Julie - of Me and My Stitches - started blogging back in January, and I fell in love with her beautiful minature quilt pendants as soon as I saw them. I've done paper piecing myself before, but never anything on a scale as small as what she does. The colors she uses appeal to my love of all things primitive. I admired them from afar until recently, when she shared a picture of some wool that she had purchased. The thought occured to me - if she was wanting wool, that I have a LOT of that - and maybe she would be interested in doing a swap. I bravely emailed her to present my idea and she wrote right back saying that she loved the idea! So we made the arrangements and now I am the lucky owner of this 2" pendant. She puts her work under glass and solders the edges - adding a ring for a cord or chain. Each little strip of fabric is less than 1/4" wide! Teeny, tiny!
In exchange, I went through my stash of hand dyed wool and carefully chose several pieces in the colors she wanted and mailed them off to her. I think we're both happy with the results!
Thanks Julie!
13 comments:
Great swap! I love her work.
What a great idea. I really like the pendant.
BTW-Thanks so much for all your help in selling my wool. You have been an ANGEL:) (I got all 3 checks)
Win-Win! It never hurts to ask!
Love the little quilt!
What a wonderful swap! Oh my she does wonderful work - to get those points that small! Oh my!
Wow...that pendant is incredible! I've done some paper piecing - but that is so tiny!! AWESOME! And her colors are so spot-on wonderful! Lucky you - and lucky her!! Looks like a wonderful assortment of yummy colors to add to her stash!! Have a wonderful weekend Gayle! Smiles & Hugs ~ Robin
It looks like a perfect swap!!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my new wool! I'm just going to sit around and pet it tonight!
Great swap. That pendant is perfect. What precise work she does.
Courtney
I have admired her teensy little piece jewelry pieces. Seems like the seams would be so bulky in a tiny piece like that. Guess you can trim them close to the stitching line since it is not going into a quilt.
Gayle ~
Very cool! I just love it.
Hugs :)
Lauren
I have admired Julie's work. It is wonderful! What a nice trade for you two!
Love that swap, I am going to have to check her out, looks like a great Christmas present for my MOm.
Thanks for sharing. I love to swap!
Cathy
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