I am always happy to get a swap partner that is open to my trying out new materials or techniques! (which, BTW, fits almost EVERYONE on this site! 
). My mug rug swap partner this last round was @endymion . She pretty much gives me free reign to do what I enjoy!
I have been working on a wonky house quilt for several years; I make one or two blocks and then lose interest. A few months later, I want to make them again…etc. etc. So, I decided that I could complete a smaller project to get me motivated. I really do love to make these little houses.
I used a scribble thread drawing technique that only uses a regular sewing machine and either black or white thread. It really is fun and I like the free-style nature of it. I did the houses first, backing the fabric with embroidery stabilizer. Then, I did the back using thin batting. The two parts are connected by the binding. Since it is a small piece, I did the binding back by hand.
All of the fabrics are batiks. I was really trying to find more yellows for @endymion since it is one of her favorite colors, but I am painfully low on yellow batiks (trying to destash!).
Side 1:
Close up of one of the little houses…the doorknob was really tougher than it looked!
Side 2:
Close up of the circle spiral on back. I tightened the top tension because I was trying to mimic the dots on the fabric a bit more. My embroidery machine does this automatically, but I wanted to just use my old sewing machine. It was pure chance that the center landed on a leaf in the circle fabric!:
Thanks for looking!