Picking up My Doll-House Quilt Again

You might remember long ago I started a quilt of dolls and houses. I never did finish it...in fact it's been a few years (2009) since I worked on it last. I've been feeling guilty that I had another unfinished project sitting around, so this weekend I decided to pick it back up. This was a perfect project for this weekend, since I was too sick (caught my son's cold) to leave the house.

This is where I left off...

above I sewed 13 girl patches...

and 8 houses. The finished project is supposed to have 14 girls and 11 houses. This isn't a kit and there wasn't a pattern - but there was a picture of this adorable quilt in a book called Material Obession...so I opted to try to make it myself.
Each image is supposed to be outlined with a running stitch and then embellished. So that's what I worked on this weekend. I was on a roll and finished 11 panels.

After looking at them, I decided to add eyes to each of the dolls. I use to love my Joan Walsh Anglund dolls and so I tried to replicate their faces. Below is a closer look at the dolls.

And the finished houses.

We'll see how long I can keep this going before I get tired of working on it again. Creating the panels is probably the best part of making this quilt - after this, sewing them together into one large square with a filler background fabric (which I have yet to purchase) will be a challenge, since all my panels are different shapes and sizes.

Hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend!