dqs8 received!!

dqs8 received!!
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I received my doll quilt swap a few weeks ago, too. Life has been ridiculous so just able to post about it now and share it with you all.

It comes from dave and susi and I just love it! Look at those neat points! Impressive, I tell you. AND it features several of my all-time favourite fabrics . . primrose tile and lotus dots . . yummy!

I will definitely sign up for another doll quilt swap. It was great to work on a small scale piece and so fun to see it arrive in its new home!

- Donna

DQS8 received

My mini quilt arrived in the mail today! Have a look:

Isn't it creative? Robin did such a great job with the applique, too! Thanks so much, Robin!

~Sara

Doll Quilt Swap 8 - almost done . . .

I'm so excited about this swap. I'm almost done my quilt, which is at least 3 weeks in advance of the deadline, and that's a rare occurence.

I have been wanting to try my hand at hexes for ages now. Paper piecing by hand really appeals to me, since you can grab a handful of fabric and do a few whenever you get a free moment. It's portable (great for during my daughter's dance class and a few stolen moments over coffee break!), and I can do it in front the tv (finally. .getting caught up on the backlog of pvr'd shows!)

Christina has a huge long post about her adventures in hexagons that is super helpful and shows many of the tricks she's learned along the way. Armed with a few printed 1" hex sheets for which she provided the pdf, I got out my rotary cutter and cut out a bunch of 2.5" squares.

I was thinking ROYGIBIV . . the colour spectrun (red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, blue, violet) but in the end I kinda merged the blue and indigo and went a bit aqua . . .I'm super happy with the results and now it's on to binding choices . .I'm thinking a darkish grey to frame the piece. I didn't totally stitck to the rules of swap and mine is a bit non-regulation size, but I think it'll be ok . . .

For the quilting I zipped around the hex formation about a 1/2" from the edge, and then in the ditch around each middle hex of each flower . . then I added some random hexes in two sizes to the white space for a little somethin' somethin'.

I couldn't resist another little hex flower on the back . . .some of this caramel town fabric by lecien had shown up on my doorstep while I was working on the paper piecing and these darn monkeys are CUTE.

I reached in to my scrap bin and did a little patchwork row to finish off the back. I see more hexes in my future . ..

Is anyone else taking part in this fun swap?

- Donna

DQS8

A big thank you to Donna for alerting me of DQS8 sign ups. I made it in even though it was an 11th hour situation! *wipes sweat from brow* She's got my back, that Donna!

Hard not to be inspired by these pretties!!

1. Your Parents Are Cool, 2. Narrow Stripes, 3. purple patchwork quilt, 4. Color Stripe Block, 5. Both placemats together...., 6. { geometric squares quilt }, 7. framed quilt!, 8. Hope Valley Quilt - quilting, 9. Pillow received!, 10. Close up of quilting on the front, 11. Untitled, 12. Sewing Room TV Cover, 13. bed quilt, 14. fraction quilt -- two rows to go, 15. Twinkle applique , 16. boxed in quilt

What are your favorite quilts lately?

~Sara