Fabric winnings and a early bird sew along!

I may have mentioned one or a million two times that my tree skirt won a prize in the Sew Seasonal Blog Hop and I can honestly say that I didn't read to much into the prizes when I downloaded the patterns. I was just chuffed to be getting a bunch of amazing paper pieced patterns for free and when I did link up my project I never thought it would be picked.

But it was, and I was lucky enough to win a fq bundle of Joy by Kate Spain from The Intrepid Thread!
I was already an admirer of this line and had used a few of the prints in the tree skirt and had made my Vintage Holiday quilt using it.
So when it arrived during Christmas and New Year I was so excited....

And two panels!

Julie from The Intrepid Thread had emailed me before she sent it out and I asked if I could add a tiny, small order in with it and heres what I added!!!

 A bundle of Type

And some Guising! ( I have been desperate to get my hands on some of this!! Still a few more to look out for! )
Due to a couple of fq of Joy going missing Julie sent me the Guising for free! What an amazingly generous person, I was just ecstatic to win any fabric and honestly would not have known or minded if anything was not there!!
Now, I did have this Christmas fabric all bagged up for a lot later in the year, but........ Mary emailed me about a Sew Along on Threadbias for the Pretty in Patchwork book and you know I'm a huge fan of this book. I loved making the Read Between the Lines cushion It's only one thing a month, how achievable is that?!? And how ready for Christmas would I be for next year? Or am I mad?!
Answers on a postcard please.

                                                                        

Swoon cushion Ta-Dah!!

My pink Swoon cushion is finished and was given to my Great Aunt yesterday for her birthday!!
I forgot to take any photos of the birthday girl with it but did go a little crazy snapping it before it left.

I am ridiculously happy with how it turned out and she seemed pretty pleased with it when she opened it. I have to say I was hoping she didn't want it so I could bring it back home.

I didn't attempt a zip with this cushion, so just went for an envelope back.

The floral fabric I used is Scattered Roses from Sugar Hill by Tanya Whelan and the solid pink I bought from John Lewis a while ago and am not sure of the name!! Which is a shame as I'd love some more. It ended up needing a 24" cushion insert so is lovely and big.
This came together so quickly (which was very lucky as I didn't give myself much time to do it!) and the pattern was a dream to follow.
In fact so clear and enjoyable that I've managed to start on another one today.....

This one is for my sister's birthday and needs to be finished by Wednesday....I think I should rename myself lastminutepresentmaker.com!! So I might (WILL) have another Ta-Dah before the week is out!!
All I can say is thank God I saw Katy's of I'm a Ginger Monkey Swoon cushion on Flickr or both of them would have got chocolates and socks for presents!!

Before I go and get the kidlets in bed I have to share with you my fabric that I bought with my voucher from the SewHappyGeek Mini Quilt Competition. I got a $25 voucher to spend at Intrepid Thread and I really had trouble picking things as Julie has the most wonderful selections.

I did add to the voucher but only $10 and the postage, which converted to £17!! The price of fabric really is so much cheaper in America. It arrived on Saturday so took less than a week to get to me.
And finally...... Jenna has just posted today about a new Quilt Along!! It looks amazing!!

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