wat we do, do we really need cake
no we have coffee, hang on

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twilight23 - 2009-12-24 22:22:00

Merry christmas all. almost finished the two i need for morning, will have to do the other tomorrow afternoon. My fabulous neighbour dropped off some pressies this afternoon... a new trowel for gardening mad hubby, a book and a porcelain (play) tea set for miss 3 and a $30 spotlight voucher for me... god we are spoilt!!!!

liz_taylor - 2009-12-24 22:23:00

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liz_taylor - 2009-12-24 22:25:00

http://www.toonicetoslice.co.uk/o_cakes/BlueChristmasCake.jp
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One Christmas cake - Ignore the delete above, i had a brain fart

liz_taylor - 2009-12-24 22:27:00

and eggnog coffee
http://i.timeinc.net/recipes/i/recipes/sl/02/12/eggnog-punch
-sl-392301-l.jpg

Edited by twilight23 at 10:28 pm, Thu 24 Dec

twilight23 - 2009-12-24 22:28:00

wow liz thats amazing that looks so nice in blue

twilight23 - 2009-12-24 22:30:00

Wow gorgeous cake and delicious eggnog awww i feel so spoilt yummy thankyou :)

I didnt realise when i was saying 2600 that we were at the cake number again wow what a yummy Christmas we are having, shame Cindydog went to bed.

coalrange1 - 2009-12-24 22:34:00

Your neighbours are lovely people Liz that was so nice of them.

lol i dont know what a 'brain fart' is but please dont explain i dont think i want to know haha lol

coalrange1 - 2009-12-24 22:36:00

well good nite all
have a wonderful day tomorrow
we are starting the day with brekkie at sons place bacon and banana pancakes yummy we have to be there at 8.30
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Edited by twilight23 at 10:40 pm, Thu 24 Dec

twilight23 - 2009-12-24 22:37:00

Merry Christmas ....wow cake and eggnog tonight, christmas tomorrow, paris tomorrow night wow
ooooh the excitement hope i can sleep ;)
Sweetdreamz all :)

coalrange1 - 2009-12-24 22:45:00

coalrange1 wrote:

i dont know what a 'brain fart' is but please dont explain i dont think i want to know haha lol

"Brain Fart" is the technical term for a brain malfunction... generally when you forget what you a talking/thinking/doing half way through. The thing you were thinking about "farts" out of your brain...

liz_taylor - 2009-12-24 22:50:00

Morning and Merry Christmas All... Miss 3 loves her bike, she was so excited opening it her pants fell off (the elastic is shot, and i haven't got around to fixing it yet)

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cindydog - 2009-12-25 16:47:00

Hi all, wow what a great day, busy all day was great :)
"T&A" rang so we put them on speakerphone it was so good we all talked for over 40 minutes it was great :) he said there is no snow there just rain, they are getting over their tiredness. They ate a snail !!! said they couldnt really taste the snail for all the chilli sauce, havent tried frogs legs yet.
He said that at 8pm tonight our time - their Christmas morning they are going to breakfast and then going to Disneyland for the day - its the only place open.

Grandys were lots of fun awwww :)

coalrange1 - 2009-12-25 19:47:00

Awww Liz and Cindydog sounds like your kids would of had a fun day. Thats funny her losing her pants Liz hehe perfect pic aye hehe.

Im going to get quilting paper out :)

Edited by coalrange1 at 8:12 pm, Fri 25 Dec

coalrange1 - 2009-12-25 20:10:00

hi everyone, we had so much food i was given most of it to bring home, they must of felt sorry for me,lol we all had a great time, the grandies were really great, had fabulous weather too
sounds like you all had fun today
are you all ready for the next adventure?????

Edited by twilight23 at 8:46 pm, Fri 25 Dec

twilight23 - 2009-12-25 20:36:00

liz_taylor wrote:

"Brain Fart" is the technical term for a brain malfunction... generally when you forget what you a talking/thinking/doing half way through. The thing you were thinking about "farts" out of your brain...

Hahaha LOL chockie boy said something during lunch lol it was definately a 'brain fart' and i told him so hehehe

coalrange1 - 2009-12-25 20:48:00

twilight23 wrote:

are you all ready for the next adventure?????

Hi Twilight, glad you had a great day.
Cindydog isnt here yet !!!!

coalrange1 - 2009-12-25 20:49:00

hi coalrange
her sister may still be there

Edited by twilight23 at 8:52 pm, Fri 25 Dec

twilight23 - 2009-12-25 20:51:00

Yes i hope they are having lots of fun :)

coalrange1 - 2009-12-25 20:54:00

we may have to leave cindydog behind and pick her up later

twilight23 - 2009-12-25 21:09:00

nite all im off to bed

twilight23 - 2009-12-25 21:52:00

Sorry Twilight, i was on the phone to rellies talked for ages - had a bit of catching up to do.
Whew what a day aye, thats great they gave you the food, save you a bit of cooking. It will give you more sewing time with that *running foot* haha lol
Sweetdreamz Twilight :)

coalrange1 - 2009-12-25 22:13:00

Goodmorning all, hope you all have a great day.
What you up to today ?
Im going to 'play' with the quilting paper hehe

coalrange1 - 2009-12-26 07:23:00

morning coalrange
yep wat a day, had to go to bed early was so tied ,but feeling a lot better now, kids are going to their fathers this weekend, hope its better than last weekend,so wont have to cook the whole weekend with all that food i was given lol, i dont even have the grandies, son goes back to work on tuesday but d.in.law working until monday night good chance to get a bit of extra money
off for a walk with the dog then sewing

twilight23 - 2009-12-26 08:26:00

Hey there Twilight :)
did you talk to your sis about your *running foot* oh oooops sorry hehe i mean your ahem walking foot ?
Wow the whole weekend to yourself ooooh Twilight :)

coalrange1 - 2009-12-26 08:44:00

yep sister coming for tea one nite next week to show me, i am going to have a wee play before she gets here hehe

twilight23 - 2009-12-26 11:37:00

spotlight has big sale on, anyone going????

twilight23 - 2009-12-26 11:37:00

I was Chaffeur driven to shops and back so flash aye hmmmm ok ok so yes daughter drove me hehe lol, had to exchange a gift !!! as we left cars lined up waiting for parks tis so crazy !!!

Good to be home in the peace and quiet :)

coalrange1 - 2009-12-26 13:20:00

lol iv just been reading my sewing machine manual and found this *faggotting lol faggotting was originally a way of sewing pieces of fabric together to disguise the fact that a join was necessary*just cracked up when i read that, also couldnt find the walking foot but have a darning foot, according to the manual i can use a open embroidery foot but thats not there either, will ring sister tonite to see if she still has them,

twilight23 - 2009-12-26 14:10:00

i can imagine wat the traffic would be like, not going anywere today

twilight23 - 2009-12-26 14:11:00

twilight23 wrote:

lol iv just been reading my sewing machine manual and found this *faggotting lol faggotting was originally a way of sewing pieces of fabric together to disguise the fact that a join was necessary*just cracked up when i read that, also couldnt find the walking foot but have a darning foot, according to the manual i can use a open embroidery foot but thats not there either, will ring sister tonite to see if she still has them,

for machine quilting??? I just use a darning foot, i think they say the open embroidery foot as it's easier to see what your doing...

liz_taylor - 2009-12-26 14:37:00

do you use the darning foot for free motion quilting, i think thats wat coalrange said but i cant find the post she wrote it in

twilight23 - 2009-12-26 14:59:00

yep use darning foot and plate (as i can't drop feed dogs) Why waste money on a new foot when you can use it for fabric.... :D it takes a bit of getting used to with speeds as you have to guide the fabric through yourself so stitching can look funky at first

liz_taylor - 2009-12-26 15:32:00

Twilight mines a darning foot, i dont have a walking foot.

coalrange1 - 2009-12-26 15:33:00

Agood friend sends me emails about quilting - this is part of one :

Years ago, when quilters began machine quilting, the only
> resource was a walking foot. A walking foot is a complicated-
> looking contraption that also bounces up and down as you feed
> your quilt under the needle. But, a walking foot is limited to
> stitching forward and backward.
>
> A darning foot allows you more flexibility in quilting your
> design. When the needle on your sewing machine is up, so is
> the darning foot –releasing pressure on the quilt and allowing
> you to move it around in any direction. That means you can
> stitch any design you want as you machine quilt your quilt.
>
> Meandering, or stipple stitching, is the most common type of
> machine quilting. Because it is free-form, it is relatively
> easy to learn to stipple and, even though you may be a beginner
> quilter, generally your stitches look good.
>
> With practice, you can also create beautiful free motion
> quilting stitches in elaborate designs that will enhance your
> quilt. And one of the most important tools that makes it all
> possible is the darning foot.

coalrange1 - 2009-12-26 15:34:00

yep, walking foot is fab for grid quilting and for binding... i got mine off here pretty cheap

liz_taylor - 2009-12-26 15:37:00

aw thanks coalrange and liz so darning foot it is then lol

Edited by twilight23 at 3:38 pm, Sat 26 Dec

twilight23 - 2009-12-26 15:38:00

Have a play Twilight tis so much fun :)

coalrange1 - 2009-12-26 15:40:00

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cindydog - 2009-12-26 17:07:00

Twilight have a look at this - all the basic stuff :)
http://www.squidoo.com/stipple-quilting-with-jan-t

(its what is stipple quilting)

coalrange1 - 2009-12-26 17:17:00

Hi Cindydog, how are you ?
Good sales here, i got "T" a couple of hoodies really nice ones $20 each, but otherwise i was just changing gifts and we left just as it was getting busy.

Back soon :)

coalrange1 - 2009-12-26 17:27:00

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cindydog - 2009-12-26 17:37:00

Tea here is help yourself out of fridge, so many leftovers (yay)

I got another memory card for camera, they were less than 1/2 price but it set off the bleeper things in every shop hehe lol !!! haha one guy yelled out to me RUN haha

I had a nap :)

coalrange1 - 2009-12-26 17:49:00

Are you playing with that running foot Twilight :)

coalrange1 - 2009-12-26 18:34:00

Got email from T&A they said - went to Disneyland it was pretty cool.
That doesnt tell us much does it we will have to add that as a place to go when we go to Paris ok Twilight......no rush tho, just one night when we are all here and want some fun :)

coalrange1 - 2009-12-26 18:54:00

hi coalrange had a look at that wedsite very informative thanks,
hi cindydog, you feel like a nana nap, iv had 2 today lol, cant believe i did that, must of needed it lol
im having leftovers too
no coalrange to busy sleeping hehe should have been playing with the running foot, there isnt anything on tv tonite so will do it then, its cooling down here, its been so hot.

twilight23 - 2009-12-26 18:57:00

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cindydog - 2009-12-26 19:21:00

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cindydog - 2009-12-26 19:24:00

Cindydog, i think we will all go when we are all over this Christmas tiredness, ok Twilight ?
Cindydog have a look in the junk mail at the sales for memory cards :)
the one i got holds 600 pics

Edited by coalrange1 at 7:35 pm, Sat 26 Dec

coalrange1 - 2009-12-26 19:30:00