Had Matthew's family drop by this morning as Matthew needed to do an inspection on his quilt and needs to know his baby sisters supplies are being worked on. So we went thru the fabric and he helped me choose the perfect fabric for his baby sister's quilt and very first dolly. He asked if I make the dolly will it still be his special gift from her big brother. Mom and Pop said he would have to buy something from some place to make the gift be from him. So me and Matthew come up with a fair price (5 cents) for the dolly and all her clothes. Now granted she is a bit too young to play with a dolly but as Matthew explained she will get there eventually so the dolly comes with a complete set of clothes and a special quilt. His baby sister told him she wants a girl's Cop quilt for next Christmas--told him I can't take orders this soon for 2023. Remember she's only a few months by Christmas this year.
The backing fabric is quilted into 6" squares as it was a bit thinner than I like for quilts so I bought some batting for the quilt and put it between both layers of the backing. Then quilted it on the machine. I will be quilting around each figure and then tying off the two layers. the ties will be inside the quilt so it will look like a larger quilt space rather than a tie off quilt. I've worked quilts this way before and they are worked to make a pattern into the quilting. Also it will be very close to the fabric color so many people will not even see it if not specifically looking for it.
Will be looking forward to our next Virtual Quilting Weekend.
Last edited by MaryKa; 11-27-2022 at 10:35 PM.