Japanese Doll Fabric with Haiku
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from pulling the cotton
it got lengthened
the doll's face
~ Kikaku
surely old
and even more dear...
setting up the dolls
~ Oikawa Tei
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Quilt Notes:
The only difference between NAMELESS STAR and this quilt pattern (upper right) is that here different types of piecing fabrics and color schemes are required, that is, in order to transform the coverlet into a tiny quilt for a doll's bed. A single block could be used as the whole quilt or scroll down to see the tiling pattern. ANN'S DOLL QUILT first appeared in the Nancy Page (aka Florence La Ganke) syndicated newspaper column on September 19, 1933. In her remarks, Page says:
"A year ago the Nancy Page quilt club members had great fun making small quilts for dolls' cribs or beds. Nearly every member was an aunt, mother or grandmother of some young girl who would receive a doll for Christmas. The doll had to have a bed and the bed had to have a quilt...The pieces are tiny things."
It may be difficult to find cotton prints with dolls as motifs for use in quilt making. But Japanese fabric companies often supply them because there is a special holiday in Japan, amazing really, and a credit to them, it's called the Doll Festival, and is celebrated on March 3rd. So doll fabrics and wrapping paper abound. Also there's lots of tender haiku written for the occasion, see the delightful fabric sample and playful poems illustrated left. The custom of the Doll Festival dates back to ancient times in Japan.
More children's quilt designs at this site include:
HOPSCOTCH
BUTTERFLY IN CIRCLES
CHILDREN'S DELIGHT
TO MARKET, TO MARKET
FLYING SAUCER
DOODLE-A-QUILT
MERRY-GO-ROUND
LEAP FROG
CHUCK-A-LUCK
COWBOY'S STAR
BOX KITE
PUSS IN THE CORNER
OLD KING COLE'S CROWN
GIRL'S JOY
TOAD IN A PUDDLE
BOY'S NONSENSE
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ANN'S DOLL QUILT