Sunday, June 3, 2012

Mini Quilt

I'm having one of those weekends that I am being left to myself and the offer has been taken up with glee.



I have a quilt swap coming up and my partner requested pink.   I was a little worried because I didn't think I had much in the range of pink but hey look what I found.  It's quite scary to think that I don't know what is in my stash of fabric upstairs.....

Although I like to sew from a pattern there are times where I just like to just go with the flow and cut and sew.



My mini quilt is to be 18" by 18"   So I realised when I was sewing these squares together that my quilt was a little bit bigger than I thought it would be.  Ops That's OK, hubby said I could make it into a cushion ( a very big cushion)....That's a good idea!

Back to the drawing board, I then cut up the same fabric into 2 1/2" squares and got the size.
I used Medium Grey Kona for the boarding. 

(Sorry for the photos today...there hasn't been much sunshine this weekend.)



There were a good amount of small scraps left and I really didn't want them to be thrown out.
( there is no room to put any more in my box of scraps)
I decided to grab my newest book Quilting Line and Colour By Yoshiko Jinzenji and I made this also...
Now I don't know which top I will make into a Mini Quilt.


I must head off and look for a tutorial on making my top into a cushion...any suggestions?

Erin

14 comments:

  1. This is looking good Erin, I am so behind on my mini quilt!. I will have to work on it tonight after seen your progress! Thank you for the push!!!, ha,ha

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  2. these are lovely, Erin. Cushion covers are simple, just decide if you want an envelope back, or a zip, and you will put it together, no bother. Piping looks good, but is a bit faffy to do the first time.
    But all three pieces look lovely.

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  3. Use both! Make it into a reversible mini.
    I agree with mammafairy on the cushion. A simple envelope back can work wonders

    http://messyjessecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/simple-envelope-cushion-cover-tutorial.html
    http://moose-mouse-creations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/simple-pillow-cover-tutorial.html

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  4. Looks like you had a chilled day. Di x

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  5. That last little quilt is just so gorgeous! I'm really loving it.

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  6. I have seen that book and it's a good one. Happy quilting : )

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  7. It is amazing what we forget we have in our stashes.

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  8. Isn't that the point (and joy!) of a stash, to be constantly surprised by what you find there? Works for me. All of the mini's are lovely, my favourite is the last one, I might need to check out that book.

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  9. I really love all of them Erin, I would agree with Cherie and make a reversible quilt. I have yet to sketch out my design, I'll get to it this weekend. I'm just after tidying my entire sewing room and I found fabric upon fabric scraps that I didn't relise I had! It's a disease, what can we do!!!

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  11. love all three of these little makes - they are so pretty - I'd do an eeny-meeny-miny-moe to decide ! and I must put the Quilting Line book on my list - looks great :)

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