It was fun to play (for my first time) in the annual Australia Day Swap run by Jewells...
my parcels both received & sent were new-to-me blogs... gotta love that!
My parcel of goodies went to Sharmayne, who blogs at Country Fragrance... I sent her:
A - aqua fabric... U - utensil, an ice cream scoop... S - stamps print fabric... T - tea light candles
R - red spotty tea towel... A - Aussie Flag bunting... L - Lollies... I - ice cube trays
A - Australian Afternoon Tea
A - aqua fabric... U - utensil, an ice cream scoop... S - stamps print fabric... T - tea light candles
R - red spotty tea towel... A - Aussie Flag bunting... L - Lollies... I - ice cube trays
A - Australian Afternoon Tea
A - Australian Tea... U - Useless china eggs... S - Australian flag serviettes...
T - Aussie Day toothpicks... R - Rubber bands... A - Australia Flag keyring... L - Lemon Myrtle Soap
I - Inch ruler... A - angel
Kerrie also put in a 'Green & Gold' extras bundle of some happy green fabric & eucalyptus lollies.
The Site Manager went for a day at the Tooth Fairy yesterday (Tues)... came home with two less teeth... he's recovering well... he's very quiet & of course he's not too keen on taking his antibiotics tablets... but, done the Mumma Hibiscus way, it's down the hatch before he realises. It's strange that he's so completely silent... but his happy little sounds will be back soon!
Some of my recently cut fabrics are now basted hexagons... they're so easy to do while watching the telly... but as I use the old-fashioned thread-baste method, sometimes the needle bites me when I get distracted with excitement... ouch!
It's been too hot to do much else in the last few days - but basting about 75-odd hexy's is a pretty good effort, methinks! Add that to the 600-or-so already in the bag, & it's coming along nicely!
(Update: those 600-ish hexy's are what I've accumulated over the last 2½ years or so)
I welcome my recent new Followers, & look forward to hearing from you!
It's been too hot to do much else in the last few days - but basting about 75-odd hexy's is a pretty good effort, methinks! Add that to the 600-or-so already in the bag, & it's coming along nicely!
(Update: those 600-ish hexy's are what I've accumulated over the last 2½ years or so)
I welcome my recent new Followers, & look forward to hearing from you!
16 comments:
Hi Anthea what lovely swap parcels both sent and received,wow that's a lot of hexies xx
What a great swap! Lovely gifts!!
Cheers
xxx
You've already done 600 hexies? That is coming along very nicely! I have had enough of this really hot weather - I hope you're not regretting giving away the ice cube tray!!
Happy to see your parcel arrived safely full of lovely goodies. Thank you for joining my swap.
What a great swap - coming and going!
Lots of fun swap gifts you sent and received, Anthea.
What a fun swap! I do my hexies the old fashioned way too! Nice little bundle you have growing there.
One cool swap there, looks like fun. Have a great time with those hexies, cute colours.
Cheers, Anita.
Hello Anthea,
Love the Aussie swap gifts, very Summery too.
Good luck with your hexie sewing, I do it that way as well, so relaxing.
Happy days.
Bev.
Very fun looking swap! Love the "useless eggs" ;) Gosh you are climbing that mountain of hexies beautifully!
What a lovely swap, you certainly got a lot of great gifts even the useless egg! I see you have contracted the hexie bug that is going around and it seems you have a bad dose :)
Fun parcels. I also baste with thread as I get in a mess with the glue and I find it just as quick. I use really cheap thread for basting and use good thread for the whipstitching in similar colour to the fabric. Have fun.
What a cute idea. I missed this when it all happened. Must have been fun finding things beginning with the right letter of the alphabet.
That sounds like a great swap, some very clever ideas there.
Fantastic swap and I love the hexies. You did well basting that many. Sorry to hear about the site manager. My girly has been to the vets twice in the last week with another visit on Wednesday for her allergies. Becoming a little high maintenance at the moment.
Lovely swap and your hexies are looking pretty! That's a lot of them!
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