Beach Bound Swap

Here is the Beach Bound Swap I created for my partner.  She just got it today so I can finally post complete pictures....

My partner is a teacher and had jellyfish, mermaids and narwhals on her inspiration board.    All of it kinda stumped me because I am not a fan of sea creatures-- When I think beach, I am more into flip flops, cute umbrellas and tropical decorations...

I realized my partner was really into rainbow and mustache and beard stuff after I really looked at more pictures on her IG feed.  In the end I came up with this Texan Rainbow Jellyfish on bubble fabric and I framed him inside a simple rainbow star block.

I made this Zipper Pouch to match the jellyfish mini.  This is the same rainbow fabrics and I added this fun chalkboard teacher fabric mustache applique to the front and a pocket to the back.   

My partner is in Oregon so I thought Texas lining would be fun.  

I included some beach and mustache extras in the package, this swap was alot of fun!

Home Sweet Home Swap received...

Check out all this fabulousness!  My house mini from @meaganroseglover in Arizona arrived!  I love the house mini, zipper bag pattern, fabric, house shaped post it notes, and sewing themed buttons!  Thank you so much!  #housepartymartha #homesweethomeminiswap

Text Me Mini Quilt Swap sent

Now that the #textmeteamdyac #textmeminiquiltswap has been received I can reveal the mini quilt I made for my partner.  My partner @suziesarmoire loves books so I found a quote I thought she would love and had it digitized for the center of a #simplestarblock.  I used 17 different text fabrics, this was fun to create and hard to part with this, my daughter wanted it for her room!  #rainbowcolors #textfabric #rainbowfabulous

Here is the matching mug and mug rug.

Matching pincushion

And the obligatory zipper pouch in high school colors.  I had to research the school district in her town and compare pictures in her IG feed to make sure I got the right school.

Dog Mini Quilt Swap Received

Here is the fabulous Dog Mini Quilt I received from New Zealand.  I had my eye on this during the swap and I was hoping it was heading to Texas to live with me.

My partner Rebecca also sent some traditional candy and goodies from NZ.

Here's a picture of Oreo on my sewing counter.  I wanted to show the striking resemblance to the mini quilt on the wall.  Isn't it great?

Dog Mini Quilt Swap Sent

Here are the items I made for the Dog Mini Quilt Swap.  My partner was totally into PUG dogs.

Here is the mug rug I made with her dog names on it.  The dogs have people names.  I was lucky to find the mug at Michael's of all places.

Here is the obligatory zipper pouch made with pug fabric.

And here is the mini quilt.  The pug face was alot of work and I ended up doing it twice because the satin stich caused the applique to fray on the edges.

She received the swap and loved it, this is the picture she sent of her dogs with the mini quilt on the floor.  I think it's sew cute! 

Wall of Mini Quilts

Someone asked what I do with all of the mini quilts I get from swaps.  Well... I hang them on my wall in my sewing room like little works of art.  I treasure each one I receive and consider the maker a new friend!  Here's my current, growing collection-- makes me happy just looking at it!

Pixel Fox Quilt

Hére Is the mini Quilt I made for @miaquilts in the Rainbow Mini Swap on Instagram.

This was several weeks in the making.  I converted a cross stitch pattern to get the design.  It's an 18x18 pattern, 324 two inch squares and finished off at approx 24x24.  There are many little surprised in it, including owls, cats and tributes to her MSU Spartans and of course Texas.   I am pleased with how it turned out and my partner Maria in Michigan really seemed to like it.