I feel so spoiled. Cynthia is an award-winning designer of fabric on Spoonflower, a cover artist on the current gifts issue of Quilting Arts magazine AND was recently awarded top mixed media artisan 2012 by Cloth Paper Scissors! Cynthia's stunning "quaintings" are incredibly inspiring and beautifully executed - check them out here! On top of all that, she's a total sweetheart. It won't be long before you'll be able to buy her fabric in quilt stores; I can't wait!!!
I helped organize the swap with Eryn and we made up a fun questionnaire for everyone to fill out so our partners could have an idea of our tastes. Instead of the boring old "favourite colour, likes and dislikes" type list, we instead asked people to choose between sets of words like:
Stainless steel, white or avocado?
IKEA, farmhouse or industrial?
martini or lemonade?
cat, dog or goldfish?
Gees Bend or Ginny Beyer?
...............you get the idea.
I have a plan for my partner that I hope to make this weekend. We've got until Nov. 30th to mail, but Cynthia is neck deep in craft fair making, so she got way ahead of the game (what a considerate swapper!). Felicity is finished her potholders, too. I've gotta get sewing.
Me and my kitchen are so happy. Thank you Cynthia!!!!
26 comments:
Wow! I love everything about these pot holders! If by chance they don't suit your kitchen I would be very happy to give them a good home!!
These are so cute and remind me of Laurriane's work ;o)
I was so impressed that Cynthia had already sent you these lovely potholders! I'm planning on making mine during the VMQG sew-in tomorrow.
Those are just awesome!! You quilt guild girls have so much fun. :)
I *l.o.v.e* those potholders! The little house is adorable.
Very cute! She is right on the money with these and so quick!
What a great swap! You have another set of potholders too pretty to use :)
Love the quilting! Lucky you! Oh, to participate in a swap. The pressure would be too great.
They are gorgeous! She is a very talented artist.
Don't you dare get any pot spillage anywhere near those - or I'll call the police!
Very cute potholders! Her thread painting is marvelous!
WOW! Those are fantastic!
Yay!! I'm so glad you like them!! They were super fun to do for you!! xo
I love those potholders, especially the flowers!
Красота !!!!
They are adorable!
Lucky you indeed! They're absolutely awesome! Mine will go in the mail tomorrow...
They are beautiful, lucky you!!
FABULOUS!! Too pretty to use unless of course they become wall art - which would be, let me say it again, FABULOUS!!!!!
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These are so cute! lucky you!
Adorable! :-) I love Cynthia's quilty work. So. Great.
Wow you really lucked out on this one (now that I think about it, when have you not lucked out...)! These are just brilliantly beautiful. I love the free-motion quilting. Obviously done by someone with serious chops!
Those are definitely some of the prettiest potholders I have ever seen!!! Lucky, you certainly are! I like the different questionnaire y'all came up with for the swap. Very clever!
These are fabulous! I would probably hang them on my wall because they are definitely "art" (and I would hate getting spaghetti sauce on them or something...). Your questionnaire is a great idea!
nice
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I'm so excited that we got to co-ordinate this swap together. What should we plan next? Mwah ha ha ha ha...
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