a pillow and a mouse

Well, technically only a pillow cover since it’s to be sent away for a swap. It would be more expensive to ship a big pillow, right? This for the Pillow Talk Swap over on Flickr, made from Denyse Schmidt’s Single Girl pattern. I used Kona Cotton and a bunch of my scraps. The backing is [...]

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crazy lady’s house

For September, John sent plain gray Kona Cotton and requested little houses to make a neighborhood quilt. I found that little bird in my scrap box and knew that I had to use it. So this is the crazy lady’s house. Every neighborhood should have one, right? She painted her house blue and kept lots [...]

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patchwork swap

This is my stack sent for the Patchwork Swap organized by Linda. We are to sent 25 to 30 small pieces of scraps and a patchwork inspired gift.

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elephant blobs

I signed up for the mobile swap awhile ago and didn’t have any inspiration until the last days until I saw this tutorial. I worked on it last night and I love it. The blobs are Alexander Henry’s elephant fabric, mixed with some felt balls, and tied to an embroidery hoop with red perle cotton. [...]

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the complete package

Here’s the complete Backtack package that Alice received. As you know, the theme is gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
:: Gold:: Shell buttons on linen box and pouches. I love that tiny little button at the end of the pouch’s strap. That strap and the inside of the box and the other pouch are all matching Amy [...]

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backtack sent

Some more sneak peeks for Alice. Linen and some shell button for the sparkle/glitter thingy. I’m not much of a sparkle/glitter girl so those iridescent button are my interpretations of it. I’m really loving the linen there, I’m almost tempted to keep it for myself so I quickly pack it up and sealed the envelope. [...]

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progress

I’m still working on my BT4 project. I’m liking it so far.

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here it is

More photos here.

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lap quilt, done!

I finished it, 2 days late of the deadline. Shame on me for not looking at the dates correctly. I can’t show you the whole quilt yet because it would spoil the surprise for Adrienne. That’s Miss A running away with the quilt when I tried to change her diaper.

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planning

This is for bactack4, Cashsoft 4 Ply in Papyrus and Rowan 4 Ply Soft in Honk. I’m also planning to make something from linen and Liberty. Maybe I should make everything in doubles, just in case I’m tempted to keep it for myself.

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