It’s Share-It Tuesday! What have you been working on?

Not much stitching time here the past week. I have been working on six applique posy needle cases. One will go to my swap partner next week and a couple others to friends. I’ll keep a couple here for emergency quilting gifts. Fabric (except the felt) is my own hand dyed.

Reminder for those participating in the swap, the mail date for international shipments is today. The mail date for domestic shipments (including Canada/USA) is next Tuesday. I know many of you have already sent your swap package and emailed me, thanks!! Check out the Flickr group for this swap.

What about you?? What have you been working on?

Registration closes on Monday, July 5th for the Applique Posy Needle Case Swap.

Come join the fun, and make a super-cute needle case for a quilting friend around the world. It’s a quick and easy project that you can finish in a rainy afternoon.

Partner information will be sent by July 8th. The deadline to mail your needle case is August 17th for overseas shipments and August 24th for domestic shipments (and between Canada and the USA).

Swap links:

• swap guidelines
• registration
• participants
• Flickr group
• download applique pattern [PDF file]
• tutorial: part 1 | part 2
• Join the Quilting Bloggers fan club on Facebook

Two very talented quilters have already finished their needle cases. Aren’t they just gorgeous!

Iceni - ColourinStitch

Deborah - JustSewin

Come join the fun!! Along with Erin Russek from One Piece at a Time, I’m thrilled to host the latest swap here at the Quilting Gallery: Applique Posy Needle Case Swap. It’s very cute, and super easy to make.

A perfect project for a rainy summer afternoon or a cold and drizzling day for friends in the Southern Hemisphere. It’s so quick to make, I’d suggest making up several as early Christmas presents for your quilting buddies.

For the swap, you can choose your applique method of choice. Erin’s put together a great two-part tutorial showing you step-by-step how to put the needle case together: part 1 and part 2.

Registration closes July 5th. Partner information will be sent by July 8th. The deadline to mail your needle case is August 17th for overseas shipments and August 24th for domestic shipments (and between Canada and the USA).

Join the FUN:

• swap guidelines
• registration
• participants
• Flickr group
• download applique pattern [PDF file]

Today is the final mail date for the Embroidery Mini Quilt Swap.

If you haven’t already, please drop me an email to let me know that your mini quilt has been sent. If you will be late sending please let me know the status and when you expect it will be mailed.

Here’s a sampling of the gorgeous mini quilts that have been created. You can see more beauties in the Flickr group.

Thanks to everyone that participated. I really enjoyed seeing what you made. The border options turned out fabulous.

Interested in another swap? Join the discussion on the Flickr group (or leave a comment below if you don’t have a Flickr account).

It’s that time … time for a new swap. This one incorporates an embroidered stitchery, piecing of the borders and some quilting. A perfect combination.

Lenna, our expert columnist for the past few months, created this gorgeous pattern specifically for this swap. I hope you love it as much as I do. Of course, if you would prefer not to do it in redwork (like the sample), go ahead and use whatever colours suit your fancy. I’ll be doing mine in various colours.

Confession time! I have not done any embroidery before, but with Lenna’s fabulous videos, I’m super excited to give it a try. I have my hoop, my embroidery floss, a crewel needle and I’m ready to transfer my pattern. I hope you’ll join me in the swap and try a new technique. Who knows, maybe you’ll just fall in love with embroidery!

Swap links:

• swap guidelines
• participants
• registration
• Flickr group
• stitchery tutorial | download stitchery pattern
• Lenna’s how to embroider tutorials

Registration closes April 21st. Partner information will be sent by April 24th. The deadline to mail your mini quilt is May 24th for overseas shipments and June 1st for domestic shipments (and Canada/USA).

Rachel’s put together this super cute siggy block tutorial. Lots of photos to help you along, it’s so easy.

She’s also organizing a modern siggy block swap. Better hurry though, she’s limiting registration to 100.

P.S. Pat Sloan’s also organizing a SweetHearts ROCK! Swap.