Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The Scrappy Hoops Swap



I finished my hexies for the Scrappy Hoops Swap on Flickr while I was riding down the road to TX this past weekend. I put it in the hoop yesterday morning and it was in the mail by the afternoon. It's headed overseas but I can't reveal where yet.

My partner's inspiration mosaic had lots of mushrooms, hexagons, Heather Ross fabrics, lots of bright colors so I tried to include all of that. I put a mushroom right in the center. It was so fun to use my Heather Ross scraps that I'd gotten from Etsy a while back. I pulled some other scraps and fabric from my stash. I just loved working on it and I hope she likes it as much as I do!
I kept all of the papers in while I stitched and traveled to keep it stable. You'll notice I punched a hole in all of my papers. It makes it sooooo much easier to pop them out. I usually just unbend a paperclip and insert the end in the hole to pop them out but this time I had a pair of tweezers handy and just grabbed the paper at the hole. No digging under the seam allowance!

I usually press both the front and back with the papers on and then press again after the papers come out. I was able to leave all of the basting stitches in so seam allowances stayed nice and flat while I put another layer of fabric on the back. I just trimmed up the thread tails and made it look as neat as possible.

 
I was a bit sad when I put the piece in the hoop. There was an owl and butterfly I really liked and some of my other favorite hexagons had to be trimmed off. Yikes!

Here's the little label I put on the back with some Heat n Bond. 

A gorgeous hoop arrived in my mailbox after lunch today and I can't wait to show you pictures!

4 comments:

moshie said...

This is beautiful! I love it!

Rachel at Stitched in Color said...

Wow, what a fun, pretty hoop!

Leah said...

Your hoop is adorable, I'm so glad your hoop arrived safe. So glad you like it. I had heaps of fun making it for you. Thanks for the inspiration! Hugs Leah

Relish said...

I can't tell you how much I ADORE this hoop - it is perfect in every way. Thank you SO much for the gorgeous surprise in the mail, it was wonderful to receive something so beautiful and so very well made. I think I do like it as much as you - possibly even more as it's on my wall :)

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