Happy mail day!

Today I had one of those days Tracee had recently, when you get one of those blue cards in the mail, except that I got a blue one and a red one!! Maybe they ran out of blue ones or maybe they just wanted to cheer up my day!

Two goodies bags!!

This beautifully wrapped parcel was opened first,

Have a look at this!!! The Easter 12" Mini Swap from Sisbabe. Isn't  it amazing? Love the little chickies!

And the lovely label. I am a very happy swapper. Many thanks too, to the best in the world swap Mumma  Cheryll.

The second package had this beautiful silk shawl/scarf and it comes from Kabul and is a thank you from the soldier I sent the Collingwood Aussie Hero quilt to. He also sent a lovely letter of thanks and a badge from his Australian unit. He is on his 5th tour of duty, it must be hard to be away from his family so much.

And here is my sheep - 

I made a mistake with the head but apart from that I am happy with her. I had to laugh, last night Tracee's son Darcee asked if I had made an armadillo!! I don't dare take a side on photo, then you will see what he means! Lol!! It has been a big learning curve for me, I am hoping to make another one at some stage, so maybe I can make one that looks like a sheep!

I have joined up over at Cheryll's for FNWF 

Tracee, Marg and Tania and I are getting together to make another block in the Underground Railroad Sampler. I was supposed to get it all cut out today, but have been pootling around doing other things

Better get on with it and get the pieces cut out!

One quick photo of the supervisor outside yesterday morning enjoying the sunrise

Happy sewing!

Woo Hoo! A finish!!

The  "Collingwood" quilt is finished, labelled and on it's way! I had  to squash it into the box, I thought putting the fluffy throw on the back was a good idea until it came time to fold and pack and boy was it a squash to get it into the box!! The air got a little blue around here!!

here is the back of the quilt

and the front.

Oops, I have done something wrong with this photo but never mind, this is the laundry bag I made for the same service man, apparently the washing is put in the bag, the top tied and the whole lot goes in the washing machine and then the dryer and then back to the person who owns it. The normal bags are green, blue or brown (from memory) so imagine trying to find your washing in a whole heap of the same colour bags!! This is a lot easier to find and much more personal. There are a heap more pictures at the Aussie Hero Quilts and laundry bags blog to have a look at. Some people have made amazing bags!

And my poppies are off in the post to 5000 poppies today a little contribution to their large project! 

and now I am off to fix up these little bits of fabric that have ended up on the wrong side of the raggy seams quilt,

little suckers were a bit hard to control!! Lol!!

Happy sewing!