Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Progress report

I feel just about fully recovered from VBS week here, and as a result I've been working on a few things. First of all, a few more blocks for the Summer Sampler Series:

Garden Path block

The Garden Path block.

Arkansas Traveler block

The Arkansas Traveler.

Star block

The Star block. Very creative name I thought. Ha ha.

I've also made a bit of progress quilting my doll quilt for the DQS.

hand quilting progress

Hmmm. Let's see. Zig zags. Bright colors on a neutral background. Colorful hand quilting. Ring any bells? It's so funny because I originally was going to go with some horridly complex and nerve-wracking blocks, but decided that sometimes simple is just as good. And I LOVE the way this is coming out, it's just funny (and totally unintentional) how much it looks like last round's quilt. Although that one was a way bigger pain in the butt as far as piecing went. This one came together like a dream. 

Anyway, I hope this is cool with my partner because two hours of handquilting later has me feeling very invested in this sucker.

9 comments:

Wendy said...

This is a beautiful quilt.....I love the hand quilting you have done.....your partner is very lucky!

Lynz said...

I LOVE that wee quilt. LOVELOVELOVE!!! I did my first hand quilting with perle cotton last night, it was most enjoyable!!

crazyhorse said...

I'm loving that doll quilt!

Jeanne said...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE how you are stitching that doll quilt. I would love more information about your pattern and to see the whole thing

Ima said...

Jeanne has already said exactly what I wanted to say. I'm not so much of a quilter myself, but this one I love.

Cynthia said...

This the cutesy zig-zag quilt I have ever seen! Love it!

Cynthia said...

Oops! I meant "cutest"--sometimes I hate predictive text!

Loretta said...

Is the bottom picture your own pattern? Or is there a place to get the pattern online?
Thanks in advance

Anonymous said...

Hello, I was wondering if I could get the instructions for how you did the doll quilt. I am very intrigued by this beautiful design. Please email me jebaines@telus.net