Instead of doing taxes last weekend, I made something really important: a quilt for a Princess. My friend Rachel made this Princess and the Pea doll and her costume for a school fundraiser, and her husband Gary made the bed. The mattresses came from shirts bought at a thrift shop. Isn’t the whole ensemble adorable?
My contribution was the little Chinese Coins quilt on top of all the mattresses, which I embellished with lace, some of my sewing machine’s fancy stitches, and my very first yo-yos. I discovered that yo-yos are very easy to make with a special yo-yo gadget from Clover.
The inspiration for my quilt was a larger Chinese Coins quilt from Piece O’ Cake Designs’ wonderful introduction to quilting, Piecing the Piece O’ Cake Way. The book shows the fabrics in three different color schemes and gives complete instructions for a 39″ x 51″ quilt.
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Cute! Have you seen the new P and the P fabric from Heather Ross via Kokka Japan? You would love it!
This is adorable, Christine! Some little girl is going to be very lucky.
Christine,… the Princess and the Pea set is amazing. What beautiful work.
My daughter is enthralled by the story, and I’ve been searching for such a set for her. We adopted her from China three years ago when she was 2, so the Chinese detail was an added bonus for us.
Is this for sale? If not,.do you have any others or are you making them for sale?
Thank you, and again, y0u do beautiful work.
Mary Grandpre