1930’s Doll Quilt Fragment
Old piece of a Doll Quilt
I was given a little chunk of a doll quilt recently. It was too small and broken for a big doll, and too big for a Hitty but no scrap goes unused in the Hitty Cupboard…
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Unpicked Binding
The first thing was to partly unpick the binding, and separate out slightly less than half the quilt. This will make a nine-patch Hitty Quilt.
running stitch
The original binding is stitched back on around the new edges…running stitch on the front,
whip stitch
…and whip stitch on the back through original holes.
Hitty Quilt
Result – a six-inch Hitty Quilt, and a scrap which will be further disassembled.
Tatty Likes it!
Tatty says it is perfect!
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Quimper Hittys 
The “new” quilt is gorgeous! You did an amazing job of sewing and documenting it!
Tatty was hoping I’d make a Quilt for her out of the tatty half of the quilt, but she changed her mind once I got finished with the”nice” half!
Tatty looks so comfie! And I love her Raggedy Ann dolly! 🙂
Isn’t that the cutest Raggedy Ann? I got her at a craft fair several years ago.
what a great save on this “fragment”! You did a great job of reconstruction, using the original needle holes on the binding…amazing!!! Tatty looks very satisfied with the humans efforts. Me too!!
It was such a cute fragment, I wanted to make it into something whole again – the Quimper Hittys were very appreciative! I am glad you are too!
Three cheers for utilizing those original needle holes! Another fine textile re-living in the QH household…just lovely.
Thank you very much…I find that things practically sew themselves back together if you use the original stitch holes (always supposing you can find them – in this case it was easy).
you are amazing! Tattie now has puppies to keep her company. Raggedy Anne is charming.
The puppies are cute aren’t they? I love that Raggedy too, as does Tatty.