It's lovely isn't it! Thank you so much Georgie :-) The design is by Blackbird Designs and is from one of the Loose Feather series. I love the colours.Below is the pin pillow I stitched for my exchange partner. Unfortunatly the person I stitched for didn't deem it necessary to acknowledge receipt or say thank you. 
It took several emails from Becky before she said oh yes it's here. She thought I had sent it as a RAK through a group we both belong to. No thank you on the group either. It takes so little time to send an email or leave a blog comment. And as the saying goes, manners cost nothing. If I am going to spend my time and effort making something for someone I would like to think that it is not a wasted effort. I see that she has posted to the group we belong to several times in the past couple of weeks so it's not like she hasn't been online either. I guess I don't know what is going on in her life right now and that I should just be thankful it arrived. I'm interested to know if this has ever happened to you before.
Well after a couple of days of nonstop rain the sun has finally made an appearance so I'm off to sit in the garden and stitch.
Hope you have a lovely, stitchy day.
Sadie x
23 comments:
There's no excuse for not saying thank you - manners are manners! But yours both received and given are lovely!
The pinpillow from Georgie is just wonderful! I've been a fan of that design for some time now. The one you stitched and send is so sweet and dainty looking. How could someone not say thank you for that? Just plain tacky. I don't always have an email for someone I receieve something from but at least I will acknowledge them on the oppropriate board.Bet you'll never stitch for that person again!
Yes, something very similar happened to me earlier this year--what goes through people's heads?
Have a lovely day in the garden! It was in the 90's here yesterday, and it's already going for 80 (Fahrenheit) today. Whew!
What beautiful exchange pieces! Georgie did a beautiful job on the BBD. I love the pin cushion that you did, Sadie. I'm sorry that the recipient didn't feel it necessary to acknowledge receipt--that is always disheartening. (((((((((((Sadie)))))))) You did a fantastic job and I'm sure it's appreciated.
Sadie, I think the pillow you made was lovely! And the one you received, just as pretty.
Yes, I have sent a stitching gift and never had it acknowledged. I spent weeksn on an over 1 mailart and filled it with a ton of goodies. To this day, the woman has never said a word to me, but a mutual friend saw it at her house, so I know she got it. I still talk to this woman, but I will never agiain send her a gift.
A lovely pin pillow!
I don't participate in large exchanges/RR's any more, as they are, more often than not, more trouble than they are worth - things getting lost in the post, not being acknowledged, etc...
Beautiful pinpillow...both sent and received!
I'm sorry yours was not acknowledged. I've never had anything go unacknowledged but I've had many things come beyond the deadline and me worry about not receiving anything for my efforts. I think manners are lacking nowadays, just in general.
What a gorgeous pin pillow to receive. Sorry to hear that the recipient of your lovely pillow ws so slow in acknowledging receipt.
The sun has come out here today and it makes such a difference, doesn't it?!
Both the pin pillows are beautiful! Sorry you didn't receive a thanks for your pillow. That's just poor manners in my opinion, even if someone is having a rough time they can take 2 minutes to send an e-mail.
Lovely pin cushion you received. The one you sent is also lovely and I cannot understand how someone could not say thanks. At least you know it was recieved and not lost.
What a darling little pillow you received Sadie.
I'm sorry that someone didn;t have the curtesy to say thank you for your sweet pillow. It takes a minute to post a message or email, its just poor bad manners.
How come you got sunshine today and I didn;t..lol.
Love the pin pillows.
That is so disheartening to know that there are people that can't drop a quick note either on your blog, email or group to say a simple thank you. Even if you don't like, or want, something that was sent to you...you should still have the common courtesy of thanking the person that took the time to make something for you.
Luckely it never happend to me but I can understand when it happens, you don't have a good feeling about it.
I like the one you recieved and the one you made !
Love your pin pillow..both received and sent!
It's amazing how inconsiderate some people can be...I'm with and would be upset too!
Hi there the pillows you sent and recieved are beautiful.
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Sadie,
The pin pillow you got is cute! The one you sent out as well is so cute and adorable. As far as not even getting a thank you or to at last let you know it has arrived was wrong on her part. I have had the same happen to me this year as well with a swap that I took part of no nothing from her despite many attempts to get a hold of her. It is rude and frustrating when that happens.
Both pin pillows are so beautiful.
And yes, I have been there, too. It leaves you with bad feelings and that's not what an exchnage is all about. But fortunately this doesn't happen often. Nearly all my exchanges were pure delight.
Both pieces are lovely! I rarely do exchanges anymore because of either not being appreciated or not receiving back. It always bewilders me when someone doesn't say thanks when you know darn well they want to be thanked for what they sent.I'd much rather stitch a RAK without strings attached!
Both are lovely! Too bad about your exchange partner! Can you tell me what design you used for your pin pillow?
There's just no excuse for bad manners. :-(
Love both though. Hope you have a better experience next time.
Both pieces are so lovely!
Had that happen to me too. Personally I like to name and shame so others don't have to put up with it either.
What a lovely pin pillow you sent. I am so sorry that it was not acknowledged. I had that happen to me last year with a birthday exchange and it really hurt my feelings. I felt that they did not like what I stitched and the extras I so carefully chose.
Please accept my sympathies.
Sadie, both of the pillows that were exchanged are so cute. I would have loved to have received either one of them! Unfortunately, I have only participated in one swap since I became a blogger in December. The person who had my name didn't come through with anything for me. I never heard from her at all. I made some cute wool felt and penny rug items for my recipient swapper and she loved them. I was very disappointed and probably won't participate in swaps in the future. I thought they would be fun and I guess they would be if everyone was honest and played nice.
Hope you have a nice weekend, sunny or not.
Sharon
Starlight Primitives
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