"Cos I'm happy.....

...oh yes I am....yesterday a parcel turned up in the mail, something I had been resisting for a while but then caved in...

...all the way from the UK...

...yes I am joining the Ripple Blanket brigade!!! Love the colours in this bag....and the pattern from Attic 24, Lucy does the most beautiful crochet! Not sure when this will be done , but I have the wool for when the urge strikes!!! Lol!!

ALSO...another package arrived in the mail today......a surprise...from the lovely Ondrea...a while back I surprised Ondrea with a pincushion/caddy....here although stitching it has caused a few headaches for Ondrea.....and today she surprised me with something that needs no stitching, just wearing with joy!!!

Isn't this beautiful...thank you so much Ondrea, I love it and yes you did surprise me!!! Have been wearing it today!!

This afternoon (late) I produced these

with many thanks to  Jo who sent me a link to make 8 half square triangles at a time......worked a treat, now I just need to trim them.

This morning was sewing at St Leonards and Cathy brought in her Chooky quilt to show us...last time I saw this Cathy was hand sewing each chook

how cute is this???

and here is the quilt....

love this little chook.....Cathy has a new sewing machine and is very proud of her in the ditch quilting and then went on to make a table topper.....

......to try out different stitches on the machine. Didn't she do an amazing job??

Had better go and organise dinner...

Happy sewing.

Surprise

I have just been down the street to the Post Office and to meet Donna for a Berry Zing!! Yum!! Great mix of berries, pineapple, water and lemon gelati!! Is the best!
The Easter mini swap organised by Cheryll is on it's way to it's new owner, the Aussie Hero Quilt has it's binding on, ready for hand sewing, there are also still endy bits to sew in, I have been avoiding them I must admit!! I spent a hour and a bit trying to make a toy sheep, but didn't read the pattern properly and made several mistakes and ended throwing the lot in the bin!!  Now I have talked to Donna I can see where I went wrong so I am going to try again! Maybe!

I had a wonderful surprise - Donna gave me one of her hand knitted scarves with a beautiful NZ holder! Aren't I spoilt?? Love the colours!

These are the sheep I am hoping to make one of - just one!! They are soooooo cute!!

And here is the fairy girl, not far off finished now!

Happy sewing!