Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Tiny Feed Sack Fabric Squares Doll Quilt

I like all kinds of fabrics, including feed sack prints and 30s reproduction fabrics.  So in 2008, I made a little doll quilt from 30s reproduction fabrics with tiny nine patches, itty bitty yo-yos, and embroidered vines.  I used a pattern designed by Carol Steffensen of Chickadee Hollow Designs:  www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com.  Check out her blog: http://chickadeechatter-carol.blogspot.com.

 

A year or two later, I bought an old canning jar chock full of authentic feed sack fabrics, cut into 1.25" squares for $9.00 – such a deal!!  Two cardboard templates were included in the jar, along with two completed hand-pieced nine-patch blocks.  I've been saving the jar full of squares, trying to decide how best to use that fabric. 

 

Were those little nine-patch blocks intended for a baby quilt, a doll quilt?  Should I honor the woman who so carefully traced and cut each square by completing the hand-pieced nine-patch quilt she started?  Should I make another little doll quilt with yo-yo's and embroidery, only this time with real feedsack fabrics instead of reproductions?   Perhaps there are enough squares to do both.

 

Time will tell.  In the meantime, I keep this jar of tiny squares in my Girl Cave.  It is one of my treasures.

 

TTFN

LeAnn aka pasqueflower

http://pasqueflowerponderings.blogspot.com

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pasqueflower

 

10 comments:

  1. Love love love!
    like the diamond pattern here! also i love the leaves, looks like vine!

    dita

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  2. Beautiful little quilt! I also love the embroidery and the diamond pattern in it.

    I'm sure that whomever the quilter was would be delighted to know her materials and labor for her unfinished project were carried forward to create any finished quilt :).

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  3. What a treasure! Even if you don't decide what to do with it any time soon, it's still a lovely decoration for your Girl Cave.

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  4. Your little quilt is so sweet and makes me want to make one! What a treasure you found in that jar. I'm sure you will come up with something fantastic to do with it!

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  5. Adorable quilt, and I love the canning jar find, a bargain at just $9 and what a great storage idea...

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  6. What a beautiful quilt and I love the way the little squares look in the jar. So cute!

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  7. This quilt is so adorable!! It makes me want to finish the one I started for my third child.

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  8. OMG!! those are adorable!! nice colour combination! New follower from etsy.

    http://doodledollies.blogspot.com

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  9. Wow!What a beautiful quilt You did a great work! I love it! BTW, if you have etsy coupon you can share your coupon at http://etsycouponcode.com

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  10. That baby quilt is gorgeous, what a great buy on the canning crock with the fabric. It will be fun to see what you decide to make with it.

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