A Little Little Mini Quilt

Another oldie that I never posted! This little little mini quilt was for a swap that the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild hosted way back in 2021! The swap was called the Friendship Mini Mini Quilt Swap. The guild paired up members that we might not know well to help the guild members reconnect after the pandemic.

I had just recently finished my Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ quilt, and decided to start with a left over block from that quilt. Then pulled some scraps and did a little arranging, a little different arranging and then piecing them together! I was pretty happy with how it turned out.

You can see by my fingers, it’s a little little mini quilt! It was about 6″ square.

At this scale I did not piece the back too! ha! But I did add a label.

And this is the mini quilt I received from the swap from a member on the East Coast, Ruth. Needless to say, we didn’t get to exchange in person.

It was a fun little quilt to make! I don’t make little little quilts very often! Maybe I should make them more often. A series could be fun!

Lullaby- A Baby Quilt

I wanted to make a baby quilt for my co-worker, so I snooped around for her nursery style and colors. She showed me her picks that were mostly green and grey. I remembered I had a bag of left over scraps in this color scheme, so I pulled them out!

My ‘starter’ set, I’ll call it, didn’t have the darker green that she was using. I added in a dark green and it just fell a little flat for me. I took those out and added in a more greeny green and it worked.

You can see the process I took. I started with most of the original scrap bag, but to get to the baby quilt size I wanted, I had to keep adding to it. I kept with the same colors and shapes, mostly HST. Eventually, I got it where I needed it. When I do improv, often I have to figure out how to piece the different sized blocks. On my phone, I draw out how to group the blocks to piece them together.

I ended up at about 32×34 inches and I really enjoy the balance of the different blocks and colors!

Usually, I piece the back of my quilts. This time I was really excited about using the Charley Harper Bookends fabric, so I did a whole cloth back.

The cutest little baby was born in December, and I finished the quilt in January. A little late getting to her, but it was well received, and I love sharing my quilts with others!

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