Update in Oct. 2018: The quilt was finally machine quilted and self bound (a fabric folded over the front and stitched down). The grand-daughter is very happy with the completed project and it went home that day and is currently on her bed. It is not intended to be a keep sake, just a nice snuggle quilt to be used and enjoyed. When she is bigger, we will make a quilt to keep and not use as hard.
May 18, 2018:
My 3 year old grand-daughter was all excited about the Minnie Mouse fabric we saw at a store while actually looking for some other fabric (I guess we are easily distracted). The main colors were bright pink and black. So I bought enough fabric for a jumper and a snuggle quilt. Once we got back, she helped me wash and dry the fabric. Her mom made the jumper, which excited the grand-daughter and she of course wanted to wear right now. The snuggle quilt took a little longer to get together. It is 64" x 70" and was machine quilted by RLM over the summer of 2018.
She was playing with her doll as I finished sewing her snuggle top together. We laid it out on the floor and looked at it. She laid her doll on it and started to wrap it up. So needless to say, we used the scraps to make her baby a quilt too. I simply cut strips 2" wide and sewed them directly down to pink fleece. The finished doll quilt is 24" x 29, very soft, and very washable.
