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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

May Mini Quilt

My May mini emerged from a bag of cut off corners which most people throw in the trash. Fabric trash is my treasure! 
For size comparison I took a photo of the bobbin with the block - the HST is 1" finished, and the sashing strips were cut 1" and finish at .5".


I decided to use an on point layout, which is a little tricky, so I keep the blocks right beside the sewing machine and return each sewn piece to the layout as I go. In theory this practice decreases piecing errors!

This is a photo of the entire quilt under the needle sewing the last seam. I just love this Featherweight sewing machine with her perfect stitch, pretty decals, and soft hum.

The machine quilting design is simple straight lines with the walking foot. I used 2 different  green threads and had a brilliant plan of how to alternate the colours to add another design element, and then I forgot the brilliant plan, got mixed up as I was quilting, and just finished the quilting in the dark green thread. LOL - typical me!


Here is "Daffodil Fields" with a finished size of  9.25" x 12".

This quilt uses up some  leftover eucalyptus batting and it quilted up beautifully with a little bit of loft. Some people have asked me it the batting has a smell, and there is no odour that I can detect. Perhaps there will be some odour when washing it, but I haven't done that yet.

Come check out the other May mini quilts at The Constant Quilter.

14 comments:

  1. A delightful little finish, Kathy. And the name is so fitting. Nice use of your little leftovers. Can you believe people actually throw those away??!? Horrors! LOL

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  2. I love it - all those cool greens make a refreshing quilt! And now I'm inspired to use my FW for one of the next minis!

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  3. Sweet tiny mini. The colors and name fit together perfectly.

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  4. I've never even _heard_ of eucalyptus batting! What brand is it and where did you buy it? How does it compare in performance to cotton or wool (the two I use most of the time:)

    : ) Linda

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  5. Wow, that's teeeeeeeny! Super cute finish.

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  6. What a sweet little quilt, Kathy. I sometimes have to do as you did, laying each block back in place before sewing the next. The pale green background is a spectacular color!

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  7. It is wonderful! What a unique pattern. I love the soft greens. Perfect for Spring! Thanks for another great mini!!

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  8. What a great finish! What do you do with all the minis that you make?

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  9. I too save those corner pieces. I love what you have done with yours. Great quilt. Hugs

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  10. Wow! Such beauty in a small package. Thank you for sharing your tips as you went along!

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  11. Such a sweet mini, Kathy. Those HST are teeny. Fabulous fabrics as well. Happy quilting.

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  12. I laughed at "In theory" it reduces errors :-D The result is a very large...ahem mug rug :-D I have saved cut corners and made zippered pouches on more than one occasion.

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  13. Kathy, I love your mini quilt, that is such an imaginative use of scraps, I never would have thought of that! It's beautiful!
    *hugs*
    Tazzie
    :-)

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