Bingo Winnings

A few months ago we played Bingo in our dyehard group. (a group of wonderful ladies whom dyes fabric and swaps)This was my first bingo game and I won. Yoohoo I was so happy I never win anything. But boy did I score with this one. I got this fantastic book from Alice and I can't wait to start experimenting.I will be ordering me some more fabric soon and boy what fun I will have when it gets here. Thanks Alice!




Wow, is all I can say about the beautiful beautiful things that Emma from France sent me for winning bingo. She had looked at my blog and knew I liked these kind of things. I have to decide on something very special to make with these beautiful fabrics. Emma, if you read this post I need to know what a kit like this would cost and convert if for me? I am in no way familiar with the differences in US dollars and France. (g)
The one thing of winning bingo is now I am hostess of the bingo game we just started, and whomever the winner is I have to decide on a great gift to send to them. So I will have to wait and see who wins and decide on what to get from there. Find their likes and dislikes etc. Thanks so much Emma! I love what you sent. I do have a question though. On top of the batik fabric I have the threads and then the different colored deals. What are those? And how do you use them in your art? I have never seen them before. I love the colors. Everything is awesome!!

Egyptian Theme Block

The goddes Wadjet, shown as a cobra, represented Lower Egypt. The hieroglyphs above have the same meaning. The goddess Nekhbet, shown as a vulture , represented Upper Egypt and again the heiroglyphs below repeat the message. The cobra and vulture appear together as the uraeus on the headdress of the pharaoh.

The Eyes of Horus symbolize the sun (right eye) and the moon (left eye). The eyes had magical health-giving properties, bestowing protection and were thought to ward off bad luck. The Eye of Horus were painted on coffins and on the bows of boats, both to protect the craft and to 'see' the way.

The Nile is the longest river in the world, rising in the East African highlands and flowing more than 4000 miles to the Mediterranean. The rhythm of this great river was the most important feature in the lives of the Ancient Egyptians. Without the river Nile, Egypt would probably never have become a prosperous powerful nation. It was an essential link between the low-lying delta area and the higher, drier territory of Upper Egypt, and goods were traded all along it's length.
The river itself was an abundant sourse of food, home to many types of fish. Nile perch could even be caught in the irrigation ditches that were cut to channel water from the river to the fields.

And last but not least, we can't forget the pyramids.