Blue Skies & Colourful Post!

2 reasons to smile today:

1. BLUE SKIES - YIPPEE!

2. Mr Postie brought yummies!

I entered Jo's (Bearpaw) giveaway in May and out of over 1200 entries, my number was picked!

And what a generous giveaway at that - thank you Jo so much, I love every single item.

The cutest wee needle case & pincushion

And all this fabric .....

I know these pictures are too bright to appeciate the colours & patterns, but I'm not complaining - it was so lovely opening this packet in my sunny garden.

Thanks again Jo, I will spend many hours stroking and druleing over these before actually putting them to use  - bliss!

P.s. Jo is also in the Brit Quilt Mini Swap, which I am in, and I am secretly (well not that secretly!) coveting her kaleidoscope quilt - check it out here!

Stylish Blogger Award Winner!

I am very privileged to have been awarded this glamourous award from Leanne at She Can Quilt. 

If you haven't already, check out Leanne's fun blog - there are lots of gorgeous projects to inspire you. 


In accepting this wonderful award, there comes a few honourary responsibilities:

1. Thank and link back to the person who bestowed the award - check (thanks again Leanne!)
2. Share seven things about yourself (see below)
3. Bestow the award on six recently discovered bloggers:

Here are my top 6 out of the huge choice of fab blogs out there:

Sew Me

Lily's Quilts

Pickle Dish

Domestic Light & Magic

Blue Patch Quilter

Nellies Niceties

Please check out these amazing blogs & the inpirational creativity behind them.

7 things about me (not sure why 7!!):

1. I am a born again Christian
2. A tidy freak
3. Eat way too much chocolate
4. Won the fight against depression
5. Favourite colour - purple
6. Love the countryside, especially in summer
7. Enjoy watching 'period' films & dramas e.g. Jane Eyre, Pride & Prejudice etc.

More Exciting News!

As if it wasn't exciting enough getting this award, I also found out this morning that I've won a charm pack from Lesly at Pickeldish.

To win I had to comment on what my favourite pre 1960 film is - I said 'Cat on a hot tin roof (ooooh Paul Newman, drule) & I like Calamity Jane too. Grease is also up there but think it's post 1960!

Many thanks Lesly - can't wait til Mr Postie comes calling!