Ornament Swap

An ornament swap was one of the activities the Columbus Modern Quilters scheduled for our meeting in late November.  The only rule was that our ornament must include fabric someplace in the construction.

Never one for a purely traditional color scheme, I used pink and green as the dominant colors.  The ornament was made from a large styrofoam ball that I wrapped in narrow bias cut strips of low volume white and a pink Tula Pink print, which hopefully gave it a bit of a peppermint vibe.  Lime green grosgrain serves as the hanger for the ornament, and is held in place with a few drops of glue.  (I hardly ever combine glue with fabric, but I’ll make an exception for something like this with light use that will never need washing.)

We were not assigned a partner ahead of time.  Instead we all wrapped our ornaments and did a version of a “bad Santa” exchange.  No two ornaments were the same.  We had a couple variations of fabric scraps enclosed in glass or plastic bulbs, some embroidered pieces, and some fabulously done fabric folding.  I absolutely love the one I received!  The feather piecing is gorgeous, and I’ll be able to display it in my sewing space all year round!