I received my package from the owl swap today and I love it! My partners (mother/daughter teamwork) made me a stuffed owl and a scarf.

• Owl Swap Photos (now with both sent and received items)

The daughter part of the team made this small stuffed owl pillow, based on a picture in Country Home magazine. Honestly, I like this owl much better than the magazine’s owl. Isn’t he cute? He is now happily sitting on the window sill next to my sewing machine.

I’ve been told his name is Harold and he has a twin that spontaneously generated after he left. :) I took him out for a photoshoot, and Clover was very curious what he was. She kept creeping closer, but was to afraid to actually get up next to him.

The second part of the swap package was a scarf from the mother side of the team inspired by a Brandenburg quilt pattern. I can’t wait until it gets cold enough to wear. I actually had seen that pattern at the quilt show a couple of weeks, but passed it by thinking it was too hard for me - I don’t know how to appliqué yet. I’m so excited that I’ve now got a scarf with that pattern. And I love the embroidery and pom-pom details.

A huge thank you to both of my partners! I really enjoyed the swap and am looking forward to participating in another. Sorry I wasn’t able to take a photo of me wearing the scarf, I just wasn’t able to take a clear shot of myself…maybe when Thomas gets home.