Treadlestitches: Pink Bowties, and Dolls

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Pink Bowties, and Dolls

Welcome to Treadlestitches! Thanks for stopping by!

It's so much fun to see all the bloggers working on putting together their Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks for this year. I'm working on mine, too, and finished this little pink bowtie quilt this week. Unfortunately it's a gray day today, so the photos are inside.

These pink blocks were the first ones I made this year for the RSC, way back in January. I don't have a lot of pink scraps (not my favorite color), but there were some cute ones in the stash. I made 20 blocks that finish at 8 in. square, and set them 4 x 5, with a 3 in. border.

The Valentine puppies are my favorite!

Also, the llamas! I don't think I've ever seen llama print before. This was part of a scrap bag given to me by a friend (hi, Joey!).

The backing is this print that looks like a pieced quilt (cheater fabric?). I was thinking it would make good doll quilt fabric.

Dolls were on my mind, I guess. When I was visiting my mom we saw this Halloween display in a neighbor's yard. These evil little dolls were getting up to all kinds of bad behavior. Including hauling away a body (!).

My dolls would never do that!

Yes, I still have 3 dolls from my childhood.

The biggest doll with the pink dress is Heidi. My grandad sent her to me when he was stationed in Germany in the early 1960s. We called her The German Doll until I finally named her, but she was actually made in America. I think he must have bought her at the PX. Looking at her makes me think of Grandad, so far away from home at Christmas.

The soft doll with the light hair is Sally Dolly. She came with a crib that had a wind up music box that played Brahm's lullaby. The crib fell apart eventually when my kids were playing with it. Sally was always a doll to snuggle with.

The little doll is a boy. When my baby brother was born, my mom brought two of these dolls home, one for me and one for my sister, so we could be mommies too. My own kids discovered him, and named him Baby Paul. His outfits either disappeared or disintegrated over the years. My oldest daughter made his current outfit one day when they were visiting, and her daughter played with him too.

I don't know if anyone will want my dolls when I'm gone. I just hope they don't end up on a murder rampage lol.

Most of October was unseasonably warm, but Fall has finally come to Wisconsin, and winter is not far behind. The trees have been beautiful, as has the gorgeous blue sky, but we may get a light snowfall this weekend. It's not surprising, it is November after all.

Have a wonderful week, everyone, whether rain or shine, heat or cold. And good luck with the RSC projects!