Christmas Block Swap - September

Jan was my partner for September in the Christmas Quilting Block Swap.

Jan sent me this beautiful Starburst Cross

I sent her this pinwheel block - Jan's request was for bright colours, I hope this is bright enough!

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Christmas Quilting Block Swap - July

Here is a pinwheel block that I sent to Erin for the July swap.

Here is the Starburst Cross block I received from Erin

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12" & 15" blocks are SOOOO BIG!!

especially after making 6 1/2" blocks for the Farmers Wife Quilt  LOL

I made sure I spent some quality time in the sewing room this week.

For July for the Christmas Block Swap, I made a pinwheel block for Erin.



July for CHERISH do Good Stitches was an octagon block - I normally hate paper piecing with a vengance, but thanks to some great instructions by Kelly, I got through it OK without too much swearing and re-sewing ;)



I took the opportunity to do the August block for CHERISH while I was in the mood!
and thanks to a great tutorial HERE the blocks came together just fine!

 

I am currently working on another row of my Farmers Wife Quilt - will post an update soon :)

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Quilt Block Swaps - December update

Christmas Block Swap

Pinwheel block for December Christmas Block Swap for Charmaine

December block - Xmas block swap for Charmaine

I received the most wonderful package from Charmaine - filled with Christmas goodness! 

Mug Rug & some Christmas panels

a Christmas 9 patch

a gorgeous Christmas star

Another Angel block needed - this time for a failed November Christmas Block swap :(

Christmas Angel Block for Maree

Quilt Block Swap Australia

December is my final swap with QBSA.  It seems rather fitting that my last swap was with my first partner, SueB, who also happens to be the group's founder :)

I made two blocks, as I wasn't perfectly happy with the first one.

Antique Tile Block #1 for SueB

Antique Tile Block #2 for SueB

Also, I felt I had to make up for my very first block which I trimmed to 12" (not realising it was supposed to be 12 1/2" )  but Sue set me straight.  I certainly think my sewing has improved since then.

First QBSA block made in 2010 - my very first block swap ever!

My final block from Sue - a perfect Rainbow Starflower block and the most gorgeous handmade card  :)

QBSA December swap - final swap from SueB

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

Slow post :(

I am not sure what is happening with Postal Services of late ................ it seems that everyone is experiencing delays :(

I posted my Christmas Block to Hope on 20th October, and it has just arrived 7th November - that's 15 working days from Australia to USA - NOT HAPPY JAN!

Hope has indicated that she likes it,

and that her October block to me has been posted yesterday - I hope

it doesn't take another three weeks to get to me :(

The lovely Narelle sent me some FQ Birthday Love and according to the post mark, it took 11 working days to get from QLD to SA

FQ Birthday Love from Narelle

FQ Birthday Love from Virginia

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catching up on block swaps

It seems like an awfully long time since I spent time in the sewing room - so I was very happy to have the opportunity this week to get some sewing time :)

Do Good Stitches - July 2014 - Improv Strips
 

Do Good Stitches - August 2014 - Boy/Girl Log Cabin
 

These blocks are ready to go in the post :)

I finished my Christmas Block for Hope, my October partner.  Here is a tease photo :)

colour pic will be posted when it has

arrived - hope you like it, Hope :)

I realised I had not shared a photo of what I received in the Mini Quilt Swap from Susan

here it is on my wall - thank you Susan, I love it!!

I gathered my FQs for Fat Quarter Swap Birthday Club

Birthday Love for Arlene

Birthday Love for Jessica

I also spent time catching up on my CraftMad Family Christmas Quilt, but will share photos tomorrow :)

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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 ;)

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.