Show & Tell - Love-filled Blocks

Hiya Everyone!

Thanks for stopping in again today - so lovely to have you all along and seeing your amazing talents!

A number of months ago a bunch of people rallied together to bless a dear lady.

No doubt you've read about it on Juliet's blog.
And here on Sammy's blog.

A gift filled with love and kindness and caring - to show her that she was special, in our hearts and we cared about her and her family.

The gorgeous blocks, materials and funds contributed to this quilt came from many different people and places. This is one of the best things about the blogging world - people rallying together effortlessly and doing what we can to support each other.

This week is your last chance to link up to be in to win the Fantastic May Giveaway prize!  2 balls of each of the six solid colours of Skeinz's Moody Hues yarn range - worth $90!!! This is a delicious Merino, Alpaca & Possum blend that is soft and warm and comes in random colours and soon 8 solid colours. The winner will be announced next Thursday and is drawn using Random.org :) So go on - link link link!

Looking forward to seeing your inspirational projects!
L x

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PS: The house block is from Modern Blocks - the others were from my own templates or based on pictures or ideas pinned here.

Loving - Making friends

Loving all the awesome bloggy people I've been lucky enough to meet and spend a little bit of time with...

Most recently at Bloggy dinners - with Katie from Mummy Adventures

and at crafty evenings at Cat's with Sammy from The Simple Life and Sarah from I Bequeth Love ...

And super excited about April and meeting even more at Blogger's Connecting in Christchurch!!  Are you going??

Have a fab weekend!
L xx

Linking up with Megan & Treena.

A moment to breathe...

I'm finally grabbing a moment to write about the wonderful weekend we recently had.   What started off as a quiet crafty night away for 2 or maybe 3 gals grew into a jovial special weekend of 6 - 8 ladies coming from a few different locations!

We found an awesome little cottage in Leigh that could sleep a few more than just 2 people ... and before we knew it Deb, Juliet and Miriam were flying up from Christchurch and Laura was driving South from her Northern location for us all (including Cat!) to converge on Leigh/Matakana.

We enjoyed the Matakana Markets on Saturday morning and dinner with Sammy and Simone who drove up  specially (more lovey bloggy ladies!)!  Opshops were visited, we played with the clothes at Anna Stretton, the weather was beautiful, the company delightful.

It was bliss.  It was extremely timely, relaxing, deserved and we all needed it more than we realised.  We talked, and crocheted, and talked, and stitched, and talked, and ate, and talked and sewed, and talked, and laughed and hugged.

It will hold a special place in my memory bank - meeting and spending time with such beautiful women, on the inside and out, full of wisdom, smiles, support, encouragement and understanding.  I feel utterly blessed to have made such great friends from blogging.  Thank you for making the effort to travel and spend the weekend ladies - Love you guys!

Cant wait till the next girlie crafty weekend!
Have a great week everyone!
L x

Photo's all courtesy of Juliet, Deb and Cat  :)