New Year Block swap

[RustyHen]

MUG RUG SWAP


I have randomly picked names out of a basket and these are the names who will swap with each other. This swap is due the end of January. Contact your swapper and exchange addresses when you are ready. I have the master list if you forget who you have. Please make every effort to mail yours out before January 31st. If you have a delay in mailing yours out please PM me and your recipient so we are aware. We LOVE pictures, so please BE SURE to post a picture here of the mug rug you received and who you received it from.



majack-minniechicks

cathiesue-keepmumsane

rustyhen-quailtrail

katsdar-coldupnorth

kassaundra-fenrosie

Sounds great Kat

 

[Kassaundra]

Okay here it is!!!!! I gave up on sewing the bubble into the design, I may well do a top decoration for it.


The guilty returning to the scene of the crime!

 

[katsdar]

kassaundra very pretty, love the cat too

 

[keepmumsane]

Ooo0000ooo nice job! Metallic thread would be a good bubble

 

[RustyHen]

I love it Kass, so I guess you like paper piecing now?

 

[Kassaundra]

I love it Kass, so I guess you like paper piecing now?

Paper piecing still confuses the begebers out of me. I am not spatially talented to begin w/ but then doing it backwards and in reverse really messed w/ my mind. I see where paper piecing has a place, that block would have been impossible (for me anyway) w/o it. I will be happy to get back to my simple star and square design in the paper piecing, and will do more of the Doctor blocks.

I am not going to make a quilt w/ the Doctor blocks though. I don't know how they are dealing w/ the layers, but there are some seam intersections that have 6-8 layers and others that just have the 2. I would think quilting it would be a bigger nighmare then the piecing was. I am going to make the blocks that speak to me in the collection and make framed wall art out of them.

 

[Kassaundra]

2 down 10 to go

The good thing about doing the Gallifrey block is these ones seem so much easier now.

 

[Kassaundra]

Here is the solution I came up with for the dome over the city in the Gallifrey block, simple, but I think effective.

 

[katsdar]

I like it, and your fabric posted on the other swap site is wonderful

 

[katsdar]

We could have had a real tragedy here last night. My brooder which sits on my back porch caught on fire last night. My husband and I were watching t.v. and we heard this strange pop the dogs were out so I figured it was them so I told my husband your turn to check, and he opened the back door and said "FIRE" I ran to the kitchen and got my fire extinguisher. I will add here if you don't have an ABC fire extinguisher please get one ABC's can be used on any type of fire, grease,wood/paper and electrical. I sprayed everything including the chicks because I thought they were on fire too, but God was looking out for all of us, the chicks are fine, little damage to the brooder but the chicks spent the night in the bath tub, 15 chicks in a tub can really destroy it. I really figured I'd loose at least one chick because I was spraying everything and the chicks were covered with the powder. I had just bought a new bulb and I didn't check the wattage, so please check your bulb wattage it should be no more than 250 watts. My brooder can be divided with a piece of wood and at night to keep the chicks warmer I usually put the wood in, I didn't last night it wasn't cold enough and had I the chicks would not have been able to get away from the flames. I finished the cleaning this morning and put the chicks back into the brooder, tho they are not really happy campers but they are too young to go into the hen house and they are on the non burnt side but everyone is fine. THANK GOD.