Gorgeous gifts

So after sending away my {Urban}Home goods swap to my secret partner I couldn't wait to receive my own parcel!
So when it did arrive I was overwhelmed!
Thanks goes to my secret partner CookieJCreations for a lovely assortment of items. I had given a few hints about the type of item that I would like to receive and this was spot on and soooo much more!

I was so excited opening the parcel I had to capture the moment - it had travelled a long way!

A huge lovely wrapped parcel

 I spy gorgeousness!!

A wonderful sewing mat / mug rug which I have hanging up as a mini quilt - it is too lovely to use!

A wonderful assortment of extra goodies!

An amazing sewing machine mat with fab storage pockets!

If all that wasn't enough I also got this fantastic sewing machine cover!!

I was a first timer {Urban} Home goods swapper and will definitely be keeping an eye out for the next round!!

Don't faint!

Yep your eyes aren't deceiving you but I am posting!
It has been a while and life has been a bit too busy for Pink Stitches so I am hoping things will get back to normal.
Over the last couple of months I've had far too many colds to mention, been ultra busy at work, handed over far too much money to my dentist, had a wisdom tooth yanked out of my mouth (I can still hear the bone crunching sound!!), tried to keep up with my Bee Europa sewing bee 2011, and on the odd occasion managed to get the sewing machine out for a bit of a play! I'll stop the list there for the sake of not boring you all to death on my first post for ages!

Last time I was here I posted a sneak peek photo of my first ever {Urban} Home Goods a modern swap item that I had just posted to my secret swap partner. The items arrived safely with my partner *waving Hi to Sukie* and thankfully she liked everything I had made and sent. Sukie has even updated her profile photo to one of her holding her sewing machine cover! Take a sneak peek up at the follower photos up the top on the left it is so cute!
I was really worried with it being a secret swap and kind of having to stalk your partner to get to know their likes and dislikes! The items made were also a first for me and I particularly liked my first try at a Dresden plate.
So here is what I sent:

 The full parcel of goodies

 Dresden plate WIP

 Quilting around the Dresden plate

 The front of the sewing machine cover

 The side view of the sewing machine cover

A different design on the back of the sewing machine cover

Glad to be back and hello to the new followers!

{URBAN} Home goods a modern swap

I know yet another month has nearly passed by since my last post!!
I have been busy honestly - work, holiday, sewing and a whole lot more!

This is a sneak peek of one of my latest projects:

This is for {URBAN} Home goods a modern swap round 3 over at Flickr. I can not show you any more than this at the moment until my secret swap partner has received the parcel - don't want to spoil the surprise!
What I can say is that it was great fun making the items and tried lots of new techniques and ideas as well which meant building up my fabric and sewing tool stash!!

MIA

Hello ....
Sorry - blog has been informing everyone it is 1 day until Christmas for a long time now! That has been and gone and a belated Happy New Year to all!
The start of year has been a busy one hence the lack of posts.
Caught up with Flickr and all my blog reading and amazed at how many projects people have completed already since the start of the new year! No projects here but a lot of thinking! Does that count?

In order to get me and my machine going I took the plunge and signed up for the wonderful {Urban} HOME goods - a modern swap!! Yay so excited about this one.
And because I can't post without a photo here is my inspiration for my partner - so much loveliness!!

Thanks to all these lovely people for such wonderful work and amazing inspiration!
1. Farmdale Quilt, 2. Jane Market Bag, 3. kitchen fun, 4. PTS4, 5. Placemat Swap, 6. patchwork pillows, 7. Full view of DQS7 quilt, 8. Pillow talk swap 3 RECEIVED!!, 9. Mug Rug Swap Round 2 for Emedoodle, 10. savvyseasons1received1, 11. Sewing machine cover in 'Martinique', 12. Tiny Bliss Log Cabin, 13. the finished pillow, 14. Sewing machine cover, 15. Red & Aqua Fabrics, 16. Doll quilt swap 9 finished!, 17. pillow swap d.o.n.e., 18. Scrappy Patchwork Cover, 19. Christmas swap with my friend, 20. 'Hope Valley' pin cushion