Surprises in Today's Post

What a great start to the day, went to check the mail and I had some lovely surprises.

First of all there was a bag from the Secret Tote Bag Swap, my secret partner was Melanie from Thepatchworkrobin,  all the way over in England, here is a photo of the lovely bag she made for  me:-

Next surprise were some blocks, the first ones were from Elizabeth, who made these beautiful ones

Next parcel I opened was from Narelle, she made a rwelve inch one and included a pattern for an armchair caddy to keep all my bits and pieces handy when sewing in a comfy chair.

What a lovely start to the working week.

Thank you for taking time to stop by. Happy stitching. Sharon

Possum Magic

Hello

First of all I have joined a group called Possum Magic, we are group of eight from Australia and New Zealand.

We are in a Round Robin Improv, whereby each of us,  make a centre block and then itmis mailed onto the next person to add a border, until all eight of us have added a border, should take almost a year!

Here is my block, it has eighty (80) different fabrics, it is a version of Lurline's Place, scrappy dresden block and the centre of my block is made of nineteen fussy cut hexies, I got the idea for the centre from this site www.unitednotions.com/fp_printemps.pdf.

Thank you for taking time to stop by. Happy stitching. Sharon

The 2014 New Quilt Blogger Blog Hop

Yes, it has been a while since I have blogged, unfortunately, work has gotten in the way of blogging and quilting.  It is funny, how work can take hold of us, but I tell myself I go to work to feed my addiction of  fabric and yarn.

Anyway, I have joined up in the  "The 2014 New Quilt Blogger Blog Hop", hosted by Beth at Plum & June.  The blog hop commended on 4 June, here are the bloggers that participated on that day:- 

Sarah - smilestooloudly

Vera Negligent - negligentstylee

Michelle - michellebartholomew

Katie - goodgollyginger

Cheryl Brickey - MeadowMistDesigns

Jana - janainamachado

Karin Jordan - leighlaurelstudios

Kim Moyer - tiesthatbindquilting

Yvonne Fuchs - quiltingjetgirl.

Jen Hollis - bowerbirdpatch

Afton Warrick - quiltingmod

Jessica Welesk - oneenglishteacher

Barbara Konkle - suzyhomemaker

Cynthia Brunz - quiltingismorefunthanhousework

Mary Gregory - seemaryquilt

Laurel Rosenberg - drowninginfabric

Linda - talkinglunchboxquilts

Rebecca Bird - oneweebird

Anne Beier - hudsonvalleyquilts

Diana Mattoni - reddeliciouslife

Terri Ann - childlikefascination

So why not pop on over and visit Beth  and the new bloggers and see what they are up to.  My blog day is 16 July, along with a group of other quilters, from all corners of the globe.  

Thank you for taking time to stop by. Happy stitching. 

Sharon