more photos to share

gee, what was I doing during the latter part of the year?   I realised I had not shared my beautiful birthday stash from the Birthday Club of the Fat Quarter Swap group.

what I sent to Jessica for her BD

what I sent to Anna for her BD

What I sent to Narelle for her BD

What I sent to LeAnne

what I received from LeAnne

I also forgot to share my photo of the November CHERISH do. Good Stitches bee block





stay tuned for some news on Fat Quarter Swap, and CHERISH ........... in my next post

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Fat Quarter Swap Update - June

Here are pics of what I have sent and received for June 2015

sent to Sharon for her Birthday

received from HelenW

sent to HelenW

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Fat Quarter Swap - March

Fat Quarter Swap Birthdays - March - 3 birthdays this month

Happy Birthday to Wendy, Helen & LeAnne
(I won't say who got what here, so I don't spoil the surprise for the recipients who are yet to open their birthday love packages :))

March Fat Quarter Swap Partner - Lyn

I love it when a swap is completed early in the month :)

Oops, I forgot to share a photo of what I received for the January swap from Narelle

This is what I sent to Narelle

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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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FAwF/FNwF | Show and tell

The first Friday Night with Friends for the year, and thanks to the cricket being on, I could make an early start in the afternoon - hence my FAwF (Friday Arvo with Friends) :)

I started the afternoon with some simple sewing together of some scrap squares given to me by a family friend.  They were stuck onto some pelon with a grid, and all I had to do was fold and stitch along the lines :)  some of the blocks had been completed, and some were partially completed and some were just tacked on - so, some very simple sewing indeed.  The hard part was laying them out in some form of pattern.  As I was working on them, I noticed a slight gradient to the colouring, and realised there was a 'method' to how they were laid out.  This is what I ended up with



I am not convinced I have laid the sections out as the original maker intended - I think I may just do a bit of reverse sewing and re-arrange a few sections, as well as match up a few more seams :)

Block Lotto
Next up, I made up a block for Block Lotto - I didn't participate last year, and this year I am hoping to make at least one block each month.



I really enjoyed the precision of this Double 9 Patch block.

Fat Quarter Swap
I spent some time selecting fabrics for my Fat Quarter Swap partner, and the two birthday club members. So I don't spoil the surprise, here are some black and white photos :)

I won't say who is getting what here - packages will be in the mail on Monday.

Christmas Block Swap
I received these lovely blocks from Amanda, one of the newest swappers to join our swap group.

I finished up my Christmas Block Swap sewing - once again, some black and white images so I don't spoil the surprise

The swap is really only supposed to be one block each month, but since Amanda sent me two blocks (one she was not so happy with, but for the life of me, I can't see why) and I wasn't really happy with the colour selection of one of my blocks; I decided to send two blocks back :)

More time in the sewing room today ............. I can't wait to get started this!

here are my fabrics 

A Facebook group has been created by SueB, founder of QBSA, for those that are doing the FW - for newbies like myself, who are just starting out and for those that have already started it, but may need a bit of a prod encouragement to continue.  You can find the Facebook group HERE

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December Fat Quarter Swap comings and goings | update on slow post

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

The Hope October Christmas block saga continues ............ the block had found its way back to the sender in the US, was repacked and sent it on it's way back to me - it still has not arrived :(

The package for Mr Fixit from UK that never arrived, so they arranged for a replacement, which arrived in 5 days - turns out it was the original package that arrived, as the replacement has now just been delivered :)  We are in contact with the sellers to see what action we need to take to send the replacement back to them.

The computer arrived, but not without a scare .... TNT Couriers was organised to deliver - we only got Box 2 of 2 on Thursday, 11th December.  We queried it with the driver that we were expecting two boxes and he said he only had one :(  It was a frustrating time trying to track down the other box - of course Box 1 had the actual computer in it :)  We finally got Box 1 of 2 on Monday, 15th December.

BTW - the new computer is up and running and now all I have to do is to learn how Windows 8.1 does things - I think we were one of the last people we know still on XP.

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

Birthday Stash for Justine

December FQ swap for Suzi

December FQ swap from Suzi

Sadly, I needed to send some Angel Fat Quarter love to some FQS members who were on the wrong side of a one-sided swap :(

FQS Angel package for Colleen

FQS Angel package for Kim

the karma scales will always balance .... what goes around, comes around.

I was on the receiving end of some Fat Quarter Angel love, when I received this lovely unexpected present from Jessica.

My new Quilt binding clips holder :)

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November Fat Quarter Swaps

November was another big month for the Birthdays in the Fat Quarter Swap

for Anna

for Narelle

for Stephanie

for Virginia

I also received two more birthday packages

from De

from Stephanie

thank you ladies, they are gorgeous!

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