Originally Posted by donnaree59
Do you hand piece these since the pieces are so tiny? You'd have to, wouldn't you? I bet my machine would eat a whole miniature quilt before I figured out how to stop it...
No I don't. I use starch, but not really heavy and my sewing machine does not have a single hole throat plate. On the rail fence I sewed 3 3/4" strips using a 1/4" allowance. Then sub cut the strip into 1 1/4" squares. The HST are done using random leftover triangles and sewing a random seam allowance from 1/8 to 1/4". Then I square up the HST to the correct size. In this case the HST are cut 1", sewn 1/2 inch to make a 1" broken dishes block.
Here's a couple more postings of recent miniatures
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-82688-1.htm
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-82684-1.htm