IS IT YOU I'M LOOKING FOR ?

Hello all, still a bit chilly here in the UK ! I have a request to put to all you lovely people out there ! Are you a quilter......do you live in the UK !!
I am looking for someone to 'PARTNER' me in my quest to make this 'BEADED MANDALA' Wallhanging !
I need some kind soul to make the backing for my wall hanging and attach all 52 mandala's to it.......
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN OFFERING YOUR SERVICE FOR ST LUKES CHARITY !
You would get great exposure for your blog...not to mention how many new followers you would get !
Since I decided to do the wall hanging for charity, I have had no end of publicity and exposure for my work.....
I just need a little  help with the backing part ! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP....Then please email me...CHRIS RICHARDS for further information...........
bikerdcr@aol.com OR leave a comment below.......Thankyou xxxxx

Go on.....do something worthwhile in 2012

TAST 2012 CRETAN STITCH WEEK 4 !

Hello all, on this frosty UK morning ! This week on the TAST challenge, the stitch to be used was CRETAN

stitch ! When I started this mandala, I had no plan as to what it would become and low and behold, I've ended up with an underwater theme......which I am quite pleased with. I have used DMC 6 strand , pearl 8 , 5 and 12 threads, lots of beads and french knots....hope you like it and once again thank you for visiting my blog  xxxxxxx

TAST 2012 Feather stitch...week 3

Hello all, a very windy saturday in the UK today ! So we are on week 3 of the TAST 2012 challenge.......

feather stitch is the order of the week ! I had a wonderful week doing this mandala, such a wonderful stitch to play with, meandering here and there......Thanks Sharon, this one has been such a treat ! I was a little naughty and sneeked in some french and colonial knots and some bullions for this design.......such Fun.....Thanks for looking and your comments are much appreciated !!! Have a great week end all. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

My first beaded Button !

Hello all,Just a little extra post thiis week.....I have found a wonderful tutoirial on how to bead a button and this is the result of my first one !!! If this inspires you to have a go, then please visit
http://beadlust.blogspot.com/ There is an amazing amount of 'BEADY' eye candy here.....so inspirational....
Have a creative Thursday.....xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

T A S T BEAD MANDALA 2

Good morning all, a very cold and frosty morning here in the UK!

This is my bead mandala no.2 in the series of 52 ! I do hope that I manage to do them all ! I shall be making a wall hanging with them and then donating the wall hanging to ST LUKES CHARITY, which is a very worthy charity that Anne from http://stampsandpaper.blogspot.com/ supports !
Hope you all have an awesome week end and thank you for visiting my blog !!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Toby, David......proud grandparents !

Hello All, just to let you know that we became the proud grandparents of a beautiful baby boy TOBY, DAVID,

Born 9.57 am Saturday 7th........8lb 4oz mother and baby doing fine !
This is proud granma with Toby and Ella, my 6yr old grandaughter..........Thanks for taking a peep into 'GRANMA'S WORLD'.......Have a great day !!! xxxxxxxxxx

T A S T BEAD MANDALA 1 .

Hello, today is my first post on the T A S T challenge. Sharron Boggan from  http://www.pintangle.com/ is running a 'year' challenge. Each week she will give one stitch to learn / play with and see what lovely creations people come up with !

I have decided to do a series of Bead Mandalas incorporating each stitch........by the end of the year, I should have 52 bead mandalas which I would present in the form of a wall hanging ! The first weeks stitch is 'FLY' STITCH...............This is my Mandala no.1
I had no particular design in mind, I just started from the middle and worked out from there ! The Mandala is not a perfect circle, but because I have done the whole thing freehand, I did not expect it to be perfect !
I am more than pleased at how this mandala has turned out and so look forward to making my next one.......
I have a link on my sidebar if any of you would like to join in.....There are over 500 people taking part and alot of them are NEW stitchers, so this is a fantastic resource for learning embroidery and its FREE !!!
If you go over to T A S T you can see what other people have done! Thank you for stopping by my blog, it means so much to me...........I shall post every week now with a new creation......have a great week !!!!!!!