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HI LADIES
MY SSSS WAS TIMBLE LADY AND SHE SENT A BEAUTIFUL
STOKING WITH A BEAUTIFUL ANGEL THAT IS A PIN TOO.
A LITTLE PAUCH WITH A VERY BEAUTIFUL SISSOR AND I LOVE IT HOW SHE KNEW I LOVE SISSORS.
A WALLET ANDY FOR MY NEXT TRIP IN 2 WEEKS.
A VERY NICE PINCUSHI8NG A PACK OF SQUARE OF FABRICS I WILL USE THEM TO MAKE A LITTLE QUILT FOR MY DGD.
A LITTLE MIRROL WITH LITE CUTE. A CLASSES CASE
SHE MAKE A LITTLE BAG THAT CLOSE TO CARRY MY SEWING STUFF.
I LOVE ALL MY GIFTS
THANK YOU TIMBLE LADY

PS SHE SENT A TIMBLE WITH HER NAME CUTE IT WILL GO WITH MY COLECTION OF TIMPLES ONE OF CANE.
LOVE ELY

My thank you goes out to Longjohn. She made a beautiful log cabin stocking and filled it with fabric. A nice selection of Cherrywood dyed fabric, a bottle of Synthrapol to care for that fabric. Also, a holiday panel and a couple oriental fats. Lindt chocolates added sweetness. Thank you Longjohn.

This is a pic of Nickilee's stocking.
She asked to let you know she forgot to include her pink gloves.

Thank you, Karen! I took some pictures before sending to Nicki, but most things were already wrapped!

Good morning everyone!

After a few days with family and relatives I was able to open my box, and Faye Jean was my SSSS! She made the cutest red & white stocking - I love the stitched snowflakes and the fun pom-pom trim!

Here's a pic of my box with stocking and unwrapped gifts!

Now, to see what was hiding beneath that wrapping paper!

-Poinsettia holiday socks (to keep my feet warm in this COLD weather)
-Handmade triangle chicken in bright florals (so cute!)
-Pastel and button striped FQ (so many possibilities!)
-Hand sanitizer (definitely needed this time of yr)
-Little notepad (so I don't forget what I NEED to buy when I get distracted by what I WANT to buy!)
-Color ball pins (great for sewing in the evening with tired eyes)
-Snowman lantern ornament (to add to my snowman collection!)
-Cardinal salt & pepper shakers (to add to my cardinal collection! lol)
-Emery boards (definitely needed for work and home)
-Handmade travel tea bag holder (perfect for my work and personal travels!)
-Fall/Winter 2012 issue of BHG Quilt Sampler magazine (it shows how to sew a hexagon quilt by machine, and I just got a kit with hexagons that I wanted to try to put together)
-And, last but not least, Hershey kisses! Yummy!

Thank you soooooooo much for everything! I love it all and will enjoy using/eating/drinking/wearing it all!

Here's a pic so you don't have to use your imagination

kmouse, I am so glad to hear you received the stocking and Im so sorry it was ripped open.
Happy New Year and all of G#ds blessings in 2013.
Pat

Hi all, just to let you all know that I am going home tomorrow and will be picking up my mail. So will then open up my package and post pics. Looking forward to my goodies.

Mary

Purple Butterfly, I love my beautiful stocking with all 8 of the fat quarters, the darling angel, the buttons, the walk around the block (!). Thank you soooo much. Sorry I wasnt able to open it on Christmas Eve but I enjoyed it anyway. Thanks again for such a fancy stocking.

OMG!!! Trish, Thank you Thank you Thank you! My stocking from "Oz" arrived yesterday. Trish it is just beautiful, the photo does not do it justice.
The contents are perfect. I did not say this on my wish list but I collect travel/location magnets, so the Australia magnet is a GREAT addition to my collection. Love the Melbourne compact, mouse pin cushion (the only kind of mouse I want to see), boomerang batik fabric, ornaments, sewing caddy and it's contents, and last but not least Caleb's beautiful artwork Christmas card a perfect touch to the package.

Here is the stocking made out of vintage ties, trims, lace, beads/buttons, and velvet.

Contents: Mouse, magnet, compact, fabric, ornaments, and card.

Sewing caddy - closed

Sewing caddy open

Sewing caddy panel one - I have to show each panel up close to show the embroidery.

middle panel with pin cushion

other side panel

Have to show a close up of the boomerang batik fabric, don't know how I'll ever bring myself to cut into this fabric. I love it!! I'll be adding it to my batik collection that I just "pet".

My Australian Shepherd, Liesl got on the chair to help me with my package.

Trish, thank you again just beautiful.

Nicki if you still need your pictures posted I can do that for you. jennyroseybean@verizon.net

I should have a computer soon to post pictures of my stocking I rec'd and if Quilter Chris wants I can post pics of what I sent her. Quilter Chris - I am sick now! I hope you especially liked all the batiks I sent!

Sorry I'm so late in sharing - my 19 yo daughter returned from Australia and we've been catching up :-). My Secret Santa was ELY and I so wish I could upload pictures so I could show off her gifts! The stocking is precious and has a lot of hand bead work on it. I she made several pincushions and decorated each one beautifully with beads, and one was even in a tea cup and saucer - so pretty! She sent lovely Christmas fabric, along with Christmas potholders and napkins, with the most beautiful napkin rings made for each one. I received a thimble, sewing supplies, votive candle hand decorated, a beautiful hand made bag I can use for many things, a notepad and the prettiest pink butterfly pin! This is my first time swapping with this group and I am overwhelmed by ELY's generosity and the amount time she spent hand making so many beautiful gifts! Like I said, I wish I could share photos of all my gifts. Thank you so much, ELY, and I look forward to next year already!

I've been offline for a few days. STinMT- so glad you liked the stocking. Log cabin is one of my favorite patterns.
My stocking came from Theresa (Tea Sea). A beautiful crazy quilted stocking of satins, with silk ribbon embroidery and a vintage handkerchief motif, Ferrero Roche chocolates, butterfly notecards, JoAnn's card,a package of silk ribbons and beads, and a sweet angel ornament. All was wrapped in fabric secured with flathead pins- how thoughtful! The fabric included cute angels, moose (which I've been collecting) and coincidentally the Same Christmas stamp fabric I used for the back of the stocking I made for ST in MT! Need to find my charger for the camera. Will post a pic ASAP. Thank You!

Shogun, Everything was wonderful. I so love batiks. I am collecting them for a very special project I want to do in the next year or two -- a stained glass block quilt for my bed. They will go into my stash for this purpose. I was even good and shared the candies you sent me with my DH. He loves certain chocolates as well. I will put my JoAnn gift card to very good use with looking for batiks as well. Thank you so much and if you would like please post pics you have so everyone else can see. Quilter Chris.

My stocking was from KC1930. It is very beautiful. Quilted around each flower with gold thread. I just love it. Filled with:

Lindor choc.truffles
Maine honey
Blue Moose Blueberry tea
Dove choc.
Tin with York peppermint patties (gone)
Six different B/W fabric qtrs.
2 pieces of blue checked flannel
White thread
Double choc. truffle hot cocoa
Flower Frill templates
Hershesy Kisses candle
Gift cert. to Joanns

Hugs,
Linda

Trying to post stocking and contents.

Wow it worked.... I used paint to resize and figured it out myself.... I am so proud of me. YEA

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CQWannabe, so glad your package finally arrived, sad it was late though. I had a great time making your stocking and stuffing it, really glad you like it Your Australian Shepherd is gorgeous...I have had two in the past, Jessie my first was the sweetest...miss her , Bandit, I found him when he was older, and set in his ornery ways, so he had the name Bandit for a reason, but I still loved him to bits...lol

Thanks again Nickilee for hosting this swap!

close up of the stitching on my stocking...Just love it.

Hugs,
Linda

OK now I can post what I received from fishingwidow sent me. A slap watch, 3 FQ's (one purple, one yellow, and one orential), a yoyo maker, Create & Decorate (2008 Holiday Issue), a Address book, a Christmas mug rug, a Mary Clark Book (Moonlight Becomes You) I don't know how you did it but I don't have that one, a candy dish filled with Chocolate and candy canes, a christmas JOY pinoh and I can not forget the bag of COTTON BALLS LOL. I just love everything. Thank You fishingwidow.

Luvthosequilts, hope you and your package finally got together. Showed off the stocking you made me to others, and one in particular who is a knitter, and crochets too. All give compliments, as a unique stocking. Hard to believe it's that "easy" as you mentioned, for me anyway.

Linda, I'm glad you liked the stocking and goodies!

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Just browse to find your picture and skip the rest and click "okay". Once your picture comes up, just right click on the picture to "save as" in your files! Easy peasy!

Sorry posting late I was away a few days. My SSSS was STinMT. I want to thank you so much for all the goodies in the pretty stocking. The little shih tzu and embroidered one. Love the kitty bookmark, snowflake ornament,little pincushion. rotary blades I was running low. The chocolate was so good.

My grandfather passed 3 weeks before Xmas and I lost my uncle late Oct. You really brightned my Christmas.
Thank you!
Jill

Hi all,

Finally got home - a little late because of bad weather and got my stocking from DJillM. Thank you much for the hand made items, the scissor holder and fob, the holiday ornament and the pendant. You probably can't tell from the picture but there is an angel on the pendant.

Thanks much.

Mary

I am right behind you Fishingwidow... We just got home a little while ago... The camera I took with me did not have the software downloaded in the laptop... duh...

This is what was in the stocking that I received from SDGranny...

15.00 gift card to JoAnns... one of my favorite places!! Going shopping next week!!

a piece of fabric with grapes on it..

a card with instructions to make a table runner...

and last but not least is a hanger... it will be perfect for some of my crazy quilt pieces!

Thank you so much for the gifts! Hope your Christmas was awesome!

ttt

Hi all just an update...package is still in MI however, it should be FW to me sometime in the next couple of days so sometime next week it should come home!
gemsq, when I reunite with my pattern I'll send you a copy.

Oh my, Unpredictable isn't it? Now it will be your 2013 gift; and a nice way to start the year.

HI LADIES
NICKI DID YOU KNOW IF MY SSSS DID GET HER STOKING. I HAVE NOT SEEM HER HERE.
LOVE ELY

Ely - Yes she did - she posted a few posts back.

Ladies, if you have yet to acknowledge receiving your stocking please do so now.

Thank you for another great year!

HI LADIES
THANK YOU NICKI I FOUNDED
JOYFULSEWER I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU LIKE WHAT I DID FOR YOU. I DID HAVE A LOT OF FUN DOING IT.
HUGS ELY

I thought we had a large group of swappers! Could this really be all of the pictures??

I had posted yesterday that I received my GORGEOUS stocking from Kmouse and I LOVE it!
It took a while to get here b/c of a mixup in which address to send to (and a dear bro/cuz who refused delivery)....but it did get here

Kmouse even decorated the box SO pretty!

As I said yesterday as soon as I opened the box it began to snow....

I have that beautiful iridescent "snow" all over!
I love it! Pay back for all my glittery BD card with FQs a few years ago I guess...
Isn't this stocking beautiful?

Stocking is blue velvet...
close up of snowflakes! They are HAPPY little guys!

LOVE this one!!!

Also in the box was a little mouse for my cat Gizmoe....she says thank you Karen but she prefers the live ones...no offense intended!
And she sent Reeses PB cups for DH
Everyone meet Mike...my better half!

Mike says "Alright! and YUMMMM!"

Then it was time to go eat something...at Souplantation (mmmmm) and then to see the Hobbit I told you DH is REALLY a movie person...
The reason I didn't get the box on the 3rd is b/c we went to the movies...we saw "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" then Mike wanted to see "Perfect Pitch" which I saw in MI with my GFs...so he did and I saw "Taken2" which is WAY too intense for him! I love excitement! and well who doesn't like Liam Neeson? (Well anyway, I do...)

So I came home and posted ...but then my battery was dead and it was late so after breakfast today I opened my presents and took more pictures.
Before I opened them...