I wanted to update my quilt post since I
have added some quilts and doll beds.
As you come up the stairs to my doll room,
you can see I have displayed on the stair rail,
a collection of my family quilts.
This quilt was made by my Great-Great-Grandmother,
Nora Cook, and her best friend,
who the family called, Aunt Lethea.
I believe it was stitched in the 1930s.
Each white panel has this lovely leaf pattern.
Here is a a close-up of one of the stars.
Needless to say this quilt is quite precious to me.
I do love quilts, they are so comforting.
Quilts have played a large part in my family.
Grandmothers, Aunts, cousins, there are
a lot of quilts and quilters.
I always have my eye out for doll-size vintage quilts.
So, of course, I have several vintage quilts that I
would enjoy sharing with you!
Most of my vintage doll quilts
stay in my Patsy doll corner room.
This first quilt hangs behind the dresser
on the wall. It is tied with yarn. Most of these
vintage quilts I found online in groups
or included in vintage doll clothes lots.
This sweet blue quilt is used by my
two Patsy Joan dolls.
This quilt appears to be from the 1930s or 40s.
It is also tied with yarn.
I love the cherry fruit pattern fabric on the back!
Joan and Charlotte share this 4 poster.
I found this bed in a thrift store. A lot
of my doll beds were found in
thrift stores or antique shops.
The small quilt on the wall came with some
quilts and pieces I found online during
the Covid lock-downs.
Anna's little side-rail bed was found in a thrift store as well.
It is designed to make bunks. You can see
the spindles have a raised center and the
legs have a hollow that allows the
beds to be stacked.
Her quilt was also a lock-down quilt.
It was a long strip of squares that I
reconstructed into this little quilt.
This next quilt is in the antique doll crib
which I also found in a thrift store.
My reproduction Patsy uses the crib and
she loves Teddy Bears!
The quilt is yarn tied and appears to be made out of
fabric from the1930s and 40s.
This pink and blue vintage quilt is
being displayed on an antique doll cot.
I would guess the pink quilt is
from the 1940s.
I love this bed. I think it is quite old.
I found it at an Estate sale,
but not sure if I have a place for it
The mattress area is 24" by 15".
Here is the cot and the blue quilt.
The cot folds over the wire springs.
The quilt is made all of flannel.
Next is a quilt that is used by Patsy Ann in
our antique family doll bed.
This looks like a piece of a larger quilt
that was cut down to be doll sized.
This quilt is used by my Patsy Ann.
Her doll bed originally belonged
to my great grandmother.
Here is the cradle around 1972.
That's me and the china baby my
Grandma hand painted for me.
My Grandfather had
re-painted the cradle.
This is my husband restoring the cradle
about 10 years ago.
I love seeing this cradle in use.
It is a great family heirloom.
These next quilts I made myself.
Like most things I do; I just
jumped into quilting without instructions.
I should have gotten instructions!
This is the first doll quilt I ever made.
It was made for our first American Girl Doll
Grace. I made it to fit the antique cradle
that Patsy Ann now sleeps in.
It is now in the Crissy doll room. It is definitely
more appropriate for the 1970s!
This is another quilt I made.
It is also in the Crissy doll room.
Shea and Crissy next to their bed quilts.
This quilt was made to fit this lavender doll bed,
also found in a thrift store.
This quilt is still on the trundle bed in the
room shared by Grace and Julie.
I made two of these twin bed quilts
One for Emma and..
The other for Molly. They are very similar
but slightly different. These 2 beds used to be
together in the large bedroom.
This is Martin, my son's BOY doll that we made.
When my son was 4, he wanted a boy doll
during our American Girl Doll years!
Sadly, he no longer plays dolls with me.
Sigh.
Well. Martin needed a boys quilt and here it is.
In case you were wondering that is a sock
submarine. My son wanted a submarine pillow
for Martin's bed.
I almost forgot this little quilt that
is a throw on the doll house sofa.
It is one of two quilts I made with split
squares. This is the other one below...
This split square is as fancy as my quilting gets!
This is the china baby my Grandmother
hand painted for me in 1972 and I
received her for Christmas.
She is called Ellen.
This is one of the last quilts I made.
It is all floral fabrics.
It goes in this bassinet.
It is used by Baby Patsy.
My smallest quilts are in the Cabinet Dollhouse.
This little quilt is on the daybed in the sitting room.
You can see I used a lot of the same fabrics
as were used in my larger doll quilts.
There two more tiny quilts on the
cabinet dollhouse beds.
Helena's bed...
And, Lillibet's bed. These are both
wooden beds made for Ginny size dolls
in the 1950s. I found them both in
different antique shops.
These are both zig-zag quilted.
I like the zig-zag finish for these small quilts.
(don't look too close at my crooked squares!)
I hope you enjoyed seeing my
doll quilts. I sure enjoyed
sharing them with you!
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