Christmas in July Swap & Birthday Presents

Today is CHRISTMAS IN JULY! What a fun way to start the day, opening presents. My partner was Sharon over at Quilting With A Marmalade Cat. These are my Christmas in July presents from Sharon. Starting with my card on top

From there we move on to the delightful quilted bag that held all my goodies. The pockets held more surprises.

We have patterns, doll and quilt, tiny Claus note cards, coffee from a NY coffee shop, buttons (I love buttons), a recipe for pear salad, a flag rubber stamp, tapestry patch, Mary Engelbreit journal, notepad and Kleenex, a fat quarter in turquoise blue (my favorite color), a fabric panel with Christmas labels, Christmas Kleenex and a delightful hand stitched Christmas ornament. I have a small tree in my sewing room and the ornament will reside there until the big tree comes out in December. The bag is nice and large and will hold traveling stitching very well.

Everything is great! It was a fun swap to prepare for and just as much fun to receive. Thank you Sharon!

Monday was my birthday. I received a box from my secret stitcher. Another fun surprise.

A piece of 28 ct. linen, a fat quarter with cute sheep, an awesome thread winder - I don't have any of these so I can't wait to use it, a cute note pad, stitcher's lotion, a Kit & Bixby 'Thankful Wool' pattern and the cutest pin cushion fit into a silicon cupcake liner with over one stitching of my initials with tiny flowers and an even tinier bee. Thank you secret stitcher.



Here we are celebrating my birthday. It was a gorgeous day with perfect weather, good food and the wonderful company of family.




.........and there goes Evan, off to collect lightening bugs

What a great birthday week.

(Hint: click on the small pictures if you want to see them larger)
Marsha