Happy Australia Day!!! … and the winner is ;o)……

Happy Australia Day all my Aussie mates!!! Hope you had a great one!! Ours was a bit humid and loads of fun. Thankfully the rain held off for most of the day and the skies didn’t open til after all the fun and frivolity was done – well, for us anyway ;o).
Alright then ……… I won’t keep you in suspense any longer. The 3 winners of my “Dear Diary” giveaway are…………………
 Gill Smith said... Hi Joy, what a lovely giveaway! PLEASE put my name in the hat! Hugs Gill xx  Anne said... As everyone else has already said - it is a great pattern. Thanks for the opportunity, would love to win, but we'll see :0). Larissa said... What a great giveaway Joy ... that pattern is gorgeous!!! Thanks for the opportunity to win this little beauty ... your fifth version is very cute!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!!!!!

Please email me at  joy at joypatch dot com with your snail mail addresses and I’ll get your patterns out to you post haste.
Thank you so much to everyone who entered, and also for your very kind words about my little pattern. It means so much to know that you like it :o).

Hope you all had a FABULOUS Australia Day!!!

We sure did!!! We went to our friends Valerie and Bob’s for a bbq … mmmmm, roast lamb on the barbie, chicken and snags …. YUMMM. Not to mention the backyard cricket and cane toad races lol. Not real toads, oh no thank you, I really couldn’t imagine having to touch one of those ugly brutes … no, these were the cute pink plastic variety … and Valerie won!!! That’s me on the left coming second last [[sigh]]!!!This was one of the prizes for the day … isn’t it a fun stubby cooler, it even had a hat to keep the flies out of the beer LOL!!It was very hot but most cooled off in the pool …. what a fun day it was :o)!!

I’m still doing my “eBay renovations”. Bear’s room is done now I’m doing my sewing room. I’ve bought an old Canadian banker’s desk – it’s about 50–60 years old I’m told. I now have lots of lovely drawers to keep my fat quarters in … And a certain someone else has found herself a nice comfy spot too LOL ….

Here’s a sneaky peek at what I’ll have for you on the Among the Gumtrees blog on Monday ……………..It’s my turn to bring you a freebie pattern, can you guess what it is??? It’s a very handy item … we use ours all the time :o).

Don’t forget you can get your 2nd blocks in Cheryl‘s “Under the Sea” BOM and Vicky’s “Flirting with Flowers” BOM on Monday too!!!

A Parcel for me!!!

I got the most wonderful surprise last Friday when the postie called at my house!! My parcel arrived from Sandi from Legacy of Stitches in US with the giveaway pressies I won on her blog in December. To say I was gobsmacked when I opened the box would be a HUGE understatement!!!The 'prize' was listed as this gorgeous Christmas stocking that Sandi made, filled with Christmas fat quarters. Well, with the name she had put on it I simply HAD to enter ... and when she received my comment Sandi even emailed me saying how funny it would be if I actually won it LOL!!! Here's the fat quarters that were packed inside .... can you believe she fitted them all in??? Well, she did :o)!!! But it didn't stop there .... Sandi also sent these, I guess because it's almost Valentines day - my 16 year old DD2 thought these were pretty spesh ;o)...... .... aren't they gorgeous??!! But there's more ...... I even got this pattern for a Penny Rug - designed by none other than Sandi herself :o) ... and .....Some wool felt so that I can make the bunny one straight away ..... I can't wait to try it, I've never worked with wool felt before!!! Last of all were these cute jingle bells to decorate my Christmas tree next December. Honestly, I felt truly spoilt ....... Sandi you're so generous and I thank you from the bottom of my heart :o).I'll be back again soon hopefully with piccies of my finished cot-quilt if all goes to plan .......

To all the Aussies, have a truly fabulous Australia Day tomorrow ... we'll be having a barbie with friends ... even if it rains (which is forecast he he) we'll just hide under the pergola :o)!!!

Until then .....

P.S ....... go and check out this fabulous giveaway at http://bittybitsandpieces.blogspot.com/ ... simply gorgeous prizes to be won!!!!!

Hugs,

Joy :o)