I NEED MORE HOURS IN A DAY

I just don't understand where it all goes.....

Fabric Postcards made for missing links!!!!

and more..

and more..

TOY card for swap, now don't get offended, these were the toys

I had when I was a girl, and I loved them,

I still do....

Problem?

For my lovely Zappers...

and others...

What a mess...

Which machine shall I use today?

AHA, so that is where my time goes....

all good fun.

Do you remember I entered the

PAY IT FORWARD swap...

here are the gifts I made for the three ladies...

Using the method of Trapunto by Geta, I made each a bag.

this is the front or the back...

I then put their Initial on the Back - or the Front!!

this is for Ros...

for Maggi...

for Ann...

I was very pleased with how they turned out...

I love doing this trapunto, thank you Geta

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PAY IT FORWARD's IN POST

I finally remembered to post these three items today, honestly my head is just like a sieve of late, hubby said are you not going to post those ............ then, are they a permanent fixture on the chair?  NO. So today, after collecting Reb from school I stayed on the bus an extra stop on the way home and called at the jolly old post office and they are winging their way to their new homes. Now I shall worry until I hear they have arrived. Hope Ros, Maggi and Ann like their gifts. I will post pictures of the items when they have received them. I don't wish to spoil the surprise for them.

GIFTS COMING

Today was my groups day and I took Janice's gifts along for her as promised,

to remind you of how it works, we had to get something that began with each letter of the word
FRIENDS
me being me
I cheated

inside the packages were...

F---
Fabrications magazine and a Framed 'Foto' of Friends

R --
Rainbow Reels of thread

I --
Inspiration for Janice I hope - she knits beautifully as you will see later

E --
Embellishments to make an Easy Postcard
Easy to remember if you write it down - Notepad

N --
Need a button? Help yourself

D --
Don't put your feet in the pocket Janice (a Quillo)

S --
Shopping bag for a Shopaholic

I had such fun putting this together for Janice, I know she liked them,
but it didn't end there...
I am one of Janice's recipients for her Pay It Forward swap,
She brought my gift along today,
Look what I got

I am so pleased I got these, I get the coldest feet you know, and I just wish
you could feel this wool, it is the softest I have ever felt,

I love them Janice, thank you so much
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At the meeting my friend Di had bought me
some Ricki Timms thread,



I just have to be the luckiest person
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RE - PIF

Gosh, that was quick!

So I have my three people who I will make something for in the next 365 days, I have no idea what it will be but........Trillian, Ros and Maggi are my three winners. Maggi and Trillian can you send me your addresses so I have them ready. Ros of course, I know yours :-)
Here are their links, you will have to visit them as they will do a PIF sometime, as per the rules, and you will be able to join in on theirs as you missed out on mine, excellent Blogs to visit anyway.

http://stoffrest.blogspot.com/

http://todreamtostitch.blogspot.com/

Rosa-Munda

Janice, Noel and Leah. Better luck next time girls. Janice is having one on her Blog right now, so why not pop over and sign up with her. here is the link for you.

Crafts & Genealogy

Finally, I have to say a huge thank you to Khris, without her I wouldn't have found the F.R.I.E.N.D.S. swap or the Pay It Forward idea; AND more importantly I wouldn't have met Janice. So Thank you Khris, you do a great job. Here is her link for you all.

Sew Prim Khris: F-R-I-E-N-D-S SWAP OPEN TO ALL BLOGGERS

I hope you will all go and visit these lovely people, they have different Blogs to mine of course, and loads going on in them. I am amazed by all the things I am finding out from Blogs. It is a whole new World out there in Blog Land.
Go, seek and enjoy.

PAYING IT FORWARD

This is my first PIF, I got the idea from Janice Crafts & Genealogy who got the idea from Khris at Sew Prim Khris Blog http://sewprimkhris.blogspot.com/

This concept is like the movie called Pay It Forward with Kevin Spacey and Haley Joel Osment in it. The 12 year old boy has a school assignment and he comes up with the PIF concept....I haven't seen the film, as yet, I am told it is a real weepie!!!

PIF is where acts of kindness are done without expecting anything in return, just passing it on, hoping that the recipients will do the same and pay it forward, like a never ending chain of kindness.

I will make and send a gift for the first 3 friends who post a comment to this post, requesting to join this exchange, and promising to pay it forward to 3 other persons, etc.... I don't know what my 3 gifts will be, but I can promise I will send them within the next 365 days. What YOU have to do in return then, is "Pay It Forward" by making the same announcement and promise on YOUR blog.

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