Giveaway Thoughts

I browsed everyone's stashes and blogs and came to some conclusions. (See yesterday, or here for info on the giveaways.)

1. I am morally staying out of most giveaways that require international postage. I wasn't paying attention to all of the hosts, so I have to say "most" instead of all. I just never paid attention to the originator's location until I won the lovely Nostalgems charms (thank you for picking me!). The cost (in all value systems) of international postage is too high for my personal life. If I were building a business, then I might reconsider.

2. There are a lot of Australian and NZ crafting blogs! (I love the English language for uniting us.) If we Iowans want Australian things, maybe we could take our business to my IRL Iowa friend, Shannon. Our history goes back to 1985!

3. I think I ought to giveaway some stuff. I read about One World, One Heart and found it thought-provoking. I'll let ideas simmer in my head for a while.

Sign Me Up!

I'm a Gingermonkey is hosting a stash-busting giveaway! All of us hoarding crafters can volunteer to declutter somebody's stash (that sounds positive and not greedy, doesn't it?). My fabric drawer has recently seen a reduction in its contents, I want to make some fabric napkins, our youngest will need more fabric for her quilt, timing seems good, price seems great, why not? Join me in the fun! I'm sure I'll pay it forward in the days to come. That is how it works in bloggerland.

Crazy quilt update: I have a couple more rows of blocks to create. The small pieces of fabric are all used up. I broke out a few bigger remnants. Feeling good to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

"I" of GAIN update: I got a Felicity's Craft Book a while back. Unsure if it was donated to me or bought. "I" had to keep her feet up and rest yesterday (we'll be shopping for new snow boots), read through the book, and has done a couple crafts from the book. She has the pincushion almost done. Actually, she is waiting for me to buy some poly fill. I needed some in December for my Mr. Bluebird, but used fabric scraps. She wants soft poly fill because it is a gift. She learned the backstitch.

Her first quilt block is coming along nicely. She completed a row of 3 patches while I was out of the house yesterday. I was surprised, but really, it's not a difficult activity, so why not do it yourself instead of wait for Mom?