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It is time!  Some swappers have sent their minis earlier this week as either they or their partner is going away or moving houses. We also had a few who sent early, probably because they were so excited... LOL. Some of the minis posted on Instagram earlier today Looking at the ukminiswap hashtag on Instagram , there are so so many stunning minis making their way to their new owners. If posting on Instagram please tag your post with #ukminiswapsent. When you receive, please post a photo adding #ukminiswapreceived and the maker's IG name. Final day for posting, unless otherwise agreed, is 22 April. If you for any reason at all are running into any difficulties, please contact your swap mama as soon as possible. We will do what we can to help you, and also try to manage the expectations of your partner. Everyone has worked really hard, and we like everyone to receive a mini before the end of the month. A future UK Mini Swap? I have had a few asking when the next swap ...

Gathering ideas for my own month of Queen Bee in the ScandiBee, I pinned a spider web block from Quilters' Cache to our joint Pinterest board. Little did I know, that less than 10 mins later Lizzie was going to pin the same block to the same board!!! Great minds.... For February, Lizzie asked us to make scrappy spider web blocks with a red centre. The tutorial she picked came from  Sewing by Moonlight  and was pretty straight forward. The test square (1 inch) on the template even printed the correct size the first time for me! In my blocks for Lizzie, I have included some of the sport bike fabric by Alexander Henry which I sent her as an extra in the Schnitzel and Boo mini swap last year. The text print from the hedgehog I sent her, is also in one of these blocks. I also used some cute birdies which she had said she loved for the centre, some Karen Lewis prints, Union Jacks, British printed lilies,  Lotta Jansdotter, Katy Jones, Kate Spain, Cath Kidson, Tula Pin...

Stina, blogging as KviltStina , kicked off our Scandinavian quilting bee, by requesting us to dig into our our favourite fabrics and creating strip blocks for her. She asked that one should be in our favourite colour, as long a sit wasn't brown.... The other block should be low volume. I was tempted to make one in blue, but  one of the other bee members (Anne) rocks the blue and turquoise spectrum, so I opted to use purple and lilac. I tried to select the more colourful fabrics I had as Stina had asked for bright and happy. Below was the pull I showed Stina. Being polite she said she loved them alll...... The block was very simple to stitch togtehr, so most of the time was spent selecting fabrics. I didn't have much low volume at home, but with the Internet and Fabrics Galore close by, I could get hold of what I needed. In the end, these were the two requested blocks plus one bonus block which I sent off to Stina. I also included some left over low volume (and some...

We have a blog button! How cool is that!?!?!? It was made by the other Nina , using Stina 's finished bee quilt. LOVE IT!! Thanks Nina xxx