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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

A little bit of Ireland

I only need to go back two generations and there are my Irish ancestors - the Bury family - my dad's mum's family.  And with a surname like Daly I certainly married into a family with an Irish history too.

So when our lovely friend and blog mamma Cheryll declared there was to be a St Patrick's Day mini, I signed up in the blink of an Irish eye.

I was so very lucky to receive this gorgeous quilt from Lyn in New Zealand.  It's sitting in it's stand on my kitchen table but eventually it will adorn my family room wall.
Of course there was one of Cheryll's darling quilt labels on the back.

This is what I sent off to Iliene.

There is a great tutorial HERE which shares how to make these gorgeous organza flowers.  Enormous thanks to Monica at The White Bench.

13 comments:

  1. Both mini's are just lovely Mel. I love the little rabbit on the one you made.

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  2. What darling quilts! How you all do so much, so fast and so beautifully is beyond me! LOL! From one Irish gal to another....Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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  3. Lovely minis sent and received. Hugs.....

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  4. I posted once and it didn't take it so I'll just wish you a Happy St. Patrick's Day...belated! LOL!

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  5. LoVe both MiNis!!! It was a FuN swap wasn't it! :)

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  6. Welcome back Mel, glad Liss is O.K.
    Lovely St Patrick's day Mini's.
    Cheers R.

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  7. Great Mini's! We have that heritage too and add in a few Scots as well lol. You any relation to Roy and Margaret in Moonee Ponds? This could just be a very small world in blogland as we used to go dancing with this couple all the time about 20 years ago.

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  8. Such lovely mini's sent and received...
    Hugz

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  9. what great swaps and love your bunny Mel,and thankyou for the pretty flower link.xx

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  10. Both are so lovely Mel looks like a fun swap Hope all is well ....I hope you received my email, totally loved my needle case xx

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  11. Love my mini and the one you received is lovely also

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  12. Both the minis quilts are lovely.

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  13. I love your bunny mini, such a cute theme, My nanny was Irish so I have it in my blood too, there is a lot of us with this ancestory.

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