For the Dolls
My two year old likes to play with baby dolls, when she pulls them out it is always to put them to bed. “Night Night Baby”, is a phrase I hear a lot. She inherited a lot of baby quilts made by her great grandmother. sometimes she will use quilts for her babies and other times she will use my kitchen towels. I suspect I will hang on to the inherited quilts to pass on to my grandchildren (if I should be so lucky!) to use. I decided I should add my own touch to the collection, so over the weekend I made a doll quilt.
I used fabrics from my scrap bag (I save all scraps larger than 5″). There was no rhyme or reason, I just grabbed fabrics and cut them up. I love the look of a “nine patch chain” quilt, but don’t think I would ever have the patience to make a full sized quilt- so I went for a tiny version!
This is only the second time I have done free motion quilting. I love the look but think I must be doing it wrong….my quilt came out feeling rather stiff. I think I stitched too close together, or too tightly. Does anyone know if there is a rule of thumb about how much quilting there should be in a square inch…or something?
September 25th, 2012 at 4:54 pm
hi heather! the doll quilt is so cute! i’d love to try that nine patch chain…really cool! i love the ric rac you added too. for the quilting, it really is preference on how much quilting you do. the smaller your ‘design’ is though, the stiffer your quilt will be because there is more stitching. i like doing mine bigger because it does make it more comfortable/flexible. plus, it’s faster.
i’ve seen it done tiny and larger. just depends on how you like it. if we end up getting together on friday, i could bring something to show you if you want. i have to admit, i haven’t come up with an idea of where to meet or what to do. are you still coming? i don’t even know where an amazing fabric shop is around here. pretty bad huh? i’ll email you.