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    Search: Posts Made By: ScoutingSquirrel
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    Forum: Pictures
    01-29-2012, 01:10 PM
    Replies: 68
    Views: 8,174
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    Thank you ... that might just work for the Scout...

    Thank you ... that might just work for the Scout quilt I've been saving fabrics for .. there are a couple of fabrics with quite large motifs, pictures of animals like beer, moose and eagles ... and...
    Forum: Pictures
    01-09-2012, 05:52 AM
    Replies: 110
    Views: 9,151
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    I didn't finish the quilt by Christmas :( ...

    I didn't finish the quilt by Christmas :(
    However I had all 9 blocks with me when I visited Granty in the residential home and she was really interested, felt her way down all the seams and talked...
    Forum: Pictures
    12-08-2011, 04:37 AM
    Replies: 177
    Views: 20,689
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    That is really beautiful! and personal as well. ...

    That is really beautiful! and personal as well.
    I love the idea of library shelves with items of personal reference on them - it could be an idea that would work for a lot of different people and...
    Forum: Pictures
    12-06-2011, 03:37 AM
    Replies: 110
    Views: 9,151
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    I have found it quite difficult to find time to...

    I have found it quite difficult to find time to sew, and to be honest the energy/motivation and yet I enjoy it when I do get down to it!

    I also discovered that I had the wrong side of the grey...
    Forum: Pictures
    11-02-2011, 02:21 PM
    Replies: 61
    Views: 5,919
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    Amazing creature. I saw one 'live and free' for...

    Amazing creature. I saw one 'live and free' for the first time on Hallowe'en afternoon ... it just asuntered across the field behind our garden and we weren't even aware until our 6.5 year old asked...
    Forum: Main
    11-02-2011, 01:07 AM
    Replies: 12
    Views: 1,369
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    I would expect the most annoying thing you could...

    I would expect the most annoying thing you could do would be to smile sweetly and say "Thank you for making the effort to pay attention to my work, I'm thrilled to be worthy of your attention"
    LOL!...
    Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    10-31-2011, 11:55 AM
    Replies: 102
    Views: 4,308
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    In England I had a sign on my door that read...

    In England I had a sign on my door that read something along the lines of "If I know you, you're welcome, if not then it's dangerous to knock on the doors of people you don't know"

    Here in Sweden...
    Forum: Introduce Yourself
    10-30-2011, 12:41 PM
    Replies: 93
    Views: 2,907
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    Welcome! I'm in Southern Sweden and there are...

    Welcome!
    I'm in Southern Sweden and there are members in Germany but I don't know of any local groups.
    I'll look forward to getting to know you and your wife better on the forum.
    Helen
    Forum: Pictures
    10-30-2011, 05:23 AM
    Replies: 110
    Views: 9,151
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    Week 43 and Tomte block 5 I had really hoped to...

    Week 43 and Tomte block 5
    I had really hoped to do two each week but perhaps if I keep putting the week numbers on (as is common in Scandinavia) then I will realise that nine blocks and the quilting...
    Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    10-29-2011, 02:16 PM
    Replies: 374
    Views: 17,027
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    One golden retriever, Amber, she's my dream dog -...

    One golden retriever, Amber, she's my dream dog - I asked for a dog from the age of 3 to 29 and planned a golden called Amber for about the last 15 years of that. Hubby didn't stand a chance! When I...
    Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    10-26-2011, 11:59 PM
    Replies: 165
    Views: 6,800
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    [/quote] Helen (British family living in...

    [/quote]
    Helen (British family living in Sweden)
    Hope this link comes thru for you.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_corn[/quote]

    Thank you!
    So shaped like a corn kernal rather than...
    Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    10-26-2011, 12:00 PM
    Replies: 165
    Views: 6,800
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    OK ladies! What on earth is it? Different...

    OK ladies!
    What on earth is it?

    Different from popcorn, evidently, and similar to cotton candy (which we do have in Europe - called Candy Floss here!)

    Is it something I can make?

    Mind you,...
    Forum: Pictures
    10-26-2011, 03:09 AM
    Replies: 85
    Views: 9,090
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    and it's even contagious across the Atlantic ......

    and it's even contagious across the Atlantic ... (oh, and the north sea and oresund straits - adds she, remembering she's in Sweden!)

    Robin, 6.5, is off school today (and was yesterday) with a...
    Forum: Main
    10-25-2011, 11:06 AM
    Replies: 15
    Views: 1,248
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    Bother ... I'm crying now ... Better go and...

    Bother ... I'm crying now ...
    Better go and stitch the thing, hadn't I!
    Helen
    Forum: Main
    10-25-2011, 11:05 AM
    Replies: 15
    Views: 1,248
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    Thank you so much ann31039 and the other two...

    Thank you so much ann31039 and the other two ladies who sen tme a PM - I am quite overcome about how helpful and generous the ladies on this board are ...

    I'm now thinking of ...
    A white cloth...
    Forum: Pictures
    10-25-2011, 12:49 AM
    Replies: 110
    Views: 9,151
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    And number 4 is done! Tomte block 4 276781...

    And number 4 is done!

    Tomte block 4
    276781

    Four Tomte blocks together
    276782
    Forum: Main
    10-25-2011, 12:30 AM
    Replies: 15
    Views: 1,248
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    MadQuilter - My Granty would LOVE that but I...

    MadQuilter - My Granty would LOVE that but I don't think those around her would approve!

    LOL!
    I'll have to tell her that suggestion in person ...
    but put something more 'respectable' onthe...
    Forum: Main
    10-24-2011, 01:51 PM
    Replies: 15
    Views: 1,248
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    I'm making pretty good progress on the blocks for...

    I'm making pretty good progress on the blocks for this ... http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-158970-1.htm

    My first project ... and realise that it needs a quilt label, of course it does, and it needs...
    Forum: Main
    10-24-2011, 01:51 PM
    Replies: 4
    Views: 616
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    I'm making pretty good progress on the blocks for...

    I'm making pretty good progress on the blocks for this ... http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-158970-1.htm

    My first project ... and realise that it needs a quilt label, of course it does, and it needs...
    Forum: Pictures
    10-24-2011, 10:21 AM
    Replies: 30
    Views: 2,113
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    I think it's lovely! It will co-ordinate with all...

    I think it's lovely! It will co-ordinate with all the pink that she is bound to attract - so it won't seem inappropriately adult when she's little - and yet she will be able to keep it, and keep on...
    Forum: Main
    10-22-2011, 10:46 AM
    Replies: 206
    Views: 16,662
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    Thank you so much! Our 6.5 year old has just had...

    Thank you so much! Our 6.5 year old has just had us LOL as he looked at the pictures very seriously and then said 'but do the sheep eat them then?' ...

    Oh, dear! A quick lesson in the difference...
    Forum: Pictures
    10-22-2011, 05:06 AM
    Replies: 110
    Views: 9,151
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    Bother ... did anyone notice that the log cabin...

    Bother ... did anyone notice that the log cabin frame around that last one was in the opposite direction from the others ... I've just spent the morning unpicking it and resewing the whole frame!
    ...
    Forum: Pictures
    10-21-2011, 12:06 PM
    Replies: 110
    Views: 9,151
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    And number three ... I am really enjoying doing...

    And number three ... I am really enjoying doing these and I have even had an idea about the quilting ...

    I had already decided to do Stitich in the Ditch around the Tomte and the frame (though...
    Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    10-20-2011, 10:10 AM
    Replies: 157
    Views: 9,974
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    I purposefully went for a coloured gress, a...

    I purposefully went for a coloured gress, a green/blue shot silk, as I wanted a dress custom made for me but if I was spending money on it I wanted something I would wear again! I have done so,...
    Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    10-19-2011, 11:45 PM
    Replies: 10
    Views: 1,281
    Posted By ScoutingSquirrel

    I get USPS emails from time to time, often with a...

    I get USPS emails from time to time, often with a parcel reference number and so on as well ...
    I have to giggle to myself as I tell the screen 'I'm in Sweden you idiot!'
    Helen
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