Sunday, July 1, 2012

Ticker Tape Quilt



My niece Jacey turned eight on Friday. I figured it only made sense to make her doll Zoey Elizabeth a quilt to match her own. After my friend Emanuela told me about the ticker tape quilting approach, I decided to try it and I'm hooked. Grab a scrap, sew it down. Choose the next one - sew that down, and keep going. No complicated patterns to think about - just grab whatever appeals and go from there. 

I was also excited about having just enough of the backing fabric to make them "twins". The edges of each square will fray gently as it gets washed, worn and loved. This could be my new favorite way to quilt! 


Happy Birthday, Jacey! Sweet dreams to you and Zoey.

1 comment:

Diane said...

I seriously need to make one of these. I started it but the shapes went close enough together. Love the finished quilt.