Thursday, October 22, 2009

Mini Quilts

Happy Fall!


Over the past 5 weeks I have been teaching a Crazy Quilting class at a local quilting store and also trying to catch up on a few CQ RR's. Stepping back from CQ (somewhat) I took the time to complete two Mini Quilts for a Mini Swap I am in on the HGTV Board. The first mini (above) is a Fall mini and is for Christine. Using the orange and yellow fabric in this mini has certainly shown me that the two colors I most dread can certainly be pretty together. They are slowly growing on me LOL! With each mini sent out, the girls also send a little gift so I picked up some of the scraps from this mini and made Christine a little Needlebook - actually I lined it with some low-pile fleece which is awesome to use when beading... the beads don't roll away from you.

Here is the mini Christine made me in return - I just love it! She also sent me on of her beautiful pieces of tatting - gorgeous colors!!!!



My second mini was for the Christmas Mini Swap. This one was made for MyJack - it is a smaller version of the Fall mini - done up in blue and white snowy Christmas fabrics and embellished just a bit with some glittery trim and crystals. I also made her a small needlebook out of some of the scraps used on her mini. This one is in the mail and should be arriving to her house soon.... Oops - Surprise! I forgot to tell her it was on the way!



8 comments:

  1. Love them both. I always enjoy seeing a couple different colorways for a pattern. Of course the work on the needle books is gorgeous,too.

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  2. These are all stunning. Always love a good picture show :)

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  3. Your swapping quilts with the trees are just lovely. They do have a look of crazy patch it a tiny way. They are sure to love the needle books too. The crazy quilt touches on those are amazing.

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  4. Just beautiful work! You are staying busy!

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  5. Gorgeous work Nicki~ love your color choices...

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  6. ooough these trees worked up so nice! your pp'ing is fantastic Nickilee!!! and that one in blue and white... VERY wintry! ;) Your swap partner is gonna love it!

    I'm still trying to come up with my pattern plan for my Christmas mini swap with crazy'boutquilts...

    Happy Weekend & Love from Texas! ~bonnie

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  7. Thank you all for your nice commments. I forgot to mention when I was writing about the mini tree quilts that they are paper pieced. I enjoyed making them so much - that is why I decided to make them both for the Fall & Winter.

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  8. Beautiful, beautiful projects!
    Those trees are gorgeous, keep making them, each are so different!

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