On It's Merry Little Way

My DQS8 (Doll Quilt Swap) is on it's way. I shipped it out yesterday and should shortly be in the possession of my partner.
I made it a point to challenge myself with the quilting and to use my newly acquired skills from the "Quilt Whisperer" class I took. I really hope my partner likes it {although I already know they do and that is just the icing on the cake!} I had a lot of "favorites" from the flickr pool and can't wait for the mail lady to deliver my mail each day. Sadly a few of my favorites have already reached their new homes but there are still quite a few unclaimed ones out there so I'll just have to deal with the suspense.

So far so good

I've done a little bit of work on my DQS8. I had hoped to get more done but my poor little boy came down with bronchitis, missed most of school last week and then decided to share with mom. I didn't come down with bronchitis {at least not yet, but I think I'm getting better.}

Here is what I have accomplished so far:


So far I have stuck to my original plan but I already have some slight changes in mind for the remaining areas.

Going to work on this...

This is my "quilting plan" for my DQS8. A PC drawing tablet would sure be handy for this kind quilt doodling {hint hint Mr.PD} This is the kind of thing I learned when I took Carla's online Quilt Whisperer class. I think I did pretty well at thinking "outside the box." At first I couldn't get past the pinwheel blocks as being the focus of the quilt. Now lets see if I can put it to paper, er fabric. (oh and excuse the wonkiness of the top, in this picture the top wasn't completely pieced yet.)

Now excuse me while I go quilt!