make it

Doll Quilt Swap quilt’s colors, fabrics, appearance and pieces are ready. They just need few hours with me and my machine to get ready.

I spent too much time on considering various options - mainly regarding fabric. I will mail abroad /which is not a secret as I am in Bulgaria/ and there is no way to get the kind of small prints in the colors I would like here if I want to stick to Bulgarian fabrics. Oh, I wish I had a quilt shop around!

This was quite a concern and it led to choosing solids - trying to achieve a fresh, simple and hopefully traditionally-contemporary look /as I obviously avoid to keep things simple about this swap/.

After the first really mixed feelings of what to choose and what my partner likes according to her blog, I decided to be really true to myself and make something I will happily hung in my house - almost minimalistic design and moderate quilting, with fresh appearance and in the colors I am almost in loved with lately.

Fabrics have been cut 5 minutes after the design plan was “approved”. One thing in which I was fast!

No sewing so far has taken place but pictures of the top will come shortly. Hopefully.

I have already mist a sewing day, despite of the urge to start, finish and wash the quilt right away. Well, sea water was just great today and we had a wonderful swimming experience.

I have completed a couple of baby and kids quilt made to order lately.
It is incredibly satisfying to make something for a wonderful boy or girl and imagine the happy kid and family /especially the kid/.

I was told one of the quilts was happily carried around the house by the kid during his birthday party.

I even had the chance to actually meet a kid I made a quilt for last year.
It is a great feeling to see the kid and receive his sweet hug. This makes me happy.

Another great thing about baby quilts, apart from being made for fabulous little persons, is the fact they are small scale projects and I see the result quickly. Maybe I will start a small scale projects routine. This makes me really productive. It also means sweet baby gift wraps which as an added bonus experience.

I finally made my mind on the color choice.
I gave up my favorite colors as they are really bright and this makes them difficult to match another person’s tastes and interior. I mean bright orange, neon green and similar. You see, they are not for just anybody’s favorite colors.

So it will be in the rainbow colors - the ones on the blog header. And because I will soon change the header, here they are again:

I hope my partner likes these colors. They seem to be safe as they are so universal. We will see…

The truth is I like them so much lately that I just could not resist them. Usually I am not in that type of soft, pastel and a kind of predictable colors. But it seems I am getting into a soft colors period.

At this point of my schedule, with no hope for personal quilting time in the next week or so, I am absolutely happy that my partner has no idea that I have not started yet.

The good news: I am about to choose the design and maybe the colors and fabrics. But my current idea may change a bit till the time I actually place my hands on the swap quilt. I have already changed the color scheme several times, from prints, to specter, than blues and greens and then orange and pink… Read the rest of this entry »

I received a very nice email from Doll Quilt Swap Mama earlier today.

So I have great instructions on swap making, which I really need as a newbie, and .. I also know who my swap partner is.

That means I am happy because the swap has actually began for me, which is soo nice! And I am a little bit scared - my partner makes and likes great quilts.

I took a look at her pictures, and maybe I shouldn’t, because I am uncertain what to start with now.

New swapper’s emotions

I am a happy swapper. Well, almost!
I managed to sign up for a swap I came upon recently. There are many swaps out there but I fell in love with so many quilts on this particular one, that I am already proud I was lucky enough to sign up successfully! Am I mad? Definitely! Read the rest of this entry »