doll pin and other stuff

This is a pin I made for this month's swap. I forgot to take a pic of the card I that I copied for the pin. That is what I had to do is make a pin like a St. Patrick's day card.
I am also adding some stuff to the Pinocchio quilt and will take a pic of it when finished with it's fabulous border that my friend Mona added on for me!

This is a ceramic bunny I made for my quilt guild secret sister. She collects bunnies and her favorite colors are burgandy and gold. I painted the ceramic parts.

This is a quilt I made for the guild challenge....."It's a Guy's World". We had to make a quilt for a teenage boy. They are all being donated to teenage boys in need. it is 60" X 80". I thought colorful would be good for any troubled or in need soul.

Fairy Tale Quilt Challenge

Here is a quilt I made for a quilt guild challenge. Our theme is Fairy Tale and my saying is "There is no excuse not to dream". I picked Pinocchio as I thought if a wooden puppet can dream of becoming a real boy than anyone can dream anything!
I used a woven technique for the bed quilt. It is fabric that has fusible on it. Two different fabrics are woven then fused together.

This is the little 9" doll that goes into the dream cloud. He is the real boy!

I have also been going thru my fabrics and such looking for stuff to donate for an autions one of my quilt guilds is having this month. I found quite a bit of "why did I buy this" fabric to donate! LOL

Valentines/friendship swap

This is the heart pillow I made for my partner Kate. I used ols laces, hankies and trims in a crazy quilt type style. I also gave her some fabric.

Here is what Kate sent to me. She lives in Australia!

The package of Buderim Beast poo is chocolate covered peanuts!! What a kick! The pink and green items she made for me herself. The magazine Kate sent has a project that her and her partner made for that issue. The kitty calendar is soooo cute!!

Swaps and stuff!

It has been awhile since I posted. I am going to be making quilts for the next month and a half. Here are a few things I have made and some I recieved in the last month.


Here is the pin I made for this month's pindoll swap. We had to make a pin based on a Valentine card.


Here are two valentines I recieved in a swap. They are beaded beatifully! They are by LaQuinta Tummings.

These are some wool felt pincushions I have made to donate to the boutique at our quilt guild's quilt show in April.

This is a doll I made for a challenge. It is the Becky pattern by Rivkah Rosenfeld and is a cloth replica of an old Arranbee doll.





This is a close up of her face and painted hair.

Doll I made for advent swap

This is the doll I made for Khris for the Christmas advent swap. It was the gift for Christmas Day. Khris loves prims and burgandy I think she turned out well since I really don't do prims much.

Happy New Year (a little late!)

This was the pin I made for the first pin doll alley swap. It is a Chinese New Year dragon. I have mailed him off to my partner.

I think this is my first post of the new year. I hope everyone's year is shaping up to be a good one. I have been doing a few things. I recycled a ready made cloth doll my daughter got for one of her college projects. She took it to class and the students wrote all over it. So I had to paint the whole body. This was after removing som stuffing and making the arms and legs bendable. I also added a knitted yarn wig, the cloths and painted the face. She is a kind of prim doll. I just hated that my daughter was just going to throw the doll in the trash. Here is a pic:

I have been working on Rivkah Rosenfelds Becky doll. It is a cloth doll made to look like an older Arranbee vinyl doll. I am dressing her now but won't show pics until after the challenge is over.

Forgot pic of real tree

here is a pic of my real live tree. It is a grand fir. Hubby was really restrained this year! It is usually twice this width! This year was easier to decorate and it didn't fall over! (fell over two times last year! Yikes!)