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Package Pals

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I participated in the Package Pals swap over at C.R.A.F.T. The idea was to send a package of craft supplies to your partner, and you would get one in return. My partner and I exchanged a lot of emails telling each other about ourselves and what we were interested in trying. So here is what I sent. Materials to make a felt project I designed. The pattern and tutorial will be online Friday so stay tuned! She mentioned liking working with felt so I thought this would be a fun project to put together for her. I also ordered a rainbow of colors of wool felt from ... Read More

Dumpling Swap – What I Got!

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My swap package came Friday and I was lucky enough to get a pouch from Susi at Lila Louise! The pouch is gorgeous and the package was also full of tons of goodies from Germany! The fabrics are fantastic, especially this cross stitch one! I will probably hoard it away because I'll be too nervous to use it for anything. Right away I started using the smaller fabric pieces for hexagons. There was also a little stack of squares that are destined to be made into a patchwork project of some sort. Evie was extremely excited about the candy and she ate the ... Read More

Dumpling Pouch Swap!

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Susi from Lila Luise organized a swap on Instagram to make a dumpling pouch and fill it with fabric and candy. I signed up even though I seriously doubted my ability to make the pouch, but Susi insisted that I would be fine. The pattern for the dumpling pouch is free to download. This is actually my first completed English paper piecing project and I love it. I used 3/4" hexagons and joined them all into a piece of fabric large enough to cover the interfacing. I fused the interfacing to it and cut around it, which was the most nerve wracking part! I was convinced I ... Read More

A Beastly Swap

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Well after a slight delay, this has finally made it's way into the hands of Olisa from cocoaeyesthestitcher and I can show it off. This was my fourth swap, they usually take place over at the Phat Quarter Flickr group, but this one was on the new social network site Weave. If you're a stitcher, you should definitely sign up! You can see what I did for the first three swaps here. The theme was "Bestiary" and I thought it would be so easy but I had a really hard time. I got such an amazing piece from Olisa from the last swap, I felt a lot of pressure to make sure I ... Read More

Regional Candy Swap!

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Heidi over at My Paper Crane organized a really fun candy swap. Everyone got a partner from another geographic area and had the task of buying candy specific to where you live. My partner was Lesley in Pennsylvania, you can find her design site here. Of course the first thing that came to mind for me was Ferrara Pan, we pass the factory when we drive into Chicago. They are best known for Lemonheads but there are many variations and other candies as well. I went to a little candy store in downtown Naperville and bought all the boxes of Ferrara Pan candy they had. ... Read More

Amuse-Bouche Swap

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I signed up for the December Phat Quarter swap despite being completely swamped with Christmas crafting. And in typical fashion, I signed up without any ideas at all of what I would do. According to the swap page: What is an amuse-bouche? It’s a scrumptious little hors d’oeuvre. A stand-alone treat for your taste buds. Literally, one could translate it from the French as a “mouth amusement.” In our stitchy case, let’s define it as a tiny visual (rather than a taste) treat. Josh suggested that the laser cut pendants fit the description quite well, so I ... Read More

Phat Quarter Swap – Five

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I participated in my second Phat Quarter swap, this time the theme was "five." I did the science swap back in May, and I was excited to do another. I signed up right away but had absolutely no idea what to do so I kept putting off working on it. The deadline was getting closer and closer so I finally made a decision to do five separate pieces. My swap partner said she liked birds so I decided to do a series of them. ... Read More

What I Got in the Swap

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I never showed off what I got for the Phat Quarter swap from Madeleine of Unexpected Kitty. I finally hung it up last week. My piece came all the way from the UK, and I was so excited when I opened the envelope and saw the Tesla Tower! The embroidery is fantastic and I love the beading on it too. You can check out Madeleine's Flickr. And here is her blog post about it. ... Read More