Jul 4, 2015

Happy 4th of July

I hope all my U.S. readers have a safe and festive celebration!

MAILART EXCHANGE
A few weeks ago, I sent off my Patriotic mailart to Shelley in CA.  While I was on vacation, hers to me arrived in my mailbox.

Shelley did a great job.  Thank you, Shelley!

ROUND ROBIN FINISH
I brought home my SM Sue's round robin.  It's a design called A Sampler Story by Brenda Keyes.  I chose to stitch the mermaid.  It was a quick stitch, and the chart is perfect for a RR.


PATRIOTIC FREEBIE




Happy 4th of July!
by Brookes Books Publishing

16 comments:

Vickie said...

Oh that is a great patriotic mailart piece.
Neat RR.
I love that freebie. I was just looking through my freebies and spotted that one last night. :D

Anonymous said...

Your update is very nice and thanks for the reminder of Brookes pattern. Our city had there fireworks last night we can sit in our driveway and watch them!

Karen V
Fitchburg MA USA

Gillie said...

Oh you wicked woman....showing a bit of that Brenda Keyes sampler.....! Loved your mail art gift too.

Robin in Virginia said...

What a fabulous mail art piece you received! The RR block looks good.

Enjoy your weekend and have a great 4th!

Robin in Virginia

Unknown said...

Some beautiful stitching - always amazed mailart gets through the p.o. ok.
Forgot about that pattern from Brooke - thanks for the reminder!

Faith... said...

What a cute mailart you received!

Vickie said...

Love your mail art!!! She sent you a cute Mickey!!!!

Shelly said...

I love that mail art you received, looks great! I like your contribution to the RR. Thanks for the link to the Brooke's freebie, so cute. Hope your 4th was a great one!

Cathy said...

Love the patriotic mailart! Such a great finish!
Cathy
CraftyCat

gominam said...

Beautiful stitching, mermaid looks great:)

Brigitte said...

A great envelope that you received. And a nice addition to the RR: Brenda Keyes' Sampler Story is a wonderful design.

Carol said...

Love what you've stitched for the RR, Meari. And the mailart from Shelley looks perfect. Hope you had a relaxing 4th of July weekend :)

Dani - tkdchick said...

What a fantastic piece of mailart!


You did a great job on that RR

Katie said...

Wow she did a great job. Love the piece for the RR. I think I did a square for that one too.

Pam in IL said...

I'm trying to catch up with my groups and blog reading, but it's endless. Sounds like your vacation was wonderful and I enjoyed all your photos.

Happy July!

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I do love mail art, you are so lucky to receive such lovely work.
Kay.