These are the fabrics that came in the bag I received:
This is my trusty helper, Finnian. He has to lounge about during any sewing session. Even with many swipes of the lint roller, I think my fellow swappers end up with a few cat hairs!
(The quilt on the design wall behind my machine is a round robin I am making for myself. Once its closer to being done, I'll write about it).
Below is the quilt top I made. I love making scrappy quilts…the more fabric the better, right? So I chose a Judy Martin pattern from her book "Knockout Blocks and Sampler Quilts". I took fabrics from my stash (the 2 yards I could add) to make it scrappier.
Turned out lovely and my fellow “Bag Lady” loved it too!
I didn’t take a picture of the fabrics I sent but it was a bag of fat quarters mostly from Piece O’Cake designs. I received back a beautiful bargello quilt. It’s happy and fun and wonderfully scrappy…just like the fabrics I sent! I was thrilled with the results.
I hope we can do this swap again someday soon. Its been one of my favorites.
4 comments:
My quilt buddy calls the projects we make from the scrap bags we fill at Quilt shops "Garbage Quilts". A swap with unknown fabrics would be a fun one to do. And you get a whole quilt in return, a bonus. I like your RR in the background. Can't wait to see the whole thing. Mary C in WW
Just one more reason to invest in that dreamed of long-arm...me thinks it is time to buy lottery ticket so we can both own them!
Both quilts are beautiful.
Cindy--why did I only just now find you? I think this would be a great swap, too. Hmmm.
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