"The Craft Group" plus...

Here's a great Show 'n Tell. Elzanne made a necklace from old cut up T Shirts! You can google T Shirt necklaces in images and see heaps, but none are as nice as Elzanne's. You can find: Some T Shirt recycling ideas here . A very basic T Shirt necklace tutorial here . A GREAT T Shirt flower tutorial here . So easy. Have fun.

This has been a 2 week holiday of sorting and keeping up with appointments with Dad after his broken hip as well as a bit of "taking it easy". Firstly on the resting side of things, I have been home the whole time and Mark goes to work but the kids have been in and out and keeping up with their comings and goings has been a spectator sport in itself!  (It is very nice when they take themselves places!) Camps, housesitting, weekends away. They are all having a great time. So I have not cooked a meal for six people in 2 weeks.   :) On the broken and fixed hip scene , Dad is going home today if all goes well. I'll go pick him up and make sure he gets up the steps at his house. On the sorting front I have been going through my sewing room. This was not just a tidy up. This was a complete overhaul!  I inherit that from my Mum. She finds it enjoyable too to just be around all her fabric and craft bits 'n pieces and tidying it all up. It has taken me forever but whil...

Bev I's great niece is having a baby. They know the baby is a girl. They know her name will be Adelaide. So, why wait until the baby is born to get the special gift ready? Cute! I love a hand embroidered quilt label. All the best with the arrival of little Adelaide!

I'm back! I'm taking some R&R. Life has been really busy but great. Except... my Dad broke his hip! He tripped and fell really hard on his right side on a concrete step and the hip took the brunt of it and busted! Mum managed to get him up on a chair. I arrived ASAP and he was sitting there saying he'll be right soon. No fuss. I rang the ambulance. 1 1/2 hours later it decided to arrive. I was obviously too calm on the phone! Yep. Broken hip. My younger sister asked if he will need a hip replacement. No, I said, sharing my vast medical knowledge with anyone who asks. They screw and pin and put plates in for a broken hip. The next day... a full emergency hip replacement operation. Poor Dad. But good that it is fixed properly and he can get on with getting better. Other than that, I have had a cold and so haven't visited him for a few days. The kids are all busy with various things this week,  and I have not much on my agenda, so I am having a home/sorti...