spring at last finished + postcards

And this is how the quiltlet for the Another Little Quilt Swap looks when it is finished. For the daffodils I used fake decoration flowers with seed beads and I added a little metal lady bug on one of the tulips. I am very early to have this one done as the mailing date is July 1.

When I was cutting the fabric for the tulips I did not count how many I had done so I ended up with a numer of left overs. These together with some green fabric scraps turned into these fabric postcards:

spring at last part 2 and Dutch group

I have started to add applique to the quiltlet I am making for the Another Little Quilt Swap and this is how it looks now. For the tulips I used one of my handdyes. The fabric for the leaves are two different sun prints. If I can continue like this, the quiltlet will be finished in a couple of days. More pictures will follow later.

As you may know I also run another group http://challengequilts.blogspot.com/ With this group we make a theme based quilt (20"x20") four times a year. I heard from several people that they would like to participate but that the English language was a problem. For this reason I decided to start a yahoo group in which we will do the same only with Dutch postings. If you are interested in joining this group let me know and I will send you an invitation.

spring at last

As you know I am participating in Kate's Another Little Quilt Swap. Today I started working on the quilt. I cannot say for whom I am making it, but I can show pictures of how it is coming along. The picture above shows the beginning of the quilt. I used a shibori piece of blue fabric and a parfait. They are glued to a backing fabric. I will be adding applique on, but whenever I use this technique I machine quilt the piece first. For me this is much easier this way. As you can guess from the title spring flowers will be added. More pictures later.