DQS12 Received

I finally received my Doll Quilt Swap yesterday, and it was definitely worth the wait. Jennifer did a wonderful job thinking of my interests and putting together a beautiful quilt for me. Now I need to decide where to put it.

Grateful

My DQS12 quilt is done, and I am very grateful. It was a long process and a reminder to me of why I stopped swapping. No issues with the swap, just my stress levels at trying to make it as perfect as I can, especially since it is going to another quilter. I can see all of my flaws and issues, and feel as though they will too. I took a photo of the back of the quilt when I was finished, but forgot that I had not yet taken a photo of the front.

I am also grateful to have received this postcard from Leslie of MarveLes Art Studios . It is so beautiful. She does amazing work. A lot of my guild's members have made postcards. While I have dabbled in it a bit, I have never completed one myself.

To keep my motivation going, I am joining Amy's One Week, One Thing Challenge. I have a Pay It Forward that I need to finish. I also need to make some things for my guild's boutique show.

Frustration

 

Who knew the look of frustration could look so good? Tuesday, I was absolutely frustrated with my Doll Quilt. I had some nice compliments on what I was working on, but I was not happy with it. I kept changing my mind all weekend about what I wanted which is part of the reason I worked on my Love Is instead. Tuesday night, I decided I had enough, and started something completely different. I went to my first love, the Dresden Plate. Once I had it sewn together, I put it on my turquoise Kona cotton and an AHA moment happened. I was reminded of a school trip I had taken this year to an art museum with my daughter. One of the things that was talked about was positive versus negative space. The children got to paint 2 pictures using this technique. I started thinking about using the turquoise as the background, and everything fell into place, I hope. I started working again on my Doll Quilt this morning, and I am thrilled so far. The Dresden Plate, I have set aside and will use it for something else.

Design Wall Monday

I had a busy week last week. I worked on a quilt with my nephew and spent a lot of time coming up with ideas for my Doll Quilt Swap. Here is what I have at the moment.

I used EQ6 to put this together. I really liked the idea of using the Log Cabins as a border. The Log Cabin is my favourite traditional block, and not so traditional. Check out what others have on their walls at Patchwork Times.

On a side note, Barb is the winner of my giveaway.