Swaps in, Swaps out :)

I received the beautiful hexagon's from Ellen the other day . The will looks just beautiful in my table runner. I just love how it will have flowers in it from all over the world !! I also made a couple to go on their journey across the pond . One will be going to England and the other to Germany. 

I am so excited I ordered a Fiskar's Hexagon Punch from Amazon last week and it should be arriving at some point this week ! It will make doing these hexagons so much quicker as I think it takes me longer to trace and cut out the hexagon than to sew them together !! 

I received this adorable pincushion and thread catcher from Tina Friday !! It's great for when I am sitting on the lounge sewing as I don't have to get up near as often to go to the trash can to throw away the scraps of fabric and thread !!

And I finished off the mug rug for Angie. It still needs a bit of a press to get the join in the binding to lay flat. I need to figure out a new method of binding as I never like how the join area looks. Some people can get theirs to lay perfectly flat but mine always seems to have a lump in it :/

The baby bunnies are doing wonderful. Their little eye's are just starting to open. Another week and they will start to explore outside of the nestbox. That will bring out my camera for lots of adorable pictures :) 

Growing So Fast !!

Diva's kits are growing so fast !! I am just in love with the little Tri coloured kit, I find it so amusing the the colour is mainly on it's bum. And the snip on the little black kit just makes me giggle :) I am having a blast watching these babies grow, it won't be to much longer before their eye's open and they start exploring outside of the nestbox !!

I have started on one of my Spring Mug Rugs. I have 2 to make as there was an uneven amount of participants in this swap. The little flower is paper pieced and I enjoyed the process so much that I will be giving paper piecing another go in my second mug rug. I found this pattern on pinterest.  

I recieved these two beautiful hexagons from Karen in Australia !! They will look perfect in my Fall table runner that I am planning on making.

I received these beautiful pincushions from Debra !! The little one will travel back and forth to work with me and the larger one will live beside my sewing machine :) 

My partner for the cupcake wars needlefelting swap received her package :) I also included a couple of packages of Alpaca for her to play around with. 

Baby Bunnies , Hexagon's, Mug Rug

Meet 2 of the new additions to the Bunny Barn. Above is Hulk a blue/fawn harlequin VM mini rex. Below is Diva a black otter mini rex and brand new mamma :)

They day after I bought the pair of them she gave birth to these 3 beautiful kits :) They are 3 days old in this picture. I am really looking forward to watching them grow !!

I have completed a few hexagons to swap. I am trying to get enough from all over the world to make a pretty table runner. I saw one on pinterest that really inspired me.

This is my little Spring themed mug rug for a swap that I am hosting on facebook. I will work on the buttonhole stitching tonight at work. I also need to make some progress on the crazy quilt pincushion as it is due to be mailed out in a few days !!

Pincushion & Bunnies

One of my partners for the pincushion swap requested pink/black as her colour choice. I had these scrap laying around from the needlebook project and also from the pink/black mini quilt project. I made 8 - 1 1/2 inch hexagon to make this pincushion and I used the tutorial that can be found here : http://lifeunderquilts.blogspot.com/2014/07/12-hexies-blog-hop.html

I am really happy with how it turned out. The buttons pick up the purple and green that are in the owl fabric :)

Now I have to get to work on the crazy quilt pincushion and I also have several hexagon flowers to make for a swap that I am in on Facebook. However this morning I have to drive up to Leesville to pick up a breeding pair of Mini Rex. I have been unable to find any standard Rex for the Magpie Rex project that I am wanting to work on. But I did find a Blue Harlequin buck and a Chocolate doe in Mini Rex so I will work with what I can find :)Also Cocoa is due in just a few days, crossing my finger's that she took as we lost Oreo last week. Something got into the bunny barn and freaked out the rabbits and Oreo ended up somehow breaking his back so sadly I had to put him down.

Finished one, started another

Yay !! The little pink doll quilt is all finished and will go out to it's new owner on Friday :) Even though I don't care for the colourway I am really proud of the work that I did on this little quilt !

Now I am working on a little wool crazy quilt pincushion for another swap that I am in. It feels good to be working in colours that I adore lol :) Hope to have this done within the next few days. I think for the other pincushion I will do a bit of embroidery. 

Doll Quilt & Upcoming Swaps

I have the doll quilt top all together and I am so happy to almost be to the end of this project.It measures in at 16 1/2 inches by 15 1/2 inches. It has defiantly been a challenge ! However I did manage to incorporate everything that my swap partner asked for so I really hope that she is pleased with it.  

This is my first time quilting by machine. I have to say that I really do not care for the feel that it gives to the doll quilt. It makes it feel stiff, I think that from now on I will be hand quilting my little quilts because I really like the drape that it gives these little quilts. I hope to have the quilting all done on it today so that I can work on the binding tonight at work.

Next on my list of things to do is an upcoming pincushion swap. I have 2 partner's for that one as we had an odd amount of people sign up. I also am hosting a Spring themed Mug Rug swap. I think I am going to do a bit of embroidery for that one, or maybe some applique. I am still playing around with idea's lol :)

Pink,Pink, and more Pink

Well I am making progress on the little pink and black doll quilt :) Even though pink is not my colour I think this little quilt is growing on me. The next row will be some sort of star block and I am really leaning to an applique boarder of some sort. 

Needlebook Finish and Swap Received

My swap arrived from Raylene and oh my do I ever feel spoiled !!! She really hit the nail on the head with this little doll quilt, I just adore it !! The quilt is a combination of wool and cotton. And the little Bear Paw in the center is just flipping adorable ! 

I finished off the needlebook. Even though it's not made in colours that I normally like I have to say I really love how this came out. 

I just love the little buttons that I found at my local quilt store. I think they really help to tie all the colours together.

Now that this is all finished I will put it away in a safe spot until it is time to mail it out :) Next on the list of projects is another doll quilt. For the month of February I was paired with Angela and she has chosen the colours black and pink and she would also like hearts and stars included in her doll quilt. This should be quite a challenge as I have no earthly idea how I am going to incorporate everything into such a small size lol ! Should keep me busy for a bit though :)