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...]
I want to take this time to brag about all the goodies that were made for me by awesome women in the last couple months. Shield your eyes if you don't think you can handle the envy that is about to flood your body! From my oh-so-talented Heal Circle homegirl, Kelsey (we did a small item swap in our circle): Kelsey has a better picture of the pincushion on her blog. Sorry but this baby's already been put to good use! I love it. Here are my goodies from Jenelle of … [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...]
