Saturday 5 September 2009

Doll Quilt Swap 7 (DQS7) Revealed

I was provided with a little info about my secret swap partner for DQS7. But what interested me the most was that she has "a little helper" at home - who loves fairies!!

I picked out my fabrics (the easy part) - but what to do with them?? (the hard part). The deadline was drawing near, and still I hadn't decided on a design until at last my late night blog/Flickr-hopping came to my rescue - and not for the first time!!

I decided upon a Disappearing Nine Patch pattern, and fussy cut the main fabrics. I made the quilt 3 patches wide by 4 long - each patch of the block measured 4" when finished.


I had some scraps left so after sewing them in a long strip, used this down the backing of the quilt, accompanied by strips of 2 butterfly fabrics and the fabric I'd chosen for the binding.


For the quilting I used a mix of straight-line in the ditch and a wavy-line.



Lastly I made a little written label using of all things the Laundry Pen I bought to write DD's name on her school uniform!!



I had 4 blocks left over and what do you need to accompany a doll's quilt? A pillow of course!!


It is now heading west and I hope the little lady it's for loves it.

Please forgive the pictures - I decided to be all arty and photograph it on my washing line - but it was almost a Force 10 in the garden!!

5 comments:

  1. aww that's lovely i'm sure the recipient will be over the moon with it!

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  2. Cute quilt!

    Thanks for your lovely comment on my blog, re weight loss. I will support you too. A friend and I have decided to do the Race For Life next year and to RUN it (scared) so I know I will have had to lose at least 4 stone to do that.

    Good luck

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  3. It came in the mail today and we both LOVE it! My daughter was
    giving the fairies kisses as soon as we opened it! I have some pictures
    of her already using it for her babies. I will upload some tomorrow-
    my computer is broken so I will need to bring home my work laptop.
    Thank you!!!

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