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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

A wonderful Wednesday

as my beautiful mum turns 80 today.  Here she is at 16 when she first met my dad.


The women in my mum's family live to a good old age.  My mother's mother lived to 97 and her grandma, Grandma Thornhill, lived to 104.  So I figure my mum will be around for another 24 years at least.
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, to my dear mum.

To my complete delight yesterday I received a phone call from Marc of Daisy Jane. I'm in a small on-line stitching group and was in an Easter swap.  I was very concerned that poor Marc hadn't received her Easter present when everyone was sharing their goodies on line.  However, hers had arrived, it was just at her dad's.  He'd kindly collected her mail but forgotten to tell her a parcel had arrived.  What a relief.  Here's what I sent.
and I'm so happy she liked it.  It was fabulous to chat to her too.

FABULOUS FREE STUFF
I'll definitely be adding these wonderful fabric pompoms to some projects this year.  What a brilliant idea.  Many thanks to Maureen at 
Such a brilliant blog.

20 comments:

  1. wow, what a beautiful lady she was, and you sure have longevity in your family, that's great! my family's side, I don't have that at all. my husband's side, well both my in-laws are in their 80s and in good health.
    I just saw your paper pieced flowers, how do you attach the paper to the fabric when you sew them together?

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  2. Happy birthday to your beautiful mum.I love the bunny quilt.xxx

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  3. Happy Birthday to your mom.... wonderful.... and I love what you sent Marc for Easter....
    Hugz

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  4. Happy Birthday to you mum. I hope she has a lovely day.

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  5. Happy and wonderful birthday to your mum!!

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  6. Happy Birthday to your Mum... my Mum turns 84 this year and I am so happy she is still around, still creating, and still young at heart... hope she lives as long as your family seems to... Lovely little Easter stitchery too! Hugs.

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  7. what a lovely photo of your mum. Happy 80th and hope there are many more.
    Gorgeous hanging for your easter gift and a pretty hexie flower too.

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  8. HaPPy BiRthDaY to a special person in your life... your MuM ! I too hope she has many many more! :)
    It's always a relief when a parcel finally arrives, isn't it.

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  9. happy birthday Mel to your beautiful mum,that is a lovely pic,love the easter goodies that you sent Marc.xx

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  10. Happy Birthday to your lovely mum, Melody!! It seems that you will also have MANY years of stitching ahead, eh? :-)
    Gorgeous gifts for Marc!
    Hugs
    Jenny
    xx

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  11. You are SO blessed to have a Mum turning 80. Wow!
    Say Happy Birthday to Mum for me!

    Wow, Grandma Thornhill, lived to 104. That is fantastic.

    Hugs

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  12. Wow, she was gorgeous Mel! Many happy returns of the day to your darling Mum. I've been offline for a bit with school hols and a new puppy! Will catch up very soon xxx

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  13. Happy birthday to your gorgeous Mum. What a looker! No wonder your Dad was smitten. So glad your parcel arrived safe and sound...lovely goodies for Marc to enjoy.

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  14. Happy Birthday to Melody's Mum!!! 80 years young! All the best people are born in April..... ;-) Hugs xxx

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  15. What a gorgeous photo of your Mum. Happy birthday to her, and hope she had a wonderful day of celebration. Lovely goodies you sent to Marc.
    Another gorgeous and interesting "free stuff" share - you do find the most interesting things. Well done and thank you.

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  16. And yes, I have to agree with Sunnybec - April is a GOOD month for birthdays.

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  17. Your Mum is gorgeous Melody! I do hope you have her around for at least another 24 years :-) Lovely Easter gift you made as well.

    Thank you for your lovely sweet comment today and sorry I have been so slack at visiting and leaving comments lately. I am now going to have a good read and a jolly good catch up.

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  18. Thank you so much for sharing my tutorial!

    :) Maureen

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  19. Happy Birthday to your beautiful Mother , hope her day was special! Lovely gift for your swap partner , lucky gal :-)

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  20. Hope your Mom had a beautiful birthday!
    Love how you used Harrington and Hannah for your swap! So fun!

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