Saturday, April 01, 2006

House Themed Exchange

When I started blogging late last summer, I quickly became acquainted with Becky and her exchange boards. I watched and was amazed at some of the beautiful stitched pieces being exchanged from one stitcher to another. I wanted to receive beautiful gifts like these too, but I was really scared that I might not be able to produce gifts equally as nice (my finishing experience is quite limited!) In January, I finally bit the bullet and joined two of Becky's exchange boards - the Stitching Bloggers Exchange Board and the Exchange Place.

Recently, the deadline passed for one of the exchanges I signed up for - the house themed exchange. The instructions were to stitch a house with a Spring theme and plant some flowers around it. Finishing instructions were stitcher's choice.

When I returned from my short vacation today, a package was waiting for me from Nancy in San Diego. She stitched a lovely pillow for me. The design is from a Darlene O'Steen sampler called "House Sampler". I love the colors and the fabric she used to frame the piece (it's a sampler fabric!) Along with her stitching she sent a notepad and some DMC floss. I'm just thrilled with this first exchange gift! Thank you Nancy!

Front of pillow:



Back of pillow:



While I was away, Laurie in Decorah received the house I stitched for her. I based my design on the Drawn Thread design "No Place Like Home" (with some modifications of course!)




This first exchange has been a great experience!

10 comments:

Unknown said...

They're are both beautiful! I think you both did a fabulous job.

Leslie aka zoeandcooper said...

What great exchanges! I am glad your first exchange was such a success!

BeckySC said...

Absolutely gorgeous exchanges! You did an AWESOME job with your first exchange! Congratulations :)

Thank you so much for your email -you are a dear friend :)

hugs :)

Nicki said...

Aren't exchanges great! Your Drawn Thread exchange is beautiful and the pillow from Nancy is gorgeous too! :)

Lelia said...

Very nice! You did a wonderful job on the house you sent to Laurie. Nancy made a nice pillow, too. Aren't houses fun : )

Lisa said...

Both exchanges are beautiful. After looking at your blog, I can't imagine that you ever worried. Your stitching is gorgeous.

Anonymous said...

Thanks again for stitching such a lovely pillow for me! Your exchange from Nancy looks great too.

Kitty Couture said...

Those are both great exchanges! I love exchanges as well :) You did a great job with yours and were equally spoiled! :)

Anonymous said...

Worried about your finishing... pshaw! You shouldn't doubt yourself so much. :) Your exchange turned out beautifully and you received a lovely gift from Nancy in return!

Anne S said...

Great exchanges, both received and given - you did a great job! :D You didn't need to worry at all ... but I know what you mean, I'm going through a bit of that myself for my first exchange ever ... :D