janeknapp

This is the first and only miniature quilt I have made to date, so I'm not an expert. This was a president's challenge quilt at one of our guild's quilt shows. The president (lqs owner) gave us a fat eighth of one of the fabrics which we had to use in the quilt. I was surprised that I won second place when it was judged in the miniature category in our show.

The quilt is 11.5" x 14.5". It is made using the shadowed four patch. Each square is 1" and includes a half-square triangle, two small triangles, and a square. The hearts are all fussy cut.

In order to make the square I devised a way to make two at a time using larger pieces and then cut the squares to size. This WAS a challenge. I'm happy the way it turned out considering that it was my first miniature. I do have, however, much room for improvement. I'm sure starching the fabric would have helped with the piecing. Each block could also have been paper pieced. I have more to learn about making miniature quilts.