Guest Author - Susan Kramer

Are you pressed for time but would still like to make a doll blanket?

They easiest way I've found is to use a patterned pillowcase and stitch across the open end.

If you have an hour or more for your project, use your sewing machine to make a quilt block like I show here in the photo.

Directions to make the quilt block are here.

Carefully center it on the pillowcase, baste it in place and finally sew through the layers.

Notice that I did not use any inner batting or stuffing for this doll blanket. That is intentional. A doll blanket needs to be thin to easily wrap around a doll.

Some Tips

- Preshrink cotton pillowcases and all quilt pieces.
- Use contrasting colors for background and foreground.
- If 2 pillowcases come in the pack make similar doll blankets with each.

Now you have some ideas to make original and special doll blankets!

More Doll Blankets

Quilted Doll Blanket
Appliqued Doll Blanket
Flying Feather Pattern

Charity Note:
I'd like to suggest that if you spend time making doll clothes, anyway, that you collect a few dolls from friends and neighbors and sew a wardrobe or a complete outfit for each doll. Then donate the doll in the completed outfit to a charity that distributes used dolls and toys to kids that otherwise would not have any.

When I was a little girl, nothing brightened up my face more than my mother making me a new outfit for my doll. Other sources to find used dolls to fix up and dress up are yard and garage sales. And lots of churches have annual rummage sales of used clothing and toys, including dolls.

Blanket design and photo credit by Susan Kramer