Quilt no 7

Lavender Baskets
22.75 x 12.75"

Hand beaded and embroidered, machine pieced and quilted.

Quilt no 6

Three Little Birds
18x21"
raw edge applique, machine quilted

Quilt no 5

Garden Lil
16x18"

Hand appliqued with lace, button and yo-yo embellishments. The butterfly on her hat is stump work. Hand quilting.

Quilt no 4

untitled
19x22"
Hand applique flowers embelished with either a yo-yo cetre or a bead cluster centre. Three yo-yo flowers and all with embroidered stems. Combination of hand and machine quilting.

Quilt no 3

Traditional doll quilt in pink and grey, an on-point Jacob's Ladder/Underground Railroad pattern. The quilt measures 16.75" x 19.5" after it has been washed and shrunk. Machine pieced from cotton fabrics (some of them are batikes, and there are some metal embossed fabrics). Machine quilted with light pink polyester machine embroidery thread. Quilter's Dream Request 100% Cotton batting. Binding has been stitched down to the back by hand. The quilt has not yet been labeled - I will personalize the label once I know who will receive the quilt. The detail picture is a little bit yellow, I wasn't able to get that out, but the other pictures showes the colours truly.

Quilt no 2

"Almost Amish"
22" square
pieced in solids and quilted with variegated thread



quilting detail

Quilt no 1

"Blue Hawaii"
20" square
quilt uses raw edge applique and machine echo quilting




detail




view of quilting from back of quilt

Another Little Deadline Reminder!

Hi all - later this week you will begin to see the first photos of quilts for the swap - I now have 6 or 7 in my possession and am going to begin uploading them very soon. Don't forget, if you want to take part in this swap, I need photos by the 1st of July, which is sooner than it sounds! I will also be sending an email reminder out later this week in case you don't keep up with the blog (in which case, you wouldn't be reading this, so I probably don't need to mention it here)... The quilts that have come in so far are lovely and varied; I am really looking forward to seeing more from you all!

A few quilts done...

Well folks, I now have photos from three participants - remember, if you finish before the deadline (1 July), you are welcome to send photos early. Once I have 5 or 6, I will begin posting photos on the blog so you can see some of the treats in store...

We are getting closer to the deadline now - I would like all photos by 1 July, which may sound far off, but is actually only just over a month away. So ladies - get stitching!

Winners!

Many thanks to everyone who has expressed an interest in this swap (not too late - you can do it any time up to the deadline), and extra thanks to those who have told friends or blogged about it, or put a button up.

I have now chosen the winners of the ATCs which were an incentive for spreading the word - I made a list of the people in the swap (everyone who signed up as potentially interested got one chance) and added extra chances for those who have blogged it or put up a button. In total, there were 95 names on the list - we have just under 50 people playing (though I left myself off!). I then went to a random number generator and chose 5 numbers - as above. Those numbers equate to the names (drumroll please...):

13 Cathy in Texas
30 Jenny (Quilting Jenny)
38 Joan
67 Penny in Australia
68 Ramona

Penny & Ramona, unless you've moved recently, I know I have your addresses - Cathy and Jen, I might have them somewhere, but can you please just email me anyway to make my life easy, and Joan, pretty sure I don't have yours, so can you let me know, so I can get the ATCs into the post.

I've decided I'm going to reward everyone who manages to actually complete a quilt for this swap, by drawing for a few extra ATCs at the end - I always have extras floating around and it's a little fun additional bonus as a thank you for taking part. Of course, everyone who manages to complete a quilt gets a much better reward than the chance of one of my ATCs - they get a little quilt!

Thanks again for signing up - and do feel free to continue telling friends about the swap - it's not too late...