yes you get back there tomorrow and make us proud. lol

i see how she made them, i saw today at spotlight a foam tree with bows made out of christmas ribbon, it was so cute, so how long did you and cindydog lose touch.

twilight23 - 2009-11-02 20:15:00

oh boy that cake is beautifull yum yum, i want it all, yes it looks like a raggie, i put it in my favorites to look at all the time .

happy 1000 to you all

Edited by twilight23 at 8:19 pm, Mon 2 Nov

twilight23 - 2009-11-02 20:19:00

Hey Twilight your s'posed to be eating the 1000 cake on previous page ooooh tis yummy she says with a stuffed mouth, hey Liz you up to making coffee yet - i like your coffee, its got a special flavour all of its own.

Cindydog and i lost touch for over 20 years :(

I will Twilight i will go back tomorrow and do it properly and make you all proud hahaha you should all come and watch haha

Edited by coalrange1 at 8:23 pm, Mon 2 Nov

coalrange1 - 2009-11-02 20:23:00

those chocolate dipped strawberrys look yum, have you made them??? they are yum

twilight23 - 2009-11-02 20:30:00

Yes yummy we have them at Christmas, girls do them....alot more are dipped than actually get to the plate haha lol

Did you see that hmmm Cindydog just snuck in here without telling us....text me shes eating it for brekkie lol sweet dreams cindydog haha dream of cake hope you havent got it on your pillow !!!!

coalrange1 - 2009-11-02 20:39:00

Ok so looks like Liz isnt making coffee :( at least have some cake Liz its yummy.
Holly come on you did alot towards this 1000 too - eat up :)
And Jules ooooh your way too quiet c,mon you contributed too - eat up :)
Juju cmon you too :)
Where are you all hmmm if u dont come in Twilight and i will pull an alnighter and eat it all even without coffee hehehe lol

Edited by coalrange1 at 9:21 pm, Mon 2 Nov

coalrange1 - 2009-11-02 21:06:00

just imagine if we eat it, we would be up all nite, lol wide awake, suger high,

twilight23 - 2009-11-02 21:48:00

Aha but think how much sewing we could get done haha and if we run out of cake we can just google up another hahaha
We have no helpers other than Cindydogs piece. I think we are gona have to do it Twilight it could be fun, we wont come back in here so they wont be able to watch us.....im game if you are - you are aye we will do it, we can google them up another one if they want 2moro haha lol

coalrange1 - 2009-11-02 21:58:00

LOL, last time I went out to the sales at spotlight I bought 27metres. Hubby had a fit!

nathandsue - 2009-11-02 22:25:00

Well done Sue, now thats shopping hehe. Go to number 1000 and help yourself to some cake you deserve it hehe. Wow that would be so much fun buying that much ....

coalrange1 - 2009-11-02 22:34:00

yep all nighter then , we wont come back in here then till tomorrow morning lol , will eat all da cake and sew all night happy happy ahppy yahpp hppahy oopppsss happy sewing whew to much suuuggaarr opppsss sugar lol nite nite

twilight23 - 2009-11-02 23:08:00

LOL I just skipped 21 pages and was referring to the poem on the first page. It's perfect.

nathandsue - 2009-11-02 23:44:00

Ooooooh Twilight are you ok, hmmm i ate too much. Whose crazy idea was that hahaha - cant even look at another piece of cake now -ooooh that was fun, not gona do that again in a hurry tho hehe lol hope Cindydogs enjoying her brekkie.....

coalrange1 - 2009-11-03 08:12:00

Hey Sue, tis all good, we are all fabric addicts in here lol. We just talk a bit crazy when theres cake around hehe well i do anyway please excuse me just having a moment lol
Sooooo what do you make with all this fabric ???? ohhhhh i would luv to buy 27m in one go yay one day maybe na better not aye hehe

coalrange1 - 2009-11-03 08:27:00

yep all good sugar rush gone lol have fiddle bum here to day and noah later so not much sewing

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 09:19:00

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/32/109994232_full.jp
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look wats at the back of my fire box

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/90/109994290_full.jp
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here i am, he only stayed away from the fire fore a day, then was back into it, so its tied closed now

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/2/109994402_full.jpg

chase got this plastic container to stand one so he could help with tea lol

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 09:56:00

Any cake left :). My ruler & square have just arrived, at last. Now a real stupid question here - they both have a brown masking on one side. I am meant to remove that aren't I? The sticky paper on the ruler talks about "masked sheets" for handling so am pretty sure I remove it. Otherwise how do you see through it. Sorry, said it was a stupid question.

juju40 - 2009-11-03 09:56:00

yes you remove the brown paper, its just there for protection lol, yes there is plenty of cake left, just help youself, had to much already

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 10:08:00

lol juju never had that before, but i know for a fact acrylic sheets do come with the brown paper on them to protect the surface... so yeah peel away.
**Morning Tea Time Ladies**
We have tea, coffee, and Phoenix organic apple mango and passionfruit juice (my current favourite!) Not to mention this lovely 1000 cake to finish!!
Still not feeling 100% but i'm going to have to sew today, am about to rip up a pair of hubbys old jeans (he never wears them) and make myself a denim raggy bag, as my poor little handbags strap is literally hanging on by a thread... and i can't mend it again.

liz_taylor - 2009-11-03 10:08:00

Hi Juju yes heaps cake left help yourself :)
Yes take paper off, are you going to start your quilt today ????

Hehe Twilight, hes gorgeous.... cant look at the teatowel one, no 2 daughter when she was about 18 months went into my parents kitchen opened the cupboard climbed up the shelves and pulled boiling cup water over her face !!!!! ambulance trip to hospital so scary....she only has few little scars on forehead now thats not noticeable but a big scar on her shoulder, she's very lucky. Friend rang me soon as she heard and said take photos, daughter is pleased i did now. Hmmm happens way too easy.
Hope you all have great day. Twilight did you get your bags finished.

coalrange1 - 2009-11-03 10:13:00

Thank you, I probably knew the answer but just wanted to check. Am dying to start experimenting but am not feeling too well, have heaps of housework to do and have nightshift from tonight for the next 4 nights so may pay to wait. Nothing usually gets done when I'm working so have to get the house looking tidy, washing done etc today. Might have another piece of cake to keep me going. Any idea how many weight watcher points this cake is?? Don't want to go over my limit.

juju40 - 2009-11-03 10:16:00

coalrange you still here?? raggy i wanna sew 2 sqares wrong sides together with a cross then use a 1/2" seam allowence to sew them into the bag yeah?? then snip and wash... have i missed anything?? (not using batting as denim is hella thick) also i have 2 needles sizes 70/10 and 80/12 which would be better for denim .. Cheers

liz_taylor - 2009-11-03 10:18:00

juju, the wonderful thing about all our morning teas brunchs etc is they are all 100% fat, suger and calorie free

liz_taylor - 2009-11-03 10:19:00

http://quilting.about.com/od/ragquiltpatterns/ss/rag_quilt_b
asic.htm Liz this is a site for how to make raggies there are about 4 pages.
Thanks for morning tea yum :)
Nice to have you back here Liz :)

coalrange1 - 2009-11-03 10:30:00

yay thanks... sooo about those needles?? any ideas??

liz_taylor - 2009-11-03 10:37:00

I googled it but they only say funny needle sizes that i dont know.
Sorry no help, hope someone knows....

coalrange1 - 2009-11-03 10:51:00

ok, will use the 80/12 as they seem slightly bigger... now to go clear my table for sewing

liz_taylor - 2009-11-03 11:05:00

have neddles here for jeans and it says 100 16 if thats any help
thanks just having your coffee

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 11:07:00

coalrange look at the last photo its not a teatowel one, chase is helping me with tea

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 11:13:00

Ooops sorry Twilight, great pic :) arghhh i still on sugar rush haha should go to fabric shop now lol

coalrange1 - 2009-11-03 11:22:00

and do us proud come home with at least...... lots of meters, still have to put handles on bags will sew when grandy asleep lol

Edited by twilight23 at 11:28 am, Tue 3 Nov

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 11:28:00

coalrange check this out 250338288 just wat iv order from that shop in auckland its on my watch list hehe

Edited by twilight23 at 12:25 pm, Tue 3 Nov

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 12:24:00

Its different, thats not the same as Hollys ???? is it ?????

coalrange1 - 2009-11-03 12:31:00

no different, hers is lavender/blue colour, but thats the colours i want, keeping a close eye on it lol

ok so weres your fabric you bought, how many meters, come on tell us!!!!!!

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 13:14:00

ok... having a quick break from cutting... rotary cutter + hayfever is NOT a good combination

liz_taylor - 2009-11-03 13:27:00

hi liz good to see you in here, i can imagine thats not a good combination, did you see my post on the needles??

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 13:36:00

yes i did, am gonna use the 80/12 as they are the thicker of the two. can't really be bothered going to spotlight

liz_taylor - 2009-11-03 13:41:00

hi coalrange i just went to the link on raggie quilts do you use the batting or the xtra cotton square, so there is 3 layers of fabric or 3 layers of fabric plus batting, i think thats why my raggies dont fray to good,

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 13:50:00

dont blame about going to spotlight sometimes its such a mission,
is spotlight big in christchurch

Edited by twilight23 at 1:53 pm, Tue 3 Nov

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 13:51:00

spotlight in chch is 2 floors, huge, pain to get too, layout is horrid staff can be as bad, never anything priced... oh wait i think i just described spotlight NZwide...

liz_taylor - 2009-11-03 14:12:00

yep you have described spotlight nz wide there is one lady here whos not to bad
thats the trouble when its not nz owned

Edited by twilight23 at 3:46 pm, Tue 3 Nov

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 15:36:00

Twilight i use batting, but have made quilts with no batting - one quilt has 4 layers fabric and no batting. One has 3 layers fabric and batting, those 2 are very thick winter weight ones which all my quilts were to start with. Now i use 2 layers fabric 1 for top 1 for bottom and batting in centre - much better not heavy and still snugly.
3 layers of fabric with batting does look raggier tho. Sorry it really depends on what fabric you have and what colours look good together, sometimes it needs a colour in the centre of the fabrics to come out in the raggie bit .....

coalrange1 - 2009-11-03 16:00:00

thanks coalrange that all makes since to me now, iv finished my bags and started on my raggie quilts that i cut out about 2 weeks ago was waiting for that flannell to arrive that i won , oh boy i won that fairies auction for $39 i am so happy that would have cost about $70 to buy retail will have to go and sweet talk my mum.lol i am so bad.

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 16:39:00

Really Twilight that made sense hmmm your pretty clever then huh i didnt think it did hehe lol ;)
Yay fairies looks nice :)

coalrange1 - 2009-11-03 17:03:00

sorry about the spelling mistake lol

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 17:08:00

I did not notice, you should not of pointed it out. Hey Twilight you used a whole number to write that, its ok we will have another cake soon, we dont have to get to 2000 for a cake ok hahaha lol
One of my daughters is dyslexic, so funny reading some of her stuff she laughs with me, she can make something boring into something hysterical hehe
I have a confession i have let you guys down :( i went back to the fabric shop and i only got ..... ok here we go ... only 2 meters BUT it cost $47. Tis sooooo gorgeous its batic dark blues going to very pale blue. Am going to put pale in centre leading out to darkest all round edge - raggie of course.
Lovely to see Liz sewing again :)

Edited by coalrange1 at 5:40 pm, Tue 3 Nov

coalrange1 - 2009-11-03 17:34:00

ooohhh that sounds soo lovely, so you ARE forgiven then lol

Edited by twilight23 at 5:43 pm, Tue 3 Nov

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 17:42:00

Whew thankyou ohhhh thats lifted a great weight off my shoulders hmmm i'll be able to eat my dinner happily now and not worried whew thanku Twilight.
Sooooo what number for next celebration cake then haha NOOOOO we cant do it every fifty lol

coalrange1 - 2009-11-03 17:47:00

you are welcome coalrange um wat about every 200 post that would be easy to keep track lol, and enjoy your dina,

Edited by twilight23 at 5:51 pm, Tue 3 Nov

twilight23 - 2009-11-03 17:49:00

well i didn't ACTUALLY get any sewing done today... BUT i got all my squares cut (and from old jeans it's a mission working out how much you will get outta the fabric etc) just gotta cut the straps. Might get some sewing done tomorrow. Was soooo tired after all the cutting.

liz_taylor - 2009-11-03 18:37:00