One Christmas Item and some mail

It is that time of the month as on the 25th of each month I try to post a photo of a Christmas project and  I am linking up to Narelle of Pins and Whiskers   . . Since August was a busy month for me with family visiting and also me being away visiting our son and his family there was very little time to sew , however that said I do have a partially finished project to share .The stitching is complete now I need to add borders ....

Just before I left for Saskatchewan I also started working on my Dots for the upcoming bloghop and here is a sneak peak of what I have done so far.

Oh I know , not much of a peak is it , well at least you can see I do have dots :-)
 I recently won a giveaway from Thearica of Pigtales and quilts blog   and yesterday I received this lovely block in the mail  .Her hand work is amazing , she did all of the applique and embroidery by hand and this block will make a really lovely pillow  .Thanks so much Thearica , I really appreciate your kindness.

I am back at my machine and have been sewing up a storm on some nine patch blocks. A few friends and I are going to exchange blocks over the next several months so I had to make ten blocks which I did manage to complete last evening . I actually love this block , so versatile and easy to make . Would you like to see my blocks , I did two different sets as each strip cut across the fabric provided five blocks .

This will of course be a very scrappy quilt , we are each making ten blocks for each exchange and obviously there are ten of us participating so we will receive a variety of blocks . We can use whatever fabric we choose as long as it is not Christmas or childrens prints and the dark prints are to be in the outside corners and middle not the other way around. They finish at 6" ,fun fun :-) Hope you Tuesday girls like these .
Hey  it's good to be back home again , I have been singing that tune for the past few days  ha ha!

 Before I go I would like you to consider voting for a beautiful quilt my friend Annette of In Stitches and Seams has entered in the McCall's Design Challenge, tomorrow is the last day for voting so I know she will really appreciate a few more clicks on that vote button  .Here is a picture of her lovely quilt , if you head on over to her blog you will see on the left hand side a button you can click that will take you to the site to vote . Thanks ,I have seen this in person while visiting Saskatoon and it is even more beautiful in person .

Thanks for stopping by and hope you are enjoying your day.
Hugs Sheila