Tactile Items for a Lady's Quilt

This is the first touch quilt I've started that is specifically for a female resident. Most of the time, I try to make them suitable for anybody who needs a little warmth and something to keep hands busy.

 Prairie Points were already my fav before I found Nancy Sieman's blog and the directions for what she calls Column Quilts. This is just a section of a column. I will sew wide rectangles to each side to enclose the fidget items: a double triangle pocket at the bottom and folded squares and rectangles forming more touch items.

A better view of how the pieces can be fondled.

 This satin butterfly is still in progress. Machine embroidery lines are stitched from the wrong side with variegated Knit-Cro-Sheen wound on the bobbin.

 High heeled pumps can be left plain or decorated. I think plain will work here. These are craft felt appliqued on lime fleece; they have texture!

 This is one of a number of vintage Carolina Lily quilt blocks that I am using in touch quilts. They are hand stitched so for these quilts I am stitching in the ditch with decorative machine stitches once the backing is on.

 I thought this might be a terrific idea before I made the drawstring purse. It is poplin with a silk lining. Paracord is the drawstring. It's a stiff affair. Suzanne thinks it might work for some of the residents and suggested we try it out despite my misgivings.

Drawstring purse when the drawstrings are fully opened. It's on a flimsy piece so I am going to quilt the square onto another square of fabric before sewing the block to its companions.

This quilt was laid out before I stopped making plain 36" lap quilts with square blocks. This one is
nine 12" blocks. I have two more 'Ladies' in progress with more and smaller blocks.

Note: I 'm sure you noticed the wrinkles. I haven't a display board for my work. Each quilt in progress is laid out on a folded bed sheet. When I finish for the moment, I roll the sheet and store them. Blocks do get wrinkled after the initial sew and press. I press again when I'm ready to sew the quilt together.

Old Farm with Truck

These are my latest Touch Quilt. Vintage Cows Print fabric with added features. Backed with Lime fleece.

 40x35"

 Red Corduroy truck with satin windshield, stiped fabric grill, ribbon bumper

Set-in pocket pulled up so you can see; and a microfiber square left to the imagination as to what kind of crop it represents.

 Tucks stitched into a piece of cotton fabric with tiny flowers indicated rows of something. It really was what I found of a size to finish out where I started the road and ran out of flannel. Ends up with two kinds of tactile stimulation: flannel on the road and the tucks forming rows.

Prairie points are one of my favorite additions These are folded toward the center.

The Prairie points below are folded to one side, forming a larger pocket to explore.

 A piece of Pony Paradise fleece adds yet another tactile experience.

 Microfiber fun.

The backing, green fleece, shows where the pocket, microfiber block and truck are stitched in place. I realized that it was not necessary to closely quilt everything. There is no batting for quilting to hold in place. Some of the embellishments have more than one layer. Minimal quilting makes a softer blanket.

Elephant Walk

When I ordered off for fleece and flannel, a piece of elephant print velour was the best bargain I found. It was the only print of its kind and the only juvenile print that I bought.

I cut off a piece to use for backing for a future quilt and cut the rest into squares to alternate with other touch blocks. This quilt is backed with khaki colored flannel.

 

Shallow pocket for exploration.

Prairie Points in blue are among my favorite

trims. They can be explored from the open 

side and have no raw edges.

 

A good view of the little elephants and my 

applique elephant with ribbon ear.

 

Not a real pocket, just a corner to explore.

 

Ribbon loops 

 

A real pocket on yellow fleece.

 

 Another look at the elephant.

 

The darker red square is fine-wale corduroy.