More Giftees...Spoilt or What!...

How gorgeous is this fabric…a gift bought back from the fabulous building that is Liberty…

A friend went to Britain/Ireland and bought me back this lovely pack of fabric from her visit to Liberty (she is not a stitcher which makes it all the more thoughtful - her cousin who was travelling with her helped her choose and I don't know her at all so I am touched by her taking the time to input into the decision making)...it is soooooo absolutely pattable...what to make from it I don't yet know but definitely not just to be chucked in the stash...

We've had our final 6-12 in Castlemaine for the year so of course it was our Christmas meet...spoilt or what!..."just a card" actually had a teeny quilt block charm inside - mine is a half dresdan - thank you J!...mints and handcream - thank you M...a pretty cup and German chocolate (the German part of the chocolate is significant in this context) - thank you A...a pretty box which held a handmade Angel decoration, she has the teeniest french knots for hair! - thank you R...fat eighths, chocolates and a wooden Christmas decoration and the fabrics just happen to be in the perfect colour to go in my Summer School quilt fabrics for January - thank you C...a hand made rotary cutter/scissor keep which held a personalised thimble pincushion, the pincushion is attached to beads which spell out our name so we won't get them mixed up, clever girl - thank you S...very pretty smelling soap and a keyring retractable tape measure, always handy - thank you B...and a pretty monogram embroidery pincushion made by our friend's sister who she commissions to make us the prettiest embroidered presents, too pretty to stick pins in! - thank you W. (One of our number couldn't make it at the last minute and now I've seen she has her presents I can reveal, wouldn't have been fair to show her what was in her Christmas present sack and spoil the surprise - yes, she reads the blog).

And what did I give my friends - um, my company? I actually managed to go after missing the last two due to work but now I don't have to accommodate work on the weekends on a weekly basis I was able to shout yes I'll be there and happy dance...I did think of what to make a couple of weeks leading in to the meet and then remembered that again at 7:00 am on the morning of, that gave me 30 seconds of free time in the day to do something about it so I failed miserably.  I'm thinking if I start now I might be ready for next Christmas *sigh*...

Happy Stitching...