Reasons to Smile :-)Sometimes with the burdens and challenges of everyday life we have a tendency to forget about all the little thing that make us smile.
Please allow me to share a handful of things that have put a smile on my face recently!
1.
In Friendship - I've been signing off on my blog postings with "In Friendship" for approx 2 years. This week I received a thank you note from a bloggy friend and she signed it "In Friendship, xxxxx" - I actually got tears in my eyes because she really gets what those two words mean to me.
2. There's a new girl in town! And she's oh so cute!
A couple of weeks ago I was chatting via e-mail with
Janet regarding directions that she'd figured out and she offered to share her findings with me via snail mail. I was expecting an envelope and was stunned when a package arrived instead. I found a Homespun magazine and this new little bunny - talk about a
huge smile on my face. I haven't introduced her before because a sweet name eludes me - do you have any suggestions. Remember she's joining Thimbles, Joy, Millie and Bea Bunny - my Sweetie suggested "Stitches" but I'm not sure. Please leave some suggestions.
Janet, thank you for making me smile!
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3. Taking time to cut two new projects! This really makes me smile! :-)
I've been asked on numerous occasions how I get so much done. This is my biggest reason - I take time to pre cut a couple of projects and then I can 'power sew'. Besides, I do love to sew. LOL
The fabric on the left is Oh Cherry Oh and the fabric on the right is American Primer - both by
Moda. Yummy!
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4. Two flimsies quilted and ready for binding. This really puts a smile on my face!
On the left is North and South and on the right is my 3" nine patch swap quilt I did with Wendy over a year ago.
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5. My shiny, new, red bobbin wheel full of "Frostings" threads by Superior Threads - this is an awesome variety of colors ready to use with my hand applique. I ordered these from
Piece o'Cake after
Carrie posted the information on her blog a couple of weeks ago. Thank you,
Carrie!
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6. No picture to share but I have finished stitching "Rabbits Prefer Embroidery" and will start assembling the blocks.
Please take a few minutes to think about the things that made you smile recently and would you please leave a comment and share one thing with me!
Thanks for visiting with me today - I hope you'll come again soon!
In Friendship!