Little Swap Quilts

Toni has challenged us to show all the little quilts from all the little quilt swaps we've participated in. I will attempt this.
The first one I received from Ginger in about.com's doll quilt swap I.



I made this one for Lou in the same swap



I made this one for the winter swap



and received this one in the winter swap


I made this for the doll quilt swap II on about


and received this one


I received this lovely in the spring swap


and sent this one to my partner


I made this for the summer swap


and received this lovely back


I made this for the doll quilt swap III on about


and received this beautiful quilt in return


I received this in the ALQS I swap

and made this one for my partner in the ALQS I swap


I made this one for the Miniature Booty 2 swap


and received this beautiful quilt just yesterday



I made this for ALQS 2 but have not sent it yet, and of course haven't received one back yet.


I have most of these hanging in my living room on a wall, one in the hallway, one in the bedroom and one is headed for my office wall.

What an incredible 24 hours

I am a grandma! Yay! Mason arrived at 5:12 am on August 29, 2008 I have started a new blog for him here. Dot has won the baby guessing game! I will send you an e mail to gather up your mailing info. congratulations for winning.
Also in the mail today, an extra added bonus to a great day was my miniature booty swap quilt from Shelly, I absolutely love it, and have just the perfect spot to hang it in my office. thanks so much. blogger is not letting me post pictures of baby or quilt. bummer. maybe later it will work.

Baby Guessing Give Away

My first grandchild is due on September 2nd. I've decided to have a contest. The winner will get an assortment of quilty items, yet to be gathered up. (I promise good stuff here) Here are the rules:
Post a comment on this post with your guess on the date and time of birth of the baby, this will be Mountain time, USA. Whoever comes closest to guessing the correct date/time of birth will win the prize. Be sure that you have your comments set so that I can notify you if you win. Otherwise you need to post your e mail address in the text of your comment so I can contact you if you win.
Let the games begin!
Here is a pic of Mason waving hello to us a few months ago.

Almost Finished

I just need to sew these little dimensional flowers down, as well as the stem, and label the quilt, and I can call it done. I did remember the little triangles on the back for hanging this time. Then I will stare at this until October when I can send it to my partner in the ALQS2 swap. Yay! I'm loving how this is turning out, and hope my recipient will as well.

First folded flower

I have completed my first folded flower. I like how it turned out. This book has great instructions, and even tells a person how to sew on the little beads in the center of the flower. I think the finished flower measures about 2 1/4 inches. I'm guessing now.

New Book

I purchased a new book tonight, and I'm so excited about it! You can see it here on Amazon. I can hardly wait for the weekend to get here and try out some of these flowers. Maybe if I love doing it, and its not such a pita I might make some for my alqs swap quilt. Anybody made any of these before? Was it fun? Please comment if you have tried these or seen them, or any other info. about them. I wish I would have had this book a few weeks ago for the spring fling round robin center block. There is a perfect one in the book. Darn!

What a bum I am

I have been quite the slacker with no posts since July. No excuses really. I've been working on a scrap quilt I started a while back, not ready for a pic yet. I did make the alternate blocks this past weekend, so it is closer to being done than before when it was just sitting there staring at me. Lots going on with family. Had a reunion on the 9th. My son is planning to get married next week. Congrats to Cody. And just in time as we are expecting his soon to be wife to deliver their first child around Sept. 2nd. Yay! I am scheduled for jury duty in September and am not looking forward to that. Still whining about it. feeling rather blah, I guess all in all. Had a rough weekend with dh, and his issues. I'm just pulling myself up from that trench today really.