Sew Cook Laugh Live ~Swap sent and received...a new quilt beginning and some cross stitch~

Recently I was in a swap hosted by Jos

The brief was:  send at least 1m of fabric (could be fat 1/4)
2m tape/ribbon etc
4 buttons
thread
and something your partner will really enjoy

My partner was Michele from The Christmas Beetle
on the questionnaire Michele mentioned she was obsessed by Christmas and that her favourite colour was red
Into this package above went a cake of raspberry soap

French General fabric

1m of cotton tape and 1m of Christmas ribbon

pack of large rusty buttons/bells

A Christmas pattern by hugs'kisses and threads to match

A Christmasey fat 1/4

My parcel arrived last week and it made my day as I had to take it easy with this knee of mine

Thank goodness for Mr Armchair who was able to do some work from home (and still is) and care for JoJo while I had my leg up

I had instructions to follow *grin*

JoJo was to open the parcels with tape on them and not me!!!!!!

She like Michele is also obsessed with Christmas

I specified my favourite colours as soft, warm colours with aqua being my second favourite

I received some perle thread and a reel of aqua thread

a white cotton doiley

Christmastime fabric by my favourite designer Anni Downs of The Home Patch

Some lace and cotton/linen tape on pegs

And a pattern

4 lovely aqua ceramic buttons

Pattern Dashing Thru the Snowcones by Meme's Quilts

A little hanger as well

The tape is sitting up with others now

Close up of the fabric

Here's JoJo excitedly opening the 'taped' parcels

to find some very Christmasey mugs and some muffin cups

Thank you so much Michel......I We absolutely love this parcel and we would love to come to your shop one day in Albury for a visit......JoJo would just think all her Christmases had come at once!!!!!!

And thank you so much Jos from SewCookLaughLive for hosting this wonderful swap!!!!!!

I have thoroughly enjoyed participating in it

The fabric that Michele sent me was just the right size to go with my fat 1/8 of Christmastime that I already had

Laying out the fat 1/8ths

with Michele's fabrics

 

I started the quilt pattern Michele sent me

I have only done 2 blocks so far......I thought I might try appliqueing with blanket stitch on the machine this time to speed everything up but I can't sit at the machine yet!!!!!!!!!

I think I'm going to really enjoy doing this quilt as I've not done anything like it before

I think I might call it Ice Creams and Snowmen

 

Meanwhile I thought I would start a 'scary' cross stitch by LizzieKate I recently bought

using these wonderful Weeks Dye Works thread that came with the kit

I've got lots to do now on the stitching side so I better make the most of it while Mr Armchair is home!!!!!!

My giveaway is still open over here for those who haven't entered yet......Dzintra