In 20mins you can do this

i made this today after being inspired online by Fruitful Fusion i followed another link to the attic 24 form her blog and here is my effort so thank you ladies!
I am going to try a bowl latter for my lemons inshaAllah!

updates

My cushion cover that i had to undo and re do but after not being able to get the correct gauge i started another so here it is almost done one side that is;

The Dollie i wanted to make for a new coffee table

but now i don't like it and have stopped, wanting to try another design. with my printer not working this is proving a headache to get new patterns.


Next up a treat some lovely books someone has treated me to and i must add very inspiring.....

Meeting up with cyber ladies

I had the pleasure of meeting up with some fellow bloggers and cyber ladies. I often get asked , ''don't you feel scared?'' i want to reasure you i don't just go off and have a coffee with everyone i share comments with. Most i have had good contact with on a forum i am part of, perhaps chatting for upto 1 year or more, also if they have linked up with someone else from the forum then the lady will say kinda offer a reference, so with in the group of many ladies someone has meeet someone or know someone!

This weekend i went out of town a little to link up with Sonya and Sarah who i have been wanting to meet for some time now. Sonya had opened up her home and made lunch for us. Some other ladies came along and i had meet them before but its always nice to meet new ladies esp those new to Islam. I must say i had a lovely afternoon but had to leave early.

Something to be happy about

Alhamduilah (All praise is due to God), I have not been fortunate where family ties and relations have been. Disowned by part and all of my extended family 16yrs ago upon embracing Islam, this has been a very difficult time in my life but i bore it with patience best i could, to my ability. It does not mean the pain was any less, growing older myself and seeing a need for family ties and a need to belong the wounds were re-opened again. The most difficult of these relationships was the one with my brother , my only brother, 20yrs of no words exchanged, no build of a strong bond of love...........it really was a miserable state, he would often past me on the Street and blank me. about 1 month ago he turned up on my door step with his 2 daughters, i was in total shock but composed myself enough to invite him in and offer my hospitality. At first he was reluctant to sit down or even stop as he came on an errand for my mother (to drop some paper work. After a bit of chit chat he said ''OK i will have that cuppa''. He has been over a few times since just for a short visit but all the same a visit!

On Saturday when i returned home from a busy day out i found this bunch of flowers waiting for me with a lovely card.


from my enstranged sister, a peace offering so the card read, what a blessing. It got me thinking this is the first time in 20yrs my whole family are talking to me all at once mashaAllah! I never stopped praying for a reunion but Allah knew best when it was for me.


It's really strange as the card is totally fab as these very birds are the ones that used to frequent my kitchen window in Algeria and gave me such pleasure just a few days earlier i was relaying this to a group of ladies and saying how i miss them so.
My earlier , i mean when i started blogging here is about the birds and the joy they gave me when i was living in Algeria.


You see my Lord promises His slave ''verily after the hardship will come the ease''