Black and white swap

A few months bag I sunk my teeth into my 

first Instgram swap...

#blackandwhitequiltswap

For me it was a very positive experience so much so that i have since signed up 

for several others 

But today I thought I would share with you what I made and what I received 

First we had to put up our Mosaics for inspiration for out partners and this is what 

I had put up...

You see I love Black and White quilts,so I had a few already 

pinned to my Pinterest boards ...so off I went to find what i was looking for what I love....

too easy really 

I now have a Board just dedicated to Black and White Quilts with a splash of colour 

you can find it  HERE

Then I had to wait for the partners to be emailed out 

and all the other relevant information... check in dates....what Hastags to use.... 

who our swap mamma's are and most important 

swap partners Information...Likes...Dislike etc....so now it was time to go stalking...OHHHH I mean 

social research LOL

Yay I love Social Research you can get to know a lot about a person 

through what they post

for my first swap my partner was here in Australia so that was good 

at least we were both on the same time zone ...

I didn't have long to wait my swap partner posted her Mosaic and she 

had some beautiful quilts and mini quilts in her Mosaic 

My partner made a comment that she really liked one particular quilt 

in the mosaic....

I was excited, because I knew what I was going to make...

You see a couple days before hand I had purchased the 5 inch slicer template from 

the Crafty Gemini and it was on it way 

you can find it HERE

and I had been watching a few tutorials that Crafty Gemini had posted 

and I know this would work perfectly....

Now onto what my partner likes...she had made mention that she liked Cotton+Steel fabrics 

so the hunt begun for the fabrics...

this was not as easy as I thought it was going to be....

everything was in the USA and I wanted to Buy local....but unfortunately I don't 

stock them although I would love to....but being a small business i just could not do this time 

and nor does anyone else in the town I live 

so to the internet I went

I found a lady that live a couple hours from me and she was selling a nice little bundle of Fat Quarters...So i jumped on it....it was exactly looking for....

so that was it...it was time to get started...I just had to wait for the template and fabric to arrive.... 

yay they are here....

Now it is time to get creating....now bare in mind I had an Idea of what I wanted 

but it was not a pattern I had...it was an Idea I had in my head....

so I got cutting and and arranging

it was very much a improv quilting project

I must say I loved doing this mini quilt and I am very addicted to making Mini Quilts

they are Quick and you can display them more easily than bigger quilts....My wall is coming together nicely...Everyone Loved what i had made that come to my classes...

that we are now running this as a class for the month of September...

Now onto what I received from my swap partner...

This swap was a secret swap so the person we were sending to

was not who we were receiving from...

when I put up my Mosaic i made mention that I had been eyeing off the middle Bargelo 

quilt....but I would be happy with anything that my partner decided to make...

I was just happy to be part of the swap....

But my partner from @mysewbusylife on instagram 

absolutely blew me away....

the day my swap arrived I was teaching a patchwork class....I knew what it was so 

I put it down...but everyone encouraged me to open it...

Who am I to argue with my students LOL

so Open it I did...

I just stopped dead in my tracks and looked up and everyone 

they were all like show us...show us...but I was frozen...

I then turned the Mini Quilt around 

we were all in awe of what Faye had sent me 

it was the Bargelo that i had made reference to 

I was amazed and tis Mini had exceeded all my expectations 

there were some little extras too they were black and white themed 

just gorgeous 

I was over the Moon and felt very spoilt....so you can see that my experience what very positive 

so much so that I have signed up for a couple others....

I have signed up for the #overtherainbowswap...Now that I have received my Happy mail and my partner has received hers I will post about that in a week or so 

In the mean time head over to Instagram and check out the all the lovely Mini Quilts and show them some love and 

have a look at what everyone got up to or search #blackandwhitequitswap 

Happy Quilting ") N