After putting together the pineapple quilt block, I was a little frustrated with this pile of fabric and leftover triangular pieces. I have a hard time throwing fabric in the trash…especially when it is kind of bigger, which some of these were.
After looking at a few options {over 50 different ideas for orphan quilt blocks} I decided to sew up a doll quilt.
Supplies for sewing:
leftover Triangles from the Pineapple quilt block or your fabrick stash
strips of fabric- background 2 1/2″ strips
Doll Quilt Instructions:
Dig through your scraps of cut-offs and find triangles that are similar in size.
1) Sew your leftover pieces together. Mine were triangle so I sewed them together to make a square quilt block.
2) Square up your blocks {if needed}
3) Sew borders with the 2 1/2″ strips to make bigger.
4) Start laying the new blocks side by side and sew them together. Some might be a big bigger than the others, that’s all right.
5) Trim off the extra to make the one strip all the same size
6) Repeat this process until you have 3 rows {or how many you’d like}
7) Sew the rows together
8) Layer with the backing, batting and quilt your doll quilt
9) Bind your doll quilt. You can do a traditional binding or fold the back to the front bind
Learn how to make a doll bed out of a vintage magazine rack, and bedding for it. Doll Bedding Tutorials included: doll pillow, doll blanket, and a doll bed matress.
Have more scraps or quilt blocks? Here’s another tutorial on how to make a few different doll quilts.
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What is the over all measurement of the doll quilt?