MIA!!

Yes, MIA I have been.  It has been so stressful doing my Master of Nursing and my nursing portfoilio, but things are finally coming along.  I have not done much sewing at all and have been in two biggish swaps which was the Xmas In July one held each year and am on leave from my block swaps and hexagon swaps currently.
However I have entered some items in out local A&P show home industries section next month so a stitching I will be soon.
I also plan on getting back into this blog too, but I also post on Instagram if you want to follow me there.  Just click HERE to follow.
Here is some pictures of what I have done in the last couple of months sewing wise and sent away for swaps

Long Overdue Updates

With the move and my study I have not updated much on swaps I have been in, so will try and do some in the next week.

In September for the QBSA I sent this block of to Elizabeth who asked for a block suitable for children

And in the same month sent this one off to Raelene who asked for a star block

For the November swaps I sent these 6" blocks to Helen

and this 12" block to Mary for the QBSA

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

A Biscuit Tin

Yesterday while getting the weekly groceries I came across this tin of biscuits.  When I see tins that commemorate something I usually try and buy one and this one was a must.  You can read a bit more about the ANZACs in this post

Also my April Christmas block from Rosemary for CQBSA arrived and it is lovely

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.