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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CHERISH Do Good Stitches - June Block

after my success with May's block, I got sidetracked in June and was a bit late sending off my June block.

This block was super easy to make, and ended up being a huge 21"
I am really looking forward to seeing the finished quilt with this one :)

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Missing Christmas Blocks ...........

not once, but twice!!!!  What on earth is happening with the postal service lately?

You may remember back in May, I sent two blocks to my partner, Traci in USA.

here are the tease photos :)

well, normally when they arrive, I post colour pics ........... well, they have not arrived, but the empty envelope has :(

so here are the colour pics

I felt so badly that Traci's last swap with Christmas Block Swap was not a successful one, that I made two replacement blocks

and they have gone missing too!  so very frustrating!

next up is a block for JanF - a new member of our Christmas swap group - since it was very close to the start of the month when she joined, I offered to swap with her first (one of the benefits of being the Swap Co-Ordinator I guess :) )  here is my colour reveal

I had a block take forever to get to Australia from UK - it was posted on 23/3/15 and got to me on 10/6/15 such an unusually long time for mail from UK - usually it is 5 working days

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One Year Ago .............

 my father passed away most unexpectedly

RIP Dad - June 1933 - July 2014

I can't believe it has been a year already, it seems to have gone so quickly, but so slowly at the same time.

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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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