24″ quilt for American Girls dolls
I’ve always wished I could come up with a catchier name for this technique, but Flannel Board Quilting is the best I can do. Through the years in various classes taught and articles written, I have called it Grid Quilting or Faux Quilting, but none of those titles pleased me any more than Flannel Board, which has a meaningful basis.
 But enough about the name. This is a very useful technique for quick and easy projects. Let me tell you about it.
The idea for this method originated from a request by sweet Debbieanne Prusserman, hostess of the New England Academy of NeedleArts doll school held on Cape Cod some years ago. Mildred Turner and I were the teachers and had been charged with designing an American Girl’s wardrobe. The school was fabulous and we had a grand time, staying in Debbieanne’s historic 1790 home and teaching in her studio with a group of wonderful ladies. Continue reading
