Craft Blog

Helen has asked me to spread the word about her new flickr group, Australian Scrap Quilters. She is in the process of organising a swap for people who are interested in making a scrap quilt without spending four years collecting up co-ordinating fabrics. You send off a collection of various 6.5inch squares of 100% cotton from your scrap collection and stamps for return postage, and in return you’ll receive the same amount of squares back to you in the theme or colour that you request, e.g. novelty, florals, red tones, etc.

I’m planning on making up a monotone charm quilt in purple at some point over the next six months or so, so this sounds like an awesome way to add to my collection of scraps for that, whilst getting rid of those bits and pieces of forgotten fabric that I’ll never get around to using. I’m also looking forward to playing I spy with the finished quilts and trying to spot the fabric that I sent off!

Deadline for registration is only the 1st of August, so head on over to the flickr group and register your interest now!

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