Barbie Needs a Quilt, Too

We're on our second round of the stomach bug in under a week around here.  Little Man stayed home from school and the kiddos have been lounging around in their pajamas all day while I've been sanitizing the whole house...again.  There's nothing quite like a reoccurring illness to make you paranoid about germs.  I've got just about everything wiped down, washed and/or swept, so I can finally sit down and post this.

I haven't gotten much done so far this week, but I did manage to start a birthday gift for one of my nieces.  She's turning 5 and my sister requested that I make quilts and pillows for her Barbies since she's getting a Barbie house for Christmas.  I think it's always fun to work on mini-versions of things with scraps, so I was excited about this project. First thing's first - I had to borrow a Barbie from a friend to measure how big to make the quilts, because my daughter hasn't hit the Barbie phase yet.

Here's Barbie quilt top #1:

One of the reasons why I love using scraps so much is because each fabric reminds me of the previous quilts I used them for and the people I gave them to.  It makes every scrap bust a trip down memory lane while I piece the new project together. 

A while back I started saving all the triangles I cut off while making quilt bindings.  I kind of did it on a whim and didn't have any particular idea in mind when I started saving them.  As I was thinking about possibilities for these little quilts I thought, "Hey - I have all those triangles!  Let's do some mini pinwheels."  I wasn't very particular about cutting them down so not all of them line up, but somehow I don't think Barbie will mind. 

I made the two quilt tops coordinate by using matching borders.

Here's Barbie quilt top #2: