Blocks Galore

I have noticed that I have not posted a few blocks I have received or sent over the last few months, so will update now.  Hopefully these are them all so far but will have another quick look. I am sure there are some 6" blocks missing in this line up.
These are a combination of all the block swaps I am in.
First up some 6" blocks I sent to Delphine back in April

Then a Paper pieced block I sent to Helen in May.  I am amazed I lined those lines up well.

Some 6" blocks sent to Carolyn in May

For the Xmas swap I sent this Pinwheel to Charmaine in June

Then I received from Charmaine this block

In June I also received these blocks from Jan for the 12" Block Swap

And I sent her this block 

I sent these to Juanita for the June 6" swap

And received these from her

This was sent to new swapper Lee for the July Xmas block swap

And I got this one from her

Then for the July 12" Block Swap I sent this one to Lorilynn

My May Blocks Have All Arrived

My blocks for the month of May have arrived and haven't I been spoilt

First up is my 6"QBSA blocks from Carolyn

Then the lovely Jan sent me this one for the CQBSA. I have a little project in plan for this one so keep an eye out for it.

For the PPBS I received these two blocks from Helen

And finally Anna sent me not one but two blocks for QBSA

Some Lovely Blocks Received

Here is an update on the lovely blocks I have received in the last month.
For the 6"BSA I received these lovely blocks from Mary for the February swap

And for the January swap I received these from Margaret

Over at the CQBSA I received this lovely block from Carolyn

Then for the QBSA I received this block from Nikki

Finally over at Our Craft Forum I have been getting and sending monthly hexis and for the January one I received this one from Penny

I am getting quite a collection of these blocks and hexis now so am hoping to make something out of them soon, so what for that.

Some Blocks Finished

Have not been doing much sewing this month so far. Have been away a few times down the line to my parents to go to both the Martinbourough Fair one weekend, then to the 2014 ENZED Superstock Teams Champs the next week and then taking Miss 17 down to her Nursing Course in the Hawkes Bay.  Here is a picture of her in her uniform for lab practice which she sent me earlier this evening on Snapchat.

The sewing I have done so far is the latest blocks for all my block swaps.
First up is the Paper Pieced Block for Julie and is named Lone Star

Then for Ank an Angel call went out and this Attic Windows was made for her.

For the 6" Block swap I made these baskets for Mary

And then for the QBSA I made this Pinwheel for Nikki

Finally for the CQBSA I made another Pinwheel for Carolyn

December & January Blocks Received

Here are my lastest blocks received for the QBSA and CQBSA First up are the QBSA blocks Received from Cathy for December

Received from Jo for January

Then for the CQBSA From Kelly for December

And finally from Jean for the January swap

Thank you everyone for the lovely blocks.

FNWF Update

Last night I for the first time in a few months joined in with FNWF.  This was the first Friday of the month I have not worked on in a long time as on annual leave currently so could join in. I can already say next months I can not as again working on it and then in February will be away at the Martinborough Fair.

So I had all these plans on what I was going to do and one of them was to finish the current Sheep Virtues cross stitch I am working on.  But what happened? I had the beginnings of a migraine start so my night was short lived.  However I did get a couple of things done before this.

First was my two 6" blocks for the 6"QBSA which are being sent to Jo who has asked for Maple Leaves in autumn colours.

Second was this Log Cabin Block which I am going to make into a cushion. Originally it was suppose to be a block for the CQBSA, but I wrote down the instructions wrong and had 1 1/2" finished strips not 1".

Well that was all I done and my Sheep Virtues cross stitch will be done tonight instead.

Today I have also finished put up my Christmas decorations.  The tree this year we have gone with a red and gold theme.  The kids have always wanted a theme as we just put our many decorations we have collected over the years on to it, along with lots of tinsel.

Also here are a couple of the ornaments I have placed out.  The candle mat in this photo is the one Barb made me which I posted about in my previous post.

I always wanted a Christmas Train and last year I splurged and got this one.  The table runner it is sitting on is a gift I got a few years ago in a swap.

Well I better go and clean up some of the mess I have made and the cat has decided is a good napping place.  Also hubby has just finished pruning the hedge I started early this week and we need to clean that up too.

More Blocks

Here is a little update on my block swaps.

First up here are the 6" Block Swap  June blocks from Margaret.  They are delightful. I also got some gorgeous fabric too.

These are the blocks I sent to Sue for August

Then these are my September Blocks I am sending out to Brenda using some of my 1930's stash.

Here is my QBSA September block I have made this month for Tarnyia

For the CQBSA this is the block I sent Traci

And finally I have also joined a Paper Piecers Block Swap too and here are the first two blocks I have made for Cathy.