doll quilt swap – completed!

I completed my contribution to the doll quilt swap 7 a few weeks ago. It has yet to be received by its’ recipient, but I sure hope she likes it. I made some drawstring bags out of the scraps for her kidlets and included a few craft projects for them.

Details:
Print: Neptune by Tula Pink for Moda charm pack – purchased from Colors Fabric
Sashing: Kona Cotton solid, maybe Eggshell or Ivory
Binding: Objects of Desire by Sandy Gervais for Moda in Flower Power Green, purchased at Seventh Heaven Quilt Shop

And even more exciting – I received my doll quilt from Sara. I absolutely love it and simply cannot think of a more appropriate quilt for me to receive. I can’t wait to get moved into the new house so I can hang it on the wall in my new craft room. It’s sure to brighten the place up.

Created by Sara:
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doll quilt swap

Made some really good progress on my doll quilt swap 7 contribution this weekend. I have finished the quilt top and just need to add some sashing to the back and I’ll be ready to make a quilt sandwich.

quilted patchwork coasters

I have a lot of quilt projects in the works right now – a coin quilt that I have yet to begin piecing as well as the sorta-finished quilt top I posted on Tuesday – as well as a few more that are completely pieced and ready for quilting, but since they’re gifts I can’t post them until after the winter holidays. Anyway, lengthy lead-in to the fact that I feel like I still need some practice on quilting technique before I begin these larger projects. That’s where my current fondness for quilted patchwork coasters comes in. I get to practice quilting on my machine & binding. For these I didn’t sew together the ends of the binding & instead tucked the beginning under the end piece. It created a little lump that I’m not too happy with, so I’ll probably switch back to sewing the binding ends together – continuous quilt binding.

The second set is not really a set or patchwork. It’s just a pair of coasters for the mister to use for his fancy root beers & “pink stuff.” Our aesthetic tastes differ drastically. He loves skulls, camouflage, & red/black combos. I love bright, springtime color combos with some brown or grey thrown in. I keep a fair amount of skulls in my stash, though, to create crafty stuff that he’ll love and use.

strip quilt top

I finished sewing this together back in May, but I’ve had the hardest time figuring out where to photograph it. I still didn’t get a great shot, but it’ll do for now.

I am totally in love with that wavy stripe fabric, but I could only find 3 fat quarters of it. I was trying to evenly space the 2 stripes of the multi-colored fabric, but I ended up adding a few extra strips to the bottom of the quilt and now it looks a little off. I may end up moving the lower wavy stripe in order to balance it out. This quilt is intended for our queen size bed. I had hoped to have it quilted by the end of the summer, but since I’m at a loss as to what to do for the back and may end up repiecing the top, that doesn’t seem likely. I’m still really happy with the turquoise, brown & mustard combo, though. It’s good for me to step away from green every now & then.

the beginnings of something

Our bed is in serious need of a summer-weight quilt and I’ve been wanting to make a quilt for myself for over a year.  I’ll solve both problems by pulling together a coin quilt.

The quilt is based on the Stacked Coin Quilt from Last Minute Patchwork & Quilted Gifts, but will be constructed differently because some of the scraps I wanted to incorporate weren’t large enough. Here’s to all those little rectangles become awesome like the quilts I’ve collected as inspiration.

There’s also a 2009 Coin Quilt piece-along going on. I sorta missed their starting by a few months, but I’m hoping to catch up and have this baby finished up by the mid-summer.