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I think there is no hiding from it, I must be a swap addict... I am always finding it hard to resist the call of a new swap and more often than not end up signing up for yet another swap. Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy the swaps I am doing or have done in the past. As I am often quilting on my own, bar the rare visit to my quilting group (quite difficult to organise logistically with a baby at the moment), being part of a swap brings some new friend and also extend my horizons. It sometimes takes me out of my comfort zone to. BUT as much as I enjoy the swap, making the blocks/items, sending them off and receiving a gem back in the mail, I am ashamed to say that most of the time, my blocks end up being stashed away in a box, waiting to be used. WHY? Why can't I use them? Why can I do justice to the time, effort and money my fellow swappers and myself have put into the swap? Well, I don't really know is the answer. I guess often I'll jump into a swap, make a few blocks s

I have gone through more of the lovely siggies I have received over the last year or so and I am so happy that I have now catch up with everybody who had send me their little square, it feels so good. I am now catching up with people who emailed me to ask if I was interested to trade with them. Anyway, here is a picture of those lovely blocks I received, organised for me by Miss Strawberry Shortcake: I believe I have now received over 50 siggies from this swap, I will soon have to think what I could do with them! Celine in UK

I must confess that I have been a VERY BAD swapper lately with the International Siggy Swap. I was months behind in sending hexies back but I am so glad that I have finally caught up in the last couple of days. I now have lots of envelopes flying around the world, hopefully they should get to their recipients soon. This is my last siggy design with a pram as I am expecting Baby# 3 in the next few weeks. Here are pictures of some of the lovely siggies I received since I last posted about them. Lots of pretty blocks. I have also signed up for the Siggy Swap on the European DJ list so I should get some more soon. Celine

I have finished this month flowers for Kris for our swap on the Inchy Hexie Swap. She's asked for purple petals and coordinated centres so I made these 2 flowers for her. I also discovered on her blog that she is making a Kaffe garden so went into my stash to find her some scraps of fabrics. I was hoping to be able to sew the hexies for her but I ran out of time. Finally she is also on the International Siggy Swap list so I'll be sending her a siggy while I am trying to catch up with those. See you soon for more, Celine

I went to my patchwork group today because I can't attend next time there is a Saturday meeting, I should be on my way back from our ski trip. Today we were doing Foundation Piecing Storm at Sea. I knew I wanted to do mine in purple/violet but I wasn't sure about the background between dark (black/grey) or light. I took both options with me and finally choose to go with the lighter option (maybe because the weather was so miserable, I didn't want to add more darkness!) I also decided to zest it up with a small yellow-green square in the middle of my big blocks. I am glad I went with the light background. I did one of each block today to see what it would look like and have a guide for colour placements for further blocks. Here is a preview of the units: What do you think? This morning I also found a siggy in my mail. This one came from Femija in Germany. I will send her one tomorrow. Off to the sewing machine now as I am on a mission to finish a bag... Hopefully I'll be

I have received a rather large number of siggies in the last few weeks and today I finally got around to sign the ones I finished sewing last week-end and prepare all my packages. Have a look at the magnificent blocks I have received: Thank you ladies and thanks for your patience! Celine