When I found out Barbie fabric existed I had to make myself a throw quilt. My sister suggested the Perfect Picnic pattern by Moda, and though I haven’t done a quilt from a pattern it looked easy and cute so I went with it. I bought four of the charm packs by Riley Blake, yardage in a purple and a white by Kona and backing and binding material from JoAnn.
After cutting the purple and white to five inch squares to match the charm packs I bought, I laid out the material accordingly. It took some swapping around to come to an order I liked.
In progress sewing.
Quilt top finished.
Basted and quilted! I like to long stitch quilt by hand. I think the threads are pretty and add visual texture.
Edges squared and clipped. I next zigzagged the edges to compress them for binding.
Front!
Back!
My sister gave me some cute labels so I had to use them!
Making this was a lot of fun, and (I think) a great way to incorporate a little more Barbie into my home. I credit Barbie with sparking my interest in art as when I was playing with my dolls my mom would teach us how to sew simple swim suits for them. This got me into drawing clothes and thinking up elaborate fashions, then drawing portraits to go with. It all started with my dolls, so keeping some Barbie around the house feels right 😊.