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cindydog - 2010-01-17 15:41:00

we have regular get togethers all the time, my parents are taking my cousin away next week, they are going up north, then my sister is taking them to napier for a few days to do a winery tour,

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 15:56:00

Wow Twilight thats a couple of very busy days you have had, you will sleep well tonight :)
Dancing aye hehe have you got any sore muscles today? Sounds like it was all fantastic :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 16:02:00

Listing #: 265172805 whoa anyone watching this !

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 16:34:00

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cindydog - 2010-01-17 16:40:00

the bidder thought so Cindydog, nice for the seller. The reserve was $140.

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 16:51:00

hey you can all call me by my name if you want, its Bronnie, must be a pain writing coalrange all the time :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 16:53:00

wow i was watching that too , i bet the seller was happy

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 16:54:00

check this one out 266047908

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 16:56:00

Twilight i cant understand why you havent already done the buynow or are you giving us all a chance awwww thats thoughtful hehe

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 16:58:00

if i do buy now, will you pay for it lol

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 17:00:00

*nope* please look at little icon face

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 17:02:00

or we could abreviate our names

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 17:02:00

to you back

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 17:03:00

twi, coalie, cind

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 17:04:00

coalrange1 wrote:

*nope* please look at little icon face

ok so i could of at least taken a minute or two to consider it hmmmmm 1 minute ...........2 minutes..............*nope* haha lol

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 17:07:00

twilight23 wrote:

to you back

*LOL*

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 17:08:00

coalie that sounds pretty weird haha aye twi

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 17:09:00

sigh... forgot that Hubby has tomorrow off work, quilting list on tuesday then... Must get on to Hubby about getting the kitchen cleaned up... I have a 4kg bucket of "second" apricots i got at the markets for $6 today that have Jam written all over them... sunripened too sooo sweet and yummy (I LOVE places that still let you taste test the fruit before you buy it) and thankfully a 5kg bag of sugar i bought on special before Christmas. Wonder how many jars i will get... I LOVE home made jam, our plum tree is coming ripe too so will be doing plum jam soon as well

liz_taylor - 2010-01-17 18:13:00

coalrange1 wrote:

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/92
/117123092_full.jpg

Franny do you mean like this - obviously nothings in right places or anything and they are just sitting on saching fabric but is this how you mean.

Hi Coalrange, no I didn't mean like that but I think it looks better that way, just not sure about the light sashing, might be a bit busy. I know you had a darker one with the cotton reels on it but that might be a bit busy too. Sorry just think you might need something plainer. Have a look at the following which is one I did ages ago and while this quilt is nothing like yours it might just give you an idea what I meant about the sashing.
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/80/117157080_full.jp
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franny8 - 2010-01-17 18:40:00

Hi Twi, Coalie and Cind, mines easy could just be Fran (Franny was my last little dog who died at the age of 16 after 13 wonderful years living in the lap of luxury).
Wedding sound like it was wonderful Twilight, lovely to catch up with family.
Still binding, binding, binding but haven't done much today.

franny8 - 2010-01-17 18:47:00

coalie franny means put a plain colour around each picture, then use the patterned fabric for the border

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 18:51:00

Thankyou Franny, will check out stash, and put another pic on when i think ive got it right. Thankyou so much :)

Thats a gorgeous quilt Franny, wow :) love the colours oooh and the quilting :)

Edited by coalrange1 at 7:16 pm, Sun 17 Jan

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 19:07:00

liz_taylor wrote:

Wonder how many jars i will get...

we could guess if you told us if the jars are big or small and if there was a chocolate fish in the offering :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 19:09:00

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cindydog - 2010-01-17 19:13:00

Hi Chrissy, this was my first quilt, that is why it is all different blocks, its a sampler quilt.
My name is Robyn but all my friends call me Rob so please call me Rob.
Liz, You are so lucky to live where the apricots grow, they are quite expensive in Auckland, I bought some yesterday to stew and they were $6.98 a kg in the fruit shop and saw some in Foodtown this morning and they were $7.95. Apricot jam is my absolute favourite, maybe you will send me some!

franny8 - 2010-01-17 19:30:00

have played with quilt, will start afresh tomorrow.
so we have Rob, Chrissie, Liz, and me Bronnie. Twilight what would you like to be called, im so used to calling you Twilight hehe i will probably slip up sometimes :) You can stay Twilight if you like, this is not compulsory.

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 20:32:00

Have any of you tried 'Te Horo' jam its delicious :) its made in a little town next to us and is in jars like the anathoth. Like the anathoth used to be it is made with 100 % nz fruit, each batch individually hand made using traditional methods and recipes. Its so yummy, we get it from new world, woolworths dont have it. but its worth trying. Tastes like homemade :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 20:42:00

aw just been watching the family movie bridge to tirabithia, my name is martine but thats just as long as twilight, so we can make it twi, tis a lot shorter lol.
havent tried that jam,but have tried the anathoth, tis yummy mmmm,
hay chrissy dont be so hard own yourself,soon you will be making all these to lol
i feel bad...... havent done any sewing for 2 days now

Edited by twilight23 at 9:06 pm, Sun 17 Jan

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 21:06:00

oh dear Twilight, too much partying aye hehe maybe tomorrow you will be able to sew.
The anathoth jam used to be nice when it was a family owned business but they sold it, now you have no idea where the fruit comes from. It hasnt got the flavour it used to have :(

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 21:19:00

having real trouble keeping eyes open lol,
havent bought that jam foe a while now
yep tomorrow an other day for sewing

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 21:24:00

was looking for hot chocolate and look wat i found aaawww

http://www.greenwichworkshop.com/media/images/HotChocolate.j
pg
so try this one yummy
http://www.cadburyworld.co.uk/CadburyWorld/PublishingImages/
The%20Perfect%20Hot%20Chocolate.jpg

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 21:27:00

twilight23 wrote:

having real trouble keeping eyes open lol,
havent bought that jam foe a while now
yep tomorrow an other day for sewing

Go get some sleep Twilight its been a very busy couple of days,
sweetdreamz to you :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 21:27:00

http://s4.hubimg.com/u/2023179_f520.jpg
and this to go with it

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 21:30:00

no not off yet coalie you cant get rid off me that easy lol

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 21:31:00

twilight23 wrote:

no not off yet coalie you cant get rid off me that easy lol

oh please stay Twilight i love your pics yumm hehe oh the dog was so cuuuuuuuuuute :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 21:36:00

some one was talking about stack and slash quilts so just going to google it

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 21:44:00

twilight23 wrote:

some one was talking about stack and slash quilts so just going to google it

well that quilt doesnt look much fun, what if you got your bundles mixed up !

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 21:54:00

to much mucking around with the fabric, yes would be easy to do mixing the bundles

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 21:58:00

argh silly me forgot to cook the fruit a bit before adding the sugar (preggy brain) i've been trying to slowly cook the fruit without letting it boil so the sugar wont toffee up... arghhhhhh

liz_taylor - 2010-01-17 22:02:00

http://www.bighornquilts.com/inspiration/strip/sns.html
try this one not so hard to follow

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 22:03:00

are you using the new chelse jam sugar liz??

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 22:04:00

twilight23 wrote:

are you using the new chelse jam sugar liz??

No... why use the expensive unnecessary stuff?? I always just use what's cheapest (in this case a 5kg bag of chelsea white from my store cupboard) + fruit, little bit of water, old jam jars and the little cellophane seals with rubber bands... nothing else needed... except i had to steal my neighbours big stock pot as the fruit alone was tooo much for mine little 10L one...

liz_taylor - 2010-01-17 22:09:00

Yes I wondered about that new jam as well. Thought it might have pectin already added as some fruits like strawberries don't set well when making jam and you have to add pectin. I usually only make plum as next door neighbour has the biggest plum tree in the world. Used to make marmalade a lot but no trees since we downsized when we retired. Oh, now you will all know I am an oldie but I still feel 21 on the inside, shame about the outside!
Signing off now, night, night all.

franny8 - 2010-01-17 22:09:00

franny8 wrote:

Yes I wondered about that new jam as well. Thought it might have pectin already added as some fruits like strawberries don't set well when making jam and you have to add pectin. I usually only make plum as next door neighbour has the biggest plum tree in the world. Used to make marmalade a lot but no trees since we downsized when we retired. Oh, now you will all know I am an oldie but I still feel 21 on the inside, shame about the outside!
Signing off now, night, night all.

Lol, i'm holding the title for actual youngest (i think) at 22... in saying that i've been making jam and helping make jam since i was 10...

liz_taylor - 2010-01-17 22:13:00

hey fran,im the same feel 21 and yes shame about the outsize lol hehe, must have a look at the new sugar and see if there is any differance,
nite franny

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 22:24:00

well im off to fairy land
nite all

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 22:31:00

Nite Franny, i mean Rob, hmm im not sure about the name changes, kinda got used to us being us :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 22:31:00

twilight23 wrote:

well im off to fairy land
nite all

oh fairy land hehe nite Twilight (you can sew tomorrow ) happy happy joy joy :)
Im off to bed too nite all :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 22:33:00

Night night all... jam all bottled and sealed... have a guess at how many jars... approx the 350g? jars you buy at supermarket (not the tiny ones but not the huge ones...)

liz_taylor - 2010-01-17 23:46:00