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pillow swap: what i received
So way back last summer, when I participated in the Triangle Modern Quilt Guild's pillow swap, and made this pillow for Quilt Dad, I received this amazing pillow from fellow guild member Valerie in return:
I loved the color palette that Valerie used so much, that it wound up being the inspiration for our living curtains. Thanks, Valerie!
P.S. Happy Valentine's Day!
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I loved the color palette that Valerie used so much, that it wound up being the inspiration for our living curtains. Thanks, Valerie!
P.S. Happy Valentine's Day!
scrap swap: what i received
Using her scraps and mine, Katie made me this amazing patchwork tote bag for our recent swap:
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{Here's Katie's post about our swap and here's what I made for Katie.}
scrap swap: what i sent
Katie and I recently sent each other boxes filled with our fabric scraps, and this is what resulted:
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{A pair of quilted place mats made using Katie's scraps, my scraps, and linen from Ikea.}
heather ross travel pillow
Soon after moving to North Carolina, I joined the Triangle Modern Quilt Guild (which has been a lot of fun to be a part of). For this past month's meeting, I participated in a travel pillow swap and created a pillow for my swap partner, John, of Quilt Dad fame.
Using Ashley's quilt block tutorial as a starting point, I created the pillow from limited-edition Heather Ross for Spoonflower fabric and coordinating solids. I opted for an envelope-style back and straight-line quilting for the front. All in all, I was pleased with how it turned out.
P.S. Have you seen Heather's newest line, Far Far Away III? Love!
hexagon potholder
So my dear blogging friend Adaiha and I recently decided it was time for another swap. (We've done a few successful crafty swaps in the past.) This time, we decided to swap potholders. I figured this would be the perfect opportunity for me to use up some of my scraps (I love scrap-busting projects!) and practice the English paper-piecing skills I picked up in a hand-quilting class I took at Spool in Philadelphia a few months ago. So using little one-inch hexagons, I made Adaiha a blue and green potholder, lined with thermal fleece.
I then used this tutorial to assemble the back of the potholder. Everything was completely hand sewn---a first for me in a very long time!---and I was really pleased with the results.
