My quilting friend nagged me to show you this project so here goes. Way back in the 70's I sold a liquid embroidery product. This was one of the projects that I painted. I did nothing with the blocks until 2004 when I decided to finally put it together. Got the top finished and then did not know much about quilting so decided to start stitching around each little figure. Another quilting friend told me that I was doing echo stitching. I did not know that but did know that it took me about a month to do each block. Then we moved to another state and I did not get back to it until 2007 when I finally finished it. I entered it in the local fair and won a blue ribbon. I gave it to my daughter as she was a small girl when I first painted the blocks. She told me she cuddled under it this winter which tickled my heart. I told her it was to use and not to keep on a shelf.

What a wonderful quilt. I love the story that goes with it. Job well done!

It's VERY nice! I'm glad your friend nagged you to show us the quilt. Thank you. Congratulations on the blue ribbon.

Love it.

what she said! :thumbup:

Ditter

I have never seen anything like this, very original and beautiful.

awesome

What a wonderful quilt!

It is a piece . Great job :thumbup:

What a fabulous quilt!

Lovely quilt....My Nan used to like to "paint" on fabric around that time...think it was called "Hobbytex", they used to have parties, bit like Tupperware.

It's a blue ribbon winner for sure.

Sure is a winner. Very pretty quilt.

Lovely

How beautiful! I looked at the pictures before I read the post and I though "Oh, I've GOT to have some of that fabric." Then I read the post... Anyway it's gorgeous! You should be very, very proud.

Glad you finished it. It is too beautiful to be sitting unfinished some where.

OMG I love it.. what little girl would not love this quilt! Great job!

The colors are so vibrant! What a fun quilt for your daughter to have! Good job!

PERFECT!! and a well deserved blue ribbon!

I quilts with stories behind them and yours is wonderful. Congrats on the blue ribbon! Sometimes we need alittle nagging, so thank your friend for that extra push and I do remember the Tri chem paints, is that the company you work with?

Smile! My 'little girl' will be 40 this year!

It was Tri-Chem. It was a fun thing to do and I very much enjoyed the 4 years when I sold it.

Gorgeous!!

Wonderful :thumbup: :thumbup:

Very pretty, and glad you finished it. You also did a good job painting the girls. I used to do the Tri-Chem painting, and not everything came out that good.

oooooo thats beautiful

I remember those pens! My aunt had every color and she very generouly shared with all of the teen nieces. I wonder what happened to the stuff I did.

The quilt is lovely and I am glad that it is being cherished.

What a wonderful quilt! I love dolls and this reminds me of taking my daughter to DisneyWorld and riding the "It's a Small World of Dolls" ride over and over and over ! love it.

Sharon

You did a beautiful job on the blocks and the quilting!!!
I love this quilt and can see why DD does too :D:D:D

Fantastic!!

Thanks everyone for your nice comments. This is a great site!

WOW! This is wonderful! You are very talented!

Gee you did a great job on it. What kind of product did you use to paint it?

Read earlier posts. :-) I painted it with Tri-Chem liquid embroidery paint way back around 1976. Yikes! That was a long, long, time ago!

Wow, that is beautiful. You are quite and artist. I love the finished product. Great job and thanks for sharing.

Oops! Sorry... Thanks for the info!

Beautiful! I made a crib sheet, a birth announcement, and a tablecloth back in the 70's using that Liquid Embroidery! I loved it! I gave my daughter (now 36!!) her crib sheet recently along with the wall hanging (birth announcement) AND I am still using the tablecloth!

Such memories! Great job!!!

Did you by any chance put the blocks through a printer & print extra fabric with the paintings on it. I'm sure you could sell this to a fabric manufacturer. It is gorgeous.

That thought never crossed my mind. Back when I began putting them together, I just barely had a computer and the thought never crossed my mind. I think there might be copyright issues though since the original girl patterns were from the Tri-Chem company. I certainly did not draw them out myself. I just recently learned how to put photos on my quilts though with the fabric w/paper backing that you run through the printer. I plan to try some quilt labels with that technique next week and will let you know how it turns out. But your suggestion to a fabric manufacturer makes me think that if any of them ever read these quilting blogs, they might dream up something similar and perhaps it would be a good seller. I know I really love the old fashioned paper doll prints on fabric that are popular now.

LOVED Tri-chem, and by golly! You persevered and made a great quilt! Congratulations on the blue ribbon!<wave>