Miniaturists! Need your help with a Barbie Quilt
01-12-2019, 07:37 AM
#12
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Using an extremely scientific method*, I have figured out that a Barbie Quilt should be 10.5" by 10.5" for a "full size." Now what the heck do I do? Should I just do something with squares, sashing and corner blocks, or is there some repository of tinyified patterns out there in cyber space? I'm trying to decide if triangles in that scale would make me go blind, crazy(er) or both. It's a serious consideration...
*ESM- measured my hand from heel to fingertips, got 7". Decided to consider myself a big handed freak, and rounded down to 6", which is so convenient. Measured Barbie's hand and it is .75", rounded down from 7/8th, because apparently she has the same problem I do. Who knew? I have something in common with Barbie! So, if our hands are both half a foot long, and hers is .75, the means one foot in Barbie's world would be 1.5" long in ours. A full size quilt is around 81" by 88". 7 feet =84", so an 84" square quilt would be 7 feet times 1.5 inches per foot, or 10.5 " square. And Bob's your Uncle!
Note: I still have my drafting scales, (those are rulers that allow you to measure in different scales, like 1.5" = 1') so I could make an 81 by 88 quilt, but even I'm not that crazy! Lol, here's the proof!
*ESM- measured my hand from heel to fingertips, got 7". Decided to consider myself a big handed freak, and rounded down to 6", which is so convenient. Measured Barbie's hand and it is .75", rounded down from 7/8th, because apparently she has the same problem I do. Who knew? I have something in common with Barbie! So, if our hands are both half a foot long, and hers is .75, the means one foot in Barbie's world would be 1.5" long in ours. A full size quilt is around 81" by 88". 7 feet =84", so an 84" square quilt would be 7 feet times 1.5 inches per foot, or 10.5 " square. And Bob's your Uncle!
Note: I still have my drafting scales, (those are rulers that allow you to measure in different scales, like 1.5" = 1') so I could make an 81 by 88 quilt, but even I'm not that crazy! Lol, here's the proof!
01-12-2019, 11:01 AM
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01-12-2019, 04:23 PM
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]606657[/ATTACH]I made a couple of these just putting on a scene on each end to make it into a table runner. Here is one I made this past Christmas, it is just assorted 20 Light strips and 20 dark strips cut at the following: 1"x3 1/2",1"x3", 1"x2 1/2", 1X 2" 1X 1 1/2", and arranged as in log cabin quilt, however I would end with the 1 x 3 1/2, or you could add another 4 strips 1" x 4" to make it larger - see how the pattern in the pic. worked out - and I just did a wiggly line in the center of each of the strips to quilt it.
01-13-2019, 07:31 PM
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I have made one doll quilt, and since I have so much trouble seeing, I found a quilt pattern to color, and printed it on RFP cloth in my printer. I then colored it with fabric pens, heat treated as the pen directions said, quilted around the blocks, and bound it with very narrow bias as usual. The little girl was thrilled, and I did not go cross eyed trying to paper piece that small. Like any quilter, I hate saying no to kids. Her little sister now has it and since it is a “cheater” it is holding up just fine. If I ever managed to piece something so small, I would never part with it, because it would be a one off for me. “Barbie” is a tiny quilt to make. If I were going to try piece it, it would be about the size of a very large potholder without batting. Just saying. Good luck and remember to show us, so we can applaud your hard labor and tiny quilt.
01-14-2019, 01:35 AM
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Madame Kelly, what is RFP cloth? to me RFP is a Request For Proposal, and I know that's not it.
Here's a picture of pieced hexies. There is a very good chance I am going to do what you did, and make a cheater. The other possibility is to cut out the little pieces and heat fuse them to a substrate. I'm trying to decide if I should put tulle over it or if that would make it feel weird to Haley. She's 3, and she's the kind of kid who will try to pick the tulle off of it if she thinks it shouldn't be there. Heh heh, good times.
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Here's a picture of pieced hexies. There is a very good chance I am going to do what you did, and make a cheater. The other possibility is to cut out the little pieces and heat fuse them to a substrate. I'm trying to decide if I should put tulle over it or if that would make it feel weird to Haley. She's 3, and she's the kind of kid who will try to pick the tulle off of it if she thinks it shouldn't be there. Heh heh, good times.
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