I had all kinds of goodies in the mail today. From Stitchin' Heaven, the foundation papers and instructions for Judy Niemeyer's Prairie Star:
The people at Stitchin' Heaven are super nice. I called them right at closing time because I always get the time zone in Texas wrong, but they very kindly stayed and answered all my questions, and then sent this out for me the next day. I love their newsletter too! Now that I am such a paper piecing fan I had to try this quilt. It will be for my dad, but in different colours, which I still have to work out. It will be a few months before I get started on this.
And for the other kind of paper piecing, the pieces for my Botanic Roses quilt arrived today from Paper Pieces:
I also ordered these huge 3" hexagons (6" across) for yet another project:
The 1/2" hexagons are beside them so you can see the scale. The customer service from Paper Pieces has also been excellent. They gave me the heavily discounted sale price on the large hexagons even though I placed the order before the sale started. I think that is really admirable, and I am planning another order from them soon!
From Nordic Needle I received my perle cottons for Sedona Star:
I had a weird exchange with Nordic Needle this time, which I'm hoping was just an aberration, because they've always been good in the past. These are Size 8 DMC perle cottons, which were actually finer than I expected. They will probably be excellent for quilting, but I am considering ordering some of the heavier ones for the seam treatments and embroidery. I really want something chunky that will show up well on the quilt.
And to top it all off, my issue of Inspirations 74 arrived today:
As you can imagine, I haven't had time to even open it up yet! But, I think this will all keep me busy for a while!
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