Doll swap quilt received

I received my cute doll quilt last week but my sisters were visiting and keeping me so busy that I didn't have a chance to post this before today.

Thanks to Jessica for this darling little quilt. She even embroidered the label.

I think she long armed this like I did for mine. I love the colors she picked. 

Doll quilt swap

I am making a doll quilt for my swap partner. (See previous post for information) I started out with 2 courthouse steps blocks using one and a half inch strips. They were too big for this project so I made another one with one inch strips. It ended up being perfect. I had the striped fabric in mind for sashing.

Here are my blocks with a couple of stripes in between on my design wall. I had less than a fat quarter of the blue stripe fabric. I had to plan accordingly.

I got the blocks and sashing together and I had a little bit of the blue left. I fussy cut a 3/4 inch outer border. Then I tried out various borders here.

Warm brown. 

Rose.

Grayish.

Blue on Navy or black I can't decide what this is.

Here's the winner. Quilted.

Same on the back.

Propped it up here and the binding is on. I used the grayish fabric for the binding. I mailed it to my partner on April 1st. My partner loved it. Yeah

The making of a doll quilt

I joined a doll quilt swap that Lori of Humble Quilts was hosting. I make a doll quilt for my unknown partner and someone else makes a doll quilt for me. There are guidelines to follow such as size and era of reproduction fabrics. I got started on mine.

I decided to make a 4 patch on point. Then I have to try out all the different possible backgrounds. This one is a dark rose color.

This is a dark eggplant color.

A sage green color.

Golden brown here.

Grayish color.

Warm brown.

Decided to mix it up. I used the grayish and the eggplant.

I am now deciding on the borders.

Here it is with the warm brown. I actually really like this one.

I decided to use the eggplant as it makes the center float. I used a light brown for the binding and the back. I stitched in the ditch for the quilting. I ended up keeping this quilt because I didn't think the fabrics were dull enough and the era might have been just a little too modern.

Bow Tie Mini

I cut this out today. It is a pattern from the Temecula Quilt Company. It's in their T is for Tiny pamphlet book. Each bow block finishes at 2 inches.

I have to sew the binding down yet.

Here's the back. This is a pretty watercolor type fabric. I've had a fat quarter of it for 20 years or so. Too small to really do anything with. I love it on the back of this. Finished at 7 1/2 by 10 1/2. 

I might use it as a reversible mug rug.

Two Mini Quilts

Random scraps for Prairie quilt.

 Pattern is from the book by Kathleen Tracy called "American Doll Quilts".

Hand quilted this while I started watching new to me on Netflix- "The Paradise". 

If you like "Downton Abbey" you will like this show about a department store.

A little close up of the simple hand quilting.

The finished size is 14 3/4 by 16 1/4.

Backing is fabric I'm trying to get out of my stash.

Back of quilt.

This one is my own design trying to use up scraps. I think I used 2 1/2 inch squares and made them into hourglass blocks- also called broken dishes when lots of them are next to each other. Teeny tiny I put the bobbin on the quilt to show scale.

The back of the quilt. I stitched in the ditch but hand sewed the binding down. 

The finished size is 9 1/2 by 12 1/2.

tutorial for doll quilt is from SewMamaSew Blog This was really fun and fast to make.