Finally I can share one of my secrets..................
Christine very kindly hosted a Doll Quilt swap...
........this is round 1........
........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:
Nicely done!! Those little blocks must be tiny.... looks very fiddly..
Hugz
it looks great chook
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
Adorable! The green colors are lovely. Great job!
Very Nice! Gorgeous fabrics and what a great choice if Maree already has some!
Very pritty love the colors of the fabric.
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
Cute quilt and I love the fabric. Good for you hand quilting it. Setting triangles scare me.
Love the Fabrics it is soo Pretty...Your Hand Stitching looks Great...
cheers
Chooky it is beautiful i love the colours you chose,well done
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
It is so pretty, your handquilting looks great from here! No wonder Maree is thrilled with it.
Well done Chooky! I love the colors you chose.......anyone would be proud to have this little quilt....I know I would....
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 :):)
so very pretty...as usual!
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
Hello Donna,
Pretty fabrics you have used. Hand quilting just takes practice. The pieces must have been very tiny.
Happy days.
Bev.xoxo
It's so pretty. Lovely work Chooky.
Maree must be thrilled with the finished result, Donna! Looks wonderful!
Yep I reckon ot's all been said, love the colours, handstitching and congrats on a small work.
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! ;)
it's so pretty, I saw the finished quilt on Maree's blog showed up slightly different color, gorgeous just the same
I've already told Maree how jealous I am of this quilt! Beautiful! Can't wait to see what she has made you.
It looks very lovel. It must be difficult to make such a little quilt.
Simply beautiful!
SO pretty, Chooky! Great job; Maree's a lucky girl.
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!
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