Emmaline Joy Ellis was born January 9, 2021 and is my fourth grandchild and first granddaughter. I have made original designed quilts for each of my grandchildren. This one is composed of little dresses, some of which were replicates of dresses I sewed for my daughters when they were children.
Pink dress has smocked bodice
and lace embellishment at hem.
It is replicated from a toddler dress
my girls wore.
Green dress has a Peter Pan collar
and smocking at waistline.
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| Lavender dress has smocked bodice and hand sewn French knots on collar and hem. Pink romper is a replication of outfit sewn for both daughters. |
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| Red dress has smocked bodice and machine embroidered stars at collar and cuffs. Lace edging is at hemline. The pink rose dress was a replication of dresses made for both daughters. |
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| The top green dress has a smocked bodice and lace at hemline. The collar has machine embrodered design. The yellow dress has a smocked bodice and butterfly sleeves and ribbon tie. |
I pieced the top and then placed 80/20 Hobbs Heirloom batting underneath. I quilted the top and batting before placing the backing on it, as I used pink Shannon Cuddle fabric and wanted it to not be densely quilted on the back.
The quilt was quilted with a walking foot in a crosshatch grid and corner fans in the individual background blocks. Then the sashes were quilted with a walking foot using a stencil design. Finally, the borders were quilted both using a walking foot for cables and a free motion foot for feathers.
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| All individual blocks, sashes, and borders are quilted before attaching background. |
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| Closeup of quilting |
