Jan 2017 I Spy Swap
#71
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Rocky Mountains
Posts: 1,866
I received my charms a couple of weeks ago. Because of my brother-in-law's funeral and family in town, I set them aside and forgot about them. I finally had time to go thru them. I am happy with what I received. Thanks everyone for participating.
#74
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 914
Hi would also appreciate a pm. I sat out the last one as I had a ton of I spy blocks, but made 2 quilts, fussycut all the smaller designs into smaller blocks - I threw a bunch of 2.5" novelties into my scrap quilt and I LOVE it) and am starting to run low of certain things again. Are the bags going to be organized the same as this swap? If so I can get mine all ready while I clean out my sewing room. Thanks!
#75
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Rocky Mountains
Posts: 1,866
This sounds interesting. Would love to see a picture of your quilt.
Hi would also appreciate a pm. I sat out the last one as I had a ton of I spy blocks, but made 2 quilts, fussycut all the smaller designs into smaller blocks - I threw a bunch of 2.5" novelties into my scrap quilt and I LOVE it) and am starting to run low of certain things again. Are the bags going to be organized the same as this swap? If so I can get mine all ready while I clean out my sewing room. Thanks!
#76
Not really an I spy quilt, but a friend asked if I would make a baby quilt for her coming nephew. She had a design she liked and wanted to have some Seahawks fabric included. I told her I could do it all in Seahawks colors or use some yellows and maybe a little purple so I could throw in a chicken (she raises them). The chicken came from January's I spy swap! She loved it
I still have to finish the outer white border, but it's coming along well. I showed her a photo of the layout before I started sewing it together and she loved it (I did offer to change out some of the dark squares for a lighter one, but she had me keep them since it went with the Seahawks colors better-- lime green and navy blue for those who don't know).
The chicken, butterfly, balls, and ladybug fabrics all came from the swap. There is also a bluish grey fabric that came from a bag of scraps sent to me from zozee.
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Because it is a baby quilt, I'm still a complete beginner, and I'd love to see it get a lot of use, I used a 3/8" seam instead of 1/4". It made calculating the width of the white borders a little more involved, but I was so happy I got it right the first time. I also double-stitched the seams, so really happy I didn't have to do any frogging! The white does make me a little nervous (stains, etc), but it's what she wanted.
I still have to finish the outer white border, but it's coming along well. I showed her a photo of the layout before I started sewing it together and she loved it (I did offer to change out some of the dark squares for a lighter one, but she had me keep them since it went with the Seahawks colors better-- lime green and navy blue for those who don't know).
The chicken, butterfly, balls, and ladybug fabrics all came from the swap. There is also a bluish grey fabric that came from a bag of scraps sent to me from zozee.
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Because it is a baby quilt, I'm still a complete beginner, and I'd love to see it get a lot of use, I used a 3/8" seam instead of 1/4". It made calculating the width of the white borders a little more involved, but I was so happy I got it right the first time. I also double-stitched the seams, so really happy I didn't have to do any frogging! The white does make me a little nervous (stains, etc), but it's what she wanted.
Last edited by Sleepy Hollow; 02-27-2017 at 12:54 AM.
#77
I try to send out PM's to all who have participated or expressed interest in the swaps - sometimes the posts can be missed until the deadlines have passed.
Quiltingdragon - would love to see your quilts you made! And SleepyHollow, love your Seahawks quilt - know a little one will love it!
I will probably go back to the 10 fabric per bag distribution - dividing the blocks up took most of 2 days for me. I did those who sent in the most bags first and then when I got to the smaller bags lastly, I found that I had multiples of some of the same squares, so dipped into my stash to get different prints for those. So, unless there are a lot of people preferring the 16 squares of the same fabric method, I will go back to the baggies of 10 different prints.
Quiltingdragon - would love to see your quilts you made! And SleepyHollow, love your Seahawks quilt - know a little one will love it!
I will probably go back to the 10 fabric per bag distribution - dividing the blocks up took most of 2 days for me. I did those who sent in the most bags first and then when I got to the smaller bags lastly, I found that I had multiples of some of the same squares, so dipped into my stash to get different prints for those. So, unless there are a lot of people preferring the 16 squares of the same fabric method, I will go back to the baggies of 10 different prints.
#79
I have enjoyed doing it - it is fun to see all of the different fabrics chosen. The last swap with so many fabrics to divide was much more labor intensive - so like the bag method much better. I still will thumb through the baggies to find inappropriate fabrics, those not fussy cut etc.
I do think the fabrics over all this time were of a better quality than some I have seen - so I like that trend.
Will get the next swap up in a few days - so start shopping and cutting!
Rena
I do think the fabrics over all this time were of a better quality than some I have seen - so I like that trend.
Will get the next swap up in a few days - so start shopping and cutting!
Rena
#80
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northwest Georgia
Posts: 3,273
Okay, so we're going with baggies of 10 different fabrics? What's the maximum number of baggies we can send? I'll have to check my stash and see what I already have. We're having to have a new heat/AC unit installed in a few days, so my fabric budget has gone kablooey for the time being. I can't complain TOO much, though, because the old unit is about 30 years old, but do you know how much fabric I could buy with that $4,800?!?
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