Doll Quilt Swap 8 Received!

I received my quilt for Doll Quilt Swap 8.

Jodie from West Virginia, made it for me. Here is the back:
Here is what she wrote: "It was a challenge for me as I like to have a plan... From your information of likes/dislikes I chose the following: bright colors, geometric designs, arty, wonky, pink and black and white. This is my first attempt at wonky, and I really thought I wasn't a fan, but in the end I was rather fond of this. I hope you like it too."

Rest assured, Jodie, I really like this a lot. It's cheerful and happy and exquisitely well made. Thank you so much!

DQS8 & Me

My little quilt for Doll Quilt Swap 8 is all finished.

Now I get to hang it in my house and enjoy it until I have to send it to its new home.

Four Seasons, Quilted

Here is my Four Seasons, the quilt I made for Doll Quilt Swap 8, all quilted. I did the quilting myself. The quilt is about 17-1/2" x 26-1/2". I'll add the binding later today (it will be the same blue as the border), and then I'll add a hanging sleeve on the back, and lastly, the label. In March, this little quilt will fly to... (sorry, no hints!)

The back of this quilt is pretty neat too, but since it has several HUGE hints, I can't show you until it has been received at its new home.

Yes, Clare, Trish, I did machine quilt it, and I did wing it.  However, I tried to quilt it more tightly and have the wavy lines overlap more in the winter and autumn sections than I did in the summer and spring panels.

Blue Sky

I've added a border to the Four Seasons quilt top for Doll Quilt Swap 8. I'll trim it down after it is quilted, and the binding will be the same blue.

Time for bed, and to clean the studio!

Audition for DQS8

I'm auditioning the "ground" fabrics. This is generally headed in the direction I want it to go. The rows are currently 16-1/2" wide and no more than 5" tall.


My copy of "Liberated Quiltmaking II" is due tomorrow....

A Mini House

The little house is 4" tall.

More Trees

The inside dimension of this blue tape square on the floor is 24", the maximum size for the quilt for the Doll Quilt Swap. I'm still working out a plan.Then, while driving to work yesterday, I looked at the trees along the sides of the road, and got an idea. So when I got home last night, I made some more trees. The tallest one here is about 4-1/2" tall.
I live in New Hampshire. It was 15 degrees F when I went out this morning. So these are winter trees.

I'm getting there.

As if this week at work wasn't bad enough, the voicemail system went out yesterday.

(Sigh.)

Doll Quilt Ideas

I should be working on a kitty quilt for a friend, but after three working days of hell dealing with SMTP, DNS, SPF, RBL, SURBL, IMAP ,POP, Spam, filters and assorted JUNK, I deserve to do whatever the hell I want.

So I went into the studio and started sewing up a forest.

I had this idea of a little quilt full of tiny trees, with maybe a little house somewhere. I wanted something that had a foot in tradition, so I used a light background for them. My plan was to make them really tiny, about 3" tall, but these are a bit bigger. I hate to trim them down before I sew them up, so they've got a lot of space around them now.

I was originally going to make them all green, but I think they need a little piss and vinegar.

Busy

I've joined the Doll Quilt Swap, and have agreed to be a Swap Mama again. This will be my fifth Doll Quilt Swap, and second round as a Mama. As Mama, I received the names of 18 swappers, and I had to match them up. It is a not a one-to-one swap, or even a round robin swap. It is a secret swap, where nobody knows who is making a quilt for you, and you only know the name of the person you are making a quilt for.

It's a fair amount of work at the beginning, but my matches are all made. The emails go out later today, and then the real fun begins.



Thanks for all the suggestions about free-piecing the fox and the dog. I am excited about doing them! As for "Follow Your Bliss", I fell out of love with it, and have set it aside. But working on it succeeded in getting me back into the sewing room!