DQS8 Finished...& Grandkids Coming!

Kaylynn, Conlan & Jasmine are coming today & staying overnight.  I'm excited, as I don't see them nearly enough!  Devin is at his other Gram's today, but may come tomorrow for breakfast and to spend the morning with us.

In the meantime, I wanted to show this...I finished the dqs8 quilt!  YAY!  It measures about 20 inches square...perfect size!  I love this fabric...MoMo's Wonderland...and the snowball blocks were easy peasy to make!  This turned out so much better than I had envisioned!  I love it!  

I haven't yet decided if I should wash it before sending it.  Last year, I washed the quilt that I made for dqs7.  I love the crinkly look...but, come to find out, my partner didn't.  So.  Decisions, decisions.  

Here is the quilt front...

& the back...

I am sending along some goodies...

this fabric basket I made using this tutorial.

My swap partner loves owls.

And this gnome panel, ~20" tall.  

Here's the front...

  

and the back...isn't this adorable???

That's all for now.  

Have a great weekend!

DQS8...work in progress

Started the quilt for my doll quilt swap this afternoon...

 lots more to do.

LOVE this fabric!

Fabric Galore!!

I said last night that I had lots of fabric to show you.

Feast your eyes!

Remember this photo I showed you of the sample quilt
of this year's BOM I am doing?  

Not sure who took the photo and printed it out, 

but her ink was apparently running low...

the alternate blocks are light yellow.

After much thought, I decided that if I was going to 
put as much work as I will be putting into this, 

I wanted it to be something for me.  

The colors of the sample quilt are pretty,

but just not my colors.  Ya know?  

So.  The owner of my LQS & I put together
a wonderful collection of fabrics for MY quilt.

I am so excited! 

Here are the fabrics that will be used in the blocks.

(there's another green one that I didn't photograph... 

it's the same fabric as the border on Julie's quilt.)

Here are the fabrics for the alternate blocks, borders and binding.  

Don't you just love that bias stripe?  I sure do!
It's for a small inner border and the binding.
(the background of this big floral is actually a dark brown, 
like the dark floral in the photo above.  Looks purple on my monitor.)

My good friend, Jane (from here), sent me a box of fabric.

Here are the photos.  Holy Schmoly...

I kept taking out piece after piece after piece!

It is all wonderful!  
Thank you, Jane!

I finally started picking up fabric for my son's quilt.

Paul & Rachel got married in December
and asked me to make them a double wide lap quilt.

Here are 3 pieces of the au.then.tic. fabric collection...
6 more are on the way to me.
I'm going to need at least 10 more fabrics...
which means that I get to go to the PRIM quilt shop
to select some wonderful blacks, reds, & purples.
Cannot wait!

This is going to be a fun quilt to do.

Last, but certainly not least, here is the fabric for my doll quilt swap (DQS8).

It's a MoMo Wonderland charm pack and 2 pieces of yardage.

I know exactly what I'm going to do 

and I think (hope) my partner will be very happy!

That's it for now!