Well, I received my goodies in the mail -- on the same day no less! It was such a great way to finish off a really icky day that I had at work!! I rushed home and you would have thought it was Christmas!!
One parcel was from Ontario and the other one was from the U.K. I ripped into them like a school girl!!
And such nice goodies and mug rugs -- they are absolutely FAB!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE them!! But which to use first ....what a quandry.
So without further ado -- here are pictures of my goodies and mug rugs -- ladies -- you out did yourselves -- they are beautiful!!
My first package was from Leslie in Ontario -- and it had the most fabulous little pin cushion -- I don't have any pincushions ...so I will definitely use it.
My other goodies in the package was this adorable little travel sewing pouch -- it will be super for my stuff that currently resides in a ziplock bag when I take a quilting class ....and maybe I will be able to keep all of my scissors and needles together! Also was a fat quarter of the little stars on red -- I am thinking of making it into a little gadget bag -- 'cause I can't have enough bags!
Now for mug rug -- a big beautiful batik butterfly that was fussy cut and surrounded by greens and pinks! It is lovely!! And I can't wait to use it!!
My next parcel was from Fiona from the U.K. Again my breath was taken away -- my package of goodies was so pretty!
I've never had pin cushions and now I have two really sweet pincushions! Fiona's was rectangular & scrappy and embroidered and I figure it can sit on my cutting table.
She also included 2 pieces of fabric that she used in the mug rug and I really like them -- not sure what I will do with them ...but a quilter can always use fabric!!
The mug rug was darling --it has an embroidered tea cup or mug of coffee -- and it done up scrappy -- I really love it!!
This was such a fun swap -- I had some anxiety when I started because it was new territory for me but I am glad that I did -- I have some beautiful hand made gifts and met some new friends on line -- a win win situation for me!
So a very heartfelt thank you to both Leslie & Fiona -- ladies -- the packages were beautiful and really made an icky day into a great day!!
