Essential Quilters Doll Quilt Swap #6

Last year Nic sent me this little piece of cuteness and this year it was my turn to send her something!

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I went with a paper pieced centre, some wonky 'piano keys' around the edges and some plain cornerstones. I quilting by machine around the centre star and then added some echo stitching as well. I then also tried my hand at some 'hand quiltling' What I did was probably more embroidery but I like it all the same.
I hope her small daughter enjoys tucking in her dolls under this one!
 
In return I got another stunning quilt this year!
 
The talented Anna made these wonky houses to hang on my wall.
 
  PB284141
 
A row of little scrappy houses sit on a curvy hill.
 
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There are little flowers and chimney smoke quilted in and little birds singing in trees.
 
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There is also some lovely silver thread quilted in the sky area...so sparkly!
 
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Thanks Anna! It looks right at home among my other quilts on the wall and as soon as I find my bag of hooks it will be joining them permanently!
 
PS This is my 900th post!!
 

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Kat McNally said…
SQUEEE! So excited you've signed up for #reverb12!
See you tomoz.
Kat x
Congrats on the big 900!
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