Posted in doll quilts on 7, August 2007 | 1 Comment »
My little quilt arrived today from JoAnna (banana river quilts) as part of the second doll quilt swap. It is awesome but …. it is no longer mine.
My little girl loves it just as much as I do and she has decided that it is Big Ted’s new blanket. JoAnna has done a [...]
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Posted in doll quilts, sewing on 27, June 2007 | 3 Comments »
I have made lots of progress on my doll quilt. It is pretty much finished and I think it looks pretty cool (if I do say so myself). I have machine pieced the front, made the back and basted it together. All that remains is to quilt it and send it off.
Here [...]
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I finished the little quilt I was making for the June flickr challenge.
I ended up using two of the experimental blocks as part of the backing. It really isn’t my best effort and feel quite embarrassed about it. The stitching is crooked and the back isn’t quite straight. It was the first [...]
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Posted in doll quilts on 15, June 2007 | 4 Comments »
I have been going through my fabric and looking at quilt patterns to try and find some inspiration for the doll quilt swap. I didn’t want to wait until I was assigned someone as this would take away some valuable sewing time. I just hope that whom ever I get likes what [...]
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Posted in doll quilts, quilting on 10, June 2007 | 2 Comments »
I got all excited about the doll quilt challenge (not the swap) and have already made a little quilt top. I was keen to do this as I already had the blocks made and knew that it would take long to cut them up and re sew them.
It is a great little project and [...]
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The second doll quilt swap is taking sign ups NOW! It is being run by losabia and this time I have decided to join in. So far it looks as though there are well over 60 participants from all around the world.
Basically you need to sign up by June 17 and have [...]
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