1. Christmas Ornament Pillow, 2. Winter pillow for Julianna (1), 3. CIMG9075, 4. Pillow-cover, 5. ChevronPillows - QuiltDetail, 6. Rear of my christmas pillow, 7. Aqua and pink christmas pillow, 8. Christmas Gifts, 9. Christmas FussySquares sewn together, 10. Christmas Snowflake ...a better photo and a little QAL, 11. Christmas pillow front, 12. paper pieced Christmas pillow, 13. Savvy Seasons pillow cover, 14. patchwork pillow cover, 15. pillow cover - christmas, 16. Christmas pillow
The Modern Quilters Ireland group are having another Christmas swap. Last year it was a table runner and this year we are swapping cushions! This is my mosaic of favourite picks from Flickr, to help my swap partner figure out what I'd like in a swap item. It seems that this year, I am drawn to Christmas decorations and can't go wrong stars and Christmas trees! Last year, I was all about the penguins and polar bears and to be fair I still love those guys (especially the penguins!)
Sign ups are open until this Friday and anyone resident in Ireland and a member of Modern Quilters Ireland can participate. Membership is free, if you want to join us in our Christmas swap! I've written a tutorial on how to make an envelope backed cushion for the swap here.
A second swap I joined in was Round 11 of the Fussy Cut Square in a square swap. This one was themed a Holiday swap. Amanda @ What the Bobbin organises swaps based on a 4" paper pieced economy block throughout the year with different themes for each round. This is my second Christmas round so last year I received 12 blocks and this year I made 12 more to swap.
The idea is to use a fussy cut centre and add coordinating fabrics for the outer rounds. You make and send 12 and you get 12 different ones back. It's a lovely way to be social and it gives you variety in your project that you might not normally have making all the squares yourself. I used fabrics from Riley Blake's Santa's Little Helpers, Joy by Kate Spain and Nancy Halvorsen's Holiday Favourites. Hope my swap partners like them!
I made a spring, summer autumn, winter cushion with 12 squares I received last year in a non-themed swap (added 4 more of my own to make 16!) This year I have a plan for a Christmas I spy type baby quilt with my 24. We'll see how I get on with that!
If you fancy making some of your own Amanda has the template available for download here.
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That is such a cute cushion!
ReplyDeleteYour fussy cutting is ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's charming work!
ReplyDeleteReally pretty cushion. Using your swap blocks in a baby quilt is great. Where do you find all those pictures on fabric?
ReplyDeleteThe fussy cut square in a square blocks are super fun! I don't tend to do a lot of thematic holiday projects, but all the Christmas things I have seen lately are really cute. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Ruth, as usual a beautiful post. Love the fussy cut blocks.
ReplyDeleteI used to live in Co.Down, do I qualify for the swap? (Joke!) The group's work is fab.
Love the Christmas economy blocks! They look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI love how that pillow turned out! I'm just bummed you didn't' any of my blocks in that swap haha. Loving the Christmas blocks too!
ReplyDeleteI really like the square-in-a-square blocks (the holiday one in particular).
ReplyDeleteI'm not a 'holiday themed' sewer but your fussy cut blocks are absolutely wonderful! Hmmm. . . maybe next year ;)
ReplyDeletelove that cushion! This is a good idea for a swap as there's some real variety in the centre square.
ReplyDeleteThose are the cutest fussy cut blocks!
ReplyDeleteAll those fussy cuts are super cute! Nice!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun swap! I really need a Christmas cushion, I should put one on my to-do list ;) I much prefer the smaller economy block too, not sure why but they just look a bit cuter!
ReplyDeleteSuch cute little blocks! Love the Christmas fussy cutting.
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