DIY patchwork quilt for a doll. Doll patchwork quilt. Master Class. How to sew a patchwork quilt for a doll

We choose the size we need, mine is 17*20 cm, accordingly we cut out two parts from white fabric 18*21 cm,

sew around the perimeter, leaving about a 10 cm gap. Turn it right side out.

Fill with filler balls.

We sew up our connector with hidden stitches.

Centering the design, cut out a size of, for example, 19*22 cm, take a ruffle or braid of a similar design as in the photo, stepping back 1-2 mm from the edging of the ornament, adjust the braid inward with a ruffle, and add folds or gathers at the turns.

We put the future scent on top, about 30% of the width of the pad, and bend the edge.

We turn it over and, focusing on the contour, grind the part, indentation 1-2 mm.

We fold it back and sew the inner seam. We also sew the part to the wrong side of the pillowcase along the perimeter, focusing on the outline of the ornament, and first bend the bottom edge.

We overcast the internal seams. Turn it inside out.
We find some incredible two buttons in the stocks of ours and others and remember how at school we learned to make buttonholes by hand.

We make a mattress like a real one, so stripes are preferable. We measure the size along the bottom of the crib, add 1.5-2 cm to these dimensions, mine is 25*55 cm, therefore we cut out two parts 26.5*56.5 cm.

Using double-sided adhesive on one side, we iron three layers of padding polyester in a row, which is pressed with an iron.

We lay a stitch along the perimeter, leaving about 12-14 cm without a seam, where we round the corners, cut off the excess, make cuts on the roundness, turn it inside out, and sew up the connector with a blind stitch.

Using a water or air-soluble marker, use a ruler to make diamond-shaped markings for quilting, and quilt within 5 mm of the edge.

We add 10 cm to the size of the mattress on each side so that the little ones diligently learn how to make their beds, we bend the edges.

We remember where we have the remains of curtains or lace or something unearthly. We will make a canopy for the crib. Fold the fabric in half with the right side up and cut out a size of 66*40 cm, fold the fabric along the narrow side.

Along the long side we lay a line with an allowance of 3-4 mm, turn it inside out and add another line with an allowance of 5-6 mm, it should look like this.

We bend the remaining edges and stitch them.
We fold the part in the same way as it lay when cutting and, having retreated 2.5 cm from the top, we lay a line from the connector to the corner, we do not reach 2.5 cm, we make a turn and lay a line another 3-4 cm. The mount for the canopy will fit into this groove.

5. Making a blanket

We make a blanket 55*55 cm. We select fabrics, preferably collections, they are already pre-arranged by shade.

We cut out a 16.5 * 16.5 cm central part, this can be a piece of fabric, or embroidery, or a block that you sew, or trapunto.

We cut out strips of fabric 1.75 cm, edge around the perimeter of the picture, allowance 6 mm.

From another fabric we cut a strip of 15 cm, we need two squares with a side of 15 cm, cut the squares diagonally.

We sew an allowance of 3 mm around the perimeter.

Align, assuming an allowance of 7 mm.

We edge the same as above, with stripes only the width is 2 cm. As a result, the second edge will be 7-8 mm.
From another fabric we take two squares with a side of 25 cm and cut them diagonally.

We sew the triangles on the sides so that it comes out evenly, I do it as in the photo, I align the corner of the fabric along the 45 degree line.

We make another edging 2.5 cm wide
And we create a border with stripes 7.5 cm wide. It should turn out like this.

We sew a very thin lace braid around the perimeter, stopping at the turns and making a fold. We are making a sandwich; it is better to choose a thin synthetic padding polyester, or rather a very thin one.

We make a stitch along all the contours and an additional seam next to the lace braid.

We come up with options for stitching different fragments of the blanket. I have bows, roses, brains and something like lines.

Before quilting the inner part, according to the drawing, along the contours, we make an edging with a stitch, which will create a convexity, it is advisable to use a magnifying glass.

We make the edging of the blanket as described
We rejoice! Because you have created something that you will be happy to give to your little one for a wedding as your family heirloom.
This is what we got.

I am pleased to present you a master class on creating a custom doll patchwork quilt. The master class is detailed and suitable for beginners who know the basics of machine sewing. So let's get started.

This is what I suggest you sew.

I once saw a similar blanket on the Internet and it sank into my soul. I called the pattern “stained glass”, and called the blanket itself “Monpensier”. The size of my finished blanket was 33*47 cm, but the dimensions may vary depending on your seam allowances. I like to make them 0.5 cm.

For work we will need:

Fabric of the colors you are interested in for the front and back parts; for the middle, you can use scraps and small shreds. I sew from American cotton, it doesn’t deform, doesn’t fade, you don’t have to combine parts, in general, it’s a fairy tale!

A piece of padding polyester, mine is 150 g thick;

Threads suitable colors and needles for hand sewing;

I use cutting mats, a special transparent marking ruler and knives for cutting fabric, but you can also use scissors;

A washable or disappearing marker, or at worst a soft pencil;

Sewing machine;

Lots of patience =)

I can’t give you an exact guide to the time. Since I have a little daughter and I only sew at night, and even then not every day, it took me a month to sew a blanket. if you have free time, you can sew it in three days. Most of the time is spent quilting by hand.

1. To begin with, you can draw yourself a sketch where you will try to arrange the colors of the cells to your liking. I’m much worse at drawing than at sewing, but I put the dimensions on the sketch so you can get your bearings.

2. "Fast triangles". The squares in the middles are made using the “quick triangles” method. The idea is to speed up the process of sewing squares from triangles. " Cutting out each triangle separately and sewing it to another triangle, often in a different color, is not only tedious, but also time-consuming. Using the technology indicated here, it is possible to produce the required number of elements in one operation" (Internet).

So, take two squares of different colors measuring 6.5 by 6.5 cm

We fold them with the right sides inward, draw a diagonal line and two lines parallel to it on the left and right

We cut as shown in the picture

Sew on the machine along the first and third lines

Remove the needles and cut along the midline

Now unfold the resulting square and iron the seam

Two identical squares are ready

So prepare 10 squares, combine colors and improvise! I tried to make sure my squares didn't repeat, but that's a matter of taste! Here's some of my squares

Once you have prepared the squares, arrange them at small intervals in rows. I have three rows, the first row has three squares, the second has four, the third has three. But you can arrange them so that you end up with a less elongated rectangle, to suit your taste. For example like this!

We have a ready-made diagram of the internal canvas. Now let's start stitching the parts together.

4. I sewed the pieces together in diagonal stripes. Like this

We take the two outer triangles in our hands and cut out a rectangle from connective tissue with a width of the leg of the triangle and a height of 2 cm.

On the wrong side, mark a 0.5 cm seam allowance on each side.

It is important! If the allowances are not drawn, the lines of the stained glass grid will not meet. We take one triangle, cut it with a connecting strip with the right sides inward and stitch it along the line using a typewriter. Let's iron it out.

Now we take the second triangle and pin it with the part we just sewn, stitch it, iron it

The first diagonal is ready! We sew the remaining diagonals together in exactly the same way. As a result, we get this picture.

For convenience, I numbered the diagonals.

5. Connect the diagonals. This is perhaps the most important part of the work. Since this is the center of the blanket, the lines should be as straight and joined as possible. Therefore, we are not lazy and mark out the seam allowances. So, we add together the first diagonal and the connecting strip. We sew it on the machine, iron it, now we cut the finished part with the second diagonal, trying to carefully align the central vein. We sew and iron. This is what happens.

All diagonals are sewn! The interior is almost ready!

Now we sew the edging onto the inner fabric. Since I didn’t take a picture of this stage, I’ll explain it with a picture.

To the smaller side of the rectangle we sew strip 1, I took 2.5 cm wide so that it was slightly wider than the veins, sew it on, iron it. To the finished part on top we sew a strip 2 as wide as the part we just sewed (I don’t even measure with a ruler, I just apply it, noting the width at the time of cutting). Then we sew the third and fourth strips in succession, we get a neat finished inner fabric.

6. Sew on the first border in exactly the same way (mine is turquoise, the cut is 7.5 cm). I'll use the picture again.

When the first border is sewn, in exactly the same way we sew the second border, yellow, in a 2.5 cm cut. We admire the finished front part!

7. Cut out the padding polyester and the back fabric about 2-3 cm larger than the front one. More on each side! I love when the front and back fabrics match each other.

We chop all three layers together. We chop it tightly enough, leveling the backdrop well. Now stitch!

8. This time I quilted the quilt entirely by hand. It is convenient to do this on a machine. You can also just do it on your hands.

It is better to take a shorter needle, threads of your choice, usually they are tied on the hands with a contrasting thread, in our case we could have used white, or yellow, or pink, but I took threads to match the main border. I simply quilted the central fabric into a groove, emphasizing the veins of the stained glass.

I did the turquoise edging stitch later, and I’ll tell you about that later. This is what the quilted back part looks like.

In my case, the stitch only gave the blanket more plumpness and volume, but the threads were practically invisible.

The craze for doll blankets continues and today I want to tell you about a very special blanket.

I sewed it for a girl who lived in Kyiv and courageously endured all the hardships and hardships associated with her illness. I found out about Dasha by accident.
IN Instagram, I found an amazing artist Bogdana Bondar. She has wonderful and bright work! She not only draws, but also works as a volunteer at the children's cancer center in Kyiv. I won’t describe all the details to you, I’ll just say that through her I learned about Dasha and decided to please her with what I could do. In a week I sewed a doll blanket, bought toys and sent a package. Three days later, Dasha passed away... She left without receiving the package, which is still on the way.
I won’t describe all my emotions, etc. this is unnecessary. I just want to write... What a pity that life is sometimes so cruel to children. And how wonderful it is that there are people like Bogdana who help them!
Sorry for the sad story, but I couldn’t help but write the story of this doll blanket.
A few more details.

As always, scraps from a basin were used in the work.

And as always, everything is quilted.

The binding is hemmed by machine. I finally decided to use a machine to hem doll blankets. Hands for a very long time.

We, mothers, love to please our children with some handmade gifts. Recently, my daughter asked me to sew a blanket for a doll. I couldn’t refuse, especially since I’ve been wanting to try patchwork for a long time. I gathered up my courage. In the end, my child was happy!

Materials:
circular cutter or scissors;
various scraps of fabric;
template ruler in the shape of a square;
cardboard (if you don’t have a circular cutter and a special ruler, we’ll make a template);
stationery knife;
ruler;
a simple pencil;
iron;
sewing machine and matching threads;
pins;
padding polyester

How to sew a patchwork quilt for a doll.

If you are not a professional seamstress and you do not have special tools for patchwork ( patchwork), then you will have to try a little to ensure that the squares for the future blanket turn out even. In general, we make a template from cardboard.

We need a square. Using a knife, ruler and pencil, cut out a square from cardboard (please note that its size should be adjusted taking into account the fact that when cutting out squares from fabric, you ended up with blanks with seam allowances of 0.5 cm on each side ).

We take scraps of fabric or whole cuts, and using a pattern - a cardboard square, and, if you have one, a special ruler - we begin to cut out many, many squares.

To do this, we apply a square to the fabric, trace it with a pencil and cut it out with scissors. (Yes, this is such a barbaric way of creating patchwork elements! We have a mountain of squares.

We smooth out each square.

Now it's time to post the future drawing, if you have one in mind.

I simply sewed the squares together to make the blanket look fun and doll-like. So, let's start sewing the squares together.

We take two squares, place them with their right sides facing each other, pin them together and start sewing them on one side at a distance of 0.5 cm from the edge.

We sew a ribbon from six squares.

In this case, after each pair of squares sewn, the seams should be smoothed in different directions.

We make six such ribbons. We smooth out all seams.

We take two strips of squares and place them on top of each other with the right sides facing inward.

Make sure that the seams of all ribbons match. We pin the ribbons together and sew them on sewing machine. Carefully smooth out all seams. This is what the fabric should look like on the front side and on the back.

We take a fabric that is larger in size than the resulting fabric of scraps, 3 cm on each side. We cut out the padding polyester according to the size of the patchwork fabric. We make a “sandwich” of patchwork + synthetic padding + a piece of fabric.

We iron everything. We fasten with pins, starting from the middle of the fabric and to the sides - we prepare the blanket for the stitch.

We begin to quilt the blanket from the middle along the seams, “into the groove.” This is what should happen.

Now we turn in the lining fabric, which was cut 3 cm larger on each side, as a bias binding. We bend the fabric first once, then a second time, pin it with pins, sew it on, and so on.