CaTcHinG Up

I have thoroughly enjoyed my blog tour of all the wonderful gifts sent by Santa helpers who played in the Santa Sack Swap.
Some of the ladies have chosen to wait until Christmas morning to open their gifts... how strong willed are they!! .. but for the rest of us whimps... hehe... we have already played with and admired all our fantastic goodies!
For anyone who has linked up... as I said earlier, I will make a random draw for a small gift as a THANKS for playing along and giving Me the opportunity to come by and EnJoY Christmas with YOU! I'll do the draw tomorrow...

so GooD LuCk everyone.

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I also thought you might like to see the wonderful mat that Melissa sent to Bev in the "Lets Exchange" group.
Isn't it beautiful!

I'll show you Bev's once it's been received by Melissa.
It's lovely too!
I know that Sandy sent her mat off to Marianne... but I haven't heard if it has been received yet.
Also I don't know if Naomi and Q exchanged their mats yet?
That's everyone in the 2011 FINAL "Lets Exchange" group. I know I had FuN in it and I hope you all enjoyed seeing the wonderful MaTs that were sent around.

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Here is a pic of the story lap quilt I finished last week. I sent it off to DD2 and I'm still to hear if it arrived. Fingers crossed by everyone PLeaSe !
I was really happy with it... so I hope both DD and the recipient like it too.

I used this wonderful thread for the quilting which I LoVed. The effect was great... having varigated stitches all over the farm. Think about using it on your next project... I'm sure you'll be HaPPy with the result.

I stitched all nine names onto the first border (red) with a light blue thread... and again I was extremely happy with that aspect too. Subtle but readable.

And look at the fabric I found for the backing.... just perfect for depicting Farm Life!

See you ToMoRRoW for the random draw.