The Strawberry Fields Doll Quilt is finally done. I decided to use feather designs — a continuous feather in the pink zig-zag, and some made-up feather designs in the blocks, side setting triangles and corners. I just drew all the designs as I went without a template, so they are a little primitive.
In retrospect, I wish I had selected a darker fabric for the background so the feathers would show up a little better — see Ann Champion’s wonderful version here where she did just that. I ramped up the contrast a little on the photos, hoping you would be able to see the quilting pattern a bit better.
This top was constructed with antique fabrics — the binding is a reproduction, and the back is one of my vintage French fabrics which is not nearly as old as the fabrics in the top, but I really like the look of it.
Thank you Lori at Humble Quilts for sponsoring this quilt-a-long. I enjoyed working on this cute pattern and am looking forward to seeing all the other quilts.
Strawberry Fields Doll Quilt
Martha Dellasega Gray, 2010
machine pieced, hand quilted
19″ x 26″
It’s wonderful — I love the fabrics you used!
I love how your Strawberry Fields quilt turned out! I missed making this quilt along – hopefully I can jump in later this summer to make this one!
Fantastic!! I love the fabris combinations and the backing is glorious!!
The photo makes it look like a big quilt. It is very pretty. I like the pink but I understand what you mean.
Your quilt is beautiful Martha! A perfect way to use your pretty vintage scraps. I love the the feathers you quilted. You did a wonderful job of drawing them out and stitching them.
Thanks for showing the back too..it’s so pretty and looks so good with your other fabric choices! 🙂
I am fascinated by the tiny pieces in your doll quilts! I always try to do the math and figure out just what the dimension of the smallest pieces are. But then, it is impossible to discard all but the tiniest sliver of scrap fabric!
This one really turned out beautifully! I love the backing! (but you knew I would, since it is red and white!)
It looks so striking with the black pieces. Your quilting is fabulous!
And the backing is gorgeous and perfect for this little quilt.
I really like your version of the doll quilt – That red and black is wonderful! I also loved that you had some consistent fabrics – Beautiful!
It really looks like a 19C doll quilt –
duh, now that I’ve read the whole post, I see you used antique fabric, no wonder is looked old – lol, I really should fully read before commenting!
l love your quilt Martha, the perfect quilt for those antique fabrics. Thanks for sharing.
Very beautiful version.
Hugs from France
I really like your non scrappy version!
It’s fun to see all the different versions of the little quilt. How nice that you made it of mostly old fabrics. Wonderful job. It has been fun to quiltalong but mine is only a top so far.
What a lovely quilt and such beautiful quilting.
Thank you for the inspiration, Martha!
What a pretty version of Strawberry Fields! Love the feather motif.
Hugs from Holland ~
Heidi