The Great Global Christmas Swap 2010

I know it's only August but I received an email from Fiona Marie this morning and it's time to sign up for the Great Global Christmas Swap 2010.  I had such fun doing the swap last year and made friends with Sal in Australia which led to the formation of a small swap group around the world that we call Global Piecers.  (there's nothing on our blog yet but it's a case of watch this space!) So far we have swapped Christmas blocks, Easter pincushions, we're in the middle of a postcard swap, send each other birthday fat quarters and are organising our Autumn and Christmas swaps for this year at the moment.  From such small seeds do exciting things grow. 
Take a look and see if Fiona Marie's swap is for you. I'm certainly going for it again.  There are gorgeous festive bag patterns as part of the swap and the money raised is to help children with cancer.

Quilty Gifts

This is what the postman brought me this morning (and no tax to pay!) - a wonderful parcel of quilting goodies from my Great Global Christmas Swap partner, Sal, who lives in Australia and has just been on a quilting trip to South Dakota (to meet up with her swap partner from last year).  The red batiks are wonderful and truly scary - I have challenged myself to use red - and the magazines are full of lots of exciting projects so I've set aside this evening for a good read.  What lovely people quilters are, I am so pleased Fiona Marie teamed me up with Sal.
More excitement is on the cards for tomorrow - a trip to York to visit the Quilt Museum and also the Art Gallery where there is an exhibition of sashiko textiles.

Great Global Christmas Swap

I've got my partner for the Global Christmas Swap and have already had an email from her, Sal, in Australia. 
Sixteen more northern hemisphere partners are needed for the swap so why not sign up with Fionamarie, it'll be great fun.