my sailor mouth

A few weeks ago my dad read the blog post I wrote about roadtrip stitching and wasn't impressed by my use of the "S" word. Oops. Who knew he might read my little ole blog about quilting? Go figure. "It isn't necessary," he says.
 

True, but in the case of Allegory's Sailor Mouth Swap it kind of is. We all had secret partners and were supposed to make one big item displaying some kind of obscenity, as well as a little something extra thrown in to sweeten the deal. My partner likes 1930's prints so I dug mine out and finally tackled an envelope closure pillow cover like I've wanted to try for so long now. Easy as pie!
 

I forgot to take a nice close up of the embroidery when I was done, but here's one I posted to instagram while I was working on it. I printed the words out, taped the paper to the window and traced them onto Moda quilter's muslin using a blue chalk pencil. Then embroidered using brown and pink pearl cotton.
 

The little extra was this pincushion I made using the left over strips from my granny square mug rug. While the pincushion is cute, I'd say the best part about the above photo is my fingernails! I've quite possibly kicked the nail biting habit, I swear those things used to be so awful I would specifically try not to show them in photographs on the blog. This is majorly big... seriously! We'll see how long I can keep it up :D
 

As for what my swap partner sent me, I couldn't have been more pleased! Lucy made a fabulously embroidered Johnny Cash hoop for me to hang in my sewing room, along with a rad pouch which has the most perfect stitching on it. I rarely have my shit together, so maybe this will help! She even threw in some scraps and a pincushion, the over-achiever!

I'm pretty sure Megan is starting back up with {sew} modern monday today, (fingers crossed!) so I'll be linking up with her in the morning. Whoo hoo! Also Sew Happy Geek and Plum and June.

And Dad, if you're reading this, apologies for the foul language. But the soft and delicate fabrics and stitching cancel out the crudeness, wouldn't you say? ;P