Baby Doll Quilts

For Christmas, I refinished the Cradle and made a Crib for Emmah. I loved the little quilt so much, that I decided to make a bunch more to add to my Etsy site for sale. Here are the results:

They fit a traditional doll bed or cradle. I took pictures with my daughter's American Girl Doll, Felicity. She has the beds for her American Girl Dolls, but this little bed I used doesn't have the posters or top on it, so it was easier to photograph with. Besides...it reminds me of the bed I had that was my grandfather's bed when he was a boy.

Here are some close ups:

Baby Doll Crib Quilt, Doll Cradle Quilt, in the Jelly Roll Style with a Flannel Back and wrapped Flannel Binding. Quilts are machine embroidered. Each Baby Doll Quilt is made with a matching flannel pillow. These quilts measure approximately 12" wide and 20" tall. They vary slightly in size as they are all handmade.

If you don't know what a Jelly Roll is, it is a roll of 2.5 inch strips of various patterned fabrics. I stitched the Jelly Rolls together and washed them. I also pre-washed the flannel fabric for the quilts. Flannel shrinks horribly, so I don't use it until it is washed.

I machine stitched the binding on the quilt and machine embroidered the quilt as well. Each Baby Doll quilt fits an 18 inch doll bed or cradle. The jelly roll doll quilts each have a matching Real Baby Size Quilt that can be found in my shop. (https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThisNThatHodgePodge?page=2#save)

~Sarah

A Doll Cradle For Emmah

A Cradle for Emmah!

Unfinished Cradle

Tom and I found this cute cradle at an auction a few weeks ago. It was made out of a National Biscuit company crate. It was a perfect gift for a 6 year old girl. I lightly sanded it down as I did not want to lose the character from the crate and stained it with the dark walnut stain.

Next I was off to make a mattress and quilt for this cradle.

A Mattress for Emmah’s Cradle!

I found some cream fabric and batting in my stash. I measured and cut the fabric. I Stitched up the fabric and batting, leaving one end open for turning. I then turned the fabric and blind stitched the opening closed. A few hand stitched ties with embroidery floss and the mattress was finished…Now for the Quilt…

A Doll Quilt and Pillow for Emmah

Emmah loves Giraffes, so I found some giraffe patterned flannel for this cute little quilt. I had scraps from a baby quilt I made that I was able to cut to make the doll bed sized quilt. I layered everything and wrapped the flannel over the edges and stitched it in place to make the binding. I machine quilted a flower in the middle of the doll quilt.

Then  I cut a small rectangle to make a pillow for the bed using the same flannel fabric.

 ~Sarah