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American Doll Quilts "Print on Demand Edition"

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I first became interested in doll quilts in October 2004 as I tired from a creative binge of sewing doll clothes, but still wanted low commitment sewing projects to work on. Little quilts and doll quilts are smaller versions of larger quilt patterns. Doll quilts are an excellent start for any beginning quilter or for those who prefer short term projects. Historically, doll quilts were often made by children as they practiced sewing and quilting skills. Today, they are suitable projects for beginning adults as well as supervised children.

"American Doll Quilts" breaks quilt styles into time periods, giving several different quilt patterns for each time period. There are 16 historical quilt designs in this book; complete with lists of materials, directions, color illustrations of each step and full color photos of completed quilts. The author describes fabric, color, and pattern choices for making historical quilts as well as how and when to tea dye a fabric for an antique look.

Although no specific dolls are mentioned or endorsed in this book, I wanted to mention that the historical nature of these quilt patterns makes them a nice accessory to the American Girl historical dolls (as well as antique and reproduction dolls). A Colonial quilt could be given to Felicity, a Western pioneer quilt could be made for Kirsten, a Civil War Era/Underground Railroad quilt could be made for Addy, a Victorian Crazy Quilt might look nice on Samantha and Nellie's beds, and Depression and WW2 era quilts can be made for Kit and Molly. Pattterns for all of these eras and quilt types are included in this book.

Whether made by an adult or an older child, these quilts are absolutely suited for today's audience of young historians and nostaligic adults. This book is well done. Whether you are interested in sewing historical little quilts for wall hangings, to display with antique or historical dolls, or for child's play, this book can help you create something you will be proud to have made.

These little patterns would be a delight to make and each one represents a period of time in America's history. Having viewed many vintage and antique quilts I find these little quilts are true to their periods in history both in the fabric and the patterns.

In spite of the charming patterns in this book it's greatest value is it's ability to give you a sense of what it was like to be quilting during different times in history.

It is good resource for historical information about the styles and periods of each project but the greatest value is in the learning the history and then making the quilt. There is something about doing something with our hands that makes the history we have learned so real.

I bought the book because I have always loved doll quilts. Now I have a granddaughter and anticipate making quilts for her doll babies. This book has many projects and good instructions, as well as, history about quilts and how they fit into the history of our country. The pictures are beautiful and the book is well written. It would be an asset in any quilt book library.

This book is as wonderful as the other reviewers claim. It's just a perfect book of historic doll quilts. I was quite upset to have found it out of print and very expensive to buy used. I went to the publisher's web site to see if I could view samples to determine if it would be worth the high cost third party sellers are charging. Imagine my excitement to find it offered as an Adobe download for less than the original cost of the book when in print! Yippee! I thought I would pass this discovery along.

Enjoy!

This is a quilt pattern book for doll quilts.
There are 16 little projects, traditional and attractive.
I love this book.

I purchased a used quilting book, read the description of the book offered by several sellers, I picked one and purchased the book, the product WAS MOST DEFINITELY AS DESCRIBED BY THE SELLER. Shopping experience was great, delivery of merchandise was VERY prompt. I would deal with this seller again!!!

I bought American Doll Quilts for a gift because I just loved my copy of the book. So many ideas for quiltmaking, and stories to match.