Reality...

I always imagined that if I had granddaughters that I would sew dolly quilts for their dolls...and I would also have one or two quilts here at our place for when the little girls visit. To this end, for quite a while I had pinned ideas on Pinterest for dolly quilts...like these.

But sadly these ideas have never come to fruition...
One morning a few months ago when the weather had turned cold, Miss A helped me make some blankets for the dolls that 'live' here at our place...
She had been dropped off very early as I was still wearing my warm dressing gown...😉

We made quite a bundle...and we made them very quickly. There were no patchwork blocks made, no machining whatsoever. Yep! We just cut up a metre or so of some thick flannelette...no hems, no embellishment and Miss A didn't mind one little bit! Lol
( I had been given 3 metres of that flannelette by a friend years ago but could never think of anything that I could make from it with that design of boxer shorts!)
The blankets live in the little yellow suitcase from IKEA...

 

 

And the red suitcase is where the dolls live when the grandies go home...

 



 

The dolls were each wrapped up in a blanket and patted to sleep...in various locations around the house.

Here's Miss A taking a warmly wrapped dolly down the hallway to put her to bed...

Sometimes the dollies are put in the guest bedroom...even if the bed hasn't been made up!

Guests like DsD1 and Dan have been known to find dolls tucked up in their bed when they have stayed with us! Sometimes if there are people staying Miss A uses our bed for her dolls...

And they still are getting lots of use when Miss A or Miss H visit.

Miss Holly has a play with the dolls when she visits.

 

 

 



Well maybe one day I will get around to making some special quilts...

Wool on Sunday...

Wow, I realise that I've been very slack in writing blog posts lately; no particular reason...just general busyness. But I do have some 'yarny' projects to share for Wool on Sunday, so I've found time to knit. 😉
Our parish art and craft show is being held in late July this year and as well as the usual exhibitors, the committee has invited a number of Indigenous artists to display their work. I decided to go along with that theme and make a throw in Indigenous colours to donate for sale at the art show. The Aboriginal flag consists of 3 colours;  black, red and a gold/yellow.

I just have to put a fringe on the ends, sew my label on and it's already to hand over to the committee.
I also have another of my ripple/chevron throws on the needles too. If I have it finished in time I plan to donate that to the Art and Craft Show as well. But if it's not finished in time, I won't stress.

About 15 years ago I knitted a throw for a friend as a Christmas gift. It was in her favourite colour pink, with a black background.

Lee loved her blankie but her cat Sabrina Maud loved it too! We always joked about Sabrina Maud reluctantly sharing the throw with her owner. I do have a photo of the cat reclining on 'her throw' but can't find it. Any way, sadly Sabrina Maud died a few months ago and what a sad time for my friend and her DH. Last week they adopted a new rescue cat...7 year old, Audrey Maud. And guess what she likes to curl up on??? 😉😆

Yep, that same blankie!
Linking up this post with Janine's Rainbow Hare Blog. Despite the heatwave in the U.K., Janine has been busy with the knitting needles and there are also photos of a gorgeous crochet project as well as progress on an appliqué project Here