Top of the Morning to You.

Today is one of my favorite holidays. I love shamrocks and love stitching them. Hence, the pattern for my HoE biscornu exchange. Seems my partner has gone missing, so I'm going to go ahead and post what I stitched. The USPS has confirmed delivery, so here's the exchange stitching. I hope my partner isn't ill. This piece was hard to part with. The design is from a chart by Lady Periphaeria Luck of the Irish.

Exchanges, oh exchanges, I do so love participating in them. Heard from April, via Edgar that she received the HoE Winter Quaker exchange. (Another one that was hard to part with!). The design is a freebie from Liberty Primitives and Needlework. The chart is posted on the Jan. 1, 2009 entry. Here's the entire exchange:

The thread is Valdani overdyed #P-3 Aged White-Medium. I received it in an exchange and must say, I love it. There are three hints of other colors, purple, yellow, and red. The purple and yellow are for the pansies that bloom during the winter months, and the red is for the occasional cardinal. Alas, another piece that tried to stay out of the postal envelope!

No celebrating planned today for St. Patrick's Day. I will wear lots of green to the Humane Society though! Hope everyone has a fantastic day.

HoE biscornu from Jen R,

Just look at this beauty I received from Jen R this week. I just love biscornu's and this one is part of the HoE exchange. Unfortunately my photo doesn't show the vibrancy of the colors. I love it. Thank you so much Jen.

She also included some fantastic goodies pictured below.

She included some great thread, two adorable charms, some ribbon, purple fabric, cute buttons and Altoids. What a great exchange package.

Hoe Biscornu exchange received by Ina

Greetings. I heard through the grapevine that Ina (no blog) had received the biscornu exchange I sent. It was a freebie design I found...somewhere. Biscornus are so much fun. I love collecting all the patterns I can find for them. So, here's the HoE biscornu exchange I sent. It's one of the smaller designs but what can I say? I love the wee biscornus. I haven't heard directly from Ina so hopefully she liked it. I also included a really neat nail file, notepad, Heart in Hand pattern and one of the Oklahoma State quarters.

Not one, but two!

I received two packages today. I've read about this happening on other stitchers blogs, but never ever thought it would happen to me.

First package opened was from Deb. It was filled with wonderful purple tissue paper and revealed a breathtaking biscornu. I still have no words to express my appreciation of this work of art.

She also included a hand-made card, purple scissors, a purple mini office set, and I believe a beaded bookmark and some pins.

My photo does not do her exchange justice. Deb, thank you, thank you. I love it!

The second package was from Wanda for the HoE pinkeep exchange. Again, I was blown away by the contents. She stitched LHN' School Girl Lessons over one. In her note she said she had never done an entire design over one and like how it turned out. I agree, it is wonderful. What can I say, I love it, and the entire exchange.

She also includes lots of other goodies, stitching fabric, finishing fabric, threads, ribbon and chocolate!

Friday, March 28, 2008 was a good day for me. Thanks ladies.