My Rainbow Mini Swap Has Arrived!!!

If you have been following me, then you will remember that back in January I wrote that I had signed up for an Instagram Mini Swap called the #RainbowMiniSwap.  I can’t tell you how much fun I had planning the swap for my partner and buying a few extras to send along in her package.  I even included some special treats for her dog!!

My partner (Emily in Florida – @emily67855) received her package from me and just loved it (and so did Macy, her dog)!!  Thank goodness!!!!  Not only did I get to make something for someone I didn’t know, but now I have a new friend!!

 

 

This weekend I received my swap from my swap partner that had my name…..and it came all the way from Australia!!!!!

 

 

If you look closely at the upper right hand corner, you can see how expensive it is to ship from Australia…..goodness!!!!

When I opened the envelope it was wrapped so pretty and the note that was attached was so nice.  She even sent a book for my granddaughter!!!

 

 

Below is a picture of all the loot!!  In my package was…..My mini, a beautiful bag, a gorgeous piece of fabric, some treats that are typical treats in Australia, and a book for my granddaughter, which is the most adorable book!!!

 

Here is the mini!!  It is just beautiful!!  I am so thrilled with it!!!! I have been watching others make minis like this and have been wanting to make my own, and now I won’t have to!!  It is just so pretty and I have decided that I am going to start a wall of minis (my own and my swap minis) in my sewing room.

I have had the opportunity to chat with my swap partner via Instagram and learned that she has only been sewing for about 12 months.  Didn’t she do a wonderful job on this?!?!?!!!!!  I also have learned how fabric in Australia is hard to come by.  Apparently, there aren’t many quilt shops, and those shops don’t carry much in the line of designer quilting fabric.

So a special thank you to my new friend, Emma (@emmieloulily)!!!

Happy Quilting!!!!!!