modern quilts & crafts
The Front Range Modern Quilt Guild just held a pillow swap in honor of the Modern Quilt Guild's Madrona Road Fabric Challenge. Our swap assignment was to make a pillow for our secretly assigned partner using only the fabric collection Madrona Road by Violet Craft, plus solids (if we wanted). Here's what I came up with: The back is my favorite print from the collection, Wild Carrot in Straw. I was excited for this swap because (A) I've loved Madrona Road for a while and (B) my … [Read more...]
It's not even Thanksgiving yet but I've already made and received a few Christmasy treasures that I'm sharing with you to welcome the holiday season which unofficially begins this week! First, the ornament I made for my partner, Jessica, in our guild's ornament swap using a fussy-cut square of Alpine Wonderland, Essex linen, and Sublime Stitching embroidery floss: Here are the ornaments Jessica made for me, which I LOVE: I sent my Pillow talk swap partner this little mug rug … [Read more...]
My Pillow Talk Swap pillow is officially done and mailed! I actually made this pillow twice. The first time, I miscalculated my measurements and ended up with flat edges where pointy points were supposed to be. Surprisingly, I liked it so much I quilted it up and almost assembled it before deciding to make a better version. I just didn't want my partner to think those flat points were the result of my doing a crappy job and not paying enough attention to detail. You never know … [Read more...]
