My lovely friend Sylvia has been at it again! Sending me presents, and not just any presents, but ones that had a lot of thought put into them. Just take a look.
There are some of my favourite Ghiradelli dark chocolates with the mint centres. We shared some when we were together in June. There’s a fridge magnet of the stunning Pennsylvania Grand Canyon that we visited together.
Then there are four reels of Sulky Blendables. I really love using these threads and Sylvia must have read my blog where I was speaking about them and saying I wish I had more colours and so she bought me some. That’s is so kind of you Sylvia. Thank you so much!
But that’s not all! Some hand and body lotion called “Gypsy Woman” – do you think she’s trying to tell me something? LOL And some “Honey Bee” lip balm, a fat quarter of text fabric with the names of quilt blocks on it and, did you notice the fat quarter of the fabric I was using in my Lily Wall hanging and that I was looking for more of?
But that’s not all. She sent me a lovely black suede embroidered needle case that she made and a very soft deer skin coin purse. These last two need another photo. See below:
The needle case has my name embroidered on it and the coin purse has a US dollar coin in it.
Sylvia thank you so much for your generosity and thoughtfulness. (By the way I’ve already eaten one of the chocolates. I think it was in my house for all of 2 minutes before it was consumed.) Oh and there’s a parcel winging its way towards your neck the wood as we speak. 🙂
How wonderful to get some gifties! Sylvia is a wonderful friend. I knew there was a reason I liked you….dark chocolate is my favorite, too!! I love Ghirardelli, and my personal favorite is the dark chocolate with Raspberry filling….yum…8-) I noticed right away that she had sent you some of the fabric you were looking for. I searched online but had no luck. Isn’t it wonderful to get lots of little gifts?! I’d rather get several little ones, rather than one big one.
xo Linda
Actually, Munaiba, it ISN’T the fabric you were looking for, it’s from that collection, but not what you have. It has the DARK background, instead of the light background. AND it was the only FQ they had. 😦
I wanted to give you things from my area, that you seemed to fall in love with. The hand lotion and the lip balm are made by a lady in Westfield, Pa. We went thru that tiny little town on our way to the cabin. 🙂 She had various lotions, but the Gypsy Woman smell just seemed to remind me of you. A bit mysterious, etc… lol
The deer skin purse wasn’t actually made locally, but they USED to make them locally. In Westfield there was a tannery that ran for years and only closed a while ago. Deer hides were always sold to them after hunting season. AND of course, you can’t give a purse without a coin in it, I was raised to believe its bad luck. 🙂
You guessed why I sent you the thread, and I picked ones that had purple in them, knowing it’s your favorite color. 🙂
You turned me on to the chocolate, so I did eat one before I sent them to you. lol
The needle case is very personal to me. You know I lost my dear friend, Abby to lung cancer. YEARS ago, I admired a similar case she had in her sewing box. She told me it had belonged to her grandmother. How nice I said to have it. That year, she made me a needle case for Christmas, with my name on it. We all have these lovely embroidery machines. She had showed me how she made it and I bought the supplies to make some for others. But never had the time to complete them. As a tribute to her, I TOOK the time and have made a lot of them for presents. You dear friend, are the first to open yours. I hope it becomes a treasured gift to you too…
Take care and know I miss you!
Not sure what you mean about the fabric. That blue on white is the fabric I have that I was looking for. Thanks for telling me the story behind the presents , especially the needle case which is very special!
Hold your piece against that FQ and you’ll see what you mean. When I went in search of it to the Village Sampler, I had printed out photos of what you were looking for and took them with me. I laid this against the photos and found it to have the background switched. SOMETHING wasn’t the same as what you were looking for. I do know that. But being as it was from the same collection, I bought it. It was only ONE FQ. 🙂
You’re right! LOl It’s reversed. You know I put them together before and I never noticed. It’s lovely anyway. 🙂
awww, how wonderful to get such thoughtful and lovely gifts! And to get to read about them just makes me feel all fuzzy warm inside!