Disappearing, Surprising, and Organizing

Disappearing

Last blog I began sharing about my WIP (works in progress). That disappearing pen has an inconsistent temperament :0/

Surprising

A few weeks ago, my blogging friend at Notes of Sincerity

chose me to be one of her recipients in a Pay it Forward activity.

Well,

this arrived yesterday afternoon . . . 

An envelope with tissue wrapped bundles.

Inside, I discovered

these treasures :0)

First, was this cute DREAM bunting (which my son's girlfriend REALLY likes . . . I will be making one for her birthday at the end of the month with something else I had planned. I love how things work out that way)

I hung it from the mantle in my kitchen :0)

 

YES, I have a fireplace with a mantle in my kitchen but, I have very little counter space and no storage :0/

The pear fabric goes perfectly with my "Fruit of the Spirit" theme. 

Next was a wonderful mini quilt/mug rug/mini table runner :0) It's almost like Trish has been to my house and noticed my bookshelf and mantle needed a small touch of sweetness.

I had the perfect place for it :0)

Next to my Uncle Sam candle holder and flag tin with pine cones.

Then a cover for my tissues. I don't go anywhere without tissues. How did she know?

Finally, a wonderful cut of fabric covered in POLKA DOTS!!!

LOVE, love, love this :0)

 

 

Once again, Thank you for the wonderful SURPRISE!

Organizing

Jenn and Aaron's quilt is all cut out. I love cutting into new fabric.

Now the organizing and a dilemma.

The directions stated to use a design wall so, I tried

 this 

Quilt batting hung from china cabinet with skirt hangers.

But it didn't work :0(

Then I tried numbering the illustration in the magazine and that wasn't working either.

 So, I laid out the top quarter of the quilt on the floor.

Then stuck post-its on all the blocks to label them.

Now, 

they are ready to sew together (at least 1/4 of the quilt is ready.) I will repeat this process 3 more times :0) Happy dance, I am looking forward to sewing all the seams as I pray for my daughter and her future husband.

Cute bundles of joy :0)

Hopefully you enjoyed my musings and will stop by again because I do need to Pay it Forward to some lucky persons who read my blog, love to quilt/craft, and want to play along, too.

Blessings of joy,

Michelle