I decided to make one more mug rug to see if my partner in the swap liked this one better than any of the others. Some red/aqua, linen, thread painting/sketching...... kind of simple, not too fussy and I had to photograph it under the only red/yellow tulip that bloomed. :) I think I'll be sending this one away, along with the "wake up world" clock.
And I received my mug rug! Made by Nannette/nanotchka, it's the most beautiful butterfly/flower mug rug! Made with the most amazing hand-dyed fabrics and so much talent, I purely love this mug rug and she had to know it, too, because I commented on all her photos as she was making it! I got so excited to see her name on the envelope that it came in, along with all the neat loot, too! (Shell buttons, pieces of the dyed fabrics, a nice note and some Chenille It {which she used on her quilt that is on the cover of the new issue of Quiltmania! Yes, Nann is quite famous now!})
Check out all the details! LOVE THIS! It's going up on the wall, no way could I ever actually use it! My photos aren't doing it justice for some reason, it's very vibrant!
I joined my first bee- it's for bitty blocks, we have a limited number of members and each member has a month where they determine what their theme is and we all make that person 2 blocks. The first month is Marilyn's and she requested "bees" and things that go with bees. So I found a wonderful source for new patterns and she had one for a paper-pieced hive, and I shrunk it down to a 3" block and made it yesterday. It wasn't as hard to do as I thought it would be, but I'm glad I only had to do one of them. :) If I had to make this 11 more times, I'd freak! lol
A few embroidered details....
At the Bitty Block Committee, we're going to do a side-swap with the theme of Alice in Wonderland. One of my blocks will be Alice playing flamingo croquet. Hopefully I can make this work! In side swaps, we occasionally relax the rules so we can make taller blocks, this one will be 3.5" x 5.5". Hopefully I can make it work! My other block is going to be wild, crazy mushrooms. I had to go to the library to get the book because I had never read it. I'm glad I didn't read it as a child, it's very odd. The Wizard of Oz movie freaked me out, I'm not sure Alice wouldn't have, too.
My FLiQS partner got my Wheel of Fortune quilt and now I can tell you, it went to the UK, to my friend, Jo- aka sewjo2009! I loved making it for her, she's a real sweetheart of a lady.
My lilacs are blooming like crazy, there are so many butterflies on it, I'll go get some photos to share. The aroma is fabulous!
Enjoy your day! It's a sunny one here!
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5 comments:
Oh wow! What a wonderful bunch of goodies you have made and received! You are a lucky duck to get nann's quilt and wowy the post was fast!!
All so pretty but those flowers are my fav! Happy Spring!
I would like one of your mug rugs for each one of my mugs :). They are all so wonderful. I especially like the bird.
I need to practice my quilting so I really should make a few mug rugs.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Lucky, lucky, Jo!! Your quilt was awesome! Love the label too, in case I didn't tell you before. I really like the mug rug Nan made too. I think it's a "hanger" for sure! Can't wait to see what everyone else does for the bees.......that should be fun!
So love to read your blog...and admire all the work you ladies do!!!
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