According to the definitions I read - your blocks in your miniature quilt have a 1 to 4 ratio to a block in a full size quilt. So if the full-size quilt block is 12" finished then you can make a 3" finished block and go 4 blocks across and 4 blocks down and without sashing or borders would have a 12" square quilt. You could also make 4" blocks and do 3 rows of 3" blocks. You could add sashing and a border and as long as your top or bottom dimensions did not exceed 24" your quilt would be considered a miniature. Now, you could also have a quilt that kept within the 24" x 24" criteria, but if it was comprised of 6" blocks (four across and four rows - no sashing and no borders) you would not have a miniature quilt, but a small quilt. From what I have read, the 1/12 scale is what is used for making things for miniature doll houses. So taking what I have read in to consideration, your leaf quilt is considered a small quilt (5 1/2" - or a little less - blocks), but your little bird quilt would be considered a mini.

But I am not the quilt police and your quilts are darling. It is fun to go small, and as long as you are having fun and enjoy what your are doing and don't plan on entering them in any quilt shows under the miniature category - who cares about the AQS criteria. Right? (At least that is the way I approach the miniature quilts that I do)

That's what we use in our dollhouses and room boxes. I usually buy cheater fabric cause I don't have the patience to do the real thing.

Thank you all for your comments and information, I didn't know all that about the mini's................I do regreat not paying attention in algerbra..............I was a dreamer..............and the cheater fabric..............hum.............I wonder............thanks again one and all...............calla

Calla - you can use thangles for 1/2 sq triangles and there are a bunch of patterns out there for paperpiecing. You can also do two color 4 patches or multi-colored nine patches by strip piecing and cutting apart in to segments. I did a paper-pieced log cabin where the blocks are 1 3/4". If you do your foundation on water soluable or the foundation that is so thin that washing it makes it "disappear" you won't have the issue of having to remove it. Paper-piecing allows you to use bigger pieces of fabric for the parts of a small block. All sorts of books out there about miniatures. Have fun!

Awesome job Calla.
Keep sewing.

Sandra

Hi Folks,
Most competitions use this definition, a quilt is considered a miniature if:
1. is no longer than 24" on its longest side
2. if blocks are involved they cannot be more than 4" on their longest side
3. The quilt must be proportional in size. In other words if you took a picture of the quilt and did not include an item of known size (a coin, thimble etc) you could not say what size it is.

Yep..

Don't know if it's considered a mini, but both quilts are beautiful.