Shar Schmutz Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 I'm posting this for Jim, he's a wiz with machines but seems to have a little difficulty with positng pictures and this one is too good not to share! ;>) Here's a photo of the quilt Kathy made for the quilt show silent auction I mentioned a while back. I don't know how well everything shows up, but you'll get some idea of what it looks like. Kathy crocheted all the little dresses. I realized that I didn't tell you how the quilt was made. Kathy used her Brother ULT 2003D sewing machine the embroider each of the 12 blocks. She used the same embroidery pattern for each doll, just changing some of the thread colors. She also embroidered the lettering in each block. She tried to associate an appropriate color outfit for each month, and the holiday celebrated in the block and the lettering. She then assembled the blocks with the sashing and border. I quilted it, she bound it with the flange binding, and then glued the embellishments to the quilt. The dresses are held on by tiny cloths pins, that she glued to the quilt. The dresses can be removed and replaced. [/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heirloom Quilter Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 That's adorable. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustee Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Really cute quilt. A great use of the embroidery machine. I love doing embroidered quilts, but no one ever appreciates the time in takes to do all that embroidery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buslady Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Our local quilt shop showed a pattern for that, but it's too much work for me. This is really adorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasewsit Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyce Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 who does the patterns? My friend loved it and me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachside Quilter Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 SOOO cute, Shar! Great work by both you and Kathy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimerickson Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 My wife Kathy designed the quilt herself, she didn't have a pattern for it. She got the embroidery pattern for the dolls from the Embroidery Library, designed the lettering herself, and the crochet pattern for the dresses came from an 1970 thread promotion book. The dresses were originally intended to cover refrigerator magnets. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyce Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Jim thanks for the info, couldn't find the doll patterns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoinette Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 This quilt is freakin' adorable. It reminds me of the McCallls paper dolls and I loved paper dolls when I was a little girl, if ever I was little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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