There's life Jim, but not as we know it!

I must be bonkers!  Well I think most of you already know that and are just too polite to say!

Anyway!  My brain really must live in an alternative universe most of the time, because despite being ridiculously busy, I've only gone and signed up to 3 new online ventures!!

The first one is Brit Quilt Swap round 3:

My Inspiration Mosaic for my secret partner.

I loved taking part in round 1 last year, which was my first experience of being in a swap. I opted out of round 2 (a pillow swap) because I was too busy!  It would seem that not much has changed, so I just decided to not let being busy spoil the fun of being involved with a great bunch of talented folks (just don't tell my husband! He has to live with 'The Grumpy Head' whenever I get too tired!).

This year I've decided to hone in on more of my 'loves' in P&Q - free motion sketching and paper/foundation piecing, as reflected in my mosaic.  But I'm really not that fussy, and have always been delighted with whatever I receive through swaps. The fact that someone has made something with me in mind just tickles me!

Sign ups don't close until 24th June, so if you are interested, pop on over to the Flickr group and sign up.

The 2nd thing I have signed up to is another Bee! 

When the call went out from the Modern Quilt Guild of Ireland (run by the lovely Cindy & Sarah) earlier this year, I initially said that I would be interested in a reserve capacity i.e. only if they didn't get 12 names. Well guess what?  They didn't and I was offered the place.

This was a group I particularly wanted to join in with, but again felt I was too busy at the time to commit (are you bored yet with the repeating record?).

The funny thing is I won the competition on naming the bee - Modern Irish Bee.  So it feels good to be a part of something I've been involved in naming (I wonder does the Queen ever feel like that -'I name this bee ....').

The bee kicks off in July, so plenty of time yet to panic get ready!

And the final thing I've signed up to? Well I can't actually tell you about that yet!  I will keep you posted though!

So there you have it! Life on planet Judith is definitely warped!  Do the complete opposite of what common sense and a really tired body tells you to and you'll fit right in!

Hope you had a great Father's Day weekend.

Say it with Flowers

We have a fund raiser for Bee Blessed coming up in June, and we are busy making items to sell at our craft table.

So far all I've managed to make are some crocheted brooches.

In my experience of selling at craft fairs, it's the smaller items that usually sell well.

I really like these myself!  But I probably won't get time to make myself one!  I'll just have to buy one back on the day!!!

But something came in the post yesterday just for me!

Cotton wadding and 4 poplin fqs!

These are my winnings from PippaBlue, who was sponsoring the Modern Quilt Guild of Ireland's new Bee naming competition.

My suggestion won, wait for it .................

Original or what!

Sadly, I'm already too over committed to other things to join the Bee this round, but there's always next year!

Hope you are having a great end to the week!

Oh It's Me!!!

Thank you everyone for such a positive and enthusiastic response to the Pippi Longstocking Tutorial.  

I'm really excited that she will soon have a few more friends to keep her company!

I completely forgot that I was being featured yesterday on the new Modern Quilt Guild of Ireland blog.  Oooops!   If you want to have a wee nosey, click here.

And one more link to tell you about.

My daughter has now completely overtaken me in the popularity stakes, by posting her own fimo making tutorials on YouTube.  She's only been doing it a few months and she already has over 200 followers!  

Didn't she do well!!

Have a great weekend!

Modern Quilt Guild of Ireland

I'm not a member of my local Quilters' Guild here in N.Ireland (I don't actually think they'd let me in - too much of a rule breaker!).

But I'm excited to join the new Modern Quilt Guild of Ireland, launched last month by Sarah and Cindy.

If you live anywhere in Ireland, then please consider joining this new group.  

Sarah and Cindy have set up a new blog and flickr group where you can get more information, browse and be inspired.  

There is a growing number of Quilting bloggers in Ireland, both north and south, and I often thought it would be good to try and get more connected on a local level. 

So if you fancy being part of a modern quilters' group, joining in swaps, projects, meeting up & more, then fill in the form on the MQGI blog.