Here is the result:
The construction: Each of the 6 columns in the "blanket" portion contains 20 rectangles of varying sizes, all made from scraps in my stash (with some repetition). In fact, except for the ruffle, this entire quilt came from the stash!
Then I needed a fabric that looked like a typical little girl's bed sheet. Checked in the "multi-colored" stash box and amazingly found 2 yards of the perfect fabric (wonder when I had bought it? Wonder why I didn't use it before??). So this was enough for the bed sheet and the back fabric! Wow! Perfect.
For the pillows, I first put together the yellow fabric, 2 layers of batting, and then a piece of (hidden) muslin on the back. I sewed these together with a decorative zig-zag stitch. Then I quilted each pillow assembly; did this so that they would look "fluffy" and not be quilted through to the back. Then I attached each one on 3 sides to the sheet fabric using an invisible line of stitching close to the edge.
Then, after many design iterations, I drew, cut, layered and fused the fabrics for the girl and the panda.
Next, I attached the blanket section to the sheet / pillow section, catching the 4th sides of the pillows and sandwiching the ruffle in between as I sewed.
I wanted to keep the blanket looking fluffy too, so I did minimal quilting: a shadow line 1/4" on each side of the vertical seams, and a similar horizontal shadow at 4 or 5 random places in each column.
Finally, to continue the illusion of a bed (blanket and sheet), I created a split binding. The lower half uses one of the striped fabs contained in the blanket section; the top is the same fabric I used for the sheet.
So it looks like the two friends are tucked in for a night of peaceful dreams...........
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Update: Dalia, quilt and Doobie, May 2021
