Liberty bling

Meet up with dear daughter to collect the prezzies she brought me from the motherland, us being British nationalists and all.  

Just the bag made me squeal!  And what was inside??

delicate pastel-ish prints as only Liberty can do.   definitely a new project in my future...think i will call it ' liberty spring'.  And what else?....

a yummy biscuit tin filled with that classic shortbread...

royal orange marmalade....in case paddington comes for tea......

a lovely reusable bag.....

The scary layover in lisbon will always be remembered....such a pretty magnet.  all these are lovely but having her home safe and sound?  priceless...oh, and the lady on the plane to Lisbon who facilitated information for her?  name was Angelique...no surprise there!

No real sewing this week with continuing family stuff taking precedence...but off to maine in a few and plenty of handwork on board.  i hear there is a 3-day storm brewing with more of that very impermanent spring snow...cuddle-duds on!

assurance

thank you to katyquilts for posting this for me and anyone who finds flames licking at their heels or dancing around their heads....be safe knowing they will not consume you....

The answer is....

did you guess?  total number of scrappy 9 patch blocks sewn from the shoebox is 92!  aren't they colorful?  since they finish at 5" will need lots more so putting aside until more strips lead to more blocks.  can always be donated if decide against going further.  

here is the clear and EMPTY shoebox....looks great doesn't it?  best of all, march challenge met and completed with a week to coast....

one of my aussie peeps has a new brood of guinea fowl chicks...

they are so cute....i've got chicks too....these....not as cute but oh so delish...LOL!

so thankful some prayers have been answered....more will be offered this week, waiting on a response and praying for His mercy.  in the meantime, sewing will be a welcome diversion.  still 2 wheelchair quilts to make, baste liberty road, more blue album blocks and UFO busting.  yeah, that's easily a week's worth.  still waiting patiently for spring to return for good...and if you hear me complaining about too hot this summer, thump me on the head will you?  

palm sunday detour--not quilt related

the sun is shining and the palms in my door quilt remind me of Jesus' journey toward a planned and seemingly final death.  my daughter, conversely, is flying home from her london trip to loving arms and a joyful reunion despite its abrupt end and events of the past week.  the picture is not lost to me, rather strikingly evident of Jesus' deliberate sacrifice for her life, and mine and yours too.  it's been a harrowing couple of weeks with so many emotional upheavals--my own guilt and shame for hurtful words and lack of empathy plus anger i humbly admit, shocking revelations, sense of betrayal, apathy, some joy and happiness, some dread, sadness, kindness of strangers, pity, frustration.  next week holds more of the same i fear.  i am disappointed by my human-ness thinking i am really a nice person.  nonstop prayers for my daughter's safe travel are now replaced by the hope for renewal, as spring renews the earth.  far too often we fail to walk in others' shoes and bear their burdens...quiet daily struggles without end and that often escalate.  of this i am guilty also.   hindsight is 20/20 as my Christian divorce lawyer told me so long ago,  and those words come back to me again and again.  i've learned lessons from some of those mistakes and know i will learn from this one too.  may the rebirth of spring and the reality of Easter be in all our hearts regardless of individual spiritual beliefs.