Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Zig Zag Doll Quilt

Leslie is wanting to make a zig zag quilt for her front room. I told her I'd do some practicing and see how easy or hard it would be. This little doll quilt is the result of my practice. I started it back in February when I was having a major doll quilt binge.


I love how it turned out, but I thought it was a real stinker to make. I'm thinking it was because the triangles were so small (3.5 inches or 8.9 cm). Lots of little pieces to try and work with~not my idea of a good time!

Since it was a trial quilt I just pulled out some fabrics from my stash. This backing fabric I really love. I made my girls skirts out of it last year.

I sort of used this method to make the quilt. If Leslie and I decide to tackle a big zig zag quilt, I guarantee we will be using this one instead, because it doesn't use triangles!

Lastly, here is another doll quilt I made during my binge for our little 3 yr old friend Libby. I stole the last bits of her mom's AHenry Pears and Apples fabric so the quilt would match the play kitchen her mom made her for Christmas.

I never thought in a million years that I'd ever be making doll quilts, but they are proving to be quite fun for me! If only I didn't have so many ideas...

Browse through more great zig zags on flickr. This one happens to be a favorite of mine. If you like Monet, check out this and this.

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6 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh I love little doll quilt you made for Libby. Cute, cute colors.

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  2. p.s. I just looked at the flickr zig zag quilts. I looooove them with white in between.

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  3. You make little girls very happy. So cute!

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  4. Love the method of sewing squares together instead of triangles. Also like the rectangles sewn together to look like triangles. People are so clever. Tiffany

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  5. Love this--and kudos to crazy mom quilts for her rectangle zigzag and not triangles.

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  6. those are adorable! I am just beginning to quilt- I've made a pillow and a few potholders, but these might be a good way to practice, before I jump into a full-sized quilt!

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