Sharing the Love

My 6 year old daughter has been hand sewing for a couple of years, mostly patching together odd scraps of fabric to make doll blankets. I'm proud to say she has inherited my love of all things scrappy and quilty! She recently started expressing interest in using the sewing machine, so we picked out some yardage from my stash and some 5"squares from a recent swap, and I helped her piece together her very first quilt top.


Awww! I hope that the love of crafting and sewing is something she cherishes her whole life long. We'll add backing and batting and tie the quilt next.

Doll Quilt Progress

Almost done with my DQS6 top! It's sooooo cheerful! I'm thinking of adding some embroidery and embellishments to the house blocks as well.

DQS6 WIP

After getting my swap partner information on Monday night, I was itching to get started on my quilt. I had decided on a scrap quilt, but with nothing specific in mind... I figured that once I buried myself in my fabric stash, I would have an epiphany. Textile meditation seldom disappoints...


I found a pleasing pile of reproduction type fabrics in a red-yellow-green-blue color scheme, oddly similar to the baby quilt I just finished for my daughter's teacher, but only one of the fabrics is the same!

I loved a lot of the free-pieced pictoral quilts like Krommama's in the last DQS round, and wanted to try one just to see how it would come out. Shortly afterward, I had these:


I think I'm going to set them with white fabric and some sort of border... I really want a scrappy border if it looks good with the 30s floral I'm planning on using for the binding. Hopefully I will get a little time to play around with it tonight!

Doll Quilt Swap 6!

I am excited for the new round of Doll Quilt Swap 6! I barely made the deadline for sign ups but thanks to the awesome swap mama, I am in and looking forward to getting my swap partner assignment tomorrow!