Yesterday I showed my first doll quilt of 2014 which was predominantly purple and white. I wanted each quilt to have a unique colorway, so for the second quilt I went with blue and yellow .
A simple pillow (5x3-ish) accompanies this queen size doll quilt (approximately 18x18).
- What did I name the quilt? Meet Me in the Middle
- Why? Because in the very center of the quilt is a blue scrap that says "Hawaii". I would love to meet someone there! Blue skies, golden sand. Yeah, that's my style.
- Who will receive this quilt? Some little girl in a foreign country.
- What inspired the fabric choices? I was having the winter blues when I started it, and craving sunshine. Here in Maryland, the winter just never quit. Well, maybe by June .
- Which fabrics were Barbara's? All of them.
- What is the name of pattern? I'm not sure. I just put rail fence blocks together and made a framed rectangle in the middle.
- What did I learn from making it? Two things: (1) Don't use fabrics that you don't love or really, really like. I "settled" on some of these scraps out of thrift. Now I rate the fabrics in my stash on a 1-10 scale. I won't buy or use anything that isn't a 7 or higher on the "like" scale, unless I make something for an animal shelter. (2) My first attempt at free motion quilting was pathetic. But these doll quilts are for learning on and I learned that I needed a darning foot (which I eventually purchased) and a lot more practice.
- When did I start the quilt and when did I finish it? February and June (?). I know it dragged on and on because I wasn't in love with it. But the beauty of a little project like this is that it can be finished quickly once the mind is made up to just do it.
Ooh! Me! Me! Me! Pick Me! I'll gladly meet you in the "middle" - Hawaii, wherever! :-) Beautiful quilt - we have a quilting guild that meets at our church and I am so blown away by what they create... truly incredible.
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