Dressed to the Nines

 Fun Quilt for a Little Girl

"Dressed to the Nines" is a free online pattern.  The blocks are 10" and the dresses are appliqued onto the blocks.  Some decorative stitches and ribbons and lace make the quilt that much cuter.  

I have been working to use my mom's collection of ribbons and laces.  She had quite a collection and I have organized them into wicker picnic baskets that I pick up at the thrift shops.  Ribbons in one basket and lace in another.  I never use real buttons but do have some fabric "buttons" that I vigorously stitch to the quilt.  

My goal is to create some of these quilts when I leave my current work position and make them available for sale.  Quilting is not cheap.  I don't use old fabric that someone had sitting around aging.  If I am going to take the time to make a quilt, I want to make sure that make one that will last and gets "used up" with lots of love by a child.  

The pattern originally was in a McCall's Quilt Magazine.  I have made many of these and just love each of them.  The photos are my in-progress version and the finished version being held by a grandma who is delighted to give this warm quilt to a new grandchild.