Saturday, 5 October 2013

A Bird from Heaven

A few weeks ago, this amazing, beautiful bird migrated its way to me, all the way from Greece!

Mini Quilt & book from Teje

I have had the privilege and pleasure of getting to know fellow blogger Teje for some months now!  She is an incredibly talented and considered quilter, and a keen animal lover too! (you should check out her amazing paper piecing! Wow!)

Inspired by this book.......

Mini Quilt & book from Teje

..... Teje has made this stunning mini quilt, and sent both to me! 

Mini Quilt & book from Teje

How lucky am I!  Just look at the details!  And the quilting is stunning!

I get to keep the quilt, read the book, and then make something inspired by the book to pass on to another blogger!  What a great idea!

Mini Quilt & book from Teje

And it's just as well there's no time schedule to this blog hop, as I haven't started reading the book yet!!  I don't have a lot of free time at the moment, but I used to 'eat' books!  So I'm hoping I can soon start to read this book, in a big, squishy armchair, in front of a roaring open fire, with a large wee glass of Baileys on ice! Aaahhhh! Heaven!

Thank you once again T, for sharing and blessing me with your talent and creativity. 

Jxo

17 comments:

  1. It is a lovely quilt, and I love all those baskets too.

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  2. Such a lovely gift and a great idea to pass it on. Enjoy the book and I look forward to seeing what you create from it. Your sewing room looks delightful!

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  3. Hi Judith! Thank you so much for your sweet words! This was my first bird and I feel pain seeing those unmatching points (auch). This bird got me hooked and now I have made several more.
    I love your baskets! How great idea to see what's inside.
    Have a lovely Sunday and I hope you have soon time to felax in your cosy arm chair! x Teje

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  4. What a great idea, and a lovely gift.

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  5. Lucky you! What a beautiful quilt! And such a nice idea, although it is a lot of work to make something like this. I think that we all need more hours in a day! Patchwork and Quilting is sure a kind of Addiction!

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  6. A beautiful wee mini and a fab idea! We all need a good book and squishy chair every now and then!

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  7. Interesting blog hop idea. Such a sweet birdie quilt. Your armchair and roaring fire sound very enticing.

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  8. You received an absolutely gorgeous quilt and it got a perfect spot. The idea of reading and sewing is brilliant. Love your place at the fire with a good glass....

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  9. It looks amazing on the wall - what a sweet idea!

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  10. What a lovely surprise and a fab idea!

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  11. Teje made a gorgeous mini. I love the cheerfulness of it and those vibrant colours.

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  12. It's a beautiful wee quilt and a lovely idea. I see we share the same canvas in our sewing room!

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  13. love the mini quilt and also the Jennifer Chiaverini novel. I have read most of them and feel I know all the Elm Creek quilters really well, I would love to join their quilt camp! You will enjoy them too I am sure, they become very addictive! x

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  14. what a fun idea, love the quilt you got. It's adorable.

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  15. Beautiful quilt and great idea!

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