Tuesday 10 February 2015

An Abundance Of Riches

I met my friend Gill today for lunch in Stratford. It was lovely to catch up, as always, but she floored me with her generosity. Gill is so good at stuff I can't do, like knitting and making clothes (so jealous), but one thing I do that she isn't so keen on is scrappy quilting. 


So she passed on all her 'scraps' as she thought I could put them to use. Uh...   ...yeah! 



More like hell yeah! Thank you so much, Gill. There are some real treasures here. 


Polka dots galore, always a good blender. 


And British themed fabrics for my fussy cutting enjoyment.


FMF, Vintage Happy, Aneela Hoey, The Sweetest Thing and Nordika. Seriously! 


And this little piece of fussy cutting heaven. I am - almost - speechless. Plus we had eggs benedict for lunch. Does a day get any better?!

Susan




23 comments:

  1. wow! those are some very lovely scraps! What a great day for you!

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  2. I wish I had a friend like that! :)

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  3. I have so much fabric but get the most enjoyment sorting and making a project with my (substantial) box of scraps!

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  4. Susan, these are adorable! but where are the scraps? mine are tiny tiny against these! There are really Special pieces and the last one is fantastic! Happy sewings! x Teje

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  5. lucky you! I love playing with other people's scraps!

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  6. What a scraptastic gift! I love getting random scraps from other people. They always seem to be so much more interesting than my own !

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  7. Yum yum! I like those kind of friends. Jxo

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  8. So jealous! There's nothing better than someone else's fussy-cutting-appropriate scraps! It's hard collecting enough diversity on your own. :)

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  9. ha! totally jealous.. friends AND eggs benedict. x

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  10. Any day with new fabric acquisitions is a great day! Happy sewing!

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  11. And we had cake too - so how come I was hungry again by dinner time! ;-) Thanks for the lovely catch up and happy to see all those pretty fabrics go to a good home. Just had a funny ha-ha thought ... your scrappy quilts will match my dresses & skirts!
    Happy fussy cutting,
    hugs xx

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  12. Seriously jealous. Scraps, food, and friendship sound like a perfect day out. x

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  13. this looks like little bits of yardage rather than scraps and a great day out too

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  14. Holy crap.... Where can I get a Gill? Good for you!!!!

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  15. You have the best friends ever!

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  16. Really? She calls that scraps? You are a lucky duck!

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  17. Fantastic "scraps", and glad you had a fun day out :o)

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  18. Christmas has come early!
    Gilly sounds lovely and I just popped to her blog... she IS clever!

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  19. They're not scraps! You have yourself a great deal there!

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