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The Schnitzel and Boo mini has arrived in Sweden
IT HAS ARRIVED, it has arrived!!! After over two weeks in transit, the package has finally arrived in northern Sweden. The recipient is called Elizabeth, or lizziebird as she is known on Flickr. When I got the email revealing my Swap Partner, one of the things which immediately caught my eye, was that she "had a thing for hedgehogs and Totoro". I didn't have a clue who Totoro was, but with the help of Google I soon found out. He's an incredibly sweet animated Japanese character. My first plan was to make a Totoro mini quilt, but checking her Flickr feed, I realised someone else had beaten me to it. Instead I settled for a car / window sticker. For the hedgehog I came across a fantastic paper piecing template on Artisania's homepage . I had never done any paper piecing before, but with an engineer's logic I set off and made a trial version. After realising I needed to trim and press (a lot) more often, I dug out the nice fabrics. Some...
The mini is on its way (very very soon)!
Everything is wrapped up, postage paid and ready to be dropped in the mail tomorrow! It was great fun putting together, hope you like it Partner!!!
Mini quilt swap hosted by Schnitzel & Boo
Schnitzel and Boo is hosting a second mini quilt swap! Image from http://www.schnitzelandboo.com Seeing all the photos of everyone's progress filling blogs and Instagram last year, I was really annoyed I hadn't managed to sign up. This time I was ready and signed up in time. The mission: To make a mini quilt (6"x6" to 24"x24") for someone you may not know, in return someone else is making a mini quilt for you. After sign-up closed, I believe most us (six hundred people!!!!), were eagerly waiting for the email to tell us who we were making the mini for. When the email finally came, THE BIG STALKING begun! Checking out their various profiles on the internet including their photos, their blog, comments on friend's photos, etc, etc. It has been great fun trying to get to know someone's likes and dislikes in a very short time. To make it easier to find everyone participating in the swap, the following two hashtags are used: #schnitzelandboo...