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 :-)

Squish Fifty Six

This pink fabric with a large flower motif and chain stitch detail, comes all the way from Blaine, Minneapolis. Thank you, Alison :-)



Squish Fifty Five

I am catching up on blogging my squishes, I fell so far behind when I was ill over Christmas.
This fabric covered in colourful bugs came all the way from Richland Center, Wisconsin, from an RQ group swap. Thank you Gretchen :-)

Sunday, 25 November 2007

Squish Fifty Four

Here is the last of this weeks Squishes finally getting blogged...
This lovely pastel pink toile de joey style fabric with pictures of Peter Rabbit came all the way from Boucherville, Canada. Thank you Anik :-)

Squish Fifty Three

Here is yet another Squish that I should have blogged this week...
This bright flowery fabric has come all the way from Long Beach, California. thank you Nina :-)

Squish Fifty Two

Another of MeiMei's late blogged Squishes...
This pink kitty cats came all the way from Wakefield, Massachusetts. Thank you Kathy :-)

Squish Fifty One

Here is another of this weeks Squishes for MeiMei...
This pink and sparkly ladybird fabric came all the way from Madison, Wisconsin. Thank you Sue :-)

Squish Fifty

I received quite a few Squishes over the last week and haven't got around to blogging them. So here is MeiMei's first Squish from this week...
This Oriental cloud fabric in pinks and blues came all the way from Tustin, California. Thank you Amber :-)

Wednesday, 14 November 2007

Squish Forty Nine

Here is the Squish that arrived in the post this morning...
This beautiful pastel pink and green fabric, with nursery rhyme figures on came from Williamsburg, Ohio. Thank you Kimberley :-)

Friday, 9 November 2007

Squish Forty Eight

Here is another Squish received in the post this morning...
This pink gingham fabric covered in ladybirds, came all the way from Maricopa, Arizona. Thank you again Judy :-)

Squish Forty Seven

This Squish was received as part of a "Nursery" group swap...
This lovely pastel fabric with baby teddy bears and nappies and booties, was sent all the way from Maricopa, Arizona. Thank you Judy :-)

Friday, 2 November 2007

Squish Forty Six

I received this Squish this morning and am blogging it on the day I received it! Wow!!
This bright and colourful yellow fabric, with multicoloured flowers all over it came all the way from Montgomery, Alabama. Thank you so much Marisa :-)

Squish Forty Five

This is the last of the unblogged, due to half term, Squishes...
This burgundy red fabric covered in white vine-like leaves came all the way from Frisco, Texas. Thank you Wendy :-)

Squish Forty Four

And here is yet another half term Squish, that I am blogging at last...
This lovely pink fabric with pictures of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit and family, came from my good cyber-pal Suzanne :-) Thank you Suzanne - its gorgeous :-)

Squish Forty Three

Here is another of the Squishes I received over the half term holidays, that I've only just got chance to blog...
This burgundy fabric covered with different coloured fans and flowers, came all the way from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thank you Sue :-)

Squish Forty Two

I told you I received a LOT of Squishes over the half term holidays, and here is another one...
This lovely green fabric, covered in pink butterflies and blue ladybirds, came all the way from Long Beach, California. Thank you Nina :-)

Squish Forty One

Here is another Squish finally being blogged now the children are back at school after their half term holiday...
This lovely patchwork style teddy and duck fabric was sent all the way from Hooksett, NH. Thank you Christen :-)

Squish Forty

Finally blogging another Squish received during half term...
This lovely fabric covered in tiny pink and blue flowers came all the way from Tillamook, Oregan. Thank you Brenda :-)

Squish Thirty Nine

Another half term Squish finally being blogged...
This lovely pastel green fabric, covered in pictures of traditional nursery rhymes has come all the way from Manchester, NH. Thank you Elizabeth :-)

Squish Thirty Eight

I have a lot of Squishes I received over the half term holiday that I didn't get chance to blog - so here is the first one...
This creamy fabric covered with pictures of warm Winter clothes came all the way from Belgium. Merci beaucoup Fabienne :-) C'est tres jolie :-)