BossyOz

We are all busy The activity on the Instagram hashtags has been increasing as we are coming closer to the end of the first UK Mini Swap. Here are some of the progress photos found when searching for our hashtag on Instagram. For the latest entries, please see  https://instagram.com/explore/tags/ukminiswap/ New partners  A few people have dropped out and we have reallocated partners. A HUGE THANK YOU to those who has accepted making for a new partner this late in the process. Hopefully, this way, everyone who is making a mini, should also get one back. Labelling your mini How you label your mini is completely up to you, but as a minimum I suggest you add your name and that of the receipient plus UK Mini Swap. Perhaps also add the name of the mini, the date, your web page, etc. Earlier on, I was asked if I had any templates for the labels. I am no graphic designer, but as I like to try to be helpful, I have made two different designs; in colour and pure black ...

Today I was at the Knitting and Stitching Show at Olympia helping out as a Steward for the Quilters Guild. This was my first time, and definitely not the last. It was great fun; and I was allowed to wear those magic white gloves! There were lots of lovely and inspiring quilts; and even more " I could never do that!!! " quilts.  Here are some of the ones which caught my eyes (and which ended up OK with my camera phone).  This is part of the BACK of the quilt above! Sorry ladies and gents if yours is not included, but I struggled somewhat with the lighting. I also completely failed in writing down (or taking photos of) the names, makers and stories behind each of the quilts.