So I have been unable to show my bounty from Chookyblues annual swap. Don't worry though I sent a thankyou email on Boxing Day to my partner Deb for my wonderful goodies. Here's what I received
Close-up of " Mary " - even down to the little painted shoes.
And here's what I sent to my partner Tracey
Machine pieced and hand quilted Mini.
Scrappy zipped bag and hand knitted welsh wool hat.
Little felt tree ornament.
What a great swap yet again. Many thanks to Chooky - she is taking some well-deserved time off to herself just now and who can blame her - can you imagine how many hours she has put into organising this ?I was going to end the year by listing my UFO's but that was too much like hard work. For now I am simply saying I will NOT start anything in January and work on some of my many WIP's. I just could not resist joining in with the quilt-a-long on Jeanne's blog. I do not plan on making one a day though as I know I will never keep that up so will probably just stop when I've had enough. I am making mine a bit bigger too - 5 inches. I have re-drafted the block and made plastic templates and have been going through my scraps tracing out the little pieces. I have quite a few ready to go. Was a bit naughty and stitched one up just to test it out. Which was a good thing as I had stitched the door unit and window units together wrongly - silly me. Have re-done this now...
so technically as this block is done the project is now officially not a January start - haha - have I convinced you ?
