Here in the Pacific NW, it has been dreary and raining for the past week. We got a little bit of sun last week, but I was still so jealous of the warm spring weather everyone else seemed to be enjoying. Anyway, to cheer myself up, I decided to make a springy little doll quilt….
The only place I could find this pattern is on the first page of Maggie Malone’s “5,000 Quilt Block Designs.” She calls it “Big O”, but the name doesn’t have a reference to any publication. I thought I should change the name for this little quilt. The pattern reminds me of Kansas Dugout (here is…
The Happy Childhood Quilt pattern, which was designed by Aileen Bullard, appeared in the Kansas City Star in 1932. It is an appliqued quilt, and many of the elements in the blocks are designed for the use of bias tape. I have another old pattern that calls for bias tape, and I think it’s a…
The Brother-Sister Quilts were published as a newspaper series in 1933 by Florence LaGanke, under the pseudonym, Nancy Page Quilt Club. There are 14 blocks in all, 7 meant for use in the brother’s quilt (with blocks repeated and the tree as a border) and 7 in the sister’s quilt (blocks repeated and the pram as…
Thank you everyone for your nice comments about the shop. I have been working very hard this past week on the little doll kits. The plan for this Scottie quilt top was to make kits, but I wasn’t happy with it because the scale was all wrong. I was concerned about the number of pieces,…
First of all, I want to thank everyone for all of the nice comments on my Baby Aster quilt top instructions. I added the two suggestions from Joyce and Mickie to state the dimensions (good catch, Mickie), and put a level of difficulty (great idea, Joyce). The kit is all put together and ready to…