More Miniatures in the works

 Here are 3 miniature quilts in the works.
Two are Pineapple and one is Snail's Trail.

Maple Leaf miniature quilt being worked on.

Projects in the Works

Working from an organized pile of fabric...not.
Working from a messy pile of fabric.
I carefully select tones and colours of batik fabric to make a
New York Beauty Quilt.

Once the blocks are made. They are arranged to compliment
side by side to each other and as a whole piece.
Not as easy as it seems.

Here is a peek of the top assembled.
Pretty huh!

If the box fits...well, lay in it.

New Miniatures

Adding a Binding

Ready to add binding.
Stitch top to batting, then stitch top/batting to backing fabric. Trim all three layers to 1/4 inch all around. Taking care that your piece is a perfect square or rectangle, use your big square ruler, place it on top to square up.
Cut binding strip for mini at 2 inches, fold and iron into 1/2 and start at the bottom of quilt.
Lay binding along edge of quilt and sew 1/4 inch seam .
Stop 1/4 inch from corner, pull up binding and then fold over itself along next edge.
Stitch from top edge and proceed with sewing along to 1/4 inch of the next corner, but check your corner first that it will be square.
Finish strips by inserting tail into the begining tail and stitch together along seam.
Turn over binding, ease out corners so they are square.
Whip stitch the binding at the back.
Easy peezie! really. Its all in the prep work, relax, check and recheck before you proceed to far especially after you have turned a corner.

Miniature Quilts

Kaleidoscope





Flying Geese


















Mosaic Tiles













Framed Miniature Quilts Displayed

Miniature Quilts

School House
Crazy Logs














Pineapple Squares, this is my favorite quilt
Pineapple Squares