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| Tom and the kids (not really) |
Greetings from Dallas!!!
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| My Backyard...just kidding (sort of) |
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We are in the middle of drought and extremely high temperatures. I feel like loading the RAV4 and heading to California...
During this long, hot summer, I have participated in a few swaps with fellow quilters. The first swap was the 80's Swap. Remember the 80's?? My partner surprised me with the best gift, a replica of my Sony Walkman...
I don't know if she realized how much I loved my Walkman. I mean...you could walk around and listen to music...shocking in 1982! I took it with me to California in 1984 when I spent six weeks on a friends horse ranch. I took it with me to Law School where it finally broke..
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Me in my Sony Walkman days...and when I used to exercise!
OTHER GOODIES SHE INCLUDED |
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| More Ruby Star Rising fabric |
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| A needle holder |
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| Some of my favorite fabric! |
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| Outside of the needle holder |
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| A retro bag! |
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| An MTV Pincushion!!!!!! I loved my MTV |
THANK YOU SO MUCH PINKBRAIN AND MR. CHICKEN (JEN)....I LOVE IT ALL!
Then, I participated in another Doll Quilt Swap. My partner requested colors of orange, aqua and gray. I came up with two ideas....
Eventually, my finished version looked like this...
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| Finished quilt...now to bind |
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| Closer view of hand quilting |
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| Bound and ready to mail |
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| My partner has two little girls so finger puppets, Christmas monkey fabric, awesome Christmas book and a Sarah Jane fabric panel |
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And I received this from my partner....
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Isn't this little quilt so cheerful and bright? I love it!
THANK YOU A GIRL IN PARADISE! I LOVE IT! |
Now...to work on a quilt for a sick little boy and my project for the next DMQG meeting!
The hand quilting on your doll quilt is stunning, just lovely, nice job!
ReplyDeleteWhat amazing goodies! I L-O-V-E the MTV pincushion, too CUTE!!! You make swaps look like so much fun, I'm tempted ;) to try one.
Tee hee! That photo of you in the short shorts! Totally makes up for any seam ripping I had to endure! So glad you love it, I had so much fun making it for you.
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