My sisters and I had a wonderful time visiting our family in Oklahoma. It was so fun to see Jean Ann and her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchild. I can hardly believe my oldest sister is a great-grandmother.
This is a doll quilt that I made for Jean Ann in 2002, when I first began using vintage fabric in my quilts. Most of the 9-patches are made with old fabric, but the brown alternate squares, some of the 9-patch pieces, and the binding are reproductions.
9-Patch Doll Quilt
Martha Dellasega Gray, 2002
hand pieced, hand quilted
18″ x 21″
We visited our childhood home in Bartlesville, which was pretty depressing since the entire downtown and the older homes surrounding it have deteriorated to an alarming degree. It was hard to find a block that didn’t have several homes with old junk and furniture in the front yard, and our home was one of the worst.
On the bright side, we also spent an entire day at Woolaroc, a wonderful ranch, museum and lodge built by Frank Phillips that we often visited as children. It was gratifying to discover that it looked exactly the same. Mary and I were especially pleased to see that our favorite display of Indian dancers in a big glass case were still there — and the mechanism worked perfectly when you pressed the button.
Hi Martha .I am very new to the internet, and only know a few things on the computer. My grandson tried to teach me some things, but gave up as a hopeless cause. The one thing I learned was that if you put enough words in google search you could find most things you wanted to. I love vintage quilts and embroidery patterns so imagine my surprise when one day I somehow came across your “blog”. I didn’t even know there was such a thing. Since then I have been a faithful follower of yours and I enjoy reading your comments and seeing the beautiful things that you make. I have printed out a lot of the antique embroidery patterns that you had posted and I was wondering if I could have your permission to use these patterns on some baby quilts that I want to make? I would appreciate it so much. I think they they are so beautiful.Thank you so much for the wonderful things that you show on your “blog” . Joyce Carter
Glad you had fun! (And that you snapped a photo of that quilt!) I love brown, and this seems like the perfect way to use it, to let those other fabrics shine.
I’m ashamed to admit how much I missed you while you were off playing! Welcome home!!
It’s wonderful to know that you all had a great time! Thank you for sharing your adorable quilt and the video clips of dolls. The details of their costumes are amazing and really nice to see that they are still in working order.
Although I live in Oklahoma, I have never been able to go to Woolaroc. I so enjoyed the Indian Dancers. It actually looks like a real pow-wow going on with all the spectators. Thanks for posting this!
So very glad you had a wonderful time Martha! I’ve gone by my grandparent’s home [spent most of my time there] and it’s GONE. You’d never know it was there. So sad…
Your quilt is darling, and I love those Indian dancers, what a neat thing!
Love this little doll quilt, i especially liked your choice of quilting pattern! The mechanical thing is fun!!! 🙂
Your nine patch quilt is adorable! Love the quilting too!
My favorite things at Woolaroc, as a kid, were the shrunken heads (ew, I know) and the hunter’s lodge down the hill.