Christmas Gingerbread .............

blocks have arrived :)

here are the blocks I sent to Bellezza for February for the Christmas Block Swap

Bellezza is making a quilt for her grandson :) and I couldn't decide which block I liked best, so I sent both :)

this is the Blackfords Beauty I received from Bellezza

this is the block I sent to Donna for February - it has now arrived safely :)

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On their way .................

FQs for Birthday Girl Melanie, and my February partners Anna & Virginia

I won't identify who gets what until they have arrived :)

of course, we start with some suitable sewing prep

Tease photo for Donna, February Christmas Swap partner

Tease photo for Kate, February QBSA partner

I have one more block to finish for Bellezza, my other February Christmas partner - wasn't happy with my initial fabric choice for Bellezza's block, so I went to Spotlight and got some suitable Christmas fabrics

(but I won't show them here just yet)

While I was there, some other fabrics jumped in my bag 

here are the blocks I have received for February from my various swap partners - only 1 left to receive

Pinwheel block from Donna

2nd block from Donna, Christmas Star

Thank you, I love the fabrics you have chosen

Blackfords Beauty from Bellezza

PS - the dishwasher has been fixed - we ended up we had to call out the LG repairman - he found the problem .......... it was a blocked pump ............ $115.00 later I am so very glad to say the dishwasher is back in action :)

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Christmas Blocks | 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

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

I posted a tease photo of the block I made for LoriB - it has arrived, so here it is

and here is block I received from LoriB

Here is the December block I sent to Corrie

and here is the gorgeous block Corrie sent me

and this .......... can you guess what it is?
It is a USB stick!  how cool is that!

A huge thank you to all of my Christmas Block Swap partners for 2013 - I am going to have so much fun putting my blocks together ;)

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Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Winnings ............ and other stuff ;-)

I realised during the week that I forgot to post pics of the beautiful winnings from Sew It's Finished

Thank you so much, Wendy ;-)

this is the GORGEOUS Blackford's Beauty block I received from Julianne for June Christmas Block Swap

I took a photo and simply forgot to blog about it - thank you Julianne, I love it ;-)

here are my two Drunkards Path blocks for CHERISH - Do.Good Stitches - I was driven to drink doing these blocks ............. oooh, I really don't like doing curves, especially when they are so small :(

here are some FQs for August

I think my August partner has been stalking my blog - this is what I received from LeAnne ;-)  just perfect for my A4A QAL

LeAnne's is yet to be posted, and I will include a photo when it arrives ;-)

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

making a list and checking it twice

I have just come across some photos of blocks sent and received in the last few months that I have failed to blog about :(

made for Julianne, QBSA

(Note:  this is a Blackfords Beauty block - this same block pattern is made HERE for the Christmas Block Swap and it looks soooo different - it is stunning what a different colour placement makes!)

Received from Julianne

Sent to Noelene

Received from Noelene

Sent to Pat for BSA

Received from Pat

Thank you for visiting - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.