Hey, Mr Postman ....

Do you find there is nothing but miserable bills in the posts for ages ... and then suddenly it changes???

... well... this last couple of weeks Mr Postie has come visiting (actually it was a Ms Postie... because Mr Postie is going on a few days holiday - which is well deserved I might add... we live up a hill and it is jolly cold these days... so it must be horrible going around on the scooter ...... you really feel you should have a flask of hot chocolate waiting on the post box..... anyway, I digress, I love those days he..... or she.... actually pops down to the house because I have to 'sign' for my parcel.....)

Firstly I got my fabric kit I bought from Bec....

(Bec has these amazing clear out occasions which I love........)

thanks so much Bec

...... look, look, pretty, pretty......

all that prettiness..... it's a block of the month kit.....

this is how I will need to piece them.... for Leanne Beasley's Butterfly Garden.....

then there is stitching to do and needleturn to learn....

~ this is the most adventurous I have been ~

.... I have to be patient and wait for the pattern but you can see what Bec is doing with hers HERE and Nicky has one HERE 

~ please let me know if you have done one - I would love to have a look at yours too ~

Then Miss/Mrs Postie asked me to sign for this parcel......

you can imagine how my eyes lit up with pictures of jelly beans and liquorish allsorts

My Winter Swap Item from Larain (no blog) ......

even though we live up in Queensland (tropical/temperate) we get jolly cold (today we are hovering between 4 and 11 degrees) - (thats 39.2 and 51.8) in a house made for hot weather - french doors and large windows.

.. thank goodness I was to spend the morning at a quilt shop that has a wood fire going.... yes - really ... I took a picture.....)

This lovely white fluffy hot water bottle cover (with bottle inside of course) is now being well used.....

thanks so much Larain... there is something so comforting about a hottie bottle on the tum tum ......

~ and Hubz is also delighted to have a bit of fluff to cuddle up to ~

.... well then Mrs/Miss Postie came by again......

I had won this lovely pattern at Julie's place

A beautiful Chrismas quilt... look at all that yummy pretty stitchery to do.....  thanks Julz

Julz has some fantastic patterns - Christmas Blessings and Summer Garden are her new ones .... go have a look over HERE.....

and then today when I got back from the quilt shop with a wood fire burning these were waiting for me....

~ a wonderful unexpected surprise all the way from Annette in Canada ....

Crazy for Candles is a candlemat using Crazy Quilting... a technique I haven't tried so it will be wonderful to make a small project for my first time crazy quilting

Santa Snowflakes can be a runner or a banner and will be perfect for one of my monthly Christmas items

don't you just love those gifts that just come out of the blue... thank you so much Annette

Annette is a very experience quilter.... and teaches classes - including using these patterns..... she is a new blogger - I hope you can stop by her place In Stitches and Seams and say Hi.... my guess we will learn lots reading Annette.....

I'm going to be busy

So... did you believe me about the wood fire in the fabric shop.............

I'll show you next week what I was getting up to......

at Quilters Angel - pop over there and look at the beautiful new BOM Steph has made and is now available in their colours ..... Toytime Circus

Would love to chat... but I have some quilting to do and some stitching to trace out...... a hot water bottle to fill and a cup of tea to make...