An envelope from Robin arrived last week and one from Linda arrived this week – thank-you ladies! Like I did once before for Sophie, I’m tracking the sent and received dates, the size of the envelopes and what it cost each of you to mail to South Africa.  I am mortified at how much the postage cost has increased from the United States (nearly 6 times more than it costs me to mail to the US!) .   I have also had to go and collect the...

My four Rail Blocks sent off to Teresa at the post office yesterday.   May take 2-4 weeks to arrive!   Karen N in Cape Town, South Africa.  (Just remembered that I had intended to take them with me to the UK next week, and mail from there, to see if they would arrive quicker!  Oh, well!)

Oh, this is so exciting!   Wonderful squishy envelopes received from Peggy W (last Tuesday), and Cathy K today.  Thank-you!

Here are my four Rail Variation blocks for donation.  Karen N.

I love the name of this block!   I thought I was cutting pieces for three blocks…that was sneaky and magical!  Six blocks and two dozen half-square bonus triangles!  And they went together like a charm!   Six Noonlights for the draw.  Karen N – Cape...

Three Susannahs taken to the post office this morning to start their migration north to Mary.  Hopefully will be there in 2-3 weeks, but I see my January blocks took over a month to arrive!  From Karen N in Cape Town, South Africa at the bottom end of the African continent.

Two envelopes for Kathie and Kathleen taken this afternoon to the post office.  Expect them in 10 to 14 days (I think they get transported by donkey cart, or a man with a cleft stick).    Karen in Cape Town, South Africa…eagerly/impatiently awaiting birth of first grandbaby, in Wales…now 4 days beyond due date….

I thought that if I did not make these right away they might not get done at all.  These for the draw this time!  Don’t know why the whites look grey.   Karen N in Cape Town….but next week in Wales and France!!  Yay, snow!!    ...

I have six blocks for donating.   They took me longer to make than I expected…I think mainly because the pieces are smallish.  I kept having to add and add to get them big enough to trim!  Over the years I have tamed my scraps into usable sizes, so don’t have many larger chunks.  I have many tubs of tiny strings and crumbs, but knew they would take a lot of pieces and stitching to get to 9″ and I didn’t want to cut...

My three framed blocks were mailed at the post office to Cathy L today.  Will take at least 10-14 days to arrive.  Karen in Cape Town.

These are my three blocks for January and I enjoyed making them.  Curiously I initially thought the instructions were complicated, mainly as I did not notice the two small white areas in the pattern picture!  But once the pieces were cut the instructions become very clear!  These three for donation.  Karen N in a very dry Cape...

I got to the Post Office today and the blocks were mailed… they wil take about 12-4 days to arrive at Jude’s house.  Karen N in Cape Town.