Monday, February 14

swap-o-rama

linda at a swap for all seasons hosts the best swaps ever. her latest swap challenge was to create a 5x7 fabric collage piece, simple & sweet, inspired by something our partners liked.
my partner was nancy from the vintage dresser . we share a common like of vintage kitchen linens and old stuff. and the colour green. (she has a couple of great tutorials posted for mini note pads and a sweet mini album made from coffee filters (!) go check it out!)
so, here's what i came up with for her:

the image of the fairy princess is courtesy of karen the graphics fairy , who keeps us supplied with wonderful images to use however we will. i printed her out in sepia (the princess, not karen) and freshened her up a bit with coloured pencils.

a couple of the background fabrics are actual old feedsacks, the rest are reproductions. the linen trim on the left edge is a precious piece from my memere's sewing stash, as well as the old buttons. am i the only one who has stashes of these things and finds it incredibly painful to actually use?? i don't know why, even my memere used to say "c'est tout simplement" which i think was her way of saying "it's all just stuff", and i always like the way everything looks when i'm done...

i gave it a bit of machine quilting and added a jar of pixie dust so she could sprinkle her 3 wishes around. it was very hard not to sew a binding on to this....but we were supposed to leave them unfinished for our partners to finish as they like. i mailed her off to nancy today, hope she likes it.

linda has set up a link here to all the finished pieces, go have a look, there are some beauties!

9 comments:

  1. Oh Deb how could she not love it! That is the sweetest creation I have seen in awhile. I love how you colored the picture with pencils, I have always been fascinated with old-fashioned colorized pictures.
    I can hardly wait to see what you get back in return! Have a wonderful day and stay warm.
    Tina xo

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  2. hi,

    i am tracy. i am checking out everybody's fabric collages....i am also in the swap and i put my patner's collage picture/post up late last night...drop on by and take a lookie... :)

    this is adorable...i am sure your partner will love it...!! :)

    have a great day!

    tracy c. (no. 26 on Linda's linky thingy)

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  3. Deb, I am Genie and I adore your green collage. It is the first green one I have seen so far and it is precious. I am going to have to check out the graphics fairy site. The way you put it together is so sweet and feminine. The stamped letters add a special little touch to it. You did a great job. :-)

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  4. It's beautiful, I love how you've used all the different greens - and that little bottle of pixie dust is the magical finishing touch!

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  5. This is darling! I've enjoyed being in this swap.

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  6. Hi Deb...it's good to meet you!
    Love your collage - the colors are beautiful and I love that you used bits and pieces of this and that. I am the same way as you ~ I find it so hard to part with those special bits of trims and fabric. Nice to know I'm not alone!
    This was such a fun swap!

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  7. Hi Deb
    it is wonderful to meet you! Your blog is just beautiful and you live in a gorgeous state! :) Love seeing all the wonderful photos! I just adore your beautiful collage - what lovely colors and a darling image! :) Thank you for the sweet comments on my blog - it made my day! :)

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  8. I found your blog through the Graphics Fairy and just wanted to comment and say how much I love your work. The pixie dust is such a nice touch!

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  9. love love love love this! absolutely adorable! yummy color and fabric choices!

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