enjoy piecing so much?  
I don't know....
it looks very intricate, difficult, and when you are actually doing it, you realise just how 'easy' it is. Of course there is a huge issue with perfection.  You have to place things and sew thing's just right, otherwise it isn't placed, or pieced properly.  One other thing I have been doing a lot of is, unpicking.  However, as I have gone through and done the undoing, I am learning to go slow when I need to.  Take it easy, don't rush because that's when I miss little instructions on patterns and that is when I have to either re-do or live with a less than perfect end result.

I love the wall tidies though and am in the process of designing my own foundation pieced heart pockets so they can be sold for Valentines...
Better get a shoofty on though as it's too close to ignore...

I'd best get a card for the love of my life.... and one for Simon... ;-)

Take care lovely people and happy quilting, sewing, or what ever crafting you are doing x
J 

New Email Added to the blog

Following and evening sat with my beloved and some children in the lounge watching Television and hand sewing the binding on Gaia's quilt (her hand made Christmas present from Mummy).   I have come to view the blog and see what was occuring.

Directly following a poorly beloveds departure to bed, (he got what I had, but it will be much much worse!).  A programme came on - A Welsh Christmas, a musical programme, in which several great singers entertained a studio of willing listeners.

I however, upon hearing the beautiful songs, song at a time of year when family get together and enjoy each other's company, was not filled with joy.  Infact a deep sorrow.

The Christmas before my father passed away I chose to work, the hours were double and it meant more food on the table for the children.  I didn't know it was Dad's last Christmas, if I did, I would have been there, I would have cuddled him so tight that he couldn't breath... He would have the best presents you can imagine, he would be waited on hand and foot... so many things that make a difference.  

Only, I didn't go, the Christmas following his death, I did, he wasn't there, he didn't cook the Turkey as he always had, he didn't tell stories that would have all around the table streaming in tears of laughter (maybe not Mum), He just was not there.  We did want him to be, the kids wow they were great, if they weren't there it would have been a depressing event. 

At the end of the meal my then 3 year old son, who had lost his other Grand father that summer, held his glass high and proposed a toast, ... it went like this 

'Cheers Taidy, Cheers Grandad'

He knew who was missing, and knew that to toast them was to remember them

(Taidy is Welsh for GrandDad)

Please take care of the ones we no longer have to hold, and please take extra care of the ones we do x

Sorry this blog entry went beyond what it was meant to do...

You should now see some links to my email address, you can email me direct or via the blog, I will get them,

Janey x

Blog Hop Winners

And the Winners Are!!!!

Vickie

Farm Quilter

Jeanne Gwin

The FaceBook winner is....

Carla Geates.

Congratulations to all who entered, thank you so very much for following my blog, some day's I don't get the time to update but I can assure you I think about it ;-)

The last few days have seen me in bed nursing a bad chest, I still have a bad chest, but at least I can stand a while without feeling the need to fall over.

Thank you once again and If I don't see you before Christmas... 

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY MERRY NEW YEAR x

Love Janey and pride x

Facebook Page now has the items listed

Unlocked items...

Click on the above link to see the items that have now been unlocked and are ready to be sent to the lucky Facebook recipient!

In the mean time... our family Friday night holds such excitement that we can't control ourselves.

For just about two hours, my Step Daughter and I wrestled with a rogue Wendy house.

I bought this from a friend for Gaia for her Christmas present.  The rather romantic plan was that she would come into the lounge, see the wendy house and little else, go slightly mental about that and when she looked inside, there would be her Christmas presents all wrapped up!

I thank Shannon heartedly, because, if she weren't here with me I would most probably still be on the floor arguing with the poles and losing my temper increasingly.

What we found were, several broken poles (broken by a very hasty man, who dismantles by pulling apart too quick and doens't think of the consequences at the other end or that the poles may need to be in one piece!)

Simon in his haste to get it into the car and then out of the car, has broken poles and has lost one too. 

I am not impressed at all, but yet again, I am the one paying not him, I am the one who has to pay out again and not him......

Why did I take photo's of the item before Xmas morning?

This was for Xmas Eve, so we have some guide. My eldest daughter is drawing up a plan of poles as I type with all the pole number/letters clearly logged, the photo's will now be printed off so that we have some very clear instructions to piece the house  back together again with!

Ah, maybe I will see bed before 0400 on Christmas morning!

J x

Give Away needs more

We haven't had many people want to be a part of this blog giveaway...

Some are saying hello on Facebook, Some hello on the blog, but still the numbers are fairly low.

We have some fabulous items ready to be sent out to the lucky winners, they need homes to go to and fast, as this giveaway ends tomorrow at midnight!

All you need to do is, follow or subscribe to this blog leave me a little message to say hello and how you follow us, that is that..

There are more blogger's giving brilliant items away, fabrics, kits, sets, home mades, you name it..  go to the link below to see more....

Blog Hop Party

Good Luck to all, and I really look forward to meeting more of you in the next day... or two

The fourth item to be given away is to b e revealed on our Facebook Page this evening

Bagsocharm Facebook Page

Take care of all of you

Janey x