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Learn to quilt today  the way  children  did in the past--by sewing simple little doll quilts .  Have fun while you learn to piece basic blocks that quilters have been using in their quilts for hundreds of years.  Use  fabric scraps to give your quilts your own "personal"  look and add a simple charm that reminds us of doll quilts made centuries ago.  To get started, try one of the free patterns on this site or one of the patterns for little quilts you will find in my books, American  Doll Quilts   and  Prairie  Children and Their  Quilts .   Easy enough for beginners, charming enough for the quilter who's young at heart. 
 
                
 
               Make these simple little doll quilts in no time at all.

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                                              Scrappy Civil War Doll Quilt

 

Materials: 
Two and a half-inch squares of assorted light, medium and dark print fabric scraps
1/4 yard total of 2 different Civil War prints for borders
20" X 24" piece of fabric for backing
20" X 24" piece of cotton batting
1/4 yard binding fabric

Cut 48  2 1/2" squares from the fabric scraps.  Cut 2 1/2" strips from 2 different Civil War prints. With right sides together and using a 1/4-inch seam, sew one lighter 2 1/2" square to a medium or dark print scrap square. Press. Piece two pairs of squares into a block, flipping the darker squares opposite each other. Make 12 blocks.

 

Sew three blocks together into a row. Make 4 rows. Press. Sew each row of three to the next row until you have sewn all four rows together. Press.

 

Measure top and bottom of quilt and cut the border strips to fit. Sew the strips to the top and bottom.  Measure sides of quilt and cut the remaining border strips to fit. Sew the strips to the sides of the quilt.

 

Layer quilt top with batting (middle) and backing. Quilt an X in the center of each block with a simple quilting stitch. Cut 1 1/2" strips from the binding fabric and attach binding using your favorite binding method.

 

 

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                            Scrappy Triangles Doll Quilt    
 

 


Materials:

 

1/4 yard light print

assorted scraps of medium to dark prints

1/4 yard blue print for border

14 yard red print for border

5/8 yard of fabric for backing

24" x 20" piece of cotton batting

1/4 yard print for binding

 

Cut:

 

24 squares--3" x  3" from light print

24 squares--3" x  3" from assorted scraps

2 strips, 2 1/2" x  42"  from blue border print

2 strips, 2 1/2" x  42"  from red border print

2 strips, 1 1/2" x 42" from dark print for binding

 

1.  Place one light square on top of a medium scrap square, right sides together. With a pencil and a ruler, draw a diagonal line from one corner to the opposite corner. Stitch a straight line 1/4" away from the line on both sides. Cut on the drawn line. Press the block and trim to a 2 1/2" square.

 

2.  Sew six of these 1/2 square triangle units together into a row. Press. Make eight rows.

 

3.  Sew the rows together and press.

 

4.  Measure the sides of the quilt and cut 2 blue border strips to that length. Sew to the sides of the quilt. Press.

 

5.  Measure the width of the quilt and cut 2 red border strips as long as the width. Press.

 

6.  Cut the backing fabric several inches larger than the quilt all around.

 

7.  Layer the quilt top with batting (middle) and backing.

 

8.  Quilt an  X  in each square using a  simple quilting  stitch.  Sew  the 1 1/2" binding strips together and attach the binding using your favorite binding method.