The first package I opened today - was from a blog reader of mine - who is a first year player. Ms. Jeanine. I hope she has as much fun with the game as the rest of us do, and doesn't' think we are a bunch of crazy nuts! ;) well... we are! But you know what I mean :P
The second box was from my "neighbor" LOL Lisa-TX. I had the pleasure of meeting Lisa last year when I went on the HGTV "Circle of Friends" retreat in Manchester, NH. I drove to Houston the night before leaving and stayed with her at her home... finally a face to go with a voice that I've talked with on the phone so many times ;)
Lisa-TX's oldest daughter is Nora's age... and so she knew just what to pick that Nora would like and marked "for Nora" in the ziplock on the very top of the package! Thank you Lisa & Lauren for spoiling Nora and adding to her fabric stash!
and like so many other players this year - Lisa shared some FQs as well as some yardage... here are a few closer looks...
and don't these stripped FQs look pretty cool! I plan to keep these together to go to the same winner... they need to be used together don't you agree?
and some yardage cuts of some lovely florals...
and here is a close up again of Nora's FQ... as well as a little something for ME too! :D
the red/white fabric is for me... and is adorable! I just love it!!! "I caught the quilting bug"
Thank you Lisa!!!! I think I will search for some more to use for the backing of my current redwork BOM project I'm still working on... appears I've not shared photos on my blog of those in a while, b/c i know I have at least 6 of them done... Note to self... update.
These 8 lovelies below arrived from Thousands of Bolts that KY Sunshine had ordered to play bingo. She lives down under in Australia and was smart to place an order to get it here quickly.
The next package from Char77 I took several photos of.
The first are of all the fun and funky polka dots and cool striped fabrics.
Here's some closeups!
aren't those irregular stripes cool? and the colors - Mmmmm...
some florals, some spring colors, some neutrals... you name it - it's in here!
and since she said I could choose 5 for myself - Nora and I both agreed that these dots should stay here ;) aren't they cute? the first 4 from left to right are for sure keepers... still trying to decide on either the pink background or white background from the last 2 on the right. ;) I'm thinking the pink one will win. Thanks Char!
Nora's favorites are the pink ones.... of COURSE! :P
There are quilt a bit more to add to our still g-r-o-w-i-n-g jackpot of Fat Quarters and yards...
We are planning to leave town headed to KY for Easter weekend tomorrow after Nora gets out of school. So any other packages that come in - those show-n-tell photos will have to wait until after we return. ;)
Good thing my 2 girlfriends have keys to my home and will be checking for packages, as well as feeding "Big Drop" (Nora's fish) while we are away.
Oh and guess who thought it would be fun to climb up in the window and eat their lunch while I took photos of the bingo fabrics...
Love from Texas!
