Saturday, April 16, 2011

Finished Swap Quilt, Swap Til You Drop, or STUD, as it's known...


 This is what I was talking about yesterday- I made a small quilt for my parter, Cindy, who made that fab Nosey Parker pirate quilt for me.  Cindy's favorite things were - 



So I made her this-


 The label rolls up and goes into the little rum bottle and hangs from a small hook on the back of the binding. 


 Since one of her favorite things is her cat, Took, I incorporated him (slightly tanner than his usual color) and his favorite things into the quilt, too....
 He's snoozing in the sunshine, dreaming of canned cat food, his litter box, his favorite scratching post and his MOM...  Most of which he has, right there on his island, the biggest litter box in the world, but all he really wants is his Mom... 


 So he's floating her off a message for her to send the boat to come and get him, 
that he's ready to go home now.  The boat is on the way, Cindy was missing her littlest of boys!


And I added a few little things to her package.  It's been delivered and well received, apparently the whole family likes it.  :)  And that makes me really happy!
 This was a fun swap and a challenging quilt.  It measures 9" x 12" and it was a bit fiddly to work on.  I messed up the first cat I did, so the whole thing nearly went into the trash after 2 days of working on it, but my husband convinced me it could be saved, so I spent about 3 hours picking out 5000 little stitches and I redid the cat and added the towel and it made a huge difference in this quilt.  There are a couple of things I would do differently if I was doing another one like this, like I'd leave off the seagull because I don't think it's adding much to it, but otherwise, I'm pretty happy overall. 

5 comments:

carol said...

You should be happy. It is fantastic! I wish I was that good. Boy, oh boy, you are getting better and better with each new quilt. I think it's time we're partners! LOL

Sewconsult said...

I love this. So creative and would be a great gift to receive.
Beckie in Brentwood, TN (a new follower.

BahamaDawn said...

that is such a great quilt!!!

Kritta22 said...

You are amazing!!! Seriously that's the cutesy thing I've seen in ages! Cindy is so lucky to have you!

Linda said...

Too cute! Great job. Glad you didn't give up on it.