Four Seasons Quilt Swap

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109422684544639406.post-31614511425533298072008-05-25T16:26:00.003-04:002008-05-25T16:52:51.211-04:00Four Seasons Quilt SwapWell, I've gone and done it now. I've enjoyed following along with the Spring swaps in the <a href="http://fourseasonsquiltswap.blogspot.com/">Four Seasons Quilt Swap</a> and just couldn't resist signing up for the Summer swap. Summer is my favorite season and I am having so much fun making my little quilts that I thought to myself...self, you can do this...and so I did! Well, I did join at least, now I have a little summer quilt to make! Today I received the email telling me who I'm making a quilt for and I've had a good time reading their blog and getting to know them a little bit. Oh the ideas are swirling around in my head already! This is going to be fun! And just to share a little bit of summer, here are some quilts I made years ago. The little sunflower is from a "buttons & plaid" challenge from my quilt guild about 11-12 years ago. It hangs in my kitchen now. <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_r2sBp9YM-dU/SDnNplK7qfI/AAAAAAAAAOM/hWADEKcs5gk/s1600-h/sunflwr.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_r2sBp9YM-dU/SDnNplK7qfI/AAAAAAAAAOM/hWADEKcs5gk/s320/sunflwr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204416958639614450" /></a> The next one is one of my personal favorites, it hangs in my hallway all the time. It is "Bill & Sue's Miracle Gro Garden". Miracle Gro since the flowers are larger than Bill and Sue! For those who don't know "Miracle Gro" is the brand name of a variety of gardening products including plant foods, fertilizers, etc. I've always loved the little Sunbonnet Sue/Dutch Doll quilts. This one was made in 1996.Someday I'll share my very first quilting adventure, a little Dutch Doll pillow top made when I was 9 years old, with the help of my precious Grandma. And along with that I'll share the Dutch Doll quilt she made for me many years later - obviously my most precious treasure. <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_r2sBp9YM-dU/SDnNp1K7qgI/AAAAAAAAAOU/7ffvK_mw_zY/s1600-h/billnsue.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_r2sBp9YM-dU/SDnNp1K7qgI/AAAAAAAAAOU/7ffvK_mw_zY/s320/billnsue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204416962934581762" /></a> And last is a basket quilt made in 1993/94. This is made from fabric from the first quilt shop I ever visited. It was a new shop in Chattanooga, the only quilt shop there at the time and while I had been quilting for quite a while, I had always used either scraps from my Grandmother's scrap bag or fabrics from Hancock's (the chain, not the Paducah Hancock's) or other local fabric stores. <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_r2sBp9YM-dU/SDnNqFK7qhI/AAAAAAAAAOc/EgkKm9IuxnM/s1600-h/baskets.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_r2sBp9YM-dU/SDnNqFK7qhI/AAAAAAAAAOc/EgkKm9IuxnM/s320/baskets.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204416967229549074" /></a> Just a touch of my quilting history today. I have more to report on my current little quilts progress and will share that tomorrow I hope! Thanks for visiting! <div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54485/394/81D369AD1E746C65DDBDFD38BA3D866C.png" /></a></div>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324993585828898688noreply@blogger.com2