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Doll Quilt Swap: The Final Part

March 10, 2010 in BLOG, ENGLISH, make it, patchwork, quilt, swap by domoshar | No comments

Doll quilt swap packageI sent my package yesterday. It was sent to a far away place. I think I never sent to somewhere else actually. Most places are far away anyway in swaps. I think swap mamas might have tried to make distant partners to make the package even more special. Holding something from the other side of the Earth feels special enough even without being a marvelous quilt.

I felt quite intimidated this round. My prather is  a talented prson, whicjh was more than expectad in the swap participants company. However I have alway liked her creations a lot. Anxious to see if it will be liked. HOping it will be!

And anxious to receive the quilt made for me…

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DQS8: Finished but not mailed.

March 5, 2010 in BLOG, ENGLISH, make it, patchwork, quilt, swap by domoshar | No comments

DQS8 Sneak peakI finished this bright stripy square on March 1st, not able to mail it the same day because of some very urgent and lovely things to do and attend. Than I was busy with the national holiday. March the 3rd is the National Holiday of Bulgaria, but we had a celebration that kept me busy on March 2nd… And I was in bed on March 3rd with a virus. Did I wrote DQSs tend to coincident with extremely busy periods?… yes, it is true! And it is not just the end of the mailing period… busy, busy, busy for a month…

Making this one was great pleasure. I machine pieced and quilted this time. Only one totally handmade thing – the labeling.

Hope my partner will like it. It will be in the mail on Monday. When I am back to normal.

DQS8 Sneak peak

DQS8 Sneak peak

More pictures on my Flickr.

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Doll Quilt Swap 8: The Top

February 25, 2010 in BLOG, ENGLISH, patchwork, quilt, swap by domoshar | No comments

Doll Quilt Swap 8; The TopI finally managed to start it! It is almost finished actually.

But I see a prominent Doll Quilt Swap routine here… every time I sign up, an extremely busy period starts… So far I have always been able to send in time or almost in time. Hopefully I will send precisely on the deadline this time.

As always I started with a long ideas, deciding and un-deciding… period. It is not easy to make something you would like to do and seems your partner will like too. I started with some ideas and had to leave them. The official quilt is in my latest quilting trend – solids, so it felt great and hopefully my partner will feel it too.

It is almost quilted now.

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Doll Quilt Swap 8: Hints

January 25, 2010 in BLOG, ENGLISH, swap by domoshar | No comments

I am always unsure at the beginning of each round. It is not easy to pick up the initial stile or idea. So if you are wondering same loads of questions about my liking…. here is some help:

First of all, I missed a “not” in my sign in info – I do prefer fabric and crafting notions much more than chocolate. Plus I can buy chocolate here but fabrics.. it is a different story…

I have written similar post for every round here. I never read the previous before writing a new, so they might be all the same or totally different. Never mind, here are the crucial things:
Enjoy making it.
Use or come up with an idea you like or wanted to try.
Use a technique you like, or what to try.
Use your colours. Just make sure there are colours in there – it is likely I am not in in love with completely black and white quilt. But who knows…

Other detail. I will hang it and enjoy it, wash it from time to time. So make sure it is washable. Hanging aid is an optional as I will find a way to hang it without any too.

By machine, by hand, with or without embellishments – all your choice.
What really matters most is the fact you made it for me, if enjoyed making it and created something you like, than it is a treasure.

Happy Quilting!

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Doll Quilt Swap! Exploring partners pictures… and note to my partner

January 23, 2010 in BLOG, ENGLISH, swap by domoshar | No comments

I was excited to get signed in, to receive the partner info, to see what they like… The hardest part is about to begin now…

What to make, how to make it – by hand, by mashine, both; with or without appliques… my colours, partners, colours.. or both… wondering if I will get the right clue on the photostream or blog… trying to be not too specific here so I could keep the partner’s surprise safe…

PS If you are wondering similar questions and readying my blog secretly to get same clues… /you are making a quilt for me/, I will write something especially for you here this weekend.

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Coming back… and a quilt

September 22, 2009 in BLOG, ENGLISH, make it, quilt, swap by domoshar | No comments

Doll Quilt Swap 7 quilt I made

The Independence day seems to be a good day for me to be back on my blog. So here I am. Happy Independence Day Bulgaria!

It took me some time to get used to being a mom of a pupil, which includes super early start of the day and driving, being sleep deprived and my sewing machine being neglected… To make things even more interesting I dropped my camera by some really stupid incident… but it is back working now…

I am behind the Doll Quilt Swap schedule, but the quilt is ready finally. I am happy with it.

I had never made such a complex quilt entirely by hand before. My first entirely handmade quilt was simpler. But wanted this one colourful and cheerful, not so stylish as the first one. I am now showing the quilt as it is a surprise package which has not reached its recipient yet. It was great pleasure making it. I did not follow precisely my partner likings. I hope it will be liked. I really love being part of Doll Quilt Swap.

And I received a DQS package too. Will blog it soon. It is gorgeous!

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My Likes in a List

July 24, 2009 in BLOG, ENGLISH by domoshar | No comments

OK. It is unusual to make it though I wrote similar posts for the previous two rounds of Doll Quilt Swap… I promised, so here it is:

first of all

I like lots of things and I am pretty sure it is impossible that anyone can incorporate all of the things, listed below in one quilt. I hope you can get an idea instead, so you can make something you would like making and feel confident too.

patterns and style

I prefer it modern – clean, serene, crisp and stylish. But also like traditional with a wonky or modern colours/placement twist, free cut patchwork or applique, etc. Read the rest of this entry »

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Doll Quilt Swap 6: received one, the sent one received too

June 4, 2009 in BLOG, ENGLISH, make it, swap, ПАЧУЪРК by domoshar | No comments

I received my quilt last month. It is not my style, it is not something I would normally make myself. It is not one with the fresh and crisp look I like. And I really like it a lot! It is a beauty! Lovely, little, warm and loving doll quilt!

It is a warm, lovingly made and lovingly-worn-looking one, all colours being a little bit subtle, all the prints with the delicate soft look of an antique quilt. The colour combination is not usual – almost bright solids with delicate floras in romantic beige and pink. It matches the biggest quilt I have made so far, one that I keep at home and is yellow and blue – all squares. A perfect match!

The quilting is delicate feather machine stitch. The texture makes me think of a lady / at least my age or even double my age/ who has used it to make her dolls warm in a cold winter evening.

It is all made with lots of love and it shows. It is made by Rachel.
Thank you!

And the quilt I made for this round was received too. It is this one – now I can tell it was a Doll Quilt Swap quilt. You can read Tina’s comments there to see how it was received – swap magic!

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My First Quilt Made Entirely by Hand

June 2, 2009 in BLOG, ENGLISH, quilt by domoshar | 6 comments

mini quilt in ecruIt is a small quilt, I think it is the smallest one I have made so far. It is partly inspired by the Improve part in Project Improve. I had to make something without my machine, I needed something nice, nice to make, easy to assemble and different than what I normally would make.

So it was easy to make it different – white to replace the colours, scissors to be the cutting tool, needle to replace the machine /no options really here/. I have being keeping some yo-yos for a year so I really wanted to use some of them.

I like the clean and simple look of it. It appears to have some serene qualities and I do like serene style in quilts.

I call it a successful experiment and have already planed some new ones to match.

mini quilt in ecruIt is my first quilt made by hand – no single machine stitch here, nor any rotary cutting or any other “modern” help.

I used Perle cotton for the quilting and did not quilted too much as I was trying to make it all as as simple as possible. I am still not sure if it would look better with some white quilting on the background. I decided not to add it to keep the texture of the ovals.

The quilting is in three different shades of green. Oh, and the label is in orange /of course/.

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