Blocks in the Mail ;-)

Hi everyone

hope your day has been as good as mine ;-)

this morning I went out and got a much needed hair cut, lined up at the post office and had a bit of 'retail therapy' in preparation for some re-organisation.

Here is a snippet of the blocks in the mail.

These Block Lotto blocks are on their way to Laura

My block for February QBSA, is on its way to Marie in Canada

These Fat Quarters I have received from the super speedy Raelene ;-)

Thanks Raelene, I love the paw prints ;-)

My Fat Quarters are on their way to Raelene 

EDITED:  Raelene has now received her Fat Quarters - so here is a pic.

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.

FNSI - show and tell .....

............... or should that be tease and tell ;-)

It was the first Friday Night Sew In for 2012 and I was very glad to sit down and do some scheduled sewing.

The last of my block swaps for the month got finished.

One for Lynda for 12" Quilt Block Swap Australia

One for Sue for 12" Quilt Block Swap Australia

Two 6" blocks for Jen for 6" block Swap

I was able to do some 'secret sewing' ......... more on that a bit later.




The Block Lotto block for January is the eclipse - OMG!  another circular block Arrrghh!  But ............... In Sophie We Trust ;-)  so I gave it a go.


After a several slips ups - ENTIRELY my own fault for not reading instructions properly and mis-cutting more than once.

I did invoke Barbara's Quilter's Rule (Three strikes and you're out - see Barbara's post HERE )

This is one block I could not get my head around.

first block - squared up wrong and I used a cream light arc

second block - blue and yellow - trimmed to 9 1/4"  ooops - measure twice, cut once!!

third block - pinky - something strange is happening

unpicked and stitched again ;-(

I have produced what I would call two acceptable blocks - even these I am not completely confident about  ;-(

I am very disappointed with my efforts for this Block Lotto.

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.