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Sunday 24 January 2010

A belated birthday gift!

Yesterday I received an unexpected envelope in the mail from Jill who sent BBD's Tokens of Friendship to me as a late birthday gift - thank you Jill - a wonderful surprise!

I have been stitching but I don't have time to take a picture as I'm going out very shortly to meet some very old friends who are over here from NYC on a quick visit. I will post a picture of my WIP on 'Alphabets à ...' tomorrow. For those waiting to hear which colour thread I chose - it was - none of the ones shown *here* as I found two more reels of red Soie Surfine in my stash and used one of those instead!

Thanks for visiting

Take care

Labels: Alphabets à ..., Gift, Red

5 Comments:

On 24 January 2010 at 09:34, Annie Bee

Such a lovely book and what a nice surprise.
On 24 January 2010 at 10:00, angelasweby

What a lovely surprise and such a fantastic book too :>)
Have a lovely day out.
Angela xx
On 24 January 2010 at 14:20, Kim B

What a sweet gift!
On 24 January 2010 at 14:27, Susan @ Real Girl Designs

Right before I visited your blog, I was at the Blackbird Designs site, and I was lusting after this book!

Happy belated birthday, Carol. Enjoy your day with your friends from NYC!
On 24 January 2010 at 15:39, Crazee4books

Hello Carol,

What a wonderful gift to receive
for your birthday. And when the
birthday gifts keep arriving even
after the birthday has past, well,
it just means the fun continues
for a while longer. The title of
the book says it all, doesn't it?

Sew Patchwork looks like fun. I
have to pay a visit to your charts
site and catch up with your very
wonderful designs. I think there
are three that I don't have yet.

I'm looking forward to your hem
stitch tutorial by the way. It
really makes the designs look
nicely finished.

The newest additions to your
scissors collection are lovely.
The multi-colored pair second on
the right are really cool.

I don't remember if I commented
about it previously or not but
congratulations on finishing
Beatrix Potter. After all the
trials and tribulations she is
still a gorgeous design and a
wonderful addition to your
finishes. I'm sure that your
sister will love it!

Are you still enjoying Winter
where you are??? We're having
a January thaw here right now
with temperatures around +6
Celsius. It's wonderful, but
probably won't last for very
much longer, sadly.

Cheers!