PHEW... new job, a weekend away and the Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013!

PHEW!  Sorry for my absence... it has been all go here for the last 10 days or so.  I have a new job as a Teaching Assistant in a local school - in fact in the school where I was a pupil from the age of 5 until 11 - so when I walked in for a look round I hadn't been there for over 40 years! Much is the same, some huge differences... none of my little friends are there :( 

Also my hubby treated me to a long weekend in Seville for a Valentine's treat... what a beautiful place... I'll post some pics soon.  If you follow me on Instagram you will already have seen a couple.  The weather was like a good spring day in the UK.. what a treat to feel the warmth of the sun on my face.

To make up for my absence I am going to post details of quite a few squares today.... First Janice's squares: 

Janice sent us these four gorgeous crochet squares for our Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013 when there was ice and snow at her home - I hope it is a little warmer now Janice! 

I don't think Janice has a blog, I can't find details of one... let me know if I am wrong Janice.  Here are Janice's squares:  

A lovely granny square in a multi-blue yarn.

 Janice designed this flower square pattern herself! 

Janice wasn't able to find the designer for this lovely pinwheel square - 

if any one knows maybe you could send us a link please? 

Finally, Janice's personal favourite (and mine).. an owl square from Sarah's lovely blog - Repeat Crafter Me, which is called the Owl Granny Square and can be found HERE .  This square is really popular at the moment - we have had 2 sent in for the Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013 :)

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Do you know Shelley from All4meggymoo?  Shelley recently organised a lovely 'I Love Hearts' swap for Valentines which was great - I blogged about it here.

Shelley has been kind enough to send us 3 squares for the BBB 2013:

 These squares are beautifully made.  All 3 patterns come from a book which I hadn't heard of called, 'Crochet Blocks in a Box', by Luisa Roberts. You can see more about the book here on Amazon UK

This is my favourite!

Can you see the filet heart within this one? 

Thanks so much for joining in with the Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013 Shelley! 

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The lovely Wink of A Creative Being  has sent us 4 squares for the BBB 2013.  

If you follow Wink on her blog or on Instagram or Facebook you will know that she has been organising a 'Weekly Mandala' CAL for the last 17 weeks! Somehow Wink found time to make us these lovely granny squares too: 

Four beautiful little granny squares in lovely spring colours on a white background. 

Thank you so much Wink, Shelley and Janice! These are all beautiful squares for our blanket.  

GOOD LUCK !

The draw for the winner will be tomorrow - 

1st March 2013! 

I have more squares to post - I will do another post this evening, one tomorrow morning, and then the draw winner will be posted in the evening! 

Hugs,  Jill x

Tuesday Tallies have begun for 2012.. and look what I got in the post!

Yesterday Gingerbread Girl kicked off the Tuesday Tallies again for 2012 and I was shocked to find that I have only made 14 squares since  13th December..  I should have 134 squares in all and I have only got 114.  However, to find the silver lining in this particular little cloud I have found something to motivate me to shift my shizzle (I have heard my children say that...I hope it isn't rude!)!  I PROMISE... yes, PROMISE myself (and you) to catch up by... ummm...next Tuesday.... Tuesday 31st January!

This morning the post came earlier than usual... 


Oh how fondly I remember the days of post being guaranteed to plop onto the doormat by 7am.... the milk would be there on the doorstep too, with holes pecked in the foil by the birds, and all before Mum came down the stairs.  Even earlier than this Dad would have completed his kitchen sink shave and have popped off on his 'Pop-pop' to work... 


I must ask Dad why we called it a 'Pop-pop'**.... Hmmm....

So today I found this on the doormat...

An envelope from Elisabeth of About Crochet  and inside these...

2 Beautiful Blogger Blanket Squares from Elisabeth

BY -   Elisabeth About Crochet

                           PATTERN -  Can be found on Elisabeth's blog here 

                                YARN -  Cotton 8, double thread, main colour vanilla;   

                                            other colours -orange, green, pink and 2 

                shades of blue.

                               BY -   Elisabeth About Crochet

                               PATTERN - Can be found on Elisabeth's blog here 

                               YARN -  Cotton 8, double thread, main colour vanilla; 

                                           other colours; pink and 2 shades of blue.

Elisabeth also sent a postcard of 'Interieur Gemeentemuseum Den Haag'...

Here are some close-up details of the squares...

Thank you so much Elisabeth - they are gorgeous and 2 squares gives you 2 entries to win the whole blanket all for yourself!  

To everyone else who wants to take part in the Beautiful Blogger Blanket of 2012... getting stitching those squares, text me for my email, send your squares to get to me by the 31st January, and keep watching to see what other people have sent me.. .

** Addendum...I asked Dad why it was called a 'pop-pop'... apparently it was a two-stroke engine, and if it was standing idle the engine noise sounded like, "Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop!"