One Flower Wednesday on Thursday and Mother's Day Swap

First of all I'd like to thank Anthea (Hibiscus Stitches) for the email....I didn't realize how long it's been since I posted and visited all the blogs I enjoy so much.  Work has been trying and stressful and I let it take too much of my "free time" from me.

I joined three flowers to my garden, it's been so long since I worked on my hexies.  This week I'm planning on making more leaves and stepping stones and will post my progress next Wednesday.  Visit the other gardens at Karen's One Flower Wednesday and see how their gardens are blooming.

This is the beautiful Mother's Day mini quilt I received from Helen.  I showed the mini or a picture of it to many of my friends here and I didn't realize I had not posted it.  It's Gorgeous!  These pictures don't show off her beautiful stitching - thanks again Helen for this lovely quilt.  (it's still hanging in my living room - flowers look good all year).  Helen also sent many goodies and I especially liked the licorice/chocolate logs - YUM!

Here are pictures of the mini I made for Helen

 Thanks to Cheryll for hosting this 12 inch mini swap.  The "winter" mini swap is now underway and I have already been working on that.

Good Night for now...I leave for work in about six hours....

Happy Stitching,

Danette

Colour Swap

After a long ride home and a BUSY 11 hour work day I came home to find a package from Wendy.  It made my Day!  I know most people take a picture before opening but I just dug right in.  (they were wrapped up pretty with the red and white polka dotted ribbon in the pictures).

Look at all the RED goodies Wendy sent!  Thank you for all the special gifts. 

She crochets beautifully.

I love the red cup pin cushion with the red pins...

and this red flower crochet mat will look wonderful in the kitchen - so pretty!

and I received chocolates (YUM!) , a nicely red scented candle, three pretty red fabrics, a red seam ripper (always needed), red needle threaders, red floss, red rick rack and a beautiful red card.

I'm thinking...  Redwork with a red pieced border... I need to find a pattern.

Thanks again Wendy for everything!

Friday Night with Friends

I spent a nice afternoon with Jinnie (#10 on the FNwF list) having lunch and visiting the quilt shop to pick up all my various blocks of the month.  I've joined way too many BOM's and I'm having a hard time keeping up.

Friday night I completed March's Black and Tan BOM and started on April's.  Hopefully I'll do a little more on Saturday.

I managed to send My Colour Swap out early and Pauline has already received the blue packages.

I also sent out the Mother's Day mini but I don't think it arrived yet.  Here's a peek

Thanks Cheryll for the label and for running all these wonderful swaps.  Stop by Cheryll's and see what other swaps there are to join and see what all the other FNwF are up to.

Danette

And the Winners Are...

Anthea - Prize #4

Cheryll - Prize #1

Retdairyqueen - Prize #2

Carin - Prize - Prize #3

Congratulations!

Thank you for helping me celebrate my second blogoversary.

One Flower Wednesday on Thursday

I didn't get a chance to post my hexie last night but here it is:

I think I'll go and take a look at what the other ladies have been stitching, just click One Flower Wednesday.   Karen, thank you for hosting, without this I may never finish my quilt.

I'm having a Blogoversay Give-Away for my second annivery...click Here to enter.

Happy Sewing!

Danette

Friday Night with Friends

It's FnwF again and I had planned to finish so much...but There's always this weekend.

I did manage to sew my March blocks for Salt Box BOM.  Yes, I know it's April but I'll do those blocks next week.

I also worked on a Spring quilt to replace the snowman hanging on my front door.  As you see I was so tired I just turned the machine off and went to bed.

Later today we meet to start the King George BOM.  It looked so interesting I just had to do it... I wasn't going to start any more BOM's until I finished one, but new projects are always so fun!

I'm also having a Give-Away for my second Blogoversary and you can click HERE and enter if you like.  My daughter set this up for me...note the button and the way the pictures are organized, I'm not that computer savvy (yet). She's sleeping right now and I can't figure out how to get there by clicking on button...oh well you can click the bunny button on the side bar if you wish.

Thanks to Karen for hosting FnwF - click here to see what new projects everyone is working on.

Have a great week and Happy Stitching!

Danette

Mrs. Fluffles and A Giveaway

A couple of Saturdays I took a wool class and made this Mrs. Fluffles Pin Keep by Woolkeeper.  I had such a great time stitching that I decided to purchase another kit to share with my followers.  Here's the one I stitched...

I finally made it past my 100th post and to celebrate I'm having this giveaway.
All you need to do is be a follower of Quilting Chemist and give the order of which prize you want to win in a comment. (For example:  1,2,3,4 or 1,3,4,2.)

Prize One: Mrs. Fluffles

Prize Two: 'Streak of Lighting' Mini Quilt

Prize Three: 'Spring is Coming' Mini Quilt

Prize Four: 'Over the Rainbow' Charm Packs

This giveaway is international and ends midnight on April 15, 2013.

Good Luck!

Danette

**Contests are open to anyone thirteen years or older. All contests are only open to followers of the Quilting Chemist. I am not responsible for items lost in the mail. I hold the right to disqualify any entry as I see fit. All winners will be picked at random. All winners will be notified through email. Winners will have 48 hours to respond.