Wednesday, September 23, 2009

New Mini's!

First up, a possible mini for the Holiday Mini Quilt Swap. It still needs another 3 inch border or so (or a combination of borders to equal 3 inches) before it becomes 16x16.. but I'm starting to like this one.

Possible Holiday Mini Quilt

I do have 3 others in the works, they all have pieces cut out but not sewn together yet. What do you all think? Would you like to receive this as a swap quiltie? I'm planning on hand-quilting it.

And here's the start of the quilting (again by hand) on the mini quilt top "First Snowfall"
Begining of Hand Quilting in First Snowfall

Here's a different view. I'm quilting a swirly snowflake in it.
Begining of Hand Quilting in First Snowfall

...and....
Quilted New Jersey:
New Jersey - a miniature quilt in cloth!

I drew the pattern for NJ freehand on paper, and then decided that I wanted to applique it on, so I used my trusty machine and machine appliqued it. But since New Jersey's nickname is the "Garden State" and I had a few 4.5 or 5 inch squares of strawberry fabric, and some floral fabric left, I chose to make it a true, "Garden State"

And the label for the quilt (not yet attached) is in the shape of NJ too. I'll post that once it's attached to the quiltie.

4 comments:

  1. The New Jersey mini is so sweet! What a neat way to showcase the state! The "First Snowfall" has always been a favorite of mine...can't wait to see it done.

    blessings friend

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  2. I love the winter mini. Great colors.

    What a fun little quilt NJ is :)

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  3. I love the blue mini. Never done a swap but would like to give it a try. I live in Florida, but if that state is already taken, I also live part of the year in Montana so I could represent that state. Please let me know the details, rules, etc. You can contact me at renecreates.blogspot.com or renecreates@me.com

    Rene'

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