The Doll's House Quilt: A Perfect Travelling Project

Hello!

Quite a long time no see.....I hope you're well.

 

We've just spent a couple of weeks touring in France and I just had to show you this quilt that I made whilst on the move :)

It's a little doll's house quilt :) 

I had gone away with several ideas for crafty projects to do on the road. As the weather wasn't brilliant, I found time to make some bunting and, of course, a patchwork block for my holiday quilt.

But this little quilt was by far the most enjoyable.

I loved cutting out the tiny squares and using up the smallest of fabric scraps!

It made the perfect small project to travel with.

 

I sewed it by hand and I particularly enjoyed the hand quilting which I hadn't tried before.

I used the English paper piecing method to make the patchwork top...

 

 

I wasn't sure how the back would look......

but I think all the little stitches look cute....

When I'd completed this little quilt, I decided to make another.....

and another!

As you can see, I haven't quilted these yet (another couple of WIPs on the list!)

Here are the backs....

 

My little projects mingled well with the French dictionary, Kindle and travel sweets in Harvey J's glove box :)

 

So if you like a spot of relaxing hand sewing and you have some fabric scraps, I would thoroughly recommend making a little quilt whilst on holiday.

 

 

For me, there's only one downside. No doll's house to put them in! I have a solution though...... I think I will treat them as mini wall quilts. In fact they will look very cute in Harvey J. They will add a nice homely touch....

 

Yes....good idea.....I'll just check with Chris.....on the other hand........maybe I'll just put them up and see if he notices.......;)

 

Happy Crafting!

 

Maggie xx

Baby Clothes Quilt No. 2 Completed!

I'm very happy to have a finished project to share with you :)
 

It's one of the quilts I showed you last time. The one made from baby clothes......



Baby Clothes Quilt

Baby Clothes Quilt

This is the second baby clothes quilt I've made for my lovely customer and I've so enjoyed it :)

 

This time I decided to make a scrappy binding using some lovely blue cottons....

 



Scrappy Quilt Binding



 

..... I felt it suited the style of the quilt....

 

Scrappy quilt binding

 

Scrappy quilt binding

 

Baby Clothes Quilt

 Here's Chris and the quilt........yes he's under there somewhere ;)

 

Baby Clothes Quilt

Here's a little reminder of the first quilt just for comparison......

Note.....no scrappy binding..

Here's a pic to make you smile.......Spencer with the new toy I bought him yesterday......it lasted all of half an hour!

Spencer
 

Any dog owners out there know the feeling?

 

 

I'll be back soon with a holiday block! It's called Clay's Choice or Star of the West. These are the fabrics I used......

 

 

Happy crafting until next time......enjoy your Sunday :)

 

Maggie xx

Baby Clothes Patchwork Quilt

I thought I'd show you a patchwork quilt I completed just before Christmas.

My lovely customer asked me to make a quilt using fabrics from her little boy's baby clothes.

It was to be a Christmas gift for her Mum.

 

I remember thinking what an excellent idea......what a delightful gift it would surely be...and what a perfect way to repurpose the little boy's baby clothes!

So I started with a huge bag of baby clothes......dungarees, little shirts, jeans....lots of delicious denims, cottons and cords....

I had a super-duper time sorting through the clothing and cutting as many squares as possible from each piece......

Making the most of any features such as tiny pockets and cute motifs.....

I laid the squares out in diagonal rows of light, medium and dark fabrics......I started with the pockets and motifs all facing the same way as shown below...

...but later on I decided to mix up the direction of these squares so that the quilt could be used any way round...

I sewed the squares together, first into rows and then all the rows together.

I found this lovely fabric for the backing....the cream looked wonderful with some of the lighter squares whilst the blue floral pattern complimented the denims........in addition to adding a pleasing feminine touch :)

I then basted, quilted and bound the quilt and here it is!

I was really thrilled with how the quilt turned out :)

and luckily so was my lovely customer.....

and my lovely customer's Mum was thrilled too!

I loved making this quilt by recycling this little boy's baby clothes...a quilt that is so unique and special.....and full of lovely baby memories :)

Maggie xx