BMQG Sewing Room Swap

As a new member of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild (a group that is comprised of some seriously talented people) I was so excited (and a little nervous) to participate in their sewing room swap.  I was matched with Karen who suggested that a thread catcher would be useful.  Love it!  So I went in search of a pattern (why start from scratch when smarter people have figured this all out already?) for a thread catcher and found this tutorial by Elizabeth Hartman.   Perfect!  Just to make sure I knew what I was doing, I made one first for my sewing room.

 In her hints to her secret match, Karen did not specify a color preference so I decided to go scrappy.

I made the thread catcher out of 1.5" squares from my scraps and pieced them using ANOTHER Elizabeth Hartman tutorial.  The interfacing added a nice extra body to the bag.

 Karen loved it!  Yay!

AND at the swap I received this lovely basket from Naomi!

Look at all the goodies she filled the basket with!

The basket alone will be so useful but she also made a wonderful design wall with velcro on the back to hang either vertically or horizontally.  I don't have much wall space in my little sewing room and this fits perfectly behind the door.  How did she know?

My husband's solution for hanging:

So a very successful swap both as a swap-er and a swap-ee!

Linking up with Amanda Jean's finish it up Friday and Lorna's Let's Bee Social!
Happy Friday!
Kathy