авторски пачуърк създаден в България : patchwork + gifts: handmade in Bulgaria
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Just a few days before the deadline… it is about to appear.
I do like how it is going now. By this time the top is almost finished.
I am using the the very first idea, the first colours I thought about… It is a little planned, a little impulsive and looks as expected.
I am not happy, I am almost late. I hope the quilt be loved though. Doll Quilt Swap emotions!
More pictures on Flick in the Pool.
It is so fresh, it makes me smile!
Here it is in its cheerful glory! Showing it all as I promised.
Lovely prints, simplest design you could think of. But still with its special style. It is not simple squares, though the prints are gorgeous enough to make it this way juts a perfect quilt. The added cream corner adds something really special. And if you are not careful enough, you can miss the corner thing – it is so perfectly made.
Being in Bulgaria and being more conservative, that I would like to be with overseas fabric purchases… I am absolutely happy to have the designer mix in this quilt on my wall. This could not be more perfect! Each little square is gorgeous!
I loved the ducks, the moment I saw them, when they started popping on the blogs. The aqua flower is one of my faves, the apples are just gorgeous and I have just received a pincushion in another shade few weeks ago, the tweets.. I am still not sure what I love best of this collection..
Well, the rest is lovely too. The ones I mentioned are just the ones this some more personal story behind… And the Midwest /if I am not wrong with all the excitement… / have not noticed the yellow /I am more in orange/pink. green/brown there/ and it is lovely!
Did I mention how perfect the binding is?! I realize now I have no back picture… Will fix this tomorrow.
The quilt is on display now. The firs thing I see every morning heading to a big cup of tea. Thank you Linda!
I 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…
I 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.
More pictures on my Flickr.
I 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.
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!
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.
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!
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:
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.
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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