my fab little quilt arrived

my little quilt in the fab little quilt swap arrived today - its just so cute ♥

it was made by Nichol from Las Vegas who blogs over at A Desert Quilter - she stalked me so well - half square triangles and gorgeous millie's closet !

it was such fun watching this quilt come together even though I had no idea it was for me !

Nichol also included a charm pack of Lucy's crab shack which is just adorable - and do you see the tiny daisies on the card - way too cute :)

thanks Nichol - I love it :)

fab little quilt swap

so over the past few days I've cut and sewn half square triangles for my little diamond quilt for my swap partner in the fab little quilt swap.

my partner likes purple, blue, and green and when I put my fabric choices together I wasn't really sure about them.

but after putting this little quilt on the design wall, I think it looks pretty nice together!  I did swap a few of the fabrics - used some navy blue rather than the lighter blues which I think works better.

I also thought of doing the same quilt but with aqua and red as I thought I would love that combo more  and my partner has an aqua sewing room - so I cut and sewed those little hst and put them on the wall too.

and you know what - I'm not sure I like this half as much !  I think the first one is a much better combo - maybe its just the design and the use of two colours - so I think I'll play around with the aqua and red a bit longer - chevrons maybe ?

I've just noticed on flickr that my partner left a comment that she loves the first one (surprise, surprise!) and hasn't even left a comment on the second one ! both photos have had about 43 views but the purple, green, and blue has 21 comments and the aqua and red only 5 - so I think the people have spoken as well!

maybe a little leaves quilt ?

way too much time on my hands yesterday - I thought of yet another idea for the fab little quilt swap !

I saw a quilt in Elizabeth Hartman's Practical Guide to Patchwork book which had gorgeous little leaves and remembered my secret partner likes the idea of trees and leaves so I did up this little block.

then did some editing to see what it would kinda look like if I made four blocks into a little quilt - I really like it and the purple background but I wasn't sure so I put it up on flickr to see if my partner might like it.

 

again, my partner left a comment saying she loved the purple so that's really thrown a spanner in the works - what do I make - the diamond block - in either purples or aquas or this block ? 

I'm definitely holding myself to one of the three as I can't keep coming up with new things - I need to start making !!

its funny that I had a lot of comments saying the purple background was a bit too much and that maybe I should use a bit lighter colour - if it was for me I definitely would !

thank goodness that I've got the fabrics and quilt pattern for the down under doll quilt swap organised - its funny that I decided on the fabrics and the design for that within a few days of receiving my partner info and I haven't swayed once !

fab little quilt swap

I'm taking part in the fab little quilt swap over at flickr and I've been stalking my secret partner and thinking about what to make - the other day I saw a diamond block that I thought would make a great little quilt so yesterday I got the coloured pencils out and came up with this.

I'd put a bit of a fabric bundle together but its really hard to imagine these fabrics when the drawing is done in all solids !  my partner likes purples, blues and greens.

then tonight when I got home I thought about another colour scheme - one I like a bit more - as my partner said she has an aqua and white sewing room.

but this time I did the mock up in EQ7 - amazingly it didn't take me that long and a few of the fabrics in my bundle were in the stash CD that I have so I was able to use actual fabric samples as well - pretty happy with how this turned out - can't wait to learn more about this program.

I put these photos up on flickr and my partner left positive comments about both so that's made it even harder - decisions, decisions !

I'll have to actually decide and start soon as it needs to be sent off in mid September :)

so which one would you prefer ?

new little quilt swaps

since doing the DQS12 quilt in March I've made 4 more little quilts and I've discovered I absolutely love doing them.. so when I happened to see the Down Under Doll Quilt Swap {round 3} on flickr a couple of weeks ago I thought it might be fun to make a little quilt to swap with another aussie so I signed up - I've been sent my partner info and I think she might like the same kind of things as me so it will be fun trying to come up with a cute quilt.

my dudqs mosaic includes lots of my fav colours !

1. Mini Quilt Monday!, 2. Blooming Dresden Table Mat, 3. Stash Trad Bee--Lone Starburst for Brioni, 4. imalisawork, 5. Circle-of-Geese-Quilted-Cushion-Pillow-Front, 6. DS Doll Quilt Swap top, 7. Jaggy edges - playing with the paper pieced borders, 8. Churn dash block in rainbow colors, 9. Star Flower, 10. In the pink and red mood, 11. Joseph's Coat Pillow - it's done!, 12. DQS11 Finished, 13. 000_0242.jpg

also at the end of July I received an email from quiltinkimmie inviting me to join the fab little quilt swap - I'm not quite sure how Kim found me but I was pretty happy to be invited to join !

I just got my partner info today so its time to start thinking about what to make - however looking at the mosaics in this group is a little very daunting - I think they have pretty high standards so I'm going to have to pretend I have the confidence and skills to make one of these quilts!

this is my my fab little quilt swap mosaic ...

1. Shattered, 2. growing, 3. Autumn Circle, 4. Wonky Wheels, 5. One Fabulous Little Quilt, 6. Fruity Polo finished!, 7. Traditional Quilt category, 8. New York Beauty, 9. Project Special Delivery, 10. "freebird"--original option, 11. Migrating Geese, 12. Lone Star Quilt,  13. With YoYo's

I'll make sure I post progress photos - I think I'll need the encouragement !