After several years of not doing any swaps, I'm doing my second one in a few months! Some swaps are hard to resist! The Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild did a Secret Stalker Swap last year and it was such fun watching the reveals, I...
It's funny that this post should follow my previous one about soft colors :) This is some of my progress for the Ann Arbor/Chicago MQG mini swap. My partner likes bright colors and improv - I wrote about beginning the project here. I made some...
Our A2MQG swap activity next month is teeny, tiny patchwork. The final product doesn't itself have to be small, but it must include some teeny, tiny patchwork. Perhaps because I never work small, I decided I have to participate! So last night I thought I'd give...
After a busy weekend at the quilt show, when the mailman rang the doorbell and left a package on my doorstep, I didn't have any immediate idea what it could be. As I picked up the slightly squishy package, I realized it was probably my...
Linked - 20" I'm participating in a new kind of pillow swap on Flickr called A Modern Quilted Pillow Swap. Tiina of Cotillelo dreamed it up. Instead of being assigned a partner and stalking them and hoping for clues and feedback and then stressing that they'll...
The Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild met last Wednesday night. Most months we have some sort of swap going. Sometimes it is just a fat quarter swap and other times it involves things we've each made. Our theme for this month's swap was "Frank Lloyd...
I got the best valentine this year! I joined the Generation Q magazine Valentine's Swap. My partner, Christen of love-elaine, sent me this adorable mug rug. I love the rich contrast of the grey and the lovely reds. And doesn't that sucker look tasty? Check...