What a lovely surprise!!!

Okay ... after I had that "Murphy" [["anything that can go wrong ... will!!"]] type day last week things have definitely been looking so much better!!! Look what came in the mail for me ....

I couldn't believe my eyes when I opened up this pretty parcel!!! All of these wonderful goodies came from Clare's Craftroom ... I won a giveaway on her blog and the prize was her "Flutterby" pattern, but she also sent all of these fabulous treats too!!! So very generous and kind...... thanks so much Clare!!! I've also been very busy stitching this week ... it's been a most productive few days I'm pleased to say :o). These are a surprise for a friend ... I hope she likes them :o) ... and I finished my "Slice and Dice" quilt in the bright and beautiful Oh Cherry Oh fabrics (pattern available here) ... just working with those fabulous colours put a smile on my face ... aren't they just so happy!!! This is the front, it's quilt-as-you-go, very fat quarter friendly ..... and ........ It's reversible too!!!! This is the back :o). He he he ... two quilts in one!!!!

I'm off to stitch some more, I working with some Moda 'Portobello Markets' fabrics at the moment, totally different to the Oh Cherry Ohs but still absolutely gorgeous :o)!!!

A great week so far!!!

It really has been a good week so far ... And it's only Tuesday :o)!

Yesterday I went off to my quilting group and we did a workshop on free motion quilting. I've had a go at this once or twice and I've quilted a couple of items this way, but I have to admit ... never very confidently. Well, we had the best fun!! I've come away from that class feeling so much better about giving it another go!! Here's part of my practice piece ... I really enjoyed doing the leafy design ... some of the rest of the piece looks a bit like a dog's dinner so this is the only part I'm sharing LOL.

When I got home from quilting there was a parcel on the doorstep!!all the way from USA!!! Look what I got .....

I won a giveaway recently from Jennifer at Sweet Liberty, the prize was a bundle of 'manly flannels'. Well I have to say I never expected so much!!These are all fat 1/4s .....

and these are dozens of 5" squares already cut and ready to use!! And they're all sitting on 2 1/2 yards of gorgeous log cabins on cream.That's not all ..... there was also a yummy Dove chocolate and an American Patchwork and Quilting magazine!!!It wasn't long before this was the scene on my table :o) .... note the empty choccy wrapper hehehe.

Thank you so much Jennifer, you're very kind ... your generosity just blew me away - you made my day :o).

I also managed to get some stitching done today (another good day!!!). I've been putting together my Oh Cherry Ohs - they're such cheery fabrics!!

I'd like this quilt to be another OPAM finish for April ;o)

...... lol we'll see!!

Doing the Happy Dance!!!!

C'mon Kris .... join me, you know you know how it's done he he he ... shuffle, shuffle, clap, clap ..... sliiiiide .... shimmy shimmy .... oh yeah!!! That's me dancing cos I'm celebrating - I've finally finished Ross and Alicia's quilt!!!! Yay!!!! I can't wait to give it to them!!!

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I'm so pleased with it, the colours are so fresh and the butterflies (on the 'diamond' strips - you can't see them too well on this piccy, they're clearer here) are just right for Alicia, she LOVES butterflies :o). It's made from one of my JoyPatch patterns called "Diamonds and Braids" but I added a border to make it bigger.

I'm also chuffed to bits with how the label turned out. I was going to piece a label from some of the leftover fabrics but then I had a bright idea. So I bolted down to my Local Quilt Store to see Margaret and the girls there and I bought a pack of printable fabric. DD gave me a hand with finding a site to edit my piccies (here) it was an easy site to navigate, so I played until I came up with this!!! I really like it :o). The pic isn't quite as clear as real life - it's Ross placing the ring on Alicia's finger - but I think you get the idea.

So, since I've finished that now, I'm free to make other things. So, I started stitching these gorgeous fabrics .......These are my "Oh Cherry Oh's - I've been dying to get my hands on these little darlings ... don't they all go together so beautifully!!??! I ran out of thread part way through though so I've had to put them aside, but I'll be off to get more thread tomorrow so that I can make some more progress :o).

Going to do the ironing now ....

Oh Pretty Oh!!!

Look what came in the mail today!!!!!!

I have held them .............. ... and arranged them ......... ......and re-arranged them .............

They're just so pretty!!!

They're "Oh Cherry Oh" from Moda ....... I think they're Oh Yummy Oh :o)!!!!

Talk soon ................