Bloggers are wonderful people!

I got quite a few responses from my last post "I miss swapping"

Cynthia, Maria, & Anthea responded with a Fat Quarter Swap (FQ), and Jo responded with a block swap.

Here are the FQs I sent :)

For Anthea

for Cynthia

For Cynthia, I had to hunt high and low to find a FQ that 

I had not actually purchased from Cynthia's Ark :)

for Maria

Here is the block I sent to Jo - I had to hunt for a nice basket to make for her red & white basket quilt.

for Jo

Jo has recently posted that my block has arrived and she has already placed it in her quilt :)  I was most surprised, and very honoured to find Jo had placed it front & centre!

Please visit Jo's blog to see the end result - it looks amazing!

Here are photos of what I received :)

blocks from Jo (photo pinched from Jo's blog as her photo is much better than mine :) )

I had to share just how pretty that ornament is :)  thank you Jo, I love it!

from Anthea

from Cynthia

from maria

the FQs are beautiful and I can't wait to finish off my rainbow starflower quilt!

Thank you ladies for responding to my call for a swap :)  it was a lot of fun!

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I miss swapping :(

At the end of last year I ceased being the Co-Ordinator for Fat Quarter Swap (Australia) - my choice, I just needed to step away from the Co-ordinator 'stuff' for a while.

I stopped swapping Fat Quarters

I also stopped swapping quilt blocks

I am not a fan of conducting swaps via Facebook,  I much prefer the blogging world  LOL

.............. I miss those swaps and the interaction of the blogs  :(

Would any of my Aussie quilting blogging friends like to do an impromptu Fat Quarter Swap or Quilt Block Swap for Christmas?

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

March accomplishments

here is what I did get completed in March :)  

Do Good Stitches Bee blocks - quarter log cabins for Fiona

Double Aster for Wendy for Christmas Block Swap

Fat 8ths for Anna for Fat Quarter Swap

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more things crossed off ................

I decided to stop being the Christmas Block Swap Co-Ordinator in October - I had been swapping since 2010, and became the Co-Ordinator in 2012.  Chasing up the swaps to make sure they were completed was very time consuming and I was not enjoying it anymore :(  The lovely Bobbie has since taken it over, and I am still swapping Christmas blocks :)

I also decided to end the Fat Quarter Swap group - I found I was not enjoying that anymore either.   I found myself quite frustrated when I had to chase up whether a swap was completed or not, and I was getting very disappointed when most of the swappers stopped sharing photos of what had been sent and received - that was the bit I enjoyed most .... seeing all the lovely Fat Quarter goodies :)  I was going to close it completely - the blog and the Facebook group, but I received an offer from Sara to keep it going :)  Hopefully, Sara will breathe some new life into it.

I found I still wanted to do something with my time :)  they say when one door closes, another one opens ............... well it did :)  An opportunity for a new host of the CHERISH circle of the do Good Stitches bee opened up .......... and I put myself forward, and was accepted :)

I have been a stitcher for the CHERISH circle for a few years, so I knew roughly how it worked.  I am currently in the process of getting to know the new members of our circle, and have taken the first spot for the year with a scrappy wonky star block - a nice easy one for everyone to start with.

I hadn't even got around to making up a sample block, when Margie shared a photo of what she had made (I have pinched Margie's photo here :) )  Very exciting seeing these!


These blocks are already in my hot little hands ....... I can't wait to see what the resultant quilts will look like - I will be making two lap quilts as I only have a domestic machine and will be limited in how I can quilt it.

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

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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Winter has started with a ..........

........ sick Mr Fixit, and a sick Mrs Fixit ............. yes, we share everything, even the things I would prefer not to share LOL

On Sunday, 1st June (1st day of winter) I woke up with a sore throat and have been suffering with the effects of the flu ever since.  Mr Fixit has been a week ahead of me with all the symptoms, and has been home from work for two weeks; we just can't seem to shake off this terrible cough - we have each gone through a box of tissues in the last week.

Any way, on the weekend, Mr Fixit needed to catch up on some work things, so I spent some time in the sewing room - it was great therapy :)

obligatory sewing prep piccie

I finished up my christmas block for my June partner, Natasha, and so I don't spoil the surprise, here is a tease photo

I picked some Fat Quarters for my June partner, HelenW, once again, a tease photo follows

I also did some secret sewing :) here is a tease

Then, I got stuck into my Farmers Wife Quilt and made two more blocks - well I made three, but one was the wrong size!  My pile of 'rejects' is getting bigger LOL I will do something with them one day :)


Block 19 - Checkerboard


Block 26 - Cut Glass Dish

21 down ............... 90 to go!

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