Miniature Fun

1" HSTs

I discovered a ziploc baggie of little HST blocks this week that was given to me by a quilting friend who knew I would give  them a good home. The blocks were already pressed, and I just had to trim them all to the same size. In case you think this is a regular size quilt block, these are 1" HSTs. So fun!

PLAY time!

I just wanted to toss aside everything else that I was working on, and PLAY!  That is how you know what you love... when you could do anything, what do you chose to do? I love playing with little blocks. When these 1" blocks are sewn together, they finish at .5" and the little project becomes half the size it started out as. I pin the rows to the wool pressing mat to keep everything in order.

It is impossible for me to sew perfect seam allowances, and so I just try my best, which is always "good enough" for me no matter how it turns out (which is a great life lesson BTW!)

Mini quilt in hand

And here it is! 
A tiny treasure, a little quilt in my hand! There are 60 pieces of fabric in this sweet little thing, which measures 3.5" x 3".



Questions I am frequently asked:

1. "Do tiny blocks take less time to make than regular size blocks"? 
My answer: "The smaller you go, the more time it takes because it is so fiddly, with no room for fudging or stretching, and the cutting has to be accurate.
2. "Why do you do this"? 
My answer: "It's my kind of fun"!
3. "What is it"? 
My answer: "I don't know yet... I'm waiting for it to tell me what it wants to be"! 

Still waiting....