I dropped the cool ladders in the post today to Margaret and Rachel.

I’ve revamped 2 of my flowers because they did not meet the guidelines. Here are my 3 to donate this...

It is supposedly Spring here in Auckland, but the weather has been shocking these past few days with high winds and heavy rain. So, I hope my spring flowers survive these conditions! I experimented a little – the red flower is made up of 3 separate petals (my favorite one) and I tried a 5-petal yellow one. I also tried a few leaf shapes. With all of the projects I have going on (not to mention my still-to-use April Block Lotto winnings) I...

I really like this block and hope to make 4 more before the end of the month. I know that they will make a beautiful quilt (I hope it’s...

I sent off your silly string blocks this monring – you should receive them in a week or two.

I mailed 3 blocks to Debra yesterday.

I’ve used half of the blocks that I won in April to make this. I’d like to make it slightly bigger by adding a border but am a little stuck trying to decide what the border should look like. All of the sashing is made from striped shirting fabric – white background with a charcoal gray pinstripe. I thought about a plaid border or one made up of white and plaid blocks. Any...

I really liked these and they went together pretty quickly. I did need to use the iron a lot to get them to lie flat, but I know that they will make a fun and interesting quilt. Fingers crossed again this...

The final three blocks from my April win have arrived from Sophie. I have already started to piece one quilt top with some of the blocks. I’ll try to post some pictures when I get organised. I’m not sure how I will set the remaining blocks – it may be a while before I pick them up again.

I managed to get three schoolhouse blocks done. I used the paper pieced pattern and except for the fact that it was backwards it worked very well. I hope to get a few more done because these are super cute, but I’m travelling again for a few weeks starting tomorrow, so I think I am out of...

Received from Laura E and Debra W. Thanks!

Maree and Caroline – your stars are on the way. I’m still in Virginia, so there won’t be a New Zealand return address on them (as listed in the mailing sheet that Sophie sent out).