For high school rodeo fans, this year’s South Dakota High School State Finals Rodeo, which kicks off in Belle Fourche on Wednesday, promises one thing for certain: lots of familiar faces. Most of last year’s event winners will be back to defend their 2010 titles.

“It’s impressive with all the returning champions we have coming back,” said Doug Doll, the president of the South Dakota High School Rodeo Association. “And the nice thing with having all of that experience is that we should be able to put together an even stronger team than usual for the national finals this year.

Pack your favorite 18 inch doll and her accessories, zip, and go! The Badger Basket Soft Doll Travel Case includes a travel bed, pillow, and blanket so your doll can slumber comfortably anywhere. The bed assembles simply by unfolding it and inserting the platform panel. The Case features convenient tote handles and a card holder on the front for adding a name or address tag (paper card not included). The clear, vinyl window on the front allows you to see in (or so your doll can see out!). The front window is useful if you have multiple dolls to pack and store. No need to unzip to see who is inside when you're choosing a friend for play or travel companion....

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My newest pattern is a doll bed for dolls nine inches and smaller. The Bonus Sheet gives instructions for a nine-patch quilt.

Last month I blogged about some of my grandmother’s quilts and my attempt to use use the nine-patch design in a doll quilt. I have finally come up with a design that I like.

Of course I used the same size patches as those in my grandmother’s quilt. The patches from my grandmother’s nine-patch quilt scaled to doll size would be impossibly small. I think that the charming size of the original patches are just fine for a small doll quilt. The quilt is machine pieced and hand quilted. The quilt top is lined, but I did not add a binding trim around the edge.