Darn, now I have to Google crumb blocks (lol).

Amazes me that people can take smallest of things and make things! I tried to use 2" squares and got frustrated! Guess doesn't help I am visually impaired!!😂

Wowzers! These are all works of art! Thank you all for sharing and inspiring!

What is a "crumb" please?

I hate to remove paper from the back, especially for minis. So I use a sharpi and copy/draw the lines onto washable stabilizer. After making the crumb block via paper piecing method, I wash away the backing: (it is blurry because you are looking at plastic over paper)

Fantastic! or should I Starrific?

Great idea, thanks. I will have to give this a try.

I like the little ones but I have a list of big quilts that I need to do first before I can play. Jane I literally ran out of fabric when I first started quilting and I used some of my green scraps to make some 2' or 2 1/2" blocks - scrappy about 8 pieces per block. But, I don't know what to do with them. How small can you go if the quilt is meant to be used and washed? I thought I would have to come up with a wallhanging idea to use them.

Love the star mini that might be something I could aspire to.

Kelsie, that mini block is now part of a king size quilt which is in the ufo pile 100% assembled, but only 60% quilted. It is my next scheduled UFO to attack in 2018. I'm never afraid to use the crumbs, just finish them....LOL

Kelsie, this is on my bed right now. The 9P's measure 1 1/2". I just finished a large quilt (76x76) with 3" house blocks, 278 of them with 18 pieces each (+5000 total), no pics yet and must decide how to quilt it. Started making houses in 2012.

https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictur...i-t289801.html

Oksewglad,...that quilt is stunning. I cannot imagine doing a 9p that is 1 1/2". Amazing talent and perseverence.

Teen I have a feeling you will get there. You are making great progress with your "larger" squares. I remember when I decided to see if I could make 1/4" squares in a 9P. I did it, not perfect, but I could do it...the rest comes with practice. This was my first quilt that small. I have learned so much in the past 9 years. [ATTACH=CONFIG]587814[/ATTACH]

love the penny for size comparison......amazing tiny quilt!

These tiny quilts are amazing!!!! You all did such beautiful work.

Thank you for your faith in me, Oksewglad! Having a ball playing... Made my 3rd mini block today....and, unbeknownst to me, a quilt shop 25 mins from me specializes in mini's. They have a monthly mini quilt program and will be publishing their first book this year with over 13 patterns. I'm going to go there this coming week because they are reproduction fabric store to shop for my Baltimore Allbum quilt fabric and I'll see what they have regarding mini's. Super excited to go. I've only been there once and they have gorgeous fabric...a bit on the high side but we'll see.

Wow!! terrific mini works of art!!

Macybaby - Cathy your stars and mini blocks are amazing!! They are so cute and precisely made! Did you draft your own patterns?

oksewglad - Your big 9P is beautiful!! You are so creative and inspiring! I would love to try making a few of those blocks - What is the size of your tiny finished 9P blocks and also what size is the block in your quilt that contains the nine little 9P blocks?

Teen - I like Paula Doyle's book - lots of useful info
I do like working with crumbs - I find it relaxing and fun! I don't have pics but have made many sets of drink coasters using blocks made from crumbs with a narrow border - finished sizes were 3.5 and 4". I used all kinds of tiny scraps and used either felt or regular fabric for backing with interfacing inbetween for stability - sold lots at our Guild's quilt show.

Costumegirl, I was doing Carol Doak's 50 stars. They are 12" blocks and I shrunk them down to see just how small I could get. I really like working with the small pieces. I really enjoyed the 365 block challenge with all the 3" blocks. I think the "worst" had over 40 pieces.

that challenge is great for learning to deal with small pieces. The blocks start easy and get more complicated, but very few are actually hard. That challenge has been so popular, I think they are doing it again this year (third year).

Thanks costumegirl...The blocks in the big mini finish at 7 1/2". I used scraps for all of the pieced blocks...as I like to say "no yardage was harmed in the making of these blocks". The light squares and rectangles came from the 2" bins and uncut scraps.

In the pastel quiltlet, the 9P's finish at 3/4".

Oh my goodness you are all amazing. I have never even thought let alone seen things this small. It is a whole new world. But I Must, I Must, finish some big ones first. I have started to think I am one of the slowest quilters in the West but I have found a quilting group here in Arizona and they are very helpful. I have learned a lot already but we will have to go back to Canada in about 6 weeks. Darn. They only meet once a week. Maybe next year...