Happy mail

Look what the postman bought me today - Happy mail!!!  Thanks Sue!

Sue keeps an eye out for fabulous bargains and then stocks up on fabric and sends me parcels so heavy I can hardly lift them!  How about some great gender neutral laundry bags or quilt backings.

 This stripe is really cool - lots of bindings and laundry bag tops - there is no way i will use this for backings as it is soooo hard on the eyes but that is absolutely fine coz I love striped bindings - doesn't everyone?

 And I am not really one for leopard print but I love zebra and check out this gorgeous giraffe print.  Love it. Some how it seems a lot more whimsical than leopard.

Three lucky guys will be getting soccer laundry bags! Hope they don't go to the rugby fans over there - though at least they are BLUE for the current STATE OF ORIGIN WINNERS. Just had to throw that in there - I am so not a rugby fan! 

 And finally a heap of great fabrics for laundry bags, backings and more laundry bags.  I usually like to refold any donated fabrics so that they all fit in neatly but there is so much on each of these that they are just too heavy.  I will have to wait till there is a willing teenager around to help me!

Thanks Sue!

Now what other news.......

There is a rumour going around that there might be an article about Aussie Heroes coming up in a National craft/quilt magazine.  Not saying anymore so don't ask!

Are you interested....

In August I am heading down to Canberra to be the guest speaker at the Canberra Quilters evening meeting and I would like to take some quilts along to show everyone.  what I don't want to do is just take my work along.  I would rather be able to show of some of what you guys do.  If any of you are interested in making a quilt and sending it to me I will use it for show and tell in August and then again in September when I am the guest speaker for the local Rotary Club and then I will either send the quilts off for special requests or keep them for the Christmas mailing.  Please leave me a comment if you think you can manage it.

Oh and one last thing.....

I have begun the habit of going through the list of special requests each week and sending an email to the quilter just to make sure there are no issues I am not aware of and to make sure there are no problems.  To lighten the load on me can I please ask anyone currently working on a special request quilt to shoot me an email or leave me a comment and give me an update.  That would make things much easier for me.  From now on I will try and remind everyone to do this every Thursday night and then any one I don't hear from on Friday I will chase up on the weekend.  Also some times things happen, life gets in the way, illness strikes or whatever and we can't achieve what we hoped.  If ever that happens to you please don't hesitate to let me know. 

That is about it for me tonight.

Tomorrow night I will be back with the latest photos of quilts which have left these shores!

Till next time.................keep spreading the word and happy stitching!

More Happy Mail

I received a wonderful parcel in the mail yesterday from Sue in Queensland.  This is the third parcel from Sue and this time Aussie Heroes received a gorgeous quilt - Love the tea towel and the colours!!!

And two lots of backing - Sue found both of these at an Op Shop!  How come I never have such luck!!!

I really like the brown check- it doesn't show up in the photo but it is a really warm colour and the blue is a kind of brushed cotton so it is going to be really cozy on the back of a quilt!

And finally Sue included 5 fabulous 9 patch blocks.  The yellow in these is going to really brighten up our 9 patch quilt and I love that retro looking blue!

Other exciting news is that I had an enquiry email from another quilt group yesterday!  That makes two.  I won't give details till they actually confirm they are going to jump on board but it will be pretty exciting if they do!  Mind you, I get excited whenever a newbie joins us.  The more the merrier!

I am wondering if any Sydney sewers would be interested in getting together for a sewing day?  We could have a laundry bag sewing day or a day when you just bring whatever Aussie Heroes sewing you are working on and enjoy some company (and probably good food) while you sew!  Give me a shout if you are interested and also let me know which days would suit you best and I will see what I can organize!

Till next time...............keep spreading the word and happy stitching!

Layer upon layer upon layer

More lovely mail today - this time from Sue.

 Inside was a lovely pile of nine patch blocks - the BOMs I have received!

 Some backings

 And this quilt top!

Well done Sue!

On the home front, Cynthia and Del, two of my Gumnut mates, came over today and we worked hard to layer all the quilt tops that I have accumulated.  All 14 of them!  Here they are waiting - tops and backings paired up ready to go....

 Cynthia at work.....

 And finally...all 14 of them layered and ready to quilt!  I can't wait!

No way did I dare to hope that we would get all 14 quilts layered AND we ran out of pins and had to use some horrid tiny pins to do the last few.  Looks like I better get out and buy some more.  I have a huge tin of pins but obviously not enough!

Till next time.......keep spreading the word and happy stitching!