FNwF - Cherish Blocks

yay, it was FNwF (Friday Night with Friends) again  - they seem to roll around oh so quickly lately.

I was able to  complete my blocks for Cherish - 9 patches in contrasting colours

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CHERISH do. Good Stitches - FNSI show and tell

Here is how I spent my first FNSI - I played with my 9 patches received for the November quilt for Cherish quilting bee - I finished sewing them up this afternoon (Sunday).



I am quite happy with this.  I had intended to do a disappearing 9 patch, but as I was laying out the blocks to photograph them, I had the idea to keep them as 9 patches.  I unpicked a few blocks in order to stagger the white squares.  Now to set it aside and work on quilting last year's quilt :)

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Photo Catch-up

time to catch up on some piccies of my Christmas Swaps

Xmas Block swap - sent to Amanda for January swap

Xmas Block swap - sent to Amanda for January swap

Xmas Block swap - received from Amanda for January swap

Xmas Block swap - received from Amanda for January swap

Fat Quarter Swap
Time for the colour reveals of what I sent :)

January swap to Narelle

Birthday FQ to Colleen

Birthday FQ to Diana

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Even slower post :(

Don't you just hate waiting for things to arrive in the mail?  :(

The October Christmas block Hope made for me has found its way back to her in the US - looks like there was an issue with the postage :(  Hope has now repacked it and has sent it on it's way back to me - hopefully this time, I will get it quickly - although this time of year I am not hopeful.

The package for Mr Fixit from UK never arrived, so they arranged for a replacement, which arrived in 5 days.

On the positive side - my block from Brenda for November QBSA did arrive, and it is beautiful!

Thank you Brenda, I am so very close to finishing my Purple Patch Quilt.

Fat Quarter Swap 
Birthday Club for December only has 1 birthday girl :)

Birthday Love for Justine

December swap for Suzi

We are now waiting for our new computer to arrive :)  Hopefully, it is not too far away and I can be back up and running in no time - so if I disappear for a few days, you know I have had problems :(

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More block swaps :)

Ank was my QBSA July partner, who sent the lovely starflower blocks below

but recently, I received another block from her

it seems Ank felt bad about misunderstanding my colour preferences and sent a replacement block!  This new block will fit in perfectly with the other blocks I have received, but the lovely blue & purple starflower blocks will not go to waste - I will use them on something else.  So thank you Ank, you didn't have to send a replacement block, but I am very glad you did :)

The Christmas block I sent to Kerri, for September has arrived - I posted a tease photo earlier, but here is a colour photo of what I sent

Here is what Kerri sent me

this is the start of a new Christmas Quilt - I think I will make a Disappearing 9 Patch

Hoping to spend some more time in the sewing room over the weekend :)

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UFO Saturday

It was UFO day at my LQS yesterday - it way too cold, wet and windy for this little black duck to venture outside, so I was with you all in spirit, and I worked on one of my UFO's - Purple Patch.

These 9patch blocks have been collected as part of Quilting block swaps Australia during 2012/13 - I have sliced them to make a disappearing 9 patch and will eventually be a lap quilt

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Christmas blocks

here are some of the Christmas blocks I have received from my cardmaking friends over on the CraftMad Forum

We are swapping 12" blocks with a Christmas theme each month - there are three of us swapping, so each month we make 2 blocks (I think Merry is making up 3 blocks, so that she keeps one that she has made)

here is what I have received so far this year

I will be catching up with my crafty friends in QLD in October - see my sidebar for the countdown of my trip .............. can you tell I am excited?   I am leaving Mr Fixit home and going on a girly, crafty holiday for 7 days ........... yes, 7 whole days in Brisbane ............ well Chermside & Kallangur to be exact :)

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More holiday sewing .....

Playing catchup again :)

I realised I had forgotten to post a photo of what I received from Ann for my Fat Quarter Swap for February - I just love the card :)

Many thanks to my CraftMad Family, Mandy & Merry, for being so very patient for these blocks - I am so sad for letting myself get so far behind.













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Quilt Block Swaps | Making a list ...............

.......... and checking it twice :)

It's the start of the year and I like to go back over my swaps and make sure I have:

1. made and sent my block
2. received my block and sent a thank you to my partner
3. blogged about it

QBSA
There have been a few I have missed blogging about, so here they are:

August block from Tracey

November blocks from Encarna in Spain - finally arrived in January :)

I think Encarna's package went on a bit of a Christmas Holiday for a while before it arrived here in Australia - not too sure where it went after it was put it in the mail :(  but it was so lovely to open it and find these little gems inside :)  Thank you Encarna, it was worth the wait :)

December block for Michell

My block from Michell is 'in the mail' :)


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October QBSA blocks - sent and received

9Patch from Lorraine

Tulip Block for Lorraine

I am getting really close now to making up my 'Purple Patch' quilt.  Now that I have finished the top for the A4A QuiltAlong, I can put it back on the design wall and sew it up.

Design Wall as at July 2013

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more purple 9 patches ......

..... have been received from Jo, my September partner for QBSA

from Jo

and some lovely extras - love the handmade card ;-)

Thanks heaps Jo, nearly at the end of my purple patch ;-)

on my design wall - my purple patch quilt

I need to start thinking of a different block to collect ;-)

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Lousy weather = FNSI + A4A QAL catch up

I managed to get a lot done in my FNSI - the weather was lousy, so I stayed in and sewed.

I caught up on Lessons 7 and 8 for A4A QAL


Lesson 7 - Unit C2


Lesson 8 - Unit A3


Unit A8


My Virtual Design Wall Quilt - it is getting to the stage where I really want to put this up on my Actual Design Wall, but that would mean I would have to take this down

I only have a few more blocks to receive, then I can make it a flimsy ;-)


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