I will go on a one week trip on sunday and was looking for a project to take with me.
For my current project of minis I found grandmothers flowergarden with 1/2" hex too "big". By looking at the shape I figured that 3 lines added would give a tumbling block....

I hope to show a mini with tumbling blocks by the end of my vacation........

GREAT IDEA !

wow they sure are tiny but so pretty. Those Y seams are one thing i just cant master yet.

thanks, will be fun to try to make those

You must have the nimblest fingers! Have a great trip!

What are you, nuts???

:lol: :lol: :lol: sure hope your question is meant in a friendly way..............

Granny

Granny 59, You are brilliant! I am going to try this as soon as I get home from my trip to your wonderful country. Are you going to the quilt show in Bern next weekend? I'm hoping to be there either Thursday or Friday. What excitement!

great idea---but tell us about doing that "Y" seam--by hand?

I got it from a tutorial on this board. You sew to the middle, keep the needle in while lifting the presser foot and "turn" the fabric so you can finish with a straigt seam. Clear???
In this case I had to turn with the help of tweezer and pin, but it worked. It got little after trimming, before the size was manageable.
@Judith: enjoy yourself. I am sadly out of the country. One quiltshow in Switzerland and I miss it!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQA28...eature=related

wonder whether this works...........sorry if not.

Thank you for sharing this, what a clever idea :D:D:D

Wow!

granny_59 I've been following your mini's that you've posted here recently (I'm still new to all of this) and there are not enough words to decribe how in awe I am of you. I'm guessing that you are a very patient person and have a warm personality because that is what it would to do your mini's and not want to do bodily harm to the nearest person :lol:
Enjoy your vacation and posting your beatiful work.
Becky

tiny tiny tiny.. I have been watching too.. they are beautiful and I'm thinking that I need to make a mini.. they're so intereting! But I'm going to make a mini.. not something you need a microscope to see! My goodness those are tiny..

Whatever I make I seem to have to see how small I can make something and have it look or work the way it should.. When I was making baskets I had to make a set of tiny baskets that will sit on your little finger tip.. when I was knitting socks last fall I had to see how small I could make a 'real' sock.. the smallest I made was about 1 inch.. had a pattern, a turned heel, and a shaped toe... Now I'm looking at your beautiful quilting minis.. oh dear... I'm hooked!

Thank you, and God bless.

Looks great