Xmas decoration swap

Well, Dianne finally got her Xmas decorations so I can now post the pics. Here they are. I was in a swap with the patchNquilt group and had to send a Xmas decoration to my swap partner. She liked them, thank heavens!

They're actually supposed to be drink coasters. Do they look like they are? These took me for absolute ever! I cut the material out to the wrong size, then had to put on borders. When I sewed the back, the wadding and the front together and turned them inside out, I didn't know how to slip stitch so I machine stitched them closed. What a disaster! Oh well. They're done, posted and received!

The Xmas Decoration is finished - hallelujah!

I finally finished my Xmas decoration at 11pm last night. Got home from work at about 5.30pm and got stuck into it from about 6pm. I won't post a picture until Dianne actually receives her gift however I must say that it's totally different to what I started off doing! What an epic it turned out to be. I'll post a pic in a few days time. Wait for the surprise....

Joy bear

Good morning. Look what I received in the mail! A beautiful little Xmas bear called Joy.

Joy bear was sent by Dianne in Cranbourne VIC as part of the patchNquilt group's Xmas Decoration Swap. http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/patchNquilt/. pNq are a very active, jolly group and swaps are held quite regularly. Why not join up? Thank you Dianne, Joy will bring much Joy to our household this Xmas and will have a special place on our tree - as soon as it's erected!