Beautiful Blogger Blanket of 2012 - Squares from Texas, USA!

 I used to have a friend called Velma at school and I have never met anyone with the same pretty name since... until I 'met' (in a bloggy-land sense) Velma of 

Made By Velma.  Velma lives in Texas, USA! 

Velma has been trawling the internet for patterns for her squares and she has sent us 4 for The Beautiful Blogger Blanket of 2012... You can read more about the making of these squares here....

                                 

Velma chose 3 colours from I Love this Cotton - Rosey, Sage and Mullberry.  I have never seen this cotton in the UK.. but it is beautifully soft.

The first square was found on Ravelry.  

It is a free download by Silja Devine here

I have to admit that I really love this square!

This pattern can be found at Stitch

Nation and is by Debbie Stoller.  

It is called The Mixed Berry Tarts 

Throw! It is a free pattern.

Velma adapted / shortened this

 pattern from one she found at 

Red Heart, it is called 

'Flower Tiles Afghan'. 

Finally the fourth looks the 

most complicated..

This square is made from the 

StarFlower Granny Square pattern. 

Velma found it via Pinterest at 

Crafty Valley

Thank you Velma... some really

 stunning squares for The 

Beautiful Blogger Blanket.  

You now have 4 chances to win 

the whole thing... 

GOOD LUCK!

One-a-day Tuesday Tallies and The beautiful Blogger Blanket gets squares from South Africa!

It is Tuesday...TUESDAY and I am doing my Tuesday Tallies!  

This has often been done in a late rush on a Wednesday 

so you can imagine my delight at being on time this week.. 

Here are the FOUR squares I made this week.. 

hence falling even more behind, when I have 

promised all and sundry that I will catch up 

by 31st January... 

Still 4 is better than none.. 

Pop over to Carole's blog Gingerbread Girl, 

to see how everyone else is getting on with 

their Tuesday Tallies...  

You can also check them all out at the Ravelry 

One-a-Day group page...

On Saturday morning the postman caused quite a stir 

when he brought me this.....

An envelope all the way from South Africa! 

Laura from My House in Africa had sent her 

squares for the Beautiful Blogger Blanket of 2012.. 

and look... 9 of them!  How generous! 

 It didn't matter how much I tried, I couldn't 

get the camera to pick up what a lovely colour 

these squares are..

                                                       

                                                Sorry Laura! 

A small plain dark Teal-green square measuring 10cm x 10cm

 This one is the same size, the same colour, 

but has a beautiful pale teal flower with 

a blue centre ...WOW!

 A larger (15cm x 15cm) granny squared circle

 in the same 3 colours...

Another smaller square - this time with the base 

ground in the paler teal green with a darker 

flower centre.. WOW again!

 Another smaller square (10cm x 10cm) 

in the paler teal-green....

One gorgeous larger lacy square (16cm x 16cm),

which has a star motif in the centre, 

surrounded by bands of trebles (UK term) 

and single crochet (UK term)...

This one is bigger again (22cm x 22cm) and 

is 3 bands of the previously used colours in 

single crochet.  

There is a pretty little centre too....

 The same size (22cm x 22cm), same colours, 

a centre that reminds me of the sun, with 

groups of trebles in bands and then a 

band of single crochet... lovely! 

 Finally, a 20cm x 20cm square in the same 

3 colours, rows of trebles and single 

crochet (UK terms)...

Some close ups...

 Well done Laura... I can't believe you sent 9 squares... 

thank you very much! You now have 9 entries 

to win the...Beautiful Blogger Blanket of 2012... 

Good luck! 

As well as all this, Laura sent  me a gift 

all the way from South Africa.. a beautiful 

traditional African beaded bowl or jug cover.. 

I put it over a wine glass to 

show you all the lovely beading dangling down.. 

 Thank you so much Laura!