I’m thrilled to host the first-ever swap on the Quilting Gallery, Spring Blooms Mini Quilt Swap. Head on over to read the guidelines and then register to participate. Please don’t email me to register, instead use the registration form (closed) provided. Registration closes May 4, 2009 and I’ll send out partner information by May 10, [...]

Bee Sew Whimsical hosted a Secret Santa Honeypot Swap. Here’s what I mailed to my partner last night: My partner, Peggy from Quebec, sent me these very cute stockings with beads, which are now hanging in my kitchen. She also included 6 charms for the Charms for Charity contest stuffed in the stockings… I was [...]

Here’s a wonderful tutorial on making your own Bubble Mailers. How pretty are these! They’re perfect for the upcoming holidays, and those Secret Santa exchanges. They might even get a smile out of the postman.

Just before I left for Nashville, I mailed my Doll Quilt 4 project to my partner Alison. I started with this, and below is my finished piece. Here’s the one Alison sent to me. I’m not sure if it was intentional that we were both each other’s partners or if it just ended up that [...]

I’m participating in the Doll Quilt Swap 4 this summer. Here’s a picture of what Alison sent me. I love the colours and I found the perfect spot for it, on my side table in the living room. Thanks Alison, it’s beautiful. My contribution is done, I just need to throw it in the wash [...]

Last weekend, I finally got around to picking my fabric and pattern for the Doll Quilt Swap. I’ve been wanting to do a paper-pieced project for a while, so I could put to use the mini iron my folks bought me at Christmas and also to try out the paper made specifically for paper piecing. [...]

From the All People Quilt web site is this cute 1930s Doll Quilt. Triangle-squares rotate this way and that to create the overall diamond pattern. A variety of feedsack prints are held together visually by the use of a single solid blue fabric. The finished size is 17-1/2″ x 21″. I am participating in the [...]