December 19, 2015

Holiday Fabric Postcard Swap 2015

We had 13 members participate in the Holiday Fabric Postcard Swap Wilma organized for the Crazy Quilting International groups that meet on Facebook and on Yahoo. 

Participants were given a choice of swapping a winter themed postcard or a Christmas themed postcard. Some members swapped more than one card, so a total of 22 postcards were created for this swap. Photos of 21 of those postcards are below. (It is a photo heavy post!)

Beth created two postcards:
Created by Beth

Created by Beth
Carol created three postcards:
Created by Carol

Created by Carol

Created by Carol
Diana created two postcards:
Created by Diana
Created by Diana
Donna created this postcard:
Created by Donna
Elizabeth created two postcards:
Created by Elizabeth
Created by Elizabeth
Heather created this postcard:
Created by Heather
Joy created this postcard:
Created by Joy
Lisa created this postcard:
Created by Lisa
Margreet created this postcard:
Created by Margreet
MaryAnn created two postcards:
Created by MaryAnn
Created by MaryAnn
Renee created this postcard:
Created by Renee
Sarma created two postcards:
Created by Sarma
Created by Sarma
Wilma created two postcards:
Created by Wilma
Created by Wilma
Everyone did such lovely work! If you are a member of CQI and missed out on this fun swap, don't worry. There will be more crazy quilted fabric postcard swaps in 2016.




December 02, 2015

A Few Points of Interest

Coming soon... There is a Holiday Fabric Postcard Swap taking place within the Crazy Quilting International groups on Yahoo and on Facebook. We will be sharing photos of them all soon!

Until then, you may be interested in some of these opportunities - listed in no particular order.

1. Registration is now open for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2016 (better known as CQJP 2016.) You may find more details here. This is a great way to challenge yourself to create a hand embellished crazy quilt block each month so you have 12 blocks to assemble into a crazy quilt at the end of the year. Registration closes on December 20th. Kathy and Marci are wonderful to volunteer their time to this project! 

2. Speaking of Kathy... her new book, Crazy Quilting Volume 1: Beyond the Basics, is now available at Amazon and it is free to Kindle subscribers!

3. If you are looking for a 2016 calendar, there are two crazy quilting calendars available. One is published by Pat Winter. The other is published by Pamela Kellogg and features the work of some of our members.

4. You have an opportunity to have your work featured in the 2017 Crazy Quilt Calendar. Pamela Kellogg has shared details for the Crazy Quilt Quarterly Annual Calendar Contest on her blog. I do hope you will consider making one to submit by the May 1st deadline!

5. I know many of you have enjoyed using Sharon B.'s crazy quilt templates. She has created a 2nd set of templates that are now available. You may see them here. If you plan to order them as a gift this December, the deadlines are listed here. (It looks like shipments being mailed to Australia need to be ordered by Monday, December 14th. Any other destination needs to be ordered by Monday, December 7th.)