Got Lucky

It's been a while since I did a swap so when an email from Linda came round about the Flickr Sewing Room Swap dived in.  I wanted to re connect with Flickr, the new design and layout had left me feeling a little cold about one of my favourite crafty hang outs.  The standard of the makes has been really high- take a look at the group photos.   My swap has been sent and received (more of that in another post), and this is what I received.

 The sender was Sil, and this is another reason I was missing Flickr, Sil doesn't have  a blog, she is not of Tiwtter or IG, but I do see her regularly on Flickr as Silort and as soon as I saw her name on the parcel I smiled a big cheesy grin!  You can see why!

The swap was for a large item and a small item.  A lot of us in the group were crushing on Anna Graham and Carolyn Friedlander's Social Tote pattern.   It is a little tricky to get hold of, I got mine here.  I made it for my swap partner and I am reviewing it as part of Purse Palooza 2013 at Sew Sweetness.  Sil saw it in my partner inspiration mosaic and she made one with a twist, all these tiny scrappy squares of the most wonderful fabrics.

 The Social Tote is quite a challenging pattern so to add an extra element is no easy feat but Sil is a skillful sewer!

The stitching is in gold thread and the linen is heavy and beautifully textured.  I  can spy so many fabric favourites.

She included this incredible pin cushion as the small item to represent her colourful style and her love (and mine) of teeny tiny.  I feel like I have a piece of Sil in my sewing room with this triangle perfection piecing.

She included precious scraps and buttons (and chocolate which was of course consumed immediately).

Thankyou Sil!  I love my special makes all the way from Brazil and it was great to meet up with old  Flickr friends.  The new layout is still a challenge but there are friends there that I want to stay in touch with.