Doilies in Blue
Back to the stash one more time. I saw this quilt demonstrated on Simply
Quilts about 15 years ago. I had drawn
out the basic directions at the time but I had to redesign the blocks when I
sat down to make it.
This is a very quick and simple quilt that is fun to
make. The fans or heart shaped doilies
are a quarter cut of a 14 in Battenburg lace doily (ordered online) set into a
log cabin style framing square. The
blocks are placed on point with simple sash and corner stones.
The quilt is 54 x 64 with an 80:20 batt. I worked with Page Johnson of The Quilting
Page to use a motif that laid down the
quilting in a feather as the shape of the scallop. This made adding the
piping along the feather spine a simple and very even line to follow - a
variation on foundation piecing where you just stitch on the printed
line. Adding the binding was easy but a little tricky in the deep valleys.
Side Note: There is a
queen sized version of this quilt that was made as a signature quilt for a
wedding reception. Guests are asked to
sign a separate piece of paper (keeps the mistakes off the quilt) which is then
slid in behind the doily and traced using a pigma pen.
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