This and that

Ok, lots of bits and pieces to show today. We decided not to do anything particular this morning - we had thought originally to go uptown to a museum or something before our appointments at the embassy in the afternoon, but as it looks like we will be going up to the V&A on Monday, we thought we'd skip it today - so I decided to do some sewing housekeeping. Got some sewing related parcels ready for the post office, made a few labels - one for the Four Seasons Quilt (which won't go off in the post until Monday or Tuesday as I want to buy a couple of little things to put in with it - nothing big, just maybe some chocolate and/or tea, etc) and one for the first Hawaiian quilt. I finished the last 6 inches of binding on the Four Seasons Quilt (must remember to take another photo before I post it) and attached the label tonight, so it's good to go. I also sewed on the label for the Hawaiian quilt, so it's good to go as well - I'll send it out whenever I get the FSQ ready.





Then I made a block for something a friend is organising for another friend who is having a rough time - that also can go out next week - and finished up the P postcards - they are now addressed and ready to go - if you click on the photo, you should be able to see that each one has a little puzzle - I had fun with those. There's a fifth one as well - another car one - which is my prototype, which didn't make it into the photo. Whatever!





And then I spent a little time working on the quilt for the Miniature Booty Swap - I am not going to show you much of that as I don't want my recipient to know what's going on, but I will share these two little teases - both of these blocks will probably have a place in the finished product. I notice that the broken dishes block needs a bit of a fiddle to fix the bottom point... Oh, and maybe I should just mention that each of these two blocks is 2" square. (Why yes, I am possibly insane...)



And finally, two acquisitions - on the left, some "keyring notepads" I got in Muji (or more accurately, the Muji concession in Selfridge's - we got up to town earlier than we needed, so poked around a few Oxford Street shops for 40 minutes or so - Disney store for Alex, Selfridges for me & Sarah - the Muji concession was mainly for her, as she's a stationery junkie). Each of them is about 1 x2" and I'm thinking they'd make lovely little gifties (altered). They were 99p each, so I bought three to try out, but if they come out well, I'll be visiting Muji again soon to stock up for Christmas. Luckily, there's one in Kingston. Not that I mind another trip up to Oxford Street, of course....

And on the right, some fabric which came from Pauline in Australia, as a thank you - I sent her some magic paper to try out and she sent me back this fabulous fabric with Australian birds printed on it in silver. Yum.