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Friday 20 April 2012

Thank FQ it's Friday!

Oh I am more than glad this week is over; Twin 1 was back at school today, so we were all where we were meant to be again, and getting home from work with 5 minutes to spare before the school run, I was met by 2 lovely parcels.

Parcel One, I was expecting.  As soon as my Amazon Wish List showed that Shape Workshop for Quilters from the awesome Fat Quarterly crew, had gone from 'not yet released' to 'out of stock' on Wednesday, I was on the case, abandoning loyalties and heading for The Book Depository, who not only showed it as 'in stock', but are 10% cheaper than Amazon right now.  Bonus.

Anyhoo, 48hrs later...


I am looking forward to having a proper look through later when peace and quiet descends, but the whole book looks beautiful, and there are lots of amazing blocks I can't wait to try.

And then parcel Two, well it was one of those 'expected but not expected' kinda ones, you know the feeling, it had the surname of a blogger I knew on the return address, but I couldn't think why she was sending anything to me - then I remembered...

Fat Quarterly Retreat Name Tag swap!!

And I got a beauty...



So perfectly me, I am soooooooo happy, thank you again Mary,  I love it and I will be wearing it the whole FQ weekend and probably around the house from now 'til then! 

And as for her daughter's Screamadelica card!  How cool is that?

I feel a bit guilty now about not getting to the post office to mail mine yet, but I will tomorrow, promise, rain or shine x

So a lovely end to the week, with a bit of icing on top courtesy of Mr V's tweet

Happy Friday everyone.

26 comments:

  1. I love your name tag!! (And the painting by her daughter!) The Mr V tweet is fabulous, I hope the parcel arrives soon! Hope you get to read the book soon - are you sending the bairns to bed early tonight?!

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  2. Oh my goodness, you have received your name tag and I have barely even started on mine!! I'm v. annoyed about that book too - I had it on pre-order at amazon and it said it wasn't released til the beginning of June - how can it now be out of stock and I still haven't got my copy?! Book Depository, here I come...

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  3. Love your name tag. Perfectly designed for you. But you are still well within to time limit for posting so I wouldn't worry that you haven't sent yours yet.

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  4. Lovely tag! Miffed bout the book tho.... I pre ordered mine last year and wont get it for a week or two (so I'm told) POOOO to amazon!! And WELL DONE to clever you. :-P

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  5. What a great name tag! My book is supposed to arrive tomorrow--can't wait.

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  6. love your name tag. And very jealous of you getting THE book

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  7. Loving the name tag. I want one too! I'm not going to make myself one and wear it round the house though because that would just be silly.

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  8. oh what loveliness!

    I so want a nametag! but still don't know if I'll make it to FQ retreat ... I can always make my own and then pretend you made it!

    ... can't wait to see you tackle the book ... your enthusiasm is so infectious - even to seriously part-time stitchers like me!

    ... and as for the mrsflyingblind collection ... well just hearty hearty congrats!

    xx

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  9. That is a lovely name tag, I have to make mine too, you are well ahead of the game. Enjoy the book.

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  10. Oh I just noticed she even got your blog name on - it`s very cool!! Enjoy your book!

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  11. The book looks good and I love the name tag. I will look forward to seeing what you make from the book :)

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  12. Cool parcels! I've not finished my tag yet - oops!

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  13. Looks like a cool book - give us a wee review when you've had time to peruse! Thanks for the reminder to get my name tag in the post! Jxo

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  14. Your name tag is great! Can't believe you're fretting about not posting yours yet though - I've not even started mine!

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  15. I received my book today too and can't wait to start making things from it.
    Beautiful name tag...count me jealous that I won't be needing one.

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  16. Love the name tag and the card! I second a review of the book please :)

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  17. Your name tag looks great! And so does the book! Awaiting your astute review!

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  18. Cool name tag and super book. What more could a girl want to make a perfect weekend? xx

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  19. Wow, you are lucky! I always have to wait ages for the books to arrive from bookdepository.
    The name tag looks so gorgeous!

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  20. That name tag is fab and can't wait to see what the book inspires!

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  21. Love the name tag! Thanks for the heads up about the book depository, amazon cancelled and book hopefully on its way x

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  22. Love your name tag...and I'm off to Book Depository now!

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  23. Awesome name tag, in June I shall recognise you by that, and by your self portrait Bee block :D xx

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