Doll Quilt Swap 7

I found this Doll Quilt Swap online and decided to participate. Here were the guidelines It was fun deciding what to make my buddy and then really fun to receive my quilt in the mail.

Swap Guidelines

You must be an active Flickr member (with favorites!) to participate.

SIZE: from 12″x12″ to 24″x24″…any size or shape in between. Rectangles are cool, too.

MATERIALS: natural fibers/cotton, wool, linen

CONSTRUCTION: Pieced, appliquéd, wholecloth, or yo-yos; quilted by hand or machine; and bound.

LABEL: It is recommended that you attach a label to the back of your quilt. I know, this can be a bit scary for some people though, so I will not make it a requirement. A label is however a very nice addition to any handmade quilt. Whether or not you decide to label your quilt, please do include a note with your quilt with your name and contact information (URL, blog, email address, etc. so that they can thank you).

SECRET: This will remain a secret swap. Your partner will not know your identity. If you need to get in contact with your partner do so through your swap parent.

DUE DATE: The deadline for all quilts to be mailed is SEPT. 7 (int’l), and SEPT 15 for those sending nationally . I like to plan on sending mine a week early…just in case life gets in the way and I’m delayed. There is nothing more disappointing than not receiving a package. Also, please email me to let your swap parent when you have mailed your quilt. Delivery confirmation is required, within the U.S.

COMMUNICATION: If for any reason you cannot met the deadline or you need to drop out of this swap, please let me know as soon as you know. If you communicate any setbacks with me I can make sure things work out favorably for your partner, no hard feelings.

I sent a cute little quilt to Monique.  I scouted out her blog, Only Doll Quilts, to get an idea of what would “turn her crank.”  I think I did well, because she said she loved it.  Take a look at her post about it.

Here’s the quilt I sent to Monique:

And here’s the quilt I received from Donna Weible.

My Lucky Day

I visited Four Seasons Quilt Shop today since they are having a “one shop” shop hop and I wanted to check it out.  I’m heading to quilt retreat on Monday and needed some fat quarters to make a cute little bag.  I picked three from Moda’s Beach House line by Blackbird Designs.

 

 

 

With each purchase, you get to pull a button from a bag to get a discount of 15%, 20%, or 25%.  I reached in and pulled out a red button and — yeah — I got a 25% discount.

 

It was my lucky, red-button day.

WISQ June 2009

Our June meeting was at Adele’s house.  It’s always enjoyable to sit in Adele’s living room and enjoy her beautiful backyard.  We were visited by a pair of deer.  How lovely.

We had show and tell but not nearly as much as usual.  I guess we (especially me) whimped out a little this month.

 

Oh la la – Cindy’s Genuine Italian bag.

 

Cindy’s knitting Canadian hats.

 

Claudia’s Bag – how cute!

 

Mary Beth’s Quilt

 

Mary Beth’s Glad Mystery

 

Mary’s Little Women’s Quilt

 

Karen’s Grandson’s Quilt

 

. . . and a cute back.

 

Karen’s Quilt . . .

 

. . . and a close up.

 

Cathy’s Scrap Quilt

 

Bacon and Egg Backing

 

Cindy’s Son’s Quilt

 

Cindy’s Quilt

 

Cindy’s Block of the Month Sampler

 

Cindy’s Baby Quilt

 

Adele’s Little Women Quilt

 

Good one, Mary Beth.

 

Adele, the bag lady, and hostess with the mostest.

 

Next month, my house.

The Winner is . . . . .

I did a random drawing the old fashioned way.  Wrote 1 through 5 on pieces of paper and drew one.  Numbers were assigned to comments in the order they were posted from oldest to newest.

The winner is . . . . .

#5

(Listed as wbotw39)

Her winning comment:

I’d be interested in finishing them, I have a couple of little girls that would love to have a new quilt. Thanks.

I’ll be contacting her and sending her blocks on their way.

Found Treasure

There are definite advantages to cleaning up your sewing space . . . more working space, calm and peace, and room for creativity.  But one I hadn’t thought about before was finding treasure.  In my decluttering process, I’m finding things that I put away and promptly forgot about.  Or maybe couldn’t find because I put it away “too good.”

Here’s some of my recent found treasures. 

A whole stack of polka dot fabric:

 

Some pantograph patterns I purchased in anticipation of getting a long arm:

 

 

A small quilt that I made with my daughter and never finished:

 

A stack of fats:

 

 

My studio redo continues.  I’ll keep you posted on my progress.

Jan

Some Virtual Show and Tell

The Glad Mystery I’ve been chatting about is now up on the Glad Blog. They say the pattern will be available around June 1. This is definitely one you’ll want.  Kits will also be available in the fabric used for the samples. 

For some virtual show and tell, click on the Smilebox on the bottom of the post.  It includes the show and tell for all of the groups who did this mystery.  Make yourself a cup of coffee or tea, put your feet up and get ready to be inspired.

Jan

Glad Creations Mystery 3/09

Twice a year Glad Creations holds mystery classes to introduce new patterns. There’s a group of us who go to most of them.  It’s really a lot of fun.

Directions for selecting and cutting fabric were sent out about a month in advance. Here’s the hints that they gave this time.  ”For this Mystery Quilt you’ll need prints in a variety of colors and  a fairly broad range of values.  There is no background in this quilt so the prints will need to show up against each other.  Within each group you’ll want varying values, colors and/or textures.  . . . . No matter what type of prints you’re working with, select fabrics from 3 or 4 color families and then find prints in a variety of values in each of those color families.”

I started my fabric selection using the Urban Couture line designed by Grey Gardens for Moda.  I chose red, green, brown and periwinkle. Love the periwinkle.  It’s an unusual color and makes the red, green and brown pop.  Take a look at the beautiful range of prints in this collection from the Moda website.

urban-couture

Starting this morning, using three clues we made two types of blocks.  One was a 4 patch and half triangle block the other was a log cabin variation.  

 

 

 

Of course we had to take a break for lunch  We went to a great bar that served food.  It’s called Busters on 28th.  The most popular item was the turkey panini sandwich with black mission fig jam.  They also had an interesting beer list.  (but that’s another story.) I would recommend you try this place. Great food.

Late in the afternoon the mystery was revealed.  The quilt is beautiful.  Here’s Nancy and Susan’s versions.

 

 

Then some show and tell.

 

 

Finally, food and relaxing.

 

 

I can’t wait to go back tomorrow.