By: Fran Mcgee


      Title: Quillo directions
 Categories: Crafts
      Yield: 6 servings

      1 ea Directions for quillos

  Directions are from Gentle Spirit magazine Vol 4 No 3.  The
  instructions are from Ellen Lyman who has a series of sewing books
  out called Sewing with Dorcas. The people who put out Gentle Spirit
  allow sharing articles if credit's given, so the ordering information
  is at the bottom of the instructions.

  Popularly known as a Quillo, this lightweight quilt rolls up to form a
  pillow when not in use. I helped our daughter make one for her doll,
  and I wanted to share it with you, too. (Dimensions are given for
  children's and adult sizes at the end of the project.)

  Supplies Required: Remnants of print and solid fabric, sewing machine,
  thread, needle, yardstick, scissors, bating, and straight pins.

  Directions for a dolly quillo.

  1.  Machine wash, dry and iron the fabrics. 2. Cut a 8" square and a
  22" square from the batting, color A fabric (print) and color B fabric
  (coordinating solid).  Calico fabrics are so pretty, or use children's
  prints such as hearts, baby blocks, cars & trucks, etc. 3. To make the
  pillow pocket, pin the 8" square batting to the WRONG side of the
  color A fabric and baste around all four edges. 4. Pin the 8" square
  of color B fabric to the color A fabric RIGHT sides together, and sew
  a 1/2" seam around all sides, leaving a 4" opening. Turn right side
  out. Whipstitch the opening shut with the needle and thread. Set
  aside. 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 using the remaining batting and
  fabric. 6. Center the pocket along one edge of the quilt as shown in
  the sketch (color A of the pocket facing color B of the quilt).  Pin
  in place, and stitch around 3 sides of the pocket, leaving the edge
  in the center of the quilt open. 7. Stitch two rows on the quilt,
  dividing it into thirds as shown in the sketch. You're all done! 8.
  To use the quillo, insert your feet into the pocket and pull the
  quilt up on your lap. To turn it into a pillow, place it pocket side
  down. Fold each side to the center along the stitch lines.  Now fold
  it up in thirds, turn it over, turn the pillow right side out over
  the folded quilt so that the quilt stuffs into the pillow. 9. For a
  child size quillo, make the pillow 15" square and the quilt 45" x
  36". For an adult, use an 18" pillow and a 45" x 56" quilt (45" x72"
  if you want a BIG one!).

  Gentle Spirit is published 11 times yearly and is available for
  $22/year from Gentle Spirit, Po Box 251, Vaughn, WA 98394.