Heather Ross Goodness and More

Over the holidays I indulged myself by purchasing a few small pieces of Heather Ross fabrics online. All in aid of my future Heather Ross Fan Club Quilt. But I also had some very kind fellow bloggers offer up some of their precious hoard. In the past few days I have had two envelopes arrive and these blogger friends have almost made me cry with their generosity.

First up came a lovely contribution from Indianna Dreams who is right here in the UK. She sent me some of her HR saying she had won it in a bloggy giveaway and was sharing the happiness. How kind is that?! Now I urge you to go have a look at her blog because when you see her scrappy Union Jack, or the bag she made as a Christmas gift, or her embroideries, you are going to want to be in the Mouthy Stitches Swap because she is too and you just might get her for your partner! (Go on, have a look and then think about how much you would like her to make you something. She is seriously good. And it is time to sweep her into this blog circle of friends.)

These dogs are so cute. And some dots!
I can't wait until I have received me HR purchases too and can start plotting and planning the quilt.

My other package came all the way from Australia and took less than a week to get here. Marg, who can be found at Sunshine? Paradise?, offered to trade me some of her HR for some of mine. Only two things - Helen got sick so I never even posted anything yet, and she sent me so much loveliness and I think I will just ship back half my stash in return. Marg is making the most amazing starflower quilt right now in the lushest of fabrics. The blocks are so gorgeous that it almost makes me want to start doing paper piecing. Almost! And she hangs out with Shay in real life as well as blogland. You just have to know she is fabulous!

The Farmer's Market I knew was coming, but not that she would send me such a whacking great big, beautiful piece of it. The Munki Munki kittens were a complete surprise. Marg said she 'found' it when she went looking for the Farmer's Market. Her HR storage is different than mine I guess. Here it all gets hoarded together, jealously watched over and death threats are carelessly thrown about if the girls so much as look at it! Look at those kittens!

Too cute for words!

That wasn't all that was in the envelope. Marg contributed to my One for the Birds quilt too. She sent me all of this -

I'd tell you what they all were but -
(a) you know that I don't know really, other than the Michael Miller (because there is a selvedge),
and (b) you probably recognise them all yourself anyway.

So I am totally overwhelmed by the generosity of the bloggers in the quilting world once again. Thank you so much ladies. I cannot express how much I appreciate these contributions to my quilting life. If you saw me last night, pressing bird fabrics and stacking them carefully ready for cutting and then just caressing my Heather Ross fabrics you would truly understand. It is a sort of madness I am sure, but a benign one.

Susan

PS: If you haven't yet signed up for the Mouthy Stitches Swap then please do go and look at the amazing group of people already signed up and think about how much you would like to be a part of this. It is going to be be fun!