Susan, I agree. When I got home I went pages back just to see all the mini's everyone made and it was like a "mini art show". Everyone did a terrific job on their creations.

Me and tlambing did a side swap. Here is a picture of the pretty mini she sent me. :) She also sent some pretty fabric.

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Thank you tlambing. It's lovely!

JuneBillie...........your mini quilt is absolutely stunning!! :D I just LOVE it & the idea she used in making it for you. I have worked on yours a little bit more & I hope you like it as well. OH, by the way, I added another color today & that is yellow!!
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I think it is stunning too Sulabug.

Sulabug the yellow sounds so pretty. I will love it, because you made it. :):)

Here's my mini from JuneBillie...Isn't it cute. Love the hexi flowers :)
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Teresa and Susan, you both made such pretty and summery flower themed minis for each other.

I am glad you like it tlambing, but it sure looks like I needed to iron it some more, but after it's wrapped up I figured it would get wrinkled anyway. lol.. Unlike yours to me which was nice and flat in the package. ;)

Just think of it as texture :)

It's great wrinkly or not.

And more super cute, creative, and "texturey" ;) quilts coming in... love them all.

JuneBillie,
I press everything before I mail it, even the scraps I send as pifs... Dh and I both have laughed at me as I am standing, pressing, and commenting that it's kinda useless for me to do it... because you're right, they just get wrinkled no matter how carefully they're packaged! And yet I still press away...:o
Kif

I use to press everything too, and think I was doing a couple of things at one time when I was sending this one. Well, that's my story, and I'm holding too it. :D

If I could (money wise) I would make everyone on here a susan textured special. :D Don't worry, I won't. I promise!

I am going to try my best for August's mini swap to go less textured, but pretty or cute. Well, that's my hope. lol...

Funny thing is, I have never done such artsy things with so much random texture until I joined this swap. I just get carried away. :eek:

I for one would sign up for a "Susan textured special" any day! :thumbup:
It is fun to be able to be so creatively free, eh??!! Especially since these won't go thru wear and tear, it's nice to add extra embellishments... and texture!! ;)
K

Aww how sweet Kiffie. You are a true encourager. :)

When pressing appliqued and embellished quilts, it is best to press w/steam into a terry towel. Never, never from the front of the piece. This way, it will not flatten the applique and melt or distort the embellishments.

I'm calling the July swap a HUGE success!
Everyone has sent and received their mini's!!!!!
Here is the final pic of all of our mini's in one place.
Thanks so much for all your beautiful work and awesome follow through!
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Come on over and join us on the August thread:)

http://www.quiltingboard.com/member-...p-t250721.html

Thank you for putting this beauty's on one page for us. Is there a place we can put them so we look back and see them for ideas.

If you right click them, you can save them to your computer.

Thank you learn something new to do on my computer today

Thank you Suz for the great tip. That is a big help. :)
Thank you tlambing for all the pictures again. We have our own gallery now.:)

Thank you for hostessing this swap for us, and the terrific pics!
K

I am with kiffie2413.......One Hundred Percent!! This was so much fun & I am enjoying making my next mini for the August Swap. Thank you so much for all of your work putting this swap together.
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Thank you for being a great host!

Great host, great partners, great mini's, GREAT BIG thank you to all involved!!