walk time!

more splendid blocks!

block 92 double bee by Beth Bradley

block 93 

Tiny Miracles by April Rosenthal

block 94 skyscrapers by Stacey Lowe

block 95 Sunshine by Kim Niedzwiecki

block 96 In the Sunshine by 

Cheryl Arkison

block 97 first purse by Di Murphy (Mill)

 now there are only three more to post about, still working on one of them!

this journey is almost at its end with block making, then the real challenge begins!

of putting them all together into a quilt....

more splendid sampler blocks!

block 91 Grandmas button jar by Lynette Anderson

love it!

block 89 Colorado to the Midwest by Ebony Love

used lots of scraps for this one

block 88 Love is the answer by Pat Wys

and bonus block

Christmas wrapped star by from Jane Davidson

only two blocks behind now,

one is almost done and the other is a paper pieced one, so that is a weekend job...

long weekend (sort of here in Oz, well it is for me!)

Julz

Juggling

finished this one the other day....

changed the ribbons to baby ricrac.

catch up on the first 2 weeks of 2016!

well we have been busy here...

remember those trees that we lost recently? 

see here for a recap.

We got a guy in to clean them all up,

it was easier than trying to use the insurance company!

 logs all stacked up for cutting up later, 

3 huge bonfires!

this one is looking down the back from the garden fence, 

cleared the track up

and some Splendid Sampler blocks to add to the growing pile

this one is a bonus block, 

and these next 2 are regular blocks

and my new nails!

loving this colour

 

well that's about it.... 

time to get into the 2 blocks that I'm behind on already for SS, 

and some catchup on Stan!

funny story!

Now usually I only do one or two swaps at Christmas each year,

this year I did 5,

yes 5!

Some of these were on FB, one lady ran two different swaps from the same page which I put my name down for both....gasp!

anyway long story short, the same person got me in both swaps!\

Vickie for vickiescrafting!

all I can say is you are awesome lady!

I couldn't work out why she had sent me two gifts for the 25th for the Advent Swap until I read the little card on one!

and inside were 6 placemats to match my gorgeous runner from the other swap

all I can say is thank you! thank you! thank you Vickie!

I love all of my presents!

another fantastic year of awesome swap partners and presents!

I feel so lucky to have these wonderful people in my life, some I know in person, others only on line, but I'm sure that if and when we meet the friendships will be stronger than ever.

day 25 Advent swap from FB

a totally awesome table runner

long enough for my huge table!

Thank you so much
Vickie!

last presents in the Advent swap from FB

thanks Vickie!

I'll post the main present in a couple of days when I catch my breath!

Been away...and had another Christmas day at my place on Tuesday and then back to work!

week three of swap gifts from advent swap FB

thanks Vickie

secret santa sack swap

Ilene from retdairyqueen was my partner in this swap

now we were allowed to open these on December 18th,

sorry to only now post photos,

busy busy busy!

my gorgeous santa contained all of these parcels!

inside was lovely Cat Kidson hand cream and cuticle balm,

and a gorgeous beaded angel who is hanging on my advent calender

and lovely Summery table runner!

and a cute apron!

this amazing little tree hanging,

and a Christmas napkin holder

chocolate! (that didn't make it to the fridge!)

a book mark and

a shoe bag to match my laundry bag from another swap earlier in year where Illene was my partner also...

how lucky am I????

thank you Illene, my presents are gorgeous!

thank you to Cheryl for hosting another fantastic swap,

this was the first year that I managed to do this one, and I don't think it will be the last somehow!

Julz