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Old 06-26-2011, 02:01 PM
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Jennifer, please keep posting pictures of your GFG progress. That will be amazing!!
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Old 06-26-2011, 02:06 PM
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I love those little minis, but I'm not skilled enough to do one.
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Old 06-26-2011, 02:10 PM
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My quilt guild brought in George Siciliano & I took his workshop. My first attempt at foundation piecing and a mini. It was a challenge, but I will finish my mini! Each 3" block has 40 pieces in it. It will finish at about 15" square, made of 16 blocks total.
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Old 06-26-2011, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by carrieg
My quilt guild brought in George Siciliano & I took his workshop. My first attempt at foundation piecing and a mini. It was a challenge, but I will finish my mini! Each 3" block has 40 pieces in it. It will finish at about 15" square, made of 16 blocks total.
Yeah, if you're going to talk miniatures, George is at the top of the list.
INSANE!!!
http://www.georgesiciliano.com/

And all the quilts shown are gorgeous. I wish I had the patience.
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Old 06-26-2011, 02:30 PM
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jljack-Your mini is lovely! I find that making miniature quilts is so rewarding. I can create without having to use lots of fabrics and I just don't need more quilts,either. It is an opportunity to make any style I've never tried before. I use the doll quilt swap to try something new and it's a way to learn new techniques. My friends probably don't know what to do with mini quilts, but I use them seasonally and for many small decor ideas. They are charming to me. polyparrot- Love your quilts!
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Old 06-26-2011, 02:33 PM
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I made pineapple blocks in EQ7 that'll finish at 2" finished. I'm cutting them and going to use my itty bitty scraps on that.

So far for the GFG I've got over 100 hexies basted, but they're not all together yet. Hopefully soon.
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Old 06-26-2011, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
I like making miniatures - I finally finished piecing a checkerboard top last night - trying to get all the seams to match just about made me crazy. I'm going to use black and red buttons as the checkers and embroider and applique the 3½" parchment border around the checkerboard part.

Here are some miniature flying geese quilts I made for a doll - the first one was too big for the doll, so I re-made it. The strips of flying geese are paper-pieced and I would definitely stick with paper piecing for patches this small. The finished geese are about 3/4" x 1½"
WOW!! I made this smaller one but my quilting is no where's as nice as your's, stunning.
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Old 06-26-2011, 02:50 PM
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I'd love to whip up some mini projects. The smallest blocks I've worked with were 30 some-odd pieces in 4.5" finished blocks....but my favorite parts were tiny stars about an 1" square in the centers of a few.
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Old 06-26-2011, 03:29 PM
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Where do you all find patterns for them??
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Old 06-26-2011, 03:46 PM
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You can find them online and here on the board. I have numerous magazines with patterns.
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