DQS12 Update

I can’t believe I never posted about the quilt that arrived for me!  Here it is.  It came from Beth.  I’ve admired her work for a while now on flickr. What a fun little quilt to receive!

The quilt I sent out is apparently supposed to be coming back to me since the partner I made it for could not continue participating in the swap because of some things going on in her life right now.  It hasn’t arrived yet…I’ll have to figure out who to give it to instead….

I’m making cards and working on my sampler blocks for the month.  I’ll post those soon.  Happy Friday!

Sampler Class - March

We worked on applique for March’s Sampler class.  Here are 2 of my blocks.  I still need to do 2 more:  duplicates of these in different fabrics.

  

I learned some new tricks to make them come together better.  Gluing them (with Roxanne’s Glue-Baste-It ) in place instead of pinning really helps!  And using a light box for placement also helps.  I’ve got my third block all glued in place, so I’m ready to stitch. 

I’ve just finished up my quilt for DQS12.  I can’t believe we are on round 12! I started on round 4 and have participated in each round since.  Here’s my quilt for this round.  Time to get it in the mail. 

And here’s the label for the back.  The name is hidden so I can keep it’s recipient a secret for a little while longer.

Doll Quilt Swap 12

This time around for the Doll Quilt Swap there are some new challenges.  We can pick from 5 different blocks and we must include a solid that is not white, or any version of white.  The quilt must have at least 9 blocks, and must be between 9 and 20 inches.

I had some time to sew today, so I chose to work on my doll quilt.  It is supposed to be mailed out by the beginning of April.

I used 3 solids in my Drunkards Path block quilt:  a light aqua, a light pink, and a charcoal grey.  Along with several patterned fabrics in shades of grey and black as well as pink, green and blue.

I enjoyed working with the curved piecing.  It has been a while since I’ve pieced this block.   I decided to miter the border strips, and it actually went smoothly. I like the results.  Hopefully my partner will too.