Fresh Sewing Day and Small Blog Meet

And so it's August, my favourite month of the year because there are no school runs, no lost homework, no early morning starts although possibly a bit less sewing.  Without any shadow of a doubt, the highlight of July for me was the Fat Quarterly London Retreat which took place over the weekend of 20 July.  And of course handing over quilts to Siblings Together was one of the highlights of the weekend.  This quilt was made by the ladies of the Siblings Together Quilting Bee some of whom (Nicky and Hadley) are hiding away behind the quilt whereas others (Mary and Sonia) are brave enough to peep over the top and that's me on the left looking a bit serious.  I love this bee.  I love that we're making 12 quilts this year for kids who've been separated from their siblings.  And I love this quilt.

And what about you?  What have you worked on this month?  Any finishes?  Maybe a mosaic of everything you've been doing?  One favourite thing?  Link up at the bottom of this post to share what you've been working on. If you do link up, how about visiting at least four of the other blogs who link up - two above you and two below you - and stopping to leave a comment as well as visiting back anyone who visits you. As always here's the button to grab.

<div align="center"><a href="http://lilysquilts.blogspot.com/" title="Lily's Quilts"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL19Zwm2xbNmLkzsIE98tevPpa7G9dvzzpTLZMxZbPCBVIVBB94FGVxILWOuxMLsF7ZR06Vii35v4TuVbEyyseJKVUoGLyuieOfTlBoTs6A_3BPsXi6A55-MQlyWWo7gXLw15GxeCokegG/s150/FSDB.png" alt="Lily's Quilts" style="border:none;" /></a></div>

And link up in the second linky if you are a blog with fewer than 50 followers and would like to get to know a few more people out there in blogland. Write a post about this feature, add this button and then link up.

<div align="center"><a href="http://lilysquilts.blogspot.co.uk" title="Lily's Quilts"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBzaigVGJehNAIxGfDTy2WCCxJMqIkF12QZccP0fiJSQRa7trmf1nej0NU8PUIbtiDKC4bdClnoY_ar705se7b10i5xNNhNMgPPFqoSd4maRZpnllj8m2xufImZ3Zmyqp7NANAICjhI3V/s150/SBMB.png" alt="Lily's Quilts" style="border:none;" /></a></div>

Next go and visit and get to know at least four other linked blogs - starting with the two above you in the linkys and the two below you. Visit those blogs, leave a comment, click to follow and visit that blog regularly over the next few weeks. Visit more if you have the time. And also visit back any new bloggers who come to visit you and get to know them and their blogs.

Fresh Sewing Day

1.	Gemma @ Pretty Bobbins	23.	Joanne @ Rose & Dahlia	45.	Lorna @ Sew Fresh Quilts
2.	Alex @ Tea keeps me sane	24.	Heidi@RedLetterQuilts	46.	Aylin-Nilya
3.	Fiona @Finding Fifth	25.	Grey Cat Quilts	47.	Celine @ espritpatch
4.	Jane Davidson	26.	Amanda @ Fabric Engineer	48.	Noga@nogaquilts
5.	jan - isisjem	27.	collette@poppyandpoochie	49.	Quilt it out
6.	Fran at PatchyRose	28.	Rachel @ Snippets of Sweetness	50.	Pam at Quilting Fun
7.	Marelize @ stitch by stitch	29.	Deb @ asimplelife Quilts	51.	MeyDiek
8.	Heidi @ Fabric Mutt	30.	Julia in Mississippi	52.	a maiden hair fern
9.	Jo @ a life in lists	31.	Archie the wonder dog	53.	Leanne @ she can quilt
10.	Nati @ Nati's Little Things	32.	Alisa @ KnitSpinQuilt	54.	Linda
11.	Vera @ Negligent style	33.	Moneik	55.	Katy @ The Littlest Thistle
12.	Lucy @ Charm About You	34.	Samantha @ Making Life Prettier	56.	Lynz @ DLM
13.	Joan@Quilting times	35.	diane stanley	57.	Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures
14.	marianne @ Sew Paint It	36.	Sheila, bluepatchquilter	58.	Candace @ Saltwater Quilts
15.	Valerie @ re•engineered	37.	Just Jude	59.	Julie @ The Crafty Quilter
16.	Katy S at KatyQuilts	38.	Flying Blind - Hadley	60.	Kate @katiemaequilts
17.	Marie Lismore	39.	Karen @ Quilty Creations	61.	Eliza @ I'm a new creation
18.	Mary Emmens	40.	Melissa @ my fabric relish	62.	Camilla @Faffling
19.	Ms Midge	41.	Cynthia Brunz Designs	63.	Michelle @ Squeek Crafts
20.	Debbie @ A Quilter's Table	42.	karen@CapitolaQuilter	64.	Patricia @ Quilting Lines
21.	Kira@LaBellaColori	43.	Amira@littlemushroomcap	65.	Two tops done! (Paula @ Sewy Stuff)
22.	Dianne @ quiltova	44.	Toye @ Quilting Adventures of A Ginger	66.	treewytch

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Small Blog Meet

1.	Alex @ Tea keeps me sane	8.	Melissa @ my fabric relish	15.	Jasmine @ My Oh Sew Sweet Life
2.	Joan@Quilting times	9.	Anya @ RainyDayThreads	16.	Eliza @ I'm a new creation
3.	Valerie @ re•engineered	10.	Toye @ Quilting Adventures of A Ginger	17.	Camilla @Faffling
4.	Catrin	11.	Dasha @ PatchingPixies	18.	Nancy@PugMomQuilts
5.	Claire E Poppins	12.	Pam in Vancouver	19.	treewytch
6.	Abby @ ColorBarQuilts	13.	Linda	20.	Cassie @ Sew Simply
7.	Kira@LaBellaColori	14.	Hannah	21.	Quilting Mod

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