Pam's Doll Quilt from Cecile

Pam also participated in the doll swap on Lori's blog and since she doesn't have her own blog, Pam asked me to please show her quilt for her. The only problem is that Pam is hundreds of miles away from home, taking care of her daughter who just had surgery and her three very active grandsons. With no pictures of her quilt for me. 

Pam's swap quilt was made by Cecile, who lives in France. Pam was tickled to death and took a picture of herself (sans makeup) with the quilt as soon as it arrived. She asked me NOT to post that picture. ;)

An adorable pink, brown and cream nine-patch! Who wouldn't love it? It reminds of neopolitan ice cream. It definitely looks good enough to eat!

Even the back is as cute as can be! 

Cecile has a blog too, and you can read more about Pam's quilt here. Be sure to hit the translate button-unless you can read French. I would be remiss if I didn't thank Cecile for the pictures I lifted from her blog!! You'll recognize them :)

Happy swapping. 

Doll Quilt Swap-Part Two

I wrote about the doll quilt swap that I was in with Lori from Humble Quilts and showed the quilt that I made for Frances. 

But, now it's time to show you the fabulous quilt that I got from Kelly Meanix who lives in PA. She had emailed me to let me know it was on its way, so I waited my the mailbox for it to arrive!!

And was I ever thrilled when it did!! Isn't it gorgeous??? I love Nine Patch blocks and that blue is to die for!

Kelly also sent me a wonderful flower paper piecing book and the left over fabrics from my little quilt. It was so sweet of her! The book is wonderful and I can't wait to make some of the flowers in it. And the fabrics went straight into my scrap basket. Don't be surprised if you see them again soon. :)

The back is just as cute as the front-I love a pieced back! Kelly added triangles to the corners for me to hang my quilt. My husband (the woodworker) had the perfect size dowel for me and cut it to length immediately.

I hung it up with command hooks-don't you just love those things?

I think it makes a great addition to my growing wall of minis.

Thank you's to Kelly, for my beautiful quilt, and to Lori, for hosting this swap.  

Kelly has a wonderful blog called Pinkadot Quilts. I'm a new reader and fan! Check it out here. And, If you want to see more of the quilts that were swapped, head over to Lori's blog here. 

Happy quilting!

Doll Quilt Swap-Part One

I am an avid blog reader and have many that I follow. Since I only have one quilting friend who lives near me (and she's almost an hour away), blogs are great sources of inspiration for me. One of my favorites is Humble Quilts.  On April 20, Lori announced she was going to host a Doll Quilt Swap. The rules sounded simple and fun. The finished quilt was to measure no larger than 24X24", it was to be made from Civil War reproduction fabrics (love them!!), and have a label on it. Mailing deadline was May 30th. I signed up immediately and talked Pam into it too!!

My biggest challenge was deciding what to make......Nine Patch? Log Cabin? Pinwheels? I finally decided on a Scrappy Patches quilt. I had made one for myself several years ago and have it hanging in my quilt room. 

Each of the shirting blocks is cut 2X3" (finishing at 1 1/2" X 2 1/2") so this doll quilt is 11X15". I have a LARGE basket of Civil War Scraps and decided that was a great place to start. I used 126 different fabrics to make this little quilt--all of them out of my scrap basket!

Once I had all the pieces cut, I decided to sew them up on my Featherweight. 

Let the chain piecing begin! The top went together quickly.

Here you can see the quilting better. I added little triangles in the corners in case she wanted to hang it that way. I didn't include the label in this photo because it has personal info on it that I didn't want to show on my blog.

Here is the finished top. I put it in the mail the day I finished it and away it went-across the pond to England.

Yesterday I got an email from Frances. Her mini quilt arrived and she blogged about it on her blog called Fabadashery. I'm so tickled she is pleased!!

Lori is going to have a linky party on Monday for everyone to link their blog post with their doll quilt. I'm posting about the precious quilt I received tomorrow. I will include a link to Lori's blog post on Monday with Linky party info.

Happy Quilting!