Jean Carlton, well-known in quilt history circles, was inspired to make a patriotic mini quilt based on my pattern that is a reproduction of a small quilt from circa 1890. The free pattern is located on our website: Patriotic Mini
She has graciously sent some photos of the 21″ x 24″ doll quilt she made. She decided to reduce the block size to 3″ and to include double-pink fabrics, a color that was very popular during most of the entire nineteenth century. She drew “fan” quilting designs, by “eye,” and stitched the lines with hand quilting stitches. The back is a lovely, miniature toile fabric that she was saving for a special occasion. To learn more about Toile, visit our website.
We think this quilt is very cute! Here are some photos:
Jean’s doll bed quilt
Toile back
Close up of section of the doll quilt
We are always happy to hear from readers who have enjoyed something from our website. Thanks again, Jean, for sharing your work with us. Looks as though you had some fun, putting your own spin on this and “making it your own,” as countless other quilters have done, in the past. Aren’t reproduction fabrics just great? Love ‘em!
Best wishes,
Patricia Cummings
Quilter’s Muse Publications
