Wednesday 16 March 2011

Doll Quilt Swap sent...........

Finally I can share one of my secrets..................
Christine very kindly hosted a Doll Quilt swap...
........this is round 1........
I had Maree Farmyard Crafts as my partner...................
It measures 12.5x16inchs finished........
.........I used Beach House as I know Maree has a quilt for her room in Beach House
I had a go at hand quilting...............never done it before - it's ok but I think I seriously need some lessons in hand quilting...............
only a simple 9patch but since it is my first doll quilt I wanted to keep it simple and be able to finish it............interesting trying to work out the setting triangles............anyone know how to work them out easy...............i found a site and it was all a bit too big even thought I followed the directions they gave for floating the blocks...........
Thanks Christine..............looking forward to round 2............
Catch you later..............
Chookyblue

27 comments:

BubzRugz said...

Nicely done!! Those little blocks must be tiny.... looks very fiddly..
Hugz

jodie said...

it looks great chook

Cubby House Crafts said...

Very Pretty quilt!
Can you believe my hubby taught me the hand quilting basics! He was working for a lady that was quite experienced in hand quilting and she passed on the basics to him to give to me! Lol!
Lisa

Rumi said...

Adorable! The green colors are lovely. Great job!

De said...

Very Nice! Gorgeous fabrics and what a great choice if Maree already has some!

Roseanne said...

Very pritty love the colors of the fabric.

Anonymous said...

It is beautiful, well done on the hand quilting, happy for you to come and I teach you to hand quilt,big grin

cheers
Christine

Lynn said...

Cute quilt and I love the fabric. Good for you hand quilting it. Setting triangles scare me.

Unknown said...

Love the Fabrics it is soo Pretty...Your Hand Stitching looks Great...
cheers

Anonymous said...

Chooky it is beautiful i love the colours you chose,well done

Andrea said...

For a first attempt at hand-quilting you did a really good job. It's such a pretty little quilt that I'm sure your partner will love xx

Nicky said...

It is so pretty, your handquilting looks great from here! No wonder Maree is thrilled with it.

Wendy said...

Well done Chooky! I love the colors you chose.......anyone would be proud to have this little quilt....I know I would....

Isabella said...

looks lovely I only know how to hand quilt so I'm trying my hand at using the machine with my Tis the Season one :):)

gracie said...

so very pretty...as usual!

Barb said...

There is a book by Harriet Hargrave
called "The Art of Classic Quiltmaking" it is a treasure trove of every way to work out anything in quilting.
Barb

Bev C said...

Hello Donna,

Pretty fabrics you have used. Hand quilting just takes practice. The pieces must have been very tiny.
Happy days.
Bev.xoxo

Lynda said...

It's so pretty. Lovely work Chooky.

Vicki said...

Maree must be thrilled with the finished result, Donna! Looks wonderful!

Margaret said...

Yep I reckon ot's all been said, love the colours, handstitching and congrats on a small work.

Anonymous said...

I do love it! Thank you so much for the awesome doll quilt... it'll be treasured... dh might be a little cold though... i told him this was my unfinished quilt and it shrank! ;)

Anonymous said...

it's so pretty, I saw the finished quilt on Maree's blog showed up slightly different color, gorgeous just the same

Chocolate Cat said...

I've already told Maree how jealous I am of this quilt! Beautiful! Can't wait to see what she has made you.

AnitaS said...

It looks very lovel. It must be difficult to make such a little quilt.

Kate said...

Simply beautiful!

Jan said...

SO pretty, Chooky! Great job; Maree's a lucky girl.

Bec said...

Gorgeous doll quilt you made Maree, and it will go beautifully with her other quilt. The hand quilting looks fine to me, don't stress too much!