I am on a roll with these mini quilts, it seems. I made two in one month!
This one is a gift for my friend Heather. She moved her sewing space from an unfinished basement to a bedroom upstairs in her house. With lots of wall space for mini quilts!
The block is the Double Z from the book Vintage Quilt Revival. Despite my dislike of making half square triangles, I really do like how they look. And the different ways you can put them together to create different looks.
For Heather’s quilt, I used some squares from a mini (2 1/2″ squares) charm pack of Sunnyside by Kate Spain (my favorite fabric designer). What else can you do with these teeny squares but make mini quilts?
My favorite part of this mini is the quilting. I free motion quilted back and forth lines going in all directions and only ‘stitched in the ditch‘ on the actual block. I love how the block puffs out because the surrounding parts are so densely quilted.
The binding is some leftovers from my mom’s quilt. I backed it in bleached muslin; its quilted with white Gutterman thread. And, look, I even signed the back. (I really need to make some quilt labels. It is on the to-do list.)
This was a super quick project. I started it on Friday with the goal of giving it to her on Sunday at the very first sew in for the Denver Metro Modern Quilt Guild <- more on that at a later post!
Lately, I’ve just needed the satisfaction of finishing a project, using the materials on hand. I am trying to make a dent in my fabric stash – and believe me, my stash really isn’t crazy big like some peeps I know. Mini quilts are the perfect project to try new things, practice building skills and make something.
AND holy moly. This is my 400th post. Which is just crazy when I think about it. I started this blog just a few weeks before Miles was born almost 5 years ago. I love looking through my archives and see just how much we’ve all grown – Miles as a human, me as a crafty person. It’s been fun.
I love my mini, and Sadie proudly hung it up when I got home on Sunday. Thanks so much for such a thoughtful gift. I love the quilting on it, too. I feel the same way about HSTs…love the look of them and how many things you can do with them, but I need an elf who can trim and square them for me.
About those charm packs, I stumbled across this yesterday and have been thinking about it constantly since. Isn’t it gorgeous?! I don’t even want to think about how lon git would take me, but it would be so worth it! http://porchswingquilts.blogspot.com/2014/06/finish-it-up-friday-lucys-crab-shack.html
OMG that bag is genius. I have an idea on how to make the patchwork panels; once I get it sorted out in my head, I’ll share it with you. We should do this together. Cut all the pieces ahead of time and get together to do the sewing?
I would love to sew this together! I really need to find a fabric line that I adore, though. I haven’t been in love with anything lately. I should look through recent and upcoming moda releases to refresh my memory. I’m also going to probably need some wine and/or beer to get me through all those squares. Think Carol would have an interest in joining us? Oooh, and I need to order labels!
We can gang up on Carol and make her join us 🙂 Especially if she raids my stash for the supplies. Chelsea reached out to see if I’d head up a DMMQG Sewalong for this bag as well. I was going to shoot for September Sew In if there is enough interest. As for piecing all the squares, I was thinking of doing this Piecing Small Squares There is no way I am going to piece together 2 1/2″ squares/mini charm pack the regular way!