arigatou Chi! ありがとう！

thank you Chi!
One of my friends, Di, had an open day at her beautiful remodelled home (Colonsay), on Saturday to raise funds for our church's renovation appeal.
A lovely young Japanese woman, Chiharu, was there selling her beautiful handsewn patchwork. Her work is gorgeous, and has won awards in Japan; I was so impressed that I bought these two pieces (tea cosy and coffee cosy) as Christmas gifts for my inlaws. I wish that all of my Christmas shopping was as easy as this!
She is trying to get an etsy shop established and at the moment can be contacted at patchworkbychi@hotmail.com
Chi also taught me how to say "see you" in Japanese
  dewa mata ne!