My friend Sonja told me about a swap in support of ovarian cancer research. The organizer of the Teal Mini Swap sends each participant a small piece of teal fabric and the name of another quilter somewhere in the country and Canada. We are to make and send a mini quilt or mug rug to our partner some time during September, which is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. Some of our $15 contribution goes toward this worthy cause which is also a fun way to meet quilters around the country.
I was matched with Valorie from Oregon, and her package arrived a couple of days ago. Wow! Here's the mini:
Funny - I was thinking of using the exact same pattern for her mini! Guess we were well matched.
Valorie also sent me some other goodies - a lovely knitted tote bag with felted wool accents and bright buttons; a mug rug; a little "Quilting" book; and a very cute, colorful pincushion. The pincushion is made of ribbon sewn together - very cute.
Here's what I sent to Valorie:
I had fun choosing colors of the rainbow for this (one of the star pieces is lime, not yellow), and while I did some machine quilting, I added some accent hand quilting in the star. What a fun swap, and for such a good cause.
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I have a niece in law who has survived ovarian cancer I think it is 4 years clear now -
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