not bad if I say so myself

Lookie what I have been working on....thank goodness for great pictures with the tutorial....I believe mine is backwards from the way Christina shows you how to do it....but hey I am known to be a little backwards sometimes anyways. :) I am not supposed to send off my quilt swap until mid August, that seems soooo far away....I will just work on finishing this up and might have to hang it up in my own home and enjoy it before it makes its long journey to its new owner......

jumping up and down

I got a little something in the mail yesterday, I knew it was coming but of course had no idea what to expect. I ripped open the box, ripped off the wrapping paper and lookie what was inside!!! ACK!!! I just love it Pam! Thank you so, so much, it is so awesome!!! This is the placemat I get to keep, I get to keep this??!?!?!? from the placemat swap on flickr, I can't say enough about how much I adore this little mini and there is NO way this little number will ever be on a table with food on it (not with my family at least!) I have already hung this in my kitchen where all my favorite mini's go after I receive a new one.

This has so much detail (click on the photos) the grass is all patchwork and so is the sky. I have been wanting to make a mini like this but has been pretty far down on my "to do" list, now I don't have to! :) The clothesline is darling and Pam had such a cute idea....see that little mini quilt? That is the same fabric for the backing, I believe it is a vintage sheet, so cute!

Also included was fabric for my kids, 3 different cuts from a different fabric line for both of them....what to make what to make?

Thanks again Pam, seriously, if I did not have a big, ugly, clunky boot on my left foot I would have been jumping up and down. :)

mini quilts

I worked on a few mini quilts during my "quilt retreat" last weekend. I finally got around to making a munki munki wonky star mini. I am really pleased with it....love all the pastels together and I am not a pastel person. I really enjoyed making the "wonky stars" too. My favorite square is in the center, it is the bridesmaid/wedding fabric, I was a professional bridesmaid in my past life, have been in 10 weddings! :/
This is the 2nd Flea Market Fancy quilt I made. The first one I sent off to my partner for a doll quilt swap. I am really happy with this one too, I even used some selvage on it. :)

One I did not make but received last week in the mail.....

This was from my "angel" for the fall themed mini quilt swap. My original partner flaked out on me so was given an "angel". Cute little woodpecker, thanks Isabell!

doll quilt, student of the month and the croup

Emily was chosen as student of the month for her class, the attribute was "diligence". I had to have her tell me what that was! We are very proud of her, she was very proud of herself. :) I have finally gotten around to making one of the blocks for my doll quilt partner, this little guy is 3 1/2", so small!! I did cut out enough pieces to make myself one of these little quilts but for right now I am concentrating on my swap partners so I can get it done and off to her to enjoy.

I had a nice time in Seattle on my weekend away last week....I did NOT get nearly the sleep/rest I had hoped but still had a great time. I got home Monday to Jack having a bit of a cough....1:30 A.M. Tuesday was woken up to that "seal like bark" cough, a.k.a. THE CROUP....called our after hours doctor, then whisked him away to the E.R. After spending 2 hours with him there, got a breathing treatment then a liquid steroid, we were home a bit before 4:00. At 5:30 A.M. it was Emily's turn, but hers was even WORSE...this time daddy took her to the E.R....same hospital, same set of doctors/nurses...WOW....had never experienced that before and hope we never do again!!

DQS8!

just a little sampling of some of my fav's from my flickr account...so fun to look through so many great projects...when in the swap we are asked to make a mosiac for our partner to get ideas of what we like...here are just a few of my favorites :)  I am really digging white with color right now, can you tell?   

My creation
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DQS8

I got signed up for the doll quilt swap, yahoo!! Head over here to get in...they are limiting it to 160 this time, good luck!

recieved!

recieved!
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This is what I got in the mail on Friday, it is from my swap partner for the doll quilt swap.....I totally remember commenting on this quilt on the flickr group too, how funny.....Jennie from sunflowerquilts made it for me from the Katie Jump Rope line...love the orange! It is in my kitchen as we speak!

gift for Nissa

I made this quilt for my girlfriend Nissa's birthday...I think she liked it! :) I am going to make another one for a girlfriend's birthday in March :) and then I need to make one for myself because this was a hard one to give away!!!! I have another set of friends....4 of them.....might need to make this for a Mother's Day gift for each of them this year...not sure if I will have the time, energy or $$ to whip out that many for Christmas....we will see!

sneak peak

sneak peak
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This is 1 block of 3 I am doing for my partner for the doll quilt swap....I will have the black and brown print of this kerchief girl print early August, I hope she likes it!!!

doll quilt swap 7

My creation
Originally uploaded by kristinemhanson

I am going to do another swap, this one is a first for me http://www.flickr.com/groups/dollquiltswap/....I am looking forward to it! For my partner to know a little more about me...I have two kiddo's, a boy and a girl....married, happily...I like bright colors or so it seems from my flickr favs! I really like the red/aqua combo right now, who doesn't? Seems as though I like a lot of white with my color too! So far in my swaps I have been really happy with what I have received, I am pretty easy other than I don't like anything Star Trek, Star Wars, mid evil, devilish, dirty, I like vintage though, and vintage fabric is a plus! Yellow was my fav color as a little girl, I do like feminine things, girlie, call it what you like....I really like all of Denyse Schmidts, Heather Bailey, Sandi Henderson, Tulla Pink, Sandy Klop, Tanya Whelan, Heather Ross...all of those ladies collections and I do like the collections from David Walker too to get a little boy stuff in there.

two in one

I am going to post about two different things...first it is Father's Day...I love my dad and I feel very fortunate that my dad and I are close....and he likes my husband and my husband likes him! :) My dad spent his summers as a boy in Kentucky so he is a farm boy at heart....last summer we had a few chickens at our home, not in our home but in the backyard in an old dog run....once the weather turned we gave the chickens to my dad...he calls them "the girls" cracks me up...I think he treats the chickens better than he treats himself...anyways....I wanted to make my dad a patchwork/crazy quilt for Father's Day...found some PERFECT chicken fabric to go in it...he loved it!!

2nd part of my 2 part post....I participated in a mini quilt swap. OH MY am I a lucky girl!!! Yesterday afternoon but what did I see in my mail box? A package! And from Switzerland!!! YAHOO! I knew it had to be something special and it is...I opened ok, ripped it open and gasped, it is lovely!!! It is AQUA my FAV color right now!! It is just so neat, I love the bird in the center, I love the wonkiness of the sqaure, I love the polka dots, I love the aqua, did I say that already? My swap partner is Sandra, and her blog is lovely...my daughter loves to listen to the music on her blog, I do too! My partner (the gal that I made a mini quilt for) is Nicole in California....like a total dork I forgot to take a picture of the mini quilt that I sent her...but I made an aqua/red log cabin sqaure for her...think I might need her to take a picture of it and send it to me...can't belived I forgot to do that! This mini quilt swap has been so fun, can't wait to do it again!