a swap for all seasons no. 3 - what I received from my partner

OH! How I love this swap, hosted by darling Linda at A Swap For All Seasons!!! For those that haven't been following along, it is a year long swap and we make a mini fabric sampler for our designated partner each month ... resulting in twelve darling samplers to make a garland or frame or whatever we choose. So much creativity, so much fun. I'm beginning work on number four today.

I just received my darling sampler in today's mail from my third partner, lovely Linda F., of Lambworld. So very sweet and charming. I love it so much Linda, thank you so very much! 

 

Linda also enclosed a chocolate bar from Seattle Chocolates - not only is chocolate my favorite thing in the whole wide world, ahem, my dirty little secret between you and me ... but my mommy was from Seattle and seeing it brought back a flood of memories for me of trips with my mom to see my grandparents in Seattle.

Hope you're having a lovely crafty handiwork kind of day today and wishing you a lovely Passover and Happy Easter!

a swap for all seasons no. 3 - what I made my partner

Sorry, I've been quiet a little longer than I intended to be! On top of trying to actually get something done over here, I got a miserable cold last week and haven't felt like doing much of anything.

Forgive me for repeating myself but I've been having so much fun participating in A Swap For All Seasons! It's quite a challenge and also wonderfully inspiring and exciting.  It's a year long swap, with the ultimate goal of making a darling garland of all the samplers we receive from our various partners. 

 

Today I'm sharing the third sampler I made. My partner in the third round is Joy, of Fifi's Daughter. It was a delight to make you a sampler Joy!

Hope this finds you all well and happy and hoping the Easter Bunny brings you lots of chocolates!

Happy Easter!

if it walks like a duck ...

sniffle sniffle ...

The ugly duckling truth ... I ran out of time to finish my ducky in class last weekend and the past week had too many surprises in it, requiring my time, to try to finish her. 

I'm really anxious about having to finish her all on my own.

I found this sooooooooooo difficult. I have no eye for dimension or form or sculpting ability so I was so far out of my depth and comfort zone (which is pretty narrow to begin with, let alone in public!).

Please think cute ducky thoughts for me and that I can overcome my anxiety and get her finished. WAH!

adorable Johanna Parker freebie Easter tussie mussie

This is so darling, I just had to share!  Just in case you're not a frequent visitor to Johanna Parker's blog or receive her newsletter (Heavens! you must correct that immediately because you're really missing out!), she has posted a charming freebie printable for everyone.  Here's the link!