She Who Dares Wins......

....The Glittering Prize....

......retained for me here by one of the Lovely Stewards of the recent Trelawynd Flower Show, which you may remember me mentioning in my last post. Well, you could have knocked me down with the proverbial feather when I received the email from my bloggy friend John letting me  know that not only had one of my entries (Angela might recognise it, she has one similar!) won a FIRST in its class....

...(see, it says 'FIRST'!)...

 but both entries (the other being a knitted cowl) had won FIRSTS and because of this, I won the Rowenna Wrigley Cup!!!!I can't believe it! I honestly entered my stuff just to help The Flower Show out, since John was appealing for more entries and never guessed for a minute I would come anywhere near winning anything, let alone that gorgeous prize! So a HUGE Thank You to John for letting me be an entrant in the Show and for organising what looked like a really special day for everyone. Click on the link to see the other prize-winners and congratulations to the other winning bloggers who took up John's appeal. I've joked to him that I might attend in person next year, just to be sure of retaining my Coveted Cup!....well I think I was joking!!!

*************

Hope you're all having a good week, it's been positively Mediterranean here this last week.... been a long time coming but so worth it!

Enjoy xxx

ps my other entry, a pic in the 'Landscape' Category failed miserably....but you can't win 'em all!

pps pics from show attributed to John@Going Gently

The Road to Mandala......and a Call to Arms....

........ my bloggy friend John is appealing for crafters  to come forward to boost entries to http://trelawnydflowershow.blogspot.co.uk/ - he's on the Committee and would love to hear from anyone, either at home or abroad, who would like to submit an entry. There are lots of categories to choose from, though for obvious reasons, you wouldn't be able to enter food or drink, which is a pity since the redcurrant jelly I made yesterday is extraordinarily delicious! Anyway, go over and have a look and if you fancy it, details for entering are on the Flower Show website - you've still got time - and you never know, collectively we could make this year's Show the best yet!(I've put in entries under the 'knitted','crochet' and 'landscape photo' categories and there are a few other followers of John's blog who have already taken up the challenge - fingers crossed for everybody).

.....and in other news, the very talented Suz,who recently returned to blogging after a short hiatus prompted by the gargantuan task she has just accomplished in completing her new crochet book which is just about to be published (can't wait, it will be soooo FAB!), had a tutorial on her blog for a 'Fair Isle Mandala' which I really fancied giving a go.....here it is......hope I've done your pattern justice, Suz, although I need to make a smaller cushion pad because the only one I have is a little on the large side and is stretching the cushion out too much for my liking.

.....spot the mistakes!....

....before I added the centre rose.....not sure which I prefer?....any thoughts would be appreciated....

.....the back.....

....pom-poms!(the colours of the Mandala were determined by this 'Tilda' trimming I found in a charity shop for 20p!Tres frou-frou!)...

....a giant crocheted cupcake?!!.....

.....and if you fancy having a go yourself, pop over here....http://8thofthe8thofthe8th.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/fair-isle-mandala-pattern-and-pictures.html...to see some fantastic results and more FABULOUS patterns from Suz, she's the Queen of Crochet!

Have a Great Weekend, Everyone....now that Summer's finally arrived!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

ps HUGE thanks to everyone who left their sweet comments on my last post - BIG LOVE to you all!x