Blogging my amateur attempts to create a 100 Good Wishes Quilt for our future daughter from China

Monday 30 June 2008

Initial Quilt Design :-)

This is only my first attempt at placing the fabrics where I think I want them!! I will probably twiddle with this design and change things until I'm happy with it :-)

Thursday 3 April 2008

Squish One Hundred and Six

This fabric has flowers and swirls in a variety of blues, all edged with gold and came from the Canary Islands, Spain. Thank you, Nazareth :-)

Squish One Hundred and Five

This beautifully packaged pink and cream fabric, came all the way from Canberra, Australia for the In The Pink group swap. Thank you, Rebel :-)

Squish One Hundred and Four

This sparkly purple fabric with pastel coloured dragonflies and butterflies on, came all the way from Janesville, Wisconsin. Thank you, Cyndi :-)

Squish One Hundred and Three

This bright yellow fabric with girlie beach accessories came all the way from Federal Way, Washington. Thank you, Kelly :-)

Squish One Hundred and Two

This pink fabric with darker pink snowflakes and cuddly polar bears came all the way from St Hubert, Canada as part of the Rumour Queen group swap. Thank you, Lydie :-)

Squish One Hundred and One

This red fabric with multi-coloured butterflies and spots came all the way from Lexington Park, Maryland as part of the July LID group swap. Thank you, Petrie :-)

Squish Ninety Nine and ONE HUNDRED!

These two dotty fabrics are extra-special and have been saved for 99 and 100 especially for Wai Ling, my good friend from England who wanted to play squishes even though she's not making a quilt! THANK YOU :-D

Squish Ninety Eight

This purple, Celtic knot fabric came all the way from Brighton, Michigan for St Patrick's Day. Thank you, Dawn :-)

Squish Ninety Seven

This turquoise blue fabric has pictures of everything a princess needs! It came all the way from Summerville, South Carolina. Thank you, Penny :-)

Squish Ninety Six

This white fabric with spots and pinwheel lollipops came all the way from Tustin, California as part of the July LID group swap. Thank you, Steph :-)

Squish Ninety Five

This pink fabric with darker pink hearts and happy Snoopies came all the way from Brighton, Michigan for Valentine's Day. Thank you, Dawn :-)

Squish Ninety Four

This sky blue fabric with brightly coloured bugs on, came all the way from Bonanza, Oregon. Thank you to the Hoglund Family :-)

Squish Ninety Three

This pink fabric with Asian cartoon dolls came all the way from Saint Louis, Missouri as part of the In The Pink group swap. Thank you, Robin :-)

Friday 25 January 2008

Squish Ninety Two

This pink, swirly fabric with cute, princess bugs, came all the way from Fort Collins, Colorado as part of the Nursery swap. Thank you, Cathy :-)

Tuesday 22 January 2008

Squish Ninety One

This cream fabric has richly coloured butterflies and gold detail. It came all the way from Willow Springs, Missouri as part of the RQ group swap. Thank you, Laurie :-)

Squish Ninety

This pink, swirly fabric with pastel dragonflies and ladybirds came all the way from West Des Moines, Iowa as part of the July LID group swap. Thank you, Lisa :-)

Squish Eighty Nine

This dark pink fabric with a white pattern matches her Big Brother's squish, also from Kelly in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Thank you :-)

Squish Eighty Eight

This colourful ladybird fabric is the last of the HUUUGE bunch from Dawn in Michigan, THANK YOU DAWN! :-)

Squish Eighty Seven

This dark blue fabric with brightly coloured butterflies and hearts, came all the way from Brighton, Michigan as part of the August LID group swap. Thank you, Dawn :-)

Squish Eighty Six

This pink University of Michigan fabric came all the way from Michigan (funnily enough!) as part of the August LID group swap. Thank you, Dawn :-)

Squish Eighty Five

This bright fabric with cartoon Chinese children in traditional dress, came all the way from...I'll let you guess...Brighton, Michigan! Thank you (again!), Dawn :-)

Squish Eighty Four

This cream fabric with stars and American flags, came all the way from Brighton, Michigan as part of the August LID group swap. Thank you, Dawn :-)

Squish Eighty Three

This yellow fabric with colourful dragonflies and daisy-like flowers, came all the way from Brighton, Michigan as part of the August LID group swap. Thank you, Dawn :-)

Squish Eighty Two

This cream fabric with cartoon Chinese little girls in traditional costumes came all the way from Brighton, Michigan as part of the August LID group swap. Thank you, Dawn :-)

Squish Eighty One

This lilac fabric with silhouetted fairies and butterflies came all the way from Genoa, Illinois as part of the August LID group swap. Thank you, Michelle, again! :-)

Squish Eighty

This dotty fabric with friendly cartoon animals, came all the way from Genoa, Illinois as part of the August LID group swap. Thank you, Michelle :-)

Squish Seventy Nine

This green and purple, flowery fabric with Tinkerbell peeping out all over it, came all the way from Malibu, California as part of the August LID group swap. Thank you, Annette :-)

Squish Seventy Eight

This fabric covered with cartoon images of Chinese children in traditional clothing, came all the way from Glen Allen, Virginia as part of the July LID group swap. Thank you, Robin :-)

Squish Seventy Seven

This white fabric with pale pink roses, came all the way from Louisa, Virginia as part of the July LID group swap. Thank you, Denise :-)

Squish Seventy Six

This red, gingham fabric, covered in daisies, came all the way from FLORIDA! (my favourite state), as part of the July LID group swap. Thank you, Tricia :-)

Squish Seventy Five

This bright yellow fabric with bluebirds and flowers came all the way from Kelowna, Canada as part of the July LID group swap. Thank you, Kim :-)

Monday 21 January 2008

Squish Seventy Four

This fabric covered in different coloured tulips, each with a tiny baby inside, came all the way from Ontario, Canada as part of the August LID group swap. Thank you, Karen :-)

Squish Seventy Three

This blue fabric with multicoloured butterflies came a long way, from London, England! This was part of the RQ group swap. Thank you, Suzanne :-) I.O.U!

Squish Seventy Two

This fabric with a mini print of leaves and multicoloured flowers, came all the way from Ontario, Canada from the July LID group swap. Thank you, Christine :-)

Squish Seventy One

This pastel pink fabric with lilac flowers and pink butterflies, came all the way from London, England as part of the In The Pink group swap. Thank you Suzanne :-)

Squish Seventy

This pale pink fabric with pastel coloured butterflies and glitter, came all the way from Greenwood, Indiana from the In The Pink group swap. Thank you, Michelle :-)

Squish Sixty Nine

This dark pink fabric with lighter pink Chinese characters, came all the way from Bellevue, Washington from the In The Pink group swap. Thank you, Carolyn :-)

Squish Sixty Eight

This pink brick pattern fabric covered in darker pink and green flowers, came all the way from Milan, Indiana from the In The Pink group swap. Thank you, Jodi :-)

Squish Sixty Seven

This pink fabric with darker pink butterflies and birds came all the way from Montgomery, Alabama from the In The Pink group swap. Thank you, Marissa :-)

Squish Sixty Six

This pink fabric with darker pink ferns, leaves and dragonflies, acented with small touched of gold, came all the way from Williamsburg, Michigan from the In The Pink group swap. Thank you, Kari :-)

Squish Sixty Five

This chequer-board style fabric with vivid cartoon images came all the way from The Netherlands from the RQ group swap. Thank you, Karin :-)

Squish Sixty Four

This sandy fabric with beach themed motifs came all the way from Manahawkin, New Jersey from the August LID group swap. Thank you, Stacey :-)

Squish Sixty Three

This dark green fabric, covered in small red, yellow and blue flowers, came all the way from Milan, Indiana from the RQ group swap. Thank you Jodi :-)

Squish Sixty Two

This blue, starry fabric with magical unicorns galloping across it, came all the way from Columbia, Maryland. Thank you, Tracy :-)

Squish Sixty One

This red, fortune cookie fabric came all the way from Benton, Arizona from the August LID group swap. Thank you, Paula
:-)

Friday 18 January 2008

Squish Sixty

This fabric covered in tiny, pink flowers, came all the way from Barcelona, Spain from the August LID group swap. Gracias, Carmen :-)

Squish Fifty Nine

This pink fabric covered in yellow flowers came all the way from Ontario, Canada from the In The Pink group swap. Thank you Mary :-)

Squish Fifty Eight

This pale pink fabric covered in pink flowers and bee hives, came all the way from Ontario, Canada from the In The Pink group swap. Thank you Marilyn :-)

Squish Fifty Seven


This red fabric covered with multicoloured butterflies, came all the way from Commerce, Georgia from the RQ group swap. Thank you, Brooke :-)