I wish I could spend the day outside! But, my little granddaughter is coming on Friday and they are staying for three days.
So, its off to the sewing machine I must go. I am working on making a baby doll quilt for her and I need to finish it before Friday.
I already made one for my other granddaughter in California. Here is the final product.
I posted about that baby doll quilt on this page . . .
http://avelisquilts.blogspot.com/2013/07/baby-baby-baby-doll-that-is.html
This doll quilt is also made out of crumb strips. I have been making 4 1/2 inch blocks and 2 1/2 inch strips every day, they are so easy to make. That way I would have plenty available whenever I need to make a quilt.
I used only the 2 1/2 inch strips in the quilt above. I wanted to make a different pattern for this little granddaughter so I sewed the 2 1/2 inch strips around a 4 1/2 inch square and then joined those blocks together.
The original block is the one above. It looks great by itself. But, I see that when I put these together with nothing in between, it's too too busy for my tastes. I tried to improve the look with the hearts appliqued. But, as you can see that didn't work too well.
This is the baby doll quilt with hearts machine appliqued onto the 4 1/2 inch squares.
These are close ups of the hearts on the quilt. There are five of them.
I couldn't make up my mind on which way to put the strips of fabric so I experimented.
Having made these two little baby doll quilts I have discovered that making little quilts this size is a perfect way to see how I like a block in a quilt.
Great experiment! I am glad that I did it! Now I know not to use this block in that way in a regular quilt. Maybe I will add sashing between the blocks or maybe bigger plain squares of fabric. I see more experimenting in my future. For now, I will just finish this little quilt.
That's it for today. . . enjoy your quilting!
Aveli
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