How Do You Open Presents?

When I was growing up I sat on the floor to open presents. Today I did the same thing. The weather here today is windy and rainy, a Nor'Easter is what it's called. I tramped out to the mailbox and found these two packages waiting for me. Oh, what fun! New goodies on a rainy day. The top package came all the way Sweden and I assumed it was my tote bag from Linda's Tote Bag Swap. The bottom package came from New York and I knew it was a Fall Swap package I did with a few friends.

I opened the package from Sweden first. Inside was this lovely wrapped package. Hmmmmm . . . I can't wait to see what's inside.

Voila! Here is the gorgeous back of the bag.

And just look at the spectacular front.
The flowers are a combination of embroidery and buttons.

But wait, there's more. Inside the bag there are pockets and a strap for hooking my keys on. And then there were these lovely additions: a tissue holder, a coin purse, two cute note pads and a cone of hard candy. And who sent me this lovely package? Marica in Sweden did this gorgeous work. Marica, I love the bag. I was going to make myself a fall colored bag and I'm so glad I waited. This bag is already being used. Thank you again!

And what is in the other package? A white chocolate Lindt bar (my absolutely favorite kind of chocolate), a plaque that will find a special place in my sewing room, a fall colored FQ, The New Year's Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini (I've never read any of her books), a magnetic pin grabber, two quilt books - More Quilts for the Baby and Super Simple Quilts, two green batik fabrics and matching thread, and a Benartex kit for a small teddy bear. My friend wanted to make sure I'll be ready for the new grandbaby in late April.

And this is what the floor looked like when I was all done.
Boy did I have a lot of fun!

Quilters are such wonderful friends. Thank you Marica and Maura for a wonderful Friday afternoon.

So tell us, how do you open your presents?
Sweet P