Thanks, Laura, your geese flew into today.  I’m tracking the elapsed days between the dates on the envelopes and the days they arrive and so far yours was the quickest, just seven days.  Just used “Press This” for the first time, works a charm.

The first envelope has arrived!  Rachel’s bright geese have landed safely from Texas, together with a delightful postcard.   The postcard was a perfect way of reinforcing the regular envelope, now I know how to mail my blocks in future,...

Being out of town with a dead phone and no other connectivity over the weekend I nearly missed out on being a winner!  When I got back, a number of patient emails were waiting from Sophie to let me know.  I needed to have replied to the first email confirming acceptance and posting details, and I should have let her know beforehand that I may not be available when the draw happened.  Lesson is, don’t think you won’t win!!  I only...

These are my three flying geese blocks.  As I have been doing a lot of (smaller) paper based piecing recently, I thought it would simple to do these the same way, but they were a little unwieldy because of the piece sizes.  But glad I did...

My two birds left on Tuesday on their migration north to Kathleen.  Enjoy!

Managed to get to the post office today to mail my 3 envelopes of blocks.  Even with airmail, will take 7-14 days to get to you.  I think they run with cleft sticks   Enjoy them!   I’ve just noticed the 8 hour time difference between wherever this is hosted and my local time, so good morning!  … it’s late afternoon here.

I’ve made nine blocks so far this month, but only two are the right size, the other seven are a bit too short, so will keep them, and if I find some time, will make some more.  I also forgot when sewing them up that I had cut the backgrounds from three difference blues, and so mixed them up!  They are fine for me to keep, so not...

These were easy to make, and think I will make some more for myself.

My Heart string blocks were mailed yesterday, so are on their way from South Africa to New Zealand, United States and England.

Here are my nine String Heart blocks.  String piecing I love, but I really had to dig deep for low volume fabrics, and was so out of my comfort zone!  But as I read somewhere, as an antidote to being bored and being a bore, “when did you last do something for the first time?   I would like to donate these blocks to the...

My blocks were posted on Tuesday to Christa.  Post office says they will take 7-10 working days airmail.

After reading this blog for over a year, and making two or three blocks for fun, thought it time to participate.   And, new to WordPress! The hardest part was choosing the fabrics! Hope this works...