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A quilt for Julie

Posted on December 3, 2008May 22, 2010 by Martha


This is a doll quilt I made for the new American Girl doll, Julie.  I related to this doll since the year is 1974 and she is a hippy like I was  (or at least as much as any AG doll could be).  Julie was also the name of my sister-in-law who had long blonde hair just like this doll.  This pattern is one I remembered from an old quilt book I had from 1977.  The original pattern was an appliqued twin bed quilt and I always thought it was a great example of the “flower power” type designs.  Because the smallest blocks on my quilt are only 4 inches square, I decided to crayon tint and embroider the doll quilt rather than applique.  This type of heavy crayon tinting was new for me, especially since I crayoned the whole block, including the background.  I also changed the colors a bit from the original pattern (below) and added green sashing strips.  To finish off, I hand quilted around most of the elements with colored thread to match the background tint.

I also used wall stickers to decorate the outside of a trunk which I already owned, and wallpapered the inside with butterfly scrapbook paper.  The outside was then painted with a couple of coats of acrylic to keep the stickers from peeling.  Now I just need to make her some cute 70’s style clothes.

5 thoughts on “A quilt for Julie”

  1. Ruthie says:
    December 3, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    Wow great work martha!

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  2. Jennie says:
    December 4, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    You could go into business!!

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  3. Jennifer Krohn says:
    December 7, 2008 at 8:57 am

    I love this quilt! Nice job on the blog Elliott.

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  4. amy says:
    December 15, 2008 at 10:22 am

    Your Julie quilt is wonderful!!!

    Reply
  5. Jennifer Krohn says:
    April 20, 2009 at 3:51 am

    Did you take pictures of the doll and the clothes?? I want to see them.

    Reply

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