If you are following along and making one smalll quilt a month with us, the quilt for November is the little Amish quilt from my first book, American Doll Quilts. Many of you have this book and perhaps have already made this quilt.
It's a
very simple quilt to make and it will not take you long at all. If you do not
like my color or fabric choices, choose other fabrics. I think it will look cute in any color scheme. And
it’s a perfect quilt for using up all those small scraps you have lying around.
The blocks are made from 1 1/2"
squares, pieced together with 4 1/2" setting squares. I used 2 1/2 " border strips pieced together with a four-patch block (made from 1 1/2" squares). How simple. Of course, the directions in the book are more detailed but you get the idea.
American Doll Quilts went out of
print a couple of years ago but it is still available if you look hard enough. I have a limited number of signed copies of the original book that I am selling in my Etsy shop .
In
addition to the original, there are 2 other versions available now. You can buy the
digital "e-book" and print it out yourself on your computer as a .pdf
file (no need to buy a Kindle or Nook to be able to read it, honest). My publisher
has the e-book for sale here. Amazon
has copies of the book (printed on-demand) available here.
You can check
eBay too. There are almost always a few copies floating around there. Again, if you do not like the plain solid colors I used to make
the original quilt, I think it would be a great choice to make it in your own
colors, using a variety of scrap squares to make your blocks. Here's an example designed with reproduction scraps.
Just one of many baskets I use to hold my scraps, which need to be organized AGAIN, can you believe it?
Play around with your scraps and have fun with this one!
10 comments:
love it! hope to squeeze it into my schedule this month. Thanks for prodding us!
Love the colours you have made it in, and your quilting. An Amish quilt (or preferrably several!) is on my list of "to make"s - such great colour combinations in plain fabrics!
I love your basket! Did you make it?
ooooooh i'm itchin' to get started on my very first Amish quilt but first i MUST finish my hexagon quilt.
i got somewhat distracted by a fun quilt-a-long which i finished today. So now it's back to my hexi quilt till it's done.. promise :))
cheers...Marian
Hey,j'adore votre travail,les couleurs sont d'un bel assortis ce petit mini quilt me plait particulierement,DOUX WEEK END
I am behind. I was not able to do a hexie but I will catch up at some point by at least making a a one block little bitty one. I have never made anything Amish style. This one will be fun!
Love this. I'm thinking about changing colors to Christmas colors and making some for my granddaughters teachers. Thanks for the picture.
Обожаю Ваши квилтики. Душевно, гармонично, красиво!!!
I'm still trying to catch up will all the quilts but will definitely make this one. I love the solids so will try that one.
well, I finished the top tonight! that is two tops done, but not quilted. thanks for posting these -- I am loving doing them!
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