Scrappy Pincushion Swap

Last month I signed up for the Scrappy Pincushion Swap on Flickr. After checking out my partner's favorites and looking through her Flickr pages I narrowed my decision down to two different designs. So what better than to combine them and make one design out of the two. One side is made using this tutorial and the other is made out of a grid of one inch squares or postage stamp blocks. The zigzags were easy to make and even easier to attach following the tutorial. The yellow and gray prints are Andrea Victoria by My Minds Eye. I love these prints! The black and white is part of the Kiwi line from Timeless Treasures. The white and tan solids are both scraps linen I had leftover from other projects. Now I'm off to work on October blocks for the Vintage Sheet Quilting bee and I need to start getting my act together as far as decisions for the Savvy Seasons Swap due later this month.

Urban Home Goods Swap

About six months ago I decided to participate in my first online swap on Flickr. It turned out to be a lot of fun and included a lot of really talented people! My secret partner received a table runner made with linen and hexagons, a few refrigerator magnets and a note pad made from a photo frame and hexagons. My partner also liked pin cushions and this gave me the chance to make the Henrietta pincushion. I forgot to take a photo of everything prior to sending to my partner so I had to wait for her to recieve it and post photos in the Flickr group.

I received the coolest stuff from my other partner. She sent me the cutest apron, basket and one of the coolest reuseable shopping bags I have seen!

Round 2 of the swap has begun and I spent a good part of my morning going through the photo files on Flickr to find some favorites. Finding is not the problem, as I seem to LOVE everything I see on there. Here's my mosaic for this round.

I got all my blocks for the Vintage Sheet Bee cut, marked and ready to go in the mail tomorrow. I forgot I had the month of August, so I'm running just a little bit behind! I have chosen spiderweb blocks for my month using this tutorial from Sew Mama Sew by Elizabeth Hartman of Oh Fransson! fame. I changed her measurements from an 8 inch block to a 12 inch block. I really love the samples I have made up!