Quilty Goodies

I was so lucky to receive some quilty goodies for Christmas.

Christmas at the guild is always fun; and I got some lovely cards from my friends
Mari
Marit
Sissel
Odveig

Mona-Lisa
Liv Kirsten who also gave me a wonderful glass pendant (which I wore at Christmas), napkins and a candle.
Marit at Quilt It gave me a fat quarter of the perfect Christmas fabric. I had been drooling over her fabulous Snowmen projects, and now I can make my own:-)

And from the guild a poppy bag, tissues and 2 spools of thread.We were struggling financially for a long time, but now our economy is great due to an event we hosted in 2008. It was so much fun picking out the presents this year, not having to come up with ideas that would cost next to nothing. Thus being said, coming up with non-expensive ideas did stretch our imagination and creativity, which I’ll get back to in a separate post.

I got some wonderful fabrics from my sister and nieces. I love to receive fabrics as gifts; I find that it expands my palette. Working with other people’s fabric choices can be a challenge, and it’s stretching my comfort zone, which always is a good thing.

I also received the new book by Mary Lou Weidman, which I ordered a while back, and with it came a surprise piece of fabric. Mary Lou is one of my favourite quilt book authors, I love her story telling. Even though I have not really been “in the box” quilting wise (self taught and really never bothered with all the supposed-tos, just happily quilting along), but I enjoy a quilt book that I can read, and not just browse through.