Monday, August 17, 2009

Good 'Ol Summertime Mini Quilt Swap


This is the mini quilt I made for my swap partner (who is still a secret). It's a Dresden plate pattern that I made in yellows for a sunflower. I downloaded the template for Dresden plates from Eleanor Burns' website, Quilt-in-a-day, for free. (Thank you Eleanor!)

It measures about 20" by 20". The center of the sunflower has circular quilting in dark brown thread to look like sunflower seeds and there's some decorative stitching on the petals. The rest of the quilt (the green background with mini sunflowers) is stippled in a meandering pattern. AND I used only scraps from my stash since I'm still on a fabric diet. I need to sign the quilt and put a fabric sleeve on the back then it's ready to ship to Canada.

I hope my swap partner likes this one. From her website I learned that she does appreciate the vintage patterns but this turned out to be not as traditional looking as I had planned it to be.

2 comments:

  1. I LOVE this! Sunflowers have always been my favorite since I was a little girl growing up in Kansas!

    Blessings,
    Gayly

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  2. Just a short note of thanks for the wonderful sunflower mini quilt that I received just this morning. I love it and will treasure it always.

    I'm sorry for posting here but I don't know how else to contact you.

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