Off to Peggy this afternoon, before five pm! I hope you enjoy every single one! From Susan at DesertSky Quilting

Four baskets went in the post today on their way to Peggy. It will take something like two weeks to get there. Congratulations to all winners. Best wishes Margaret Rolfe

With the arrival of Margaret’s blocks in today’s mail I have all 40.  My design wall happens to be empty — I’ve got room to play! (*Antipodes = diametrically opposite part of the earth, which Australia is if you live in England. I don’t, but the word is fun. The root is “those with the opposite feet.”)

I was away this week and was pleasantly surprised to find two envelopes waiting at home on my return.  Two blocks each from Mary S and Cathy L, thank you ladies!  Karen N, South Africa.

Basket blocks are on the way to Kathy and Peggy and should arrive early this week.  Have fun with them.

Thank you Nann for the wonderful blocks that arrived in today’s mail. They are perfect! Love the flower and bird.

Karen’s poppy blocks arrived from South Africa today. Thanks!  

Kathy, My four baskets were mailed to you today. Enjoy,  Kathoe

. . .I’ve just mailed the baskets to both Kathy and Peggy.

Linda’s block arrived in today’s mail.  I’ve received all the U.S. poppies — just waiting for the transoceanic bunch to get here! Thanks for the Duluth postcard, Linda. We’ve been there twice on Road Scholar trips — 2005 at UW-Superior and 2011 at Naniboujou Lodge.  (And I highly recommend Northland, by Porter Fox. He traveled the length of the U.S. / Canada border from Passmaquoddy Bay to the Strait of...

Ladies,  I have discovered the perils of deciding my plate was just a little too full this month and skipping the basket blocks.  I nearly forgot to send my California Poppies block off to Nann!  It’s in the mail today, you should have it early next week.  Sorry!   Instead, I was busy sewing together my Rail Fence variation blocks.  I’m almost to the flimsy stage, I’ll show it off when I get it there, it might take me a lot...

Over the last couple days, I received California Poppies blocks from Peggy M and Linda N. This completes everything I was to receive. Thank you, ladies, for stitching these lovely blocks and participating in this wonderful group. I plan to sew an additional 8 blocks (to total 48) and set them with sashing. I hope to have a flimsy to share early next month. Thanks again!