Kindness is sweeter than candy

Today I mailed my Booty swap disguised as some candy!



I hope my swap partner doesn't eat it!!



I also received a surprise in the post today. Josie a non blogger, non quilter, but wonderful old neighbour from Cape Town who needs to come visit me (at the latest next spring to help me with our garden as she has the greenest fingers EVER!) sent me a lovely parcel full of fabric-y goodness!




She writes:
"I don't know if these pieces will be useful to you..."
yes, yes, thank you!!!!
"...remembered that you like hearts and roses - and got you some oddments (FQ's?)"
Josie, you did great, thank you so very much for your generosity!

I absolutely love the "Breast Cancer" rose one (on the left). It's gorgeous and graduated so will make lots of hexagons. I actually only need 4 inch squares (or 10cms square) for a single hexagon, but FQ's are wonderful too especially if the fabric is this yummy!

Speaking of yummy DH and DS1 went blackberrying so that I could make some jam.



There were slim pickings so it may have to be a pie.

Meanwhile DS2 has found a new mode of transport



- the cooler bag! We've not used it all summer with this awful weather so I guess he wouldn't know what it's really used for LOL!

I must love red

Lots of sewing stuff is on the go... I collected my quilts from Chris on Tuesday so now I have 4 kid's quilts and my Scrapbuster quilt to bind. I have been sewing blocks for swaps that are due this month and I have pinned together a top for Linus and just generally been busy pinning and cutting.

Lately, I've noticed that the last few things I'd purchased were red.

Red welly boots for DS1

Red teapot because my white one got chipped...

That made me look at the red things around me.
The wooden heart hanging over my side of the bed (a blue one on DH's side - both bought at our local quilt guild's show last year even though I already had a red one from the lady who makes them, but they are lovely so i couldn't help myself LOL)

The red, white and blue quilt I made that lies on our bed, sometimes straight and neat, sometimes in a heap
(The red ran in this quilt - so I don't always love red!!)

Then around me, red things everywhere:
The view out of the church door on Sunday...

And the postman who still has not delivered my "Bag o' Stuff"...

One of the nicest things about living on the farm is the post van, I just think it's so charming, probably costs Royal Mail an arm and a leg, but it's lovely to see the little van especially when there's interesting post :O)


This afternoon we went Blackberrying again. Jam and pies coming up LOL


Oh, and while I was out merrily picking blackberries DH put up more scaffolding so to use the washing machine or get to the freezer shall be very interesting - luckily all my sewing stuff is pretty much out of there now.

Unluckily I can't remember where I put most of it....