A Quilt Celebrates Izannah Walker
In the MAIDA Dolls Group, people have been sharing their wonderful creations. We had a theme to honor Izannah with doll making but also in other ways. Martha Rutledge, Elaine McNally's mom, made this charming doll quilt using Dixie Redmond's Izannah patent fabric along with a variety of other reproduction fabrics. For the center block, Martha embroidered an Izannah-like doll body. Beautiful!
Celebrating Izannah Walker's
200th Birthday Around the World
Many doll makers, artists and collectors around the world are marking Izannah Walker's 200th birthday today. As people post on their blogs and share their links with me, I will add them to this post.
Looking Forward to Honoring
Izannah Walker's 200th Birthday
Monday, September 25th is Izannah Walker's 200th birthday. We can't let that go by without honoring Izannah. 😊 Check back because MAIDA Today will be featuring artist's creations and providing links to other blogs honoring Izannah's 200th birthday.
Making Antique Inspired Doll Accessories:
Studying Antique Doll Quilts
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image via Edyth O'Neill
Izannah inspired doll in back and cloth doll front center by Edyth O'Neill
Small Izannah doll by Elaine McNally, blonde doll on right antique.
Edyth's blog has more images of doll quilts, so be sure to visit her!
Edyth O'Neill's pictures jogged one of my early memories: Once when I was young I visited an aunt's house across town. A girl lived two houses down from my aunt's house who had a wonderful wooden doll bed and a doll quilt. I was somewhere between six and eight years old. I've forgotten the girl's name, but I sure can remember that bed and quilt. I wanted it. There was something substantial and heartwarming in that hand-made bed and textile bed covering that the pink plastic Barbie camper couldn't fill. I'm not knocking Barbie, just relating a memory from childhood. Isn't it funny how these memories can stay so sharp and clear? And isn't it interesting how our likes and wants surface so early in life?
Charming small antique quilts made just for dolls are treasured collectibles in their own right. If you enjoy antique doll quilts you will want to visit some heartwarming examples at the following websites:
Old ones are quite pricey, but some lovely ones are made today. Our next post on quilts will focus on making our own antique inspired doll quilts and the books and patterns available. Above and below are shown a group of doll quilts from Three Texas Collections shared by Edyth, followed by some additional quilts shared by internet friends. |
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| image via Edyth O'Neill |
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| image via Edyth O'Neill quilt by Edyth, doll by Elaine McNally, rug by Martha Ruteldge |
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| image via Edyth O'Neill |
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| image via Edyth O'Neill |
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| image via Edyth O'Neill wonderful quilt by Martha Rutledge dolls by Elaine McNally |
Quilt images from other internet friends....
Viewing all these makes me want to make a doll quilt! I've been saving pieces from the doll dresses I've made for just that purpose. Our next post on doll quilts will be about resources available for making them.
Edyth's blog has more images of doll quilts, so be sure to visit.
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