Swaps

     Back in the day I did a lot of quilt block swaps, round robins and fabric swaps....and I mean a LOT!   I stopped doing them when a lot of the blocks came home and were either too small, they were wonky or the fabric was just not what was advised for the swap.

     Recently on Instagram I saw there were a lot of mini swaps and even a birthday of the month group and since I knew a lot of girls either running these swaps or participating, I joined 2.
Here's the results of them......

     The first one was the Mini Swap.  We were supposed to keep the mini to about 18-24 inches and as the guidelines were written, help the maker out by making some IG posts with things you liked.
My girl was very vague and all over the place with her likes and never made a design board so I went out on a limb and picked something I thought she'd like....

I'd had this geese pattern for a while and was dying to use it so I picked brighter colors with a black screen like print with a very light grey for the background of the geese.  It was well received and many compliments on it...so all was good!

I received my mini last Friday and I too was pleasantly surprised and very happy with mine.

I love the Bonnie and Camille fabrics that were used and even more surprising was all the other gifts that came with the package.  A charm pack, pins, scissors, a ruler, a pattern and a notebook!!

WOW!!!!!!  Was I spoiled.  When and If I do another swap I will have to add some "extras".

The next swap I'm doing is an ongoing monthly birthday swap.  We filled out questionnaires with our likes and dislikes and from there we make a small item whether it be quilty, knitted, crocheted.....

January's girl was looking for some pouches and since I was excited to use my new boxy pouch pattern, I made her one in orange, a color she requested and then I filled the pouch with fabric, thread, a pin, etc......  

Today I worked on the February girl's project.  She's into sewing and very much into cooking and baking so I made her a mixer that's about 15 x 15 and I'm hoping that with a few other goodies will be a nice birthday gift.

My birthday isn't until December so I have some waiting to do but in the meantime I'll be busy with gifting to other girls.

Onto other sewing..........