2015 Swaps

I participated in my first swaps in 2015!  The first was for the Nebo Modern Quilt Guild (see more of that one HERE).  It was so much fun I promptly signed up for two more.  The #schnitzelandboominiquiltswap, and the #pillowtalkswapIGstyle, both on instagram.

I blogged about my SchnitzelandBoo swap HERE.


Here is what I made for the Pillow Talk Swap on IG:

I'm stealing Patti's photos because they are WAY better than mine.  She asked for a Christmas pillow and I was more than happy to oblige.  :)  I pulled out my long hoarded Kate Spain "12 Days of Christmas" charm pack and went to town.  The trees and pinwheels are 3D!  I used Moda's free "Jovial" quilt pattern (find it HERE) and made my blocks half size.  Try as I might to come up with a different idea for quilting, I just had to go with pebbles.  I like how the quilting looks like snow.  :)

For the other side, I cut the rest of my charms into 2.5" squares and pieced them together randomly, with the exception of the white section.  I tried to copy some of the many cute fonts from the fabric for the "Fa la la la la."  Then I quilted the two back panels with petals.  I love how the back turned out!

This pillow was pretty hard to give up, but I scored an AWESOME pillow in return!

This picture does NOT do it justice, but my partner totally made me a Christmas Cathedral Windows pillow.  And she sent me some awesome extras - my favorite being the ornament stuffed with the trimmings from this pillow.  It's darling.  :)


For my last swap of the year, I made this little Wide Open Pouch for our guild Christmas pouch swap.  Since I'm pretty much obsessed with Dresdens still, that's what I went with. 

Wahoo!  These were finishes #8 (pillowtalk swap) and #9 (pouch), from my Quarter 4 Finish-Along list!  Linking up: