We are heading out of town for the next two days so I am posting my mini quilt for the challenge a day early!
{Little House Mini Quilt ~ 11.5" x 11.5"}
I had a lot of fun making this! Especially after finishing such a huge project it was very satisfying to do a project that could be started and finished in a matter of a couple of hours. The planning took a bit longer, and the hand quilting too, but the actual sewing really was that quick!
I used a little tutorial at Comfortstitching to figure out how to construct my little house. I did the drawing as Aneela suggested, but didn't actually cut out pattern pieces like she does. Once I had my drawing, since I created it on graph paper, I simply counted the grid squares and used that to figure out how big to cut my pieces. There is nothing terribly special about the fabric I used - some were scraps from other projects, the sky section is regular old muslin, and a few of the others I picked up as cheap fat quarters from Wal-Mart of all places! They are not the greatest quality, kinda thin, but they were cute and for this project, it worked!!
I also tried hand quilting for the first time on this little project, using size 8 Perle Cotton. It was easy to figure out, and a lot of fun! I outlined the house/windows/door shapes, and then did some random swirls in the sky section. I like it and will definitely hand quilt again....small projects only though!
Linking up with {Sew} Modern Monday @ Canoe Ridge Creations
24 comments:
VERY cute, Heather!! Love that you tried new techniques(!), especially the hand-stitching. It just makes it! Have a fun time away!
Really cute! Great job!
OH my heavens!!!
I love this! :o)
That's my kind of project! I love it!
It's adorable!!
SO cute! Love the owl fabric. :o)
Beautiful! Great job on this!
Love this mini quilt Heather!! The owls are very cute:)
Very cute, Heather! And I admire your planning, too!
ack! too flipping cute!
Adorable! :)
That is adorable, and you did an amazing job on the hand quilting! :o)
You're hand quilting is so cute. And even! I tried for the first time on my mini, too and yours puts mine to shame!;-) Ha!
Very cute!
Very sweet little house. I love the hand quilting. It adds a warm and personal touch!
This is too adorable. The swirly sky looks great!
love it, Heather! your hand quilting looks great!
Super cute! :) Thanks for linking up to {Sew} Modern Monday and have a great week!
so cute! love that little house. neat sketch, it hadn't occured to me these house blocks were a bit complicated!
love the placement of the owls in this. Really cute mini!
very cute :) I have never tried hand-quilting this way before...will have to give it a try. You did an amazing job. :)
This is so pretty, Heather!
I just love the swirly hand quilting - beautiful job!
That is beautiful! I have only made a couple of quilts, my current craft of choice is crochet.
I found you on made by ME linkup. :)
How cute is that?! Thanks so much for linking up at SewHappyGeek!
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