One Flower Wednesday and a Nice Surprise

Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down. -Charles F. Kettering


Well, obviously Mr. Kettering was NOT a quilter..........as I have stumbled on many many things while sitting down in front of my sewing machine.....how about you?

I was able to get my flower of the week made early this time and it's a good thing because I am accompanying my sister and my niece to a little day surgery tomorrow............This week I have for you some items from the castle of the Wicked Witch of the West:

This is the hourglass that she turned over and warned Dorothy when the sand was gone that her dog, Toto would be gone too if she didn't surrender the ruby slippers.  Around the hourglass are compasses also from the witch's castle..... 

There are many more flowers growing at Karen's "Journey of a Quilter" ........just click on the link to go there..........

I got a sweet package in the mail all the way from England last week from my friend Cherie of IBe'sCheraldine

I had commented on a post she made showing some gorgeous HST patches in beautiful red and cream..........well what did she say??

"I don't like red very much........you can have them"..............so she bundled them up and just look at what she sent..........

Count them.........20 patches.....and she included some extra fabric too.........look at the beautiful swirls in that fabric on the upper left.......I already have them earmarked for a totebag that I'm making for somebody I know that's a teacher.........

I also got some cute Loralie fabric I had ordered the same day Cherie's packet came in the mail................

This is an out of print design called "Roll Call" by Loralie....I already used the science teacher holding the beaker on a mug rug I made for a swap last week............I will use some more of this on the teacher tote.....................

Well it is way past my bedtime..........we have leave for the hospital in 5 hours!  Good thing tomorrow is my day off........
ta-ta for now.................