Wonky Houses Swap

A few weeks ago I posted about a Wonky House Swap that I was involved with on Facebook. (You can check that post out here.) The only problem was that when it came time to post the Wonky House off to my partner, not only did I realise that I had accidentally cut it down to 12 inches instead of 12.5 inches, I had also misunderstood the swap and was supposed to make 4 Wonky Houses instead of just 1!

Naturally I had more than a few moments of panic as I tried to figure out what on earth I could do. In the end I just grabbed my box of scraps and got sewing. It was late when I finished but I’m really proud of what I managed to come up with.

The block I’d made previously had to be taken apart and re-sewn with a new ‘sky’ and ‘grass’ so that I could make up the extra inches. Thankfully that didn’t take too long and I think I ended up with a better fabric choice anyway.

Here are my final four wonky houses (please excuse the crinkles, these were taken before I attacked them with an iron!):

 

I hope my swap partners like the ones I’ve sewn above – I certainly do! I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to do with the Wonky House Blocks that I receive in return though. They are quirky and fun and I like the look of them all together so maybe a house quilt is in order. If I did that though I think my perfectionist tendencies would kick in and I’d want to have all the ‘grass’ sections line up so it looks as though the houses are on a street all together… I’ll have to see what arrives and go from there!

Scrap busting continues

So I may have gotten a little carried away with scrap busting the massive tub of fabric scraps in my craft room… I’ve filled these two mini-suitcases with fabric squares in just two days! The one on the left is all 2 inch squares and the one on the right is 1.5 inch squares. I’ve never experimented with 1.5 inch squares before but seeing as how I have SO MANY squares, I’m thinking that 2015 is the year to tackle a 1.5 inch postage stamp quilt.

And with that announcement about next year, I should also announce that I’ll be hosting a Postage Stamp Quilt Square Swap in early 2015. Sign ups will open in January and the actual swap will take place in March. Keep an eye on the blog in January when I’ll post all the details. But if you’re keen to swap 1.5 or 2 inch squares, get cutting now so that you are prepared and don’t have to race to cut up a bunch of squares to swap. (It takes a LONG time and I have both a GoBaby Cutter and a BigShot to shorten the process for me).

Quilt Square Swap

I am a big fan of quilt square swaps. They allow you to access a wide range of fabrics you wouldn’t have otherwise. They force you to accept fabrics you wouldn’t otherwise have purchased. And they allow you to share a part of your collection with other crafters all around the world.

This month my favourite quilting swap signup opens! You guessed it, it’s the Curious Quilters 2inch Quilt Square Swap! From September 20 – Oct 5 you are welcome to sign up to participate in the teeny tiny square goodness that is this swap. You can deal in 1.5, 2, or 2.5 inch squares.

I’m really keen to get involved in more teeny tiny square fabric swaps like this one, but I can’t find any more! I’ve searched Flickr, trawled Google for hours and flicked around quilting blogs for months on end – but nothing. I’m beginning to think there just aren’t any more out there. Please can someone prove me wrong?!

The more common fabric square swap is the charm/5″ square quilt swap. Mike over at The Amateur Quilter runs one of these every now and again. The swap itself is run on Flickr.

I had grand ambitions for this blog post, thinking I’d be able to find hundreds of awesome quilt swaps online… but yet again most of the ones I’ve found are either full or happened ages ago. Here is one place I’ll continue to check, but aside from that I’m looking at you dear blog reader! Do you know of any awesome regular quilt square swaps?