Lovely Bits

Lovely package from hensteethart.blogspot.com
~Before I left for London last week I received two beautiful packages~ The first came from Viv at Hensteeth. I absolutely adore her designs and have admired them for ages. When she listed her adorable girl brooches I could resist no longer! I was completely blown away by the packaging and ~of course~ the sweet little brooch. You can find her beautiful blog (here) and her Etsy shop (here).

Sew along goodies from Gertie's
Kerry posted about a sew along over at Gertie's Blog for better sewing and I couldn't resist joining in. The sew along is for a lingerie set consisting of undies plus a slip or cami. I have sewn everything under the sun except under garments so I'm excited to give it a go! She is selling the sets and patterns in her Etsy shop (here). As a girl who only wears boy short undies for panties and slips under my dresses, I am looking forward to this fun project : )

Pack Patch Mini Quilt Along
Chase over at 1/4" mark is hosting the most lovely little sew along. It is a simple sew along where she asks participants to use their scraps to make a simple 12 patch block. At the end of ten weeks you will make a mini quilt from the blocks. My absolute favorite part about this sew along are the themes for each block. Last week she asked us to make a block with -
~1~ our favorite colors and ~2~ our true colors, or colors we tend to use in our quilting projects. This week the themes are ~April Showers~ & ~May Flowers~ You can find more information at the Flickr group (here)
Have a lovely day! Mine will be spent celebrating a special little 7 year old boy's birthday : ) xo Charise