American Girl Doll Quilt {Tutorial}

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Yesterday, Melia and I fired up our sewing machines and used some fabric straps to create this cute little doll quilt perfect for Melia's American Girl doll! :)

I had so much fun posting my last tutorial here, that I decided this fun little snow day project was worth sharing, too!  This one is

Materials Needed:

5 strips of fabric in your choice of colors (4" x 20" each)

1 larger piece of fabric for the backing (20" x 16.5")

1 piece of thin quilt batting (19" x 15.5")

Scissors or rotary cutter with mat

Sewing Machine

1. Cut backing fabric and strips of fabric for the front.  I held the straightedge on my mat and had Melia used the rotary cutter since her hands were too little for the fabric scissors.

 2. Lay out the fabric strips in the order in which you would like them on the quilt. *Trim at this point if needed.

 3. Sew fabric strips right side together.  We skipped the step where you pin the strips since we had four hands for this project! 

Melia used her little Pixie sewing machine and I guided the fabric through while she used the foot pedal.  She was so cute and kept telling me to "watch your thumb, mommy".   P.S. That pile in the back is not the laundry...it's a pile of projects waiting to happen! :)

 4. Cut the batting to size and lay on top of the backing fabric.

 5. Iron the backing fabric and the panel made by the fabric strips (be sure to iron the stitched edges all the same way to create stronger seams).

6. Sew together the right sides of the fabrics with the batting on the outside of the backing fabric using a 1/4" seam.  Leave a hole unsewn large enough to flip the quilt inside out.

7. Cut the corners and flip rightside out.

 8. Sew a 1/4" seam around the outside of the quilt, creating a finished look and holding the batting in place.

9. Smile proudly and hold up your doll's new quilt! :) 

Yes, that is a tent in our living room...just one of our many fun snow day/night activities on our week off of school!! :)

Let us know if you make one of these!



100 Day Color Wheel

The 100th day of school is next Monday.  For Melia's 100 day project, we made this...

100 Crayons...how pretty is that?! 

Just another

project! :)

Adoption Auction {Teaser #9} + 1 Month Waiting Giveaway!

Today's auction preview is dainty and petite!

AND, the second item is made by my darling daughter (with supervision and some help, of course!). 

Melia got an early birthday present when Trev finished her loft bed today.  (This will have a post of its own VERY soon!! :))  Anyway, one of the sides has a built-in bulletin board for her to display all of her beautiful works of art from Kindergarten.  So, I got to thinking that she needed some pretty pushpins to help her hang her work and this idea was born!  She loves to craft as much as I do, I think!  So, she made 5 sets of 12...2 for herself and 3 for me.

SO, in honor of being on the waiting list for one month TODAY, I am giving one set of them away (and putting the other two in the auction which starts Saturday!). 

Want to win a set? 

Here's how (one entry per comment):

1. Leave a comment telling me which set you like the best.

2. Facebook about our upcoming adoption auction and leave a comment on this post letting me know.

3. E-mail or tell at least five of your friends/family members about the auction and leave a comment on this post letting me know.

4. Blog about the adoption auction and leave a comment on this post with the web address to the post (if you've already done this, just leave a comment telling me that). 

Here's the button info to copy and paste:

<a href="http://teamchase4andcounting.blogspot.com/2011/01/team-chases-adoption-auction.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx360/jnchase311/blogbackground-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Team Chase: 4 and Counting"></a>

Giveaway will end Thursday night, January 27th, at midnight, Central Standard Time.

Good luck!!