One of the pitfalls of quilting
is that there will always be more inspiration than time to sew. I still like
the Scrappy Nine-Patch quilt by crazy mom quilts that I started ages ago.
However, I recently came to terms with the fact that I was unlikely to finish
my version anytime in the near future. Since discarding all the scrappy
nine-patch blocks I had made since August 2010 smacked of failure, I decided to
repurpose them.
My sweet daughter is not yet two,
and already she has shown a fondness for baby dolls. She particularly likes to cover
them with a blanket, or carry them around all bundled up, so I figured one more
doll quilt couldn’t hurt. I ditched the sashing and borders and just sewed the
blocks directly together. A simple cross-hatch pattern made light work of the
machine quilting, and I pieced together coordinating binding scraps for a quick
finish. At the end of the day, I was left with a fun doll quilt for my sweet girl
and one less project on my Work In Progress list.
