Happy New Year to everyone!

Good afternoon,

Just popping in to wish you all a very Happy New Year.

Our 'SIBOL CHALLENGES' will go live at mid-night and I hope you will pop over and have a read. Let's hope you are feeling 'creative' because there is plenty to make you want to pick up those hooks and needles!

Let's hope we have another successful year working for the Elderly here in the UK.

Thank you so much for supporting 'SIBOL' during 2012.

Your friendship is very special thank you!

Lots of love and best wishes

Sue x 


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'Joyful SIBOL 333!'

Good Morning!

I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas!

On Christmas Eve I had a beautiful Blanket arrive from Bettina in Switzerland. I'm sorry I didn't have time to 

write a post over the Christmas period and take photos as I had family here. 

I have called this Blanket 'Joyful'. 

The Blanket is made with beautiful Crocheted Squares and the simplicity of these two colours work so well together. 

I have added some cream ribbon and some 'SIBOL' Butterflies and I hope you will agree it's another stunning Blanket for our Elderly.

I really appreciate the time you have spent on this Blanket Bettina. I can tell you enjoy your Crocheting  and it is so kind of you to donate this beautiful work of art to our 'SIBOL' Group.

Let's take a look now at 'Joyful'.

This will probably be our last Blanket of 2012, thank you!

x Sue x

Happy Christmas to you all!

Good evening to you all!

May I take this opportunity of wishing you all a very Happy Christmas. I do hope everyone enjoys themselves.

I look forward to our New Challenges in 2013 and I hope we can have lots more fun.


x Sue x

Surprise Squares arrive today!

Good Morning everyone!

Thank you for visiting 'SIBOL' today.

I would like to thank 'Chalky' - Linda today for sending me some Squares on behalf of her Daughter in Law Charlotte. They really are lovely and I shall put them in our SIBOL Stash box ready for next year. Pretty Heart Gifts also arrived from Linda, how kind thank you.

There are some more Squares in the pink package but I can't show you until January or else it will spoil the surprise! I'm very grateful to you both thank you so much. Gorgeous Squares Charlotte.

I'll be back before Christmas to wish you a happy time!

x Sue x

Lots of colour in a new SIBOL Blanket.

Hello and thanks for visiting 'SIBOL',

Yesterday my computer was playing up and  I didn't have chance to post this beautiful Blanket. It surely is so pretty. I love the centres in these Squares and I love all the colours, everything works so well on this Blanket. Daphne also sent me some Butterflies for our Stash. I am very grateful thank you so much.  It has a very nice border too which finishes it off beautifully. What a treat for an Elderly Lady!

Let's take a look now.

OOh it's gorgeous!


Created with flickr slideshow.

Did you spot the Butterflies for our Blankets? Thank you Daphne, this is so terribly kind of you !
Please contact me Daphne, thank you!
3.30 Wednesday afternoon.
I have to tell you. I have just had a phone call from Mrs Russell  (92) at Selly Wood House. On our last Blanket Deliveries she received 'Pink Gingham' made and donated by Glenda.  Mrs. Russell rang to say thank you for the beautiful Blanket she has received. 
I had a lovely chat with her and I told her all about the Ladies in my Group and all the wonderful work we do. She had never heard about us before. I told her all about my Grandmother and why I started this project and she said it is so nice to know that there are so many kind people in the World. 
This phone call has really made me quite emotional, how nice of this Lady to telephone me. Mrs Russell tells me she plays the Keyboard and sadly she can't get about as she did but she enjoys Music Sheets and Books which the local library send to her. 
So thank you very much Glenda for making this wonderful Blanket. Mrs. Russell said she loved  the Blanket it was perfect in every way, so pretty and neat. She was absolutely over the moon on receiving it.



P.S.There is a nasty virus going around on the Net. I have heard from my Husband's company.  Do NOT OPEN EMAILS FROM  'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK'.

x Sue x 
  NOTE:-    On Friday I sent off 4 Blankets to Selly Wood House Nursing Home. These were the ones that came in from Soneita and her Mother in Spain and the one from Daphne here in the UK. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to take them in myself as things are rather busy round here so I put them in the post to them.   Thank you all very much!      

SIBOL Butterflies!

Hi everyone!

'Could Daphne contact me please Sue on sueatpigsty@talktalk.net' Thank you!

Thanks to Angie for her email about our SIBOL Butterflies. Another Lady who is getting well and truly hooked on making them.

I have to thank dear Nettie in Australia  for first of all putting up the video tutorial on her blog.  I often refer Ladies over to her. Once you have made the first Butterfly along come many others. Of course I am very grateful for any Butterflies you can send my way as my Butterfly Stash does need topping up, but there are other things you can do with them too apart from our Blankets.

I decorated my Conservatory and Bird Cage.

Then some White and Gold ones for my Twigs...........

Then it was the Christmas tree.........

Then it was my Tree Skirt........

I made some for Mother's tree a few years back......... She loves purple and green!

Why not decorate your Christmas Gifts. Oh look at that snow! Brr........

Why not join our Butterfly Club over on RAVERLY?

Have fun making them. Thanks Nettie we have so much fun with them!

Today I had a visit from Pippa and her Husband, it was so nice to see them again. Pippa has been making Butterflies for our Stash. Let's have a look at them now.

She also made some Flowers, aren't they lovely?

Always welcome for our Blankets. Thank you pippa!

Where can you use your Butterflies?

Thanks for stopping by...

x  Sue  x

SIBOL FREEFORM

Hi everyone!

A good opportunity while things are quiet to show you this beautiful SIBOL Freeform Wall Hanging. This special Freeform Challenge was suggested by 'creativegranny' over on RAVERLY. She invited Ladies to send her roughly a 6" Freeform Square and although this was a hard Challenge for some of us, it turned out so well! The Ladies in our SIBOL RAVELRY Group definitely took the Challenge on board and enjoyed the process.

We will be having another Freeform Challenge next year, so if you are interested please keep following our SIBOL Blog. Perhaps you have never done anything like this before, maybe it will be a good time to try.

I am doing a talk next March at a local Craft Group, but afterwards this beautiful Wall Hanging will be raffled amongst the Ladies who took part.

Thanks for popping in to SIBOL today.

x Sue x

Blankets arrive from Spain!

Good Afternoon!

First of all thank you all very much for the emails and kind comments on our 'SIBOL' deliveries. I am so pleased that you managed to read about my visits to the homes.

It's pretty quiet here at SIBOL HQ, I've just had my lap top back and boy did I miss it! I was allowed on my Husbands' computer but it's not the same. It came back just in time for me to show you three Blankets which have arrived from Sonieta and her Mummy in Spain. They are both in love with Grannies at the moment and have made so many Squares that they have assembled them in to Blankets for our Elderly here in the UK. What kind Ladies! Thank you both so much. The Blankets are made in such wonderful colours and it is an absolute pleasure to receive them.

They have sent me 5 Blankets in total now and 3 have just been delivered to Cotteridge House in Birmingham. Thank you both.

Let's take a look at the Blankets now.



Created with flickr slideshow.   Absolutely stunning thank you both so...much!     On Wednesday I had a visit from Ann and her Daughter. She very kindly bought me some Knitting from Vera the 86 yr old Lady from 'Grey Cables Home'.  It's nice that Vera has a purpose now.


  Ann and her Daugher wanted to have a look at our Challenge Blankets especially the Liquorice Allsorts Blanket. They thought they were all amazing!   Thank you for bringing Vera's work Ann it was lovely to meet you both.   Unfortunately, I am unable to load the photo up. I will try tomorrow, sorry!   Thanks for visiting 'SIBOL' today!     x Sue x