Air Mail

Good morning from the sunny East coast , what a lovely day out there . I just took a little stroll down to the mail box and found a postcard from Lin , I had already received one from Jeanneke on Friday so I am pretty pleased right now . My cards are in the mail so hopefully they won't take too long to arrive .
 This one is from Jeanneke , a sweet summery picture of a beach and starry night , the beach is a wonderful place to be on a starry night . Thanks so much Jeanneke .

 Lin made a very creative card with beach houses , I love it !!! Very happy and summery :-)

I love how you created the doors Lin , I wouldn't have thought of that .I also love the colours . Thanks so much .
I can't share what I have sent just yet but once they arrive I promise to show you , I really had fun I can say that much :-) Thanks for swapping with me Lin and Jeanneke , it was fun .
 Last year the girls I quilt with on Tuesdays at the church decided to do a pinwheel exchange and I never did get around to sewing them into a quilt but others in our little group have and I felt it was high time I got my butt into gear and did some stitching . I really pondered this decision for a long while , couldn't decide just how I wanted them to look , in the end this is what I came up with .

At first I thought I would incorporate several other blocks in the quilt but that became too much of a nightmare as the pinwheels are 8" and it just wasn't working that easily so I opted for this middle block I had made which is suppose to be a wall hanging but I did make it specifically for this quilt . The middle block is called Market Angel , by Nellie Holmes , it says the garden angel is getting ready to go to market . Under the little potted plants will be two buttons to represent wheels and then buttons to represent flowers in several places . I love gardens and I love angels so these little pinwheels kind of remind me of those whirlygigs I think you call them that are often seen in gardens blowing in the wind . Since I took this picture I have added another round of pinwheels , I had first thought I would add a border but I like the pinwheels just as they are but since it wasn't quite big enough I spent some time creating even more pinwheels . My plan is to hand quilt this over the winter , crazy maybe but I love to hand quilt :-) I will also add a little more applique in the border I added to make the pinwheels fit , just a few more butterflies and a flower or two . I am loving this very colorful quilt !! Oh the other reason I had to get going on this is our group is going to have another exchange , this time it is snowball blocks , I have all my colours cut and ready just need to get the fabrics for the corners , we are all buying the same fabric for that purpose and Atantic Fabrics didn't have enough for all of us so it is on order .

Thanks so much for stopping by today , hope your day is special in some way . Hugs Sheila