Rainbow Eye Spy Doll Quilt

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I have been following the fabulous and fun 2017 Rainbow Scrap Challenge http://superscrappy.blogspot.com/p/rsc-17.html.  Each month I’ve been working on a few squares for a single unified quilt design. This time however, I’ve been busy making doll quilts so I decided to let scraps of red, the month’s color, inform some of my smaller quilt designs.  I brought out my red scrap bin and began to piece random squares together. It turns out that I didn’t have as many red pieces as other colors, so all the more fun to work with this shade. Once I saw the red column of pieces all put together, I decided to turn it into a rainbow quilt.  So this below is what I came up with.  The quilt still needs to be washed before sending, but I prefer to photograph first and wash later.IMG_7897 (1)

22 ” x 29″

I enjoyed a more free form design this time than the usual patterned projects I make.  A little extra punch came to me when I realized that I had the makings of an eye-spy quilt!!  So here’s the back of the quilt and a label listing the animals to look for.  I hope this will be a fun gift for a child who, along with a doll https://www.facebook.com/nannysbabiestoodollslikeme/, gets  a blanket and a game all at the same time.

I’m having some issues with my quilting as seen below where there are some “eyelashes” on the curves.  My machine quilting is a work in progress, but it is getting better.  I’m taking to heart the advice of Angela Walters who reminds us quilters to show our projects, even when we’re critical of our work.   So here I am, celebrating my accomplishment and being proud of my continued improvement.

IMG_7902The eye-spy label.

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15 responses to “Rainbow Eye Spy Doll Quilt”

    • Paula, Thank you so much. It was a surprise, yes indeed! I’m going to need to make another one like this.

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    • Thank you Cathy. I am favoring scraps lately and yes, they are fun to work with. These small doll quilts are also a perfect way to experiment and step out of my comfort zone.

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    • Thank you Ariane. I am enjoying turning scraps into unified designs. Plus, these small doll quilts are a perfect way to experiment and step out of my comfort zone.

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  4. This is such a cute idea!! I think I found all of them, but the hardest one for me to find was definitely the hedgehog. I had fun trying to find all of the different characters, I can only imagine how much fun this will be for younger children. So impressed!

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    • Thank you so much for commenting. I truly began this quilt without a plan in place. Don’t you just love when the fabric guides the process!

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    • I truly appreciate your commenting on my site. I also have struggled with labels but I kept trying new things. This label went through my regular printer on fabric that I had presoaked and dried using bubble jet set. I have seen many links showing how to use the stuff and I finally gave it a try. I did a batch of Kona-snow fabric at one time. It took a few hours of time and wasn’t too hard. i keep several in a marked ziploc bag ready to use. I have found it works best to put a little basting spray on the back of the fabric before I iron it to the butcher paper. Then cut it to fit the printer tray and plop it in. Sometimes it works smoothly and once in awhile it gives me grief. But this is the method I use most often.

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