Tuesday, 11 October 2011

A new treasure and hexies

I received the most beautiful gift yesterday from Cheryl in Australia (she doesn't have a blog).  Cheryl was my partner for The Keeper Swap and I absolutely love the sewing set she sent me.  She even sent me some lovely new scissors!!
I love the bird on the back of the scissor keep and the little sewing accessory has lots of useful pockets inside.  So this gift is my treasure today, my first swap and such a beautiful gift.  I'm linking today with Melody for Tuesday's Treasures.

I choose to work on hexagon flowers during the rugby in the weekend.  It was nice to dust them off and see how much I could get done!
I was up to three rows completed and sewn together and over the last few days I have been glue-basting and sewing furiously, so now I have 77 hexie flowers, three more to go and I can start sewing the fourth row together.  Unfortunately I have almost run out of glue so I ordered more today, I hope it arrives quickly!!

Happy stitching, Wendy

24 comments:

  1. Your keeper swap is very cute! Love the colour. I love the colour of your hexies as well, how many rows do you have to do?
    Michelle

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  2. WOW How good is that. I think you are the first one to receive your beuatiful Scissors Keeper Swap.
    Your Red Hexies look fabulous.

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  3. really lovely scissor keep and needlecase. Matches will with your hexie colours.
    The hexie garden is definitely flourishing!

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  4. great 1st swap for you Wendy,it a lovely gift to receive,lucky you.

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  5. great swap.. those look so pretty too... I love your red hexies...
    Hugz

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  6. What a wonderful gifts you have had for the keeper swap. Good luck with your Tilda doll.

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  7. What vibrant colours in your hexies. Also a very generous swap partner!

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  8. Such a beautiful gift and so beautifully stitched by Cheryl.Great treasure Wendy. Love all your hexies.

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  9. I love your hexies- they are beautiful colours!!! Cheryl's pressies are gorgeous!!

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  10. What a beautiful gift... It does match your gorgeous hexies....

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  11. Lovely gift... Loving the colours of your hexie quilt!

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  12. What lovely gifts...you are moving ahead with your hexies...

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  13. Hi Wendy, lots of beautiful things in this post. I adore your hexie flowers and your swap present is fabulous. Thank you for sharing.

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  14. Hello Wendy,

    A beautiful treasure from Cheryl. Enjoy your hexies.
    happy days.
    Bev.xoxo

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  15. You are a lucky girl to receive such wonderful swap items! Congrats! Love the hexies! Can't wait to see more! :)

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  16. Your scissor keeper looks really nice !! What a beautiful gift !!
    I'm waiting mine and I send it to my partner Maria... so news soon !!
    I love your hexies !! but you know it already !!
    Florence

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  17. What beautiful scissor keeper. This was also my first swap. It is so exciting receiving something stitched with love form someone else. Great work with the Hexies they look fantastic. Sorry to say I think Aust is going to beat NZ in the World Cup.

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  18. Your Scissor Keeper swap is beautiful Wendy. What a lucky stitcher you are!! Your hexies look great. Sporting events are terrific for marathon stitching sessions aren't they. I finished a whole section of a Christmas quilt I am working on while the cars roared around Bathurst!

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  19. Your hexie quilt is looking fantastic! Aren't you a lucky girl getting such lovely presents!

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  20. Looking at your hexies - it seems like Cheryl picked the right colours for you! The scissor keeper swap gift is gorgeous and your hexie quilt is looking stunning. I find as mine grows, it becomes less portable - but brilliant for long TV sessions!!

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  21. Lovely hexies. love the color. you received the most beautiful sewing set.Looking forward to see the finished quilt.

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  22. Your hexie quilt is looking fabulous! Great choice of project for watching rugby. Lovely swap gift too.... lucky you!

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  23. Just beautiful!! all of it....

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  24. Wendy, how did I miss this post? What a beautiful keeper you received and in the perfect colors for you. I need to get to work on my hexies again too...the weather is perfect for it...cold and rainy...I'll be sewing with you!:)

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