Doin' a happy dance (again) LOL

edited:  with all the bother with blogger over the last two to three weeks, I thought I would repost this one - it deserves a special mention

I have received some more lovely packages in the mail this week.

First up from Pat (no personal blog, but see HERE)

All that lovely applique - I am so in awe of people who can do applique ;-)

Thank you so much for all your hard work, Pat.  It is lovely.

My Towel Topper is ready, but I just have to work out how to use the buttonhole attachment on my new sewing machine, and then it will be in the mail to my partner, along with a tried and true easy peasy pasta recipe.

Next up are some pics of some online shopping I did.  I was very brave and bought some fabrics from USA - the Aussie $$ is just too good not to at the moment.

I am so very tempted to use the above fabric and make up the Birdie Stitches blocks - it would be a real challenge for me to do some embroidery, and I am only 5 months behind ;-)

These fabrics came from Fabric Flair before they closed.  Beautiful fabrics, excellent customer service - my only regret is that I didn't buy more.

Some sewing just for me & FQs from Barb

I did some sewing just for me ;-)

I liked the way the recent baby bag I made came together, so I made another one.  I was in Spotlight the other day and saw some material that I just fell in love with and thought it would make a lovely tote bag.

I have also received a set of yellow fat quarters from Barb

Thank you Barb, I love the yellow owls ;-) and thanks for the extra goodies too ;-)

Design Wall Monday - FQs sent & received

This has been on my design wall for far too long - it is time to sew it up - ready for Monochromatic Challenge.

Check out other design wall participants HERE

I received some gorgeous yellow FQs in the mail last week from Wendy, along with some extra bits & pieces - thank you Wendy. 

These are the fat quarters I sent to Wendy & Barb

It's the end of the month - time to play catch-up ;-)

I have spent most of the day playing catch-up with all my swaps.

Cheryll has let me know that the towel toppers I made have arrived.

It was a bit out of my comfort zone, but I did so enjoy this particular challenge.

I made two towels, learning something new with each step of the way.

I hope Cheryl likes them - they have antique buttons on them - the buttons came from Mum's stash that could be anywhere from the 1930's onwards.

My May blocks for Block Swap Adventure and Quilt Block Swap Australia are in the mail.

I received some gorgeous yellow FQs in the mail today from Wendy, along with some extra bits & pieces - thank you Wendy.  It is too dark to take a photo now and will try again tomorrow morning.

May swap blocks finished and in the mail ;-)

Hi everyone

I don't know where my head is lately - I just can't seem to concentrate on anything for any amount of time.

I finally got to spend some time in the sewing room today and was able to finish up the last two blocks for my swap groups.

Here is a sneak peek of the block for Lana, for Block Swap Adventure

Here is a sneak peek of the block for Larissa (no blog),
for Quilt Block Swap Australia

These blocks will be in the mail on Friday, with apologies to my swap partners for leaving it till the end of the month.