June Doll Quilt Reveal

My June partner for the doll quilt swap has posted that she received her doll quilt, so now I can show it to you!

This is from a pillow pattern I found in Lynette Anderson's book, It's Quilting Cats and Dogs.

I saw this book at a quilt show, and it is chock full of the cutest patterns.  There are several more patterns in this book that are on my to-do list.  In fact, I included one on my NewFO list for later on this year.  

So here's the quilt I made.  My name for it is, "For the Birds".

It's quilted simply, mainly by outlining around the blocks and the applique designs, but I did some diagonal straight line quilting on the dog's panel.  The applique templates were increased 200% as instructed in the book, but I used the book-sized template to make this little dog label for Janet.

The back fabric was left over from another quilt I made from a Lynette Anderson pattern called, A Kitten's Tale.

I just love her patterns.

This morning I took some time to work on the embroidery for the Wonky Houses wall hanging I'm making, but it's time to stop now and get going.  Today promises to be a busy day.  I need to make some frozen breakfast burritos and a potato salad for our trip to the beach this weekend.  Also, as long as I'm in the kitchen, I'm mixing up some sandwich mix for a wrap we'll have for dinner.  

Mike has pulled the trailer around, and so I'll do a little bit of packing for our trip today.  I need to wash the sheets on the bed, and do a few other housekeeping chores.  Still, there isn't a lot of packing to do for a weekend trip, and especially since I won't be doing much cooking this weekend.  Also, I won't be doing much blogging this weekend, although I imagine I won't be able to resist posting a picture or two using the Blogger app.  And that reminds me, I learned about an "Eye-Fi" memory card for my camera that allows me to upload pictures from my camera to my iPhone wirelessly.  

It allows me to use better pictures than I can get with my iPhone.  After a few false starts, I think I have it figured out and operating correctly.  Yes, we're too high tech for words around here.  It's one of the pitfalls of living with an engineer...and since this was my bright idea, I suppose that means the pitfalls are contagious.  Beware.  I'm considering sewing my mouth shut and just communicating wirelessly from now on.  Sadly, that won't save you from the prattle that is continually posted here.  For that, you will have to close your eyes.  It would help with my weight loss efforts, however.  (Note to self:  Consider thread options carefully.)

If I don't post again between now and then, I'll see you right back here on Monday.  By then, I should be bursting at the seams with stuff to tell you.