Sunday 26 October 2014

Santa Sack Swap & 1 Xmas Item a Month

I had a lovely day stitching yesterday with Lisa from FignBerry Creations and Katie from Cottage Garden Threads. And I promise to show you photos of our lovely day, but I was meeting up with Carol there and as she and I were partners in Cheryll's Santa Sack swap we decided to hand deliver our gifts in person rather than post them. Here is the gorgeous bag Carol gave me full of wrapped gifts. How lucky am I. I had admired this gorgeous bag over on Melody's blog and now I have one of my own. 
And this is the bag of goodies I handed over to Carol -
All can be revealed in late November/early December.

Lots of other stitching happening this month, so not a lot of progress on my two projects for 1 Xmas Item a Month. However, I did finish one more block of "Merry Mistletoe" from Michelle of Rag-Tag Stitchin -
Today I spent working on my nieces quilt as her 18th is only three weeks away, and ta da - a top
Ready to be quilted . Will share some photos of my stitching day tomorrow. Cheryl

13 comments:

Michelle Ridgway said...

That was great to be able to hand over in person..lovely! Look forward to hearing about your day out xx

Anonymous said...

Hi Cheryl,so glad you and Sandi had a great day yesterday,love the bags you and Carol swapped,oh the temptation,lol,oh I love Lucy's quilt,well done you clever chicky.xx

Kim said...

Your very organised having the gifts ready. Your niece's quilt is lovely.

Wendy said...

Lovely bags and your stitching is beautiful. Your niece's quilt is looking lovely.

barb's creations said...

Love the bags and I got to see Mel's bag personally on the weekend retreat I've just come back from. Your niece's quilt is very vibrant and I'm sure she'll love it :) Barb.

Christine M said...

It's always lovely to be able to hand deliver our swap parcels. I was lucky enough to get one of those bags from Mel. They are gorgeous, aren't they! Lucy's quilt has come out nicely. I'm sure you'll get it quilted and bound in time for her birthday.

KERYN B said...

How are you going to not open those presentS?? Love your nieces quilt she will be thrilled..X

Melody said...

Lovely work, wish I could have been with you on Saturday. Carol sent me the details of the next one so I'll contact Lisa today

Fiona said...

lovely to swap your parcels inperson.... and the quilt is looking wonderful... happy quilting...
Hugz

Karen said...

That's a great way to exchange swaps, and the sacks do look great. Hope you had a great stitching day.
The quilt top is looking great.

Susan said...

Lovely quilt for your niece, I really need to get mine finished too. Looks like you had a fun day stitching and the Christmas sacks look very exciting.

marina said...

it's always great to swap in person.
Can you be good till swap time?
That's the hardest part.
Well done with your niece's quilt, hope you get it quilted in time.

Noela said...

I am going to do that with my partner too as we don't live too far from each other but I have a few more gifts to finish off first. Love the bags full of goodies. Your birthday quilt is very pretty. Hugs......