Sunday, August 9, 2009

August Swaps Round-up

Since I'm going to be out of town for 10 days at the end of the month, I've been working hard to get my swaps taken care of early.

For Traveling Threads, Marilyn (aka Spiced Coffee) sent some really beautiful, soft colored fabric and hoped for a few birds. I went with something simple since the fabric seemed so calm, I didn't want anything too busy. I'm really happy with how the block turned out. It's 12.5" square.

August block for Traveling Threads


For snip.sew.send., Zonnah (of Zonnah's Addictions) wanted us to do 7.5" curve/circle blocks. I've been loving the circles lately and was really inspired by this quilt. I pieced the circle and then used the fusible interfacing method to applique the circle. I figured that would be easier with all the seams around the edge. I also cut the back open to reduce the bulk and so I could re-press the seams.

August Snip.Sew.Send block for Zonnah
August Snip.Sew.Send block for Zonnah


and last, but certainly not least, I wrapped up my witches for Jane's Spooktacular Swap. It turns out that as much as I love the paper pieced witch pattern, I just can't make 12 of them. So, I made 4 of those, 4 witch faces and 4 sets of witch shoes. I think they're all fun in their own way, but I picked one of the sets of shoes to be returned to me. I can't wait to see what I end up with from the other ladies in my group!
Jane's Spooktacular Swap 2009
Jane's Spooktacular Swap 2009

6 comments:

  1. You are so talented! Thank you so much, I love it!

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  2. Cute Halloween blocks! I think I'll that interfacing trick for the candy corn I'm doing. I don't think I'll be able to stand going trough all my blocks if I do them all the same way!

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  3. Wow, Kris, you've been a busy gal and these are all wonderful! I'm a nut for bright Halloween stuff, so I love those, especially!

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  4. Fun blocks! You did a lovely job on Zonnah's block-- gorgeous! And the little birdie block is so cute. The Halloween ones are pretty darn awesome too! (Especially those witch shoes!) :)

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  5. I like that circle block a lot!

    and yes you MUST join me on the photo-along. All you have to do is drag your camera around!

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  6. oops that was me on the previous post, I forgot to change users

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