Shopping (online), stashing, meeting old friends and a giveaway!

from the States

this one too

patterns form the UK

This week I received 3 packages full of goodies!
My eldest daughter said I could start my own fabric shop now!
I won't! I'm going to keep it all to myself and every night before I go to bed I will admire the stash!
I could really do that, you know ...

The patterns are all by "Don't look now": a wreath of appliqued flowers, the Christmas Tree and Garden Party. Love 'm

Look at it, they're all gorgeous:

Left = Summer Blossom by Amy Butler

Right = William Morris 2 Rose and Grey by Fabric Freedom

Then what else happened to my in my retirement bliss:

Online meeting up with old schoolmates via Facebook, don't you love it when that happens.

You haven't spoken to someone in 20 or 30 years and you're very welcome again.

That was a good harvest ...!

And now I have a problem, one that can be solved: I won a ticket for free entrance at the Patchwork & Quilt Exibition in Vijfhuizen (near Haarlem), but I can't go.

If you'd like to have it, let me know (by mail) why.