Polka Dot Dottie Would Love This Quilt

 When I was a little kiddo

I remember having a children's Golden Book

about Rootie Kazootie

and his girl friend, Polka Dot Dottie.

She loved polka dots.

One day she hung out her laundry and 

suddenly all the polka dots where stolen

by Poison Zanazboo.

But like all good stories

there was a happy ending when all the

polka dots where eventually returned

and all was happy again in Kazootieland.

Don't you just love polka dots?

Back in the early spring
I was inspired by the cover of
Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke's book

Material Obsession.
That's a lot of dots, but
I loved it.

So I collected fabrics

and made Dresden Plate blocks

hand appliqueing the pedals and center circles.

 And before I knew it the quilt was done.

Sometimes that happens when the
quilt is "just fun" to work on.

All those bright fabrics
and dancing red and white polka dots

It's a quilt full of excitement and energy.

Rootie wouldn't have had to
do much detective  work

 

 to find all the dots in this quilt and

Polka Dot Dottie

would have been thrilled.

 I knew it might be hard to see the machine quilting

with so much movement in the fabric.

 It needed to be kept simple and playful.

I kept those spots and dots

all in a straight line by

 carefully cut out the binding.

I even found the perfect backing fabric

with more tiny polka dots.

Polka dots just make you smile.

They're playful, fun and

they have the power to make you feel great!

Until Next Time-