Originally Posted by M.I.Late

Ms. Grace - Yours went in the mail today too. I gotta tell you... I rarely make scrappy quilts, (I have a lot of pastel in my stash) and never buy reproduction fabrics. But, since you like "old" quilts - I wanted to try it. I found some fabrics left over from a lap quilt. (I really didn't like the way the lap quilt came out. - It was a rag quilt) Never the less, I would call the collection antique looking. So I put together a nine patch to start with. Fell in love with it. Took a better look at my stash from just that quilt and realized that I could make a big quilt from what I had left. So that's what I'm doing. Changed a few fabrics and now I love it. It's going to look Victorian I think.

So, I took back the fabric I was going to use for your doll quilt this month and am now making a bigger quilt out of it.

Decided to go to the LQS to get some retro fabric and just go for it. I found a beautiful charm pack of Moda fabrics that were retro and really pretty. Put together a quick DP9 and l fell in love with those fabrics. I used all but 2 colors in your quilt (and I sent those to you). It felt so plain to me because I have been doing so much applique lately - but I have to say, you've opened up new doors to me. I really liked it. Actually, I imagined it as a gorgeous sewing machine cover.

Anyway - Thanks for the eye opener - that's what I love about these swaps. I actually did something new this month. Thank you for that! It's on it's way - I hope you like it.

Gayle

P.S. I was so excited to get it in the mail to you, I failed to add the note card and I forgot to get a picture before it left here.... If you post a picture I can download it from here.