EB Dolls Quilt Swap

I have received my gorgeous quilt from the latest roudn of the EB Quilters Doll Quilt Swap. I am SO luck. Leah made me a fantastic wallhanging with the best handquilting. Thanks so much Leah. I really love it.

The little quilt that I sent to Xena has been opened and hopefully she will take a photo of it because I forgot. Here is a work in progress shot though.

EB Quilters Doll Quilt Swap #3

Yes, it is that time of year again - EB quilter's doll quilt swap. I haven't taken part in many swaps this year as I have tried to be a bit more realistic about what I can achieve with my time, but I couldn't miss out on this swap with my buddies.

Eliza's quilt

My niece is almost 6 months old and I have only just finished her quilt :(
I did make her a special cuddly blanket - made from the blanket that Monique used to carry around with her when she was little, but that doesn't really count as a welcome quilt fro Eliza in my books.
A simple coin quilt, with wonky quiliting in lovely verigated thread (but not quite wonky enough - it looks like I was just a bit wobbly!) I embroidered the label using a free stitchery off the net which I thought was perfect (I'll be back with the source when I find where I saved it)
I'll have to give it a wash (with a colour catcher sheet as none of the fabrics were pre-washed) to crinkle it up and then deliver it next time we go to Sydney.

EB Dolls quilt swap sneak peek

some sneak peeks at my EB DQS

Minature Booty Swap received!

Lucky me!!


Check out this adorable quilt that I received from Solidia . I am so thrilled - she picked my taste perfectly!


Solidia also sent me some beautiful fabric and some grogeous Amy Butler stationery. I feel so lucky! Thank you so much

Doll Quilt Swap 4 posted off!

Ok - it is finished and on its way to Montana (that is my only hint!)

Flickr Doll Quilt Swap

I am ALMOST finished by little quilt for the flickr doll quilt swap #4. I just need to add the bindings and it is ready to post off to America (yes, I know, it will be a little bit late, but I hope that I can be forgiven). Made from vintage sheet pieces and some tone-on for the borders. I used the 'scraps' I had left over from cutting up the squares for the See Katie Sew vintage sheet squae swap. I am loving it and think I might make a bed sized one made up of a nine patch from the sheets and white sashings.

Minature Booty Swap ….. RECEIVED!

I was so happy to get a little note from Vickie to say that she had received her chook quilt – YIPPEE! I am SO glad that she was happy and that it was well received.

I just have to finish the bindings on my Flickr doll quitl swap and then that will be posted off.

Enough swaps for me for a while I think.

mini booty swap

I have joined the Minature Booty Swap Round 2! I just have to sew down the binding on my quilt, wash it and then post off. My recpient is also from Australia and had 'chooks' as one of her likes, so I have tried my hand at needle-turn applique in a large pattern to do a chook feature. Looking at it now it looks a bit boring - AARRGG! I love doing swaps but am always so unsure of the calibre of my work and that it measures up. Anyway, here it is ready to be bound - I did some stippling around the chook and then just straight lines around the borders.

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Kaffe butterfly quilt update

Oh my aching back! Just kidding, but we have spent a lot of time cutting out little tiny pieces of fabric for the gorgeous butterfly quilt. Can't wait to start on the sewing now.

Lemonade Stand Quilt Swap - Sent and Received!

I have taken part in the Lemonade Stand Doll Quilt Swap organised at Ubercrafty.



I have received an adorable quilt from Katherine in the USA. (Katherine doesn't have a blog that I can find, but if I do, I will link it in here). The pattern is 'cobblestones' and it is a grogeous green and pink. This was Katherine's first doll quilt believe it or not! Fantastic job and is well loved. The back is also gorgeous, using coordinating fabrics from the front. Katherine also kindly sent some lovely stickers as gifts for Kya and Mali. I have just popped a quick pic of the quilt here - The girls haven't seen it yet as they are with Nanna and Honey for the long weekend.


I have sent my quilt off - I made my bright little quilt for Tara - hope that it arrives soon.

My DQS received

Happy to report that the Crazy Chook in Boots quilt has arrived at it's new home with Alice in Texas. So glad that it has arrived and has been appreciated.

Doll Quilt Swap 3 RECEIVED!!

I received the MOST gorgeous package from AJ last week (naughty blogegr that I am have only just gotten around to writing about it now.) AJ was so kind to send not one but 2 adorable doll quilts to our home. Knowing that I have 2 little girls, AJ kindly made a quilt for each of them. Now that is quilty love! AJ is actually a friend from EB quilters, so it was special to be matched up with someone that I already know too.

Look at these happy faces:

Now little do the girls realise, but I may soon steal these quilts and start a mini quilt wall in my study (haha - insert evil laugh!)

AJ also sent through our 10 inch square swaps in gorgeous tones (my requests were for brights or 'autumn tone' fabrics). PLUS a couple of lovely fat 1/4s as a thankyou for a different thing that we have swapped! Oh what a lucky girl I am!

Kaffe Fassett Butterfly Quilt

These goregous Kaffe fabrics hanging on my line are being cut into this quilt. Vicky has made this butterfly quilt once before out of 1930s repro prints and it is STUNNING!

I have to be honest and say that I rarely wash my fabric before sewing, but apparently the new line of Kaffe fabrics shrinks along the length by about 10cm (not apparently, it actually does, as we discovered)

My friend Vicky and I are going to cut and sew together, which will be fun. We have done this before when we were both living in PNG, having a bit of a production line, where we would cut out together and sew together and make one quilt each, staying up late into the night with lots of laughter and cups of tea. We made together the autumn leaves quilts,the scrappy baskets quilts and the pigs quilts, and Freddie's House (almost 6 years ago now). I think that we also did the bugs in jars together. She often reminds me about cutting over 450 little pink triangles for all of the pigs feet and ears!! I will have to do a post sometime soon about the quilts that I have actually made.

scrap swap

I have recently been involved in a scrap fabric swap through EB quilters and received this fantastic haul from Xena, who doesn't have a blog. Lots to work with in this lot!!

Doll's Quilt Swap Teaser

A couple of 'teaser' shots of some of my little angels for the EB Quilting Girls Doll Quilt Swap. I hope that my swap partner is happy with the finished product (which is sandwiched and ready to be quilted)