Swap Til You Drop...

Within a week of joining Instagram, I saw a bunch of blogger friends hopping onto Round 2 of the Schnitzel and Boo Mini Quilt Swap.  Never one to skip a party, I joined in with over 600 swappers from around the world - how cool is that?

Using my partner's favorite colors, this is the palette I chose to work from (just imagine a creamy orange inserted in there).

I had to insert some Anna Maria Horner fabrics in there - a designer that is completely absent from my considerable stash!  With my new purchases plus some charms from a friend who is an AMH devotee and a big stash pull, I was ready to go.

I settled on the Wavelength pattern by Freshly Pieced but since this is a MINI swap, I had to shrink the paper pieced templates down to 60%.  Even then, doing all the quilty math and getting the amount of rows and columns that I wanted, I knew it was going to run on the plus-size.

Seriously...what was I thinking making 100 paper pieced blocks that were going to finish at 2.75"??  It took foreeeeeeeever.  But once it started to come together, I could tell it was going to be worth it.

All sandwiched up and ready to be quilted...

I was super proud that I fought the urge to straight line quilt this bad boy and kept on with my free motion quilting practice.  I did mostly flowers with some loopy lines thrown in to fill space where I needed it.

 It is bound with a gray and silver metallic fabric that complements everything nicely and backed with my coveted Nummers fabric.  I hope that my partner loves it as much as I do!

I would love to make a full-sized Wavelength someday...guess it's another one to add to the list!

Linking up:

Crazy Mom Quilts - Finish it up Friday!