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Embroidered Bunny Doll Quilt Top

Posted on March 30, 2012March 21, 2013 by Martha

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.

Marjorie’s Cottage Quilt was what I had in mind, but for a kit quilt top, I wanted something with a simpler design and easier embroidery.  The bunnies in the center were copied from an old embroidered baby quilt I saw on ebay several years ago.  It was a whole cloth summer quilt with no piecing — just the bunny motif in the middle.  Initially, I was going to set this quilt like Marjorie’s, but after I embroidered the bunnies, I changed my mind and decided make it diagonal.  Because of this, the square in the middle is cut with bias edges, which was kind of a drag, and something I will certainly correct in the kit.

Vintage Double Wedding Ring quilt pieces form the patchwork sections of the quilt.  The pattern is super easy; it’s like a strippy quilt in that you don’t have to pay much attention to how many little pieces are in each section.  The original DWR pieces are close enough to the size I need that I didn’t have to trace and cut.  Because the pieces are slightly wider on one end, I just flip them one way or the other as I’m sewing to keep the strip fairly straight, and then I trim it down.  I like the look of the uneven seams.

For the tinting on these small quilts, I like to use Prismacolor colored pencils.  They can get into smaller spaces, they don’t crumble, and because they are soft and slightly waxy, they apply really well to fabric.  I plan to purchase pencils to put in the kits, although I’ll probably cut them up since they are sort of pricey and only a tiny bit of color is required.

The top measures about 23″ x 23″, and contains approximately 200 of the print pieces.  I would definitely quilt this with black embroidery floss, probably similar to the quilting on the finished Cottage Quilt.

 

9 thoughts on “Embroidered Bunny Doll Quilt Top”

  1. Allie says:
    March 30, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    I am swooning over this one, Martha – this is too adorable for words!!!!!

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  2. Karen Beigh says:
    March 30, 2012 at 5:17 pm

    Such sweet bunnies. The 30’s fabrics do them justice.

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  3. Mom Wald says:
    March 31, 2012 at 4:34 am

    You’ve done it again, wonderful!

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  4. Ann Champion says:
    March 31, 2012 at 6:38 am

    So cute! I love the jumping Bunnies. 🙂

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  5. Patalier says:
    March 31, 2012 at 9:03 am

    Whenever I see one of your quilts and I think to myself, “Martha will have a hard time topping this one,” …. you always prove me wrong! I swear, (often and like a pirate) you have the Midas touch with your sewing machine needle!

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  6. Pauline says:
    June 1, 2014 at 10:14 pm

    This little quilt is stunning – I adore the little bunnies – such a clever idea to colour them with fabric pencils too. Love the scrappy strips and the on point setting – so stylish and cute! The cuteness factor is this quilt is through the roof!!!!

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  7. Carol Thompson says:
    November 10, 2014 at 5:01 pm

    There you are again, with my favorite fabric! Q

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  8. Viola Hendrickson says:
    January 13, 2015 at 7:32 pm

    Is this pattern of the bunnies available to purchase?
    Please advise as soon as possible. Thank you.

    Reply
  9. Sharrie says:
    April 15, 2021 at 9:11 pm

    So cute! I love this one and your use of the tiny, vintage pieces.

    Reply

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