I make small gift items. This is a checkbook cover

Oh, Rhonda you did a great job. If that is a checkbook cover, your pieces of fabric must have been very small!

Those are very cool!

Thanks! The small pieces just happen when you use my shortcuts. The smallest piece is usually just 1 1/4" but I do make keychains using a 1" square.

More patchwork gift items

These are just a few of my favorites. I have been making these for 11 years for a local gift shop and Hotpads are my best selling line.

Oh, Rhonda, those are beautiful! :lol: Are they paper pieced? Or do you just work with really small pieces?

I started the bookmarks about three years ago and they are my number two seller. They are also the top draw for people on my free teaching site online. They are not a lot of time to make and look dramatic.

Thanks! I have shortcuts I use that make the small pieces just happen. When I find a place on here to put my links you can see for yourself on my free teaching site.

More bookmarks

More Patchwork by Rhonda These are coin purses. They are approx. 5" square

More coin purses!!

These are a few of the tote bags I make

Oh Please tell me that you make cell phone holders. I have wanted one for my purse.

These are very nice rhonda.

I have a friend who works with me and she does the prep work and she did the embroidery on these bookmarks. She does a wonderful job. She is very precise which is necessary in miniatures.

Wow, your work is stupendous! Such attention to detail on something so small!

I have been told recently I need to add cell phone holders to my list. I have been looking at them but haven't designed any yet. I can send you a note when I get something worked out.

Beautiful work Rhonda. I have made your bookmarks. I made my own template to cut the pieces but have considered ordering the templates that (I think) you had. Plan to make some more. Thanks for sharing.

It's good to get some feedback on the bookmarks Jim's Gem. Have you posted any pictures of your bookmarks? How did it go to follow the directions?

Rhonda, they are exquisite. I especially like the braid bookmark.

Wow that is an awesome job you have done......!!!!.....:-)

Rhonda

Beautiful work - are they paper pieced - such attention to detail, well done.

Tisha

No I do not even know how to do paper piecing! I have developed shortcuts over the years that allow me to do a lot of things. I make what I call "Blocks" which are swatches sewn together and then cut out a square with a template. The small pieces happen when you sew the "Blocks" together. You can see a few on my free teaching site.

Beautiful stuff!!!

You can get the directions on how to make the Boston Braid bookmark on my free!! teaching site. It is easier than you think. The shortcuts make it easy to do!

Sondray posted links to my site so I won't be posting anything new anyway so here it is hhttp://www.bitsnpiecesworkshop.com anyway all the info on this site is free.

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Here it is- oops!- I added one H too many! sorry http://www.bitsnpiecesworkshop.com yep I think I spelled it right this time! :roll:

exactly what I was going to say, lol. :D

Rhonda-your minis are adorable. Thank you to the link to your website. I have bookmarked it for future reference.

Thanks everyone for all the kind words. I get a kick out of challenging myself to see how small I can go. I'm easily bored so I have to do things that don't take a lot of time to do or I lose interest and then I have to push myself to finish. I am a great procrastinator but that doesn't meet the next deadline!!!

For the record the Boston Braid Bookmark is one of my favorites too!

I have not posted pictures of my bookmarks. I made about 5 and I think I have one left around here. It is really pretty, just not sure where it is at the moment. They were easy to do and I matched a couple of them to quilts that were given to the same people. I made my own template, it may not be a perfect size. I also, after the first one, did not starch or stiffen them any more. Like them non-stiff. thanks for the patterns. I should try and make some more, I do have a little container that has quite a few lonely blocks already cut out and some small pieces to use toward more.

Rhonda, your work is wonderful and so nice that you have an outlet to sell and make money to buy ...
more material? :lol:
Love the checkbook covers and the pot holders :thumbup:

I have a friend that makes the "Blocks" for me. Saves me time. She makes hundreds and thousands of them in a week's time. She made 3 thousand of them over about two weeks one time and she keeps me supplied. I have 55 organisers filled to the brim so I get to sit down and play with color and design!!

Wow Rhonda, thanks so much for posting your site...your work is fantastic! It looks so small...so now I'm off to check out your site!

Oh my! Beautiful work.