This is the quilt I made for the "Good Ol Summertime" mini quilt swap over on Quilting Gallery. I hope my swap partner likes what I have made her. The lines you see is not thread but the binding pinned in place before it was sewn down. This was a fun little quilt to do and I enjoyed making it.
This is the bag I made for the "Friendship Bag" swap over on Quilting Gallery. I did mine in black and white as that seems to be really popular right now. It was fun and quick. I will be making more of these for gifties at Christmas.
The inside of the bag. I love this fabric and I think I will make myself a larger bag with some of the black/white I have been buying for my stash.
This is what I put inside of the bag. Some moda fat quarters and enough black/white squares to make a mini quilt with if she likes.
This is the next Flower Fairy block I had worked on. I did do more work on it, but forgot to take another pic. Anyhow, this is some of what I did to this block. I just love her sitting in the tree amid the blossoms.
I had been seeing these spools all over blogland and really wanted some of them. Well I hit the sweeps on these babies! I purchased 15 of these at the thrift store for $5.oo. I hope that was a good buy, if not I still wanted them enough to purchase them. I do feel like I got them for a great bargain and I will be looking out for more. I plan to put my lace and ric rac on them. Maybe if I do that it will stay neater in the bins or I may display them in a glass jar or in this wooden bowl after I paint it.
Well hope everyone has a great rest of the week. By the by does anyone know what the above spools were actually used for? Just curious.
Happy Stitching,
Wendy
3 comments:
Congrats on your win, Wendy! I don't know if this is the only use but these are bobbin spools were usedfor commercial/production use in fatories in 'the olden days' but I assume they are still used now a days.
If you are looking for more of them, try eBay. About a year ago I bought a box of 100+ (vintage for sure, maybe antique) in 2 different sizes for about $25, including shipping.
Congrats on your spools! We have the most 'dud' thrift stores ever! I never find a thing stitch or sewing related or even useful!
I love the spools...have 3 but would love so many more! Good for you!!!! :)
hey,i just came across this while googeling for quilts i love that quilt that you did for the exchange!!!! i am a beginner and want to do something like you did with the flowers on that one, did you just sew them on top, or how did you go about that? i love all of your crafty items, you are one talented woman!
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