little quilt monday~~~vintage doily mini quilt

Little Quilt Monday

I have doilies in my linen closet that were given to me by my mother and my mother-in-law.   I never really saw either of them decorate with doilies, so I imagine they were given to them by their mothers.  I thought it would be fun to bring one out of the closet and make something with it.  Something old, given a new, modern look.  I like to think that this doily was made by my grandmother, or maybe her mother....but I honestly don't know who made it.  I just know that it is beautiful.

I cut a piece of linen 12.5 inches square and then sewed the doily onto the linen.  Knowing this little mini quilt would not be washed and would probably hang on my wall, I sewed along the edge and didn't worry about the center.  If I was going to use it as a table topper, I would use more stitches.

Next I  spray basted the batting and backing to the front and began hand stitching with off white crochet thread.  You know how I love those big stitches!

I picked out some of my favorite Liberty of London fabric for the binding, and ended up with a darling

 12 X 12 inch vintage doily mini quilt.

I have linked up to Sew Modern Monday

and Fabric Tuesday.

I hope you will get some doilies out of your closet, and make one for yourself : )  I have a few more to play with too!

Now it's your turn to link up something to

Little Quilt Monday

1.  This link-up party is for any small project.  For example, mini quilts, doll quilts, baby quilts, place mats, mug rugs,

wall quilts, table runners, etc.

2.  They can be a WIP(work-in-progress) or finished.

3.  If it is something from the past there is no need to write a new blog post, just link the one that you have already written, and, please link back to my blog post.

4.   If you are interested, you can add your pictures to my flickr group here, or join my Facebook group here. 

Let's inspire each other!

piece,

elizabeth

I am linking this post to TGIFF , Finish It Up Friday, and Sew and Tell.