Patchwork Package

You may remember a week or so ago I was a guest at a virtual Baby Shower.  We all make gifts for the party as well as for Sarah and the bump (currently known as Bean)

I contributed two sets of scissor tags, which were won by Leanne, and they finally went winging their way to Canada today.

And today I received the gift I won.  I actually missed the announcement as to *what* I had won so it was very exciting when  Reene from Nellie's Niceties (love the alliteration, Reene) contacted me for my address and told me she was sending me some off-cuts of fabrics.

Packaged in a lovely cotton bag

were all these pieces of fabric!  Reene called them scraps, and, as she says, other people's scraps are more interesting than our own, but look what a packed goodie bag of yummy fabrics I got!

Some lovely chucks that will go with the rainbow charms for when I'm ready to start that idea that is lurking in my brain

And some selvedge edges (I already had 34 stitched 5" squares of selvedge edges , so am now closer to my goal)

Reene, thank you so much :-)

Bank Holiday Bonus

So far today . . .

Endless Ribbon has been renamed Ribbon Race, as it's down to 6m long which hardly qualifies as endless.  I wish I'd used more picture fabrics as I think it would make a great I- Spy quilt.  Maybe next time

I have started on an embroidery order of  sweatshirts and fleeces for the local pre-school

I have made scissor tags for A who I will be seeing tomorrow (and who has sons who have little respect for fabric scissors not being designed to cut other stuff)

And I've been proof reading a 2500 word essay on ": Leibniz argues that our freedom rests in the fact that reasons ‘incline without necessitating ‘. Assess the concept of freedom in Leibniz and compare its strengths and weaknesses with at least one other rationalist’s concept of freedom." - wonder why I've got a headache!

10 minutes here, 15 minutes there. . .

10 minutes here, 15 minutes there . . . does add up to some sewing and embroidery!

I did these embroideries for a customer, for her son and his fiance's wedding.

I made these scissor tags for the Mug Rug swap goodies

And this is the starting of a mug rug for a partner who likes autumn shades: hope she likes it