Knock, knock, it’s just me saying hello to you this week and bringing some goodies for you. I hope you are well and getting some sort of quilting done through your busy day.

On Monday, I attended our first meeting for 2012 of the Sunshine Linus group on the Sunshine Coast. Boy! What a day! It’s been raining here for a few weeks and the sun decided to shine so the humidity was through the roof. But we had about 40 women attend, some who bought yummy home bake (I loooooove home bake) and we got down and got busy making up deliveries of quilts, labelling quilts, cutting out weighted blanket kits and lots of other stuff. If you’re interested to see what we get up to here’s the link to the Sunshine Linus Blog. http://sunshinelinusgroup.blogspot.com.au/

It is so very rewarding to belong to such a dedicated group of women who all have the same goal – to help those less fortunate that ourselves. I thoroughly recommend you get involved with a quilt group in your area that is making things for charity. It gives you a real buzz!

I went surfing last week and have posted an article containing a number of Block of the Month programs that are offered commercially (that is - you pay). There are some really lovely ones here and I’m happy to hear from you if I’ve missed any out. Here’s the link to that article:
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art174956.asp

It’s a bit quiet on the forum front. Be in touch, it’s your forum, please make the most of it. Here’s the link if you want to communicate with other Quilting readers: http://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=43

So, now it’s time for me to present to you the goodies I’ve found throughout the last week. I hope you can find something of interest to you.

http://www.ryanwalshquilts.com/2011/09/ryans-holiday-ribbon-block-celebrate.html ribbon block tutorial

http://verykerryberry.blogspot.com/2011/09/tutorial-how-to-freezer-paper-piece-mug.html a great project for your quilting guild

http://jembellish.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-make-your-own-mouse-pad-wrist.html I need one of these, looks easy.

http://creativebreathing.blogspot.com/2011/10/rosie-on-pink-saturday.html Rosie the felt elephant softie. (There’s something about an elephant)

http://www.fandominstitches.com/2011/10/there-and-back-again-month-01.html calling all Hobbit and Lord of the Ring fans – a BOM just for you

http://thelongthread.com/?p=8710 it’s a mousey pincushion, and this mouse has the mother of all ears! (darn….. there goes my new year’s resolution).

http://www.filminthefridge.com/2011/10/12/scrappy-triangles-a-quilt-block-tutorial/ a great scrappy quilt

http://elisabethandree.posterous.com/threads-threads-lots-of-threads#%21/ wow, a thread basket – literally! Love this

http://www.sisteroo.com/2011/09/vacuum-cake.html nothing to do with patchwork, but who would want one of these????

Well, dear friends, I guess that’s all from me this week. Somehow the days just skip by and before you know it, it’s February. Stay well and warm and happy and I’ll pop in again next week.

Cheerio for now

Judie Bellingham, Quilting Editor
http://Quilting.bellaonline.com

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