My first quilt finish of 2019! I admit it’s been a slow start to the year. I have been working on projects, it’s just been difficult to acutally finish anything.
I decided to call this mini quilt Metropolitan Fair after the fabric line.
This was my first mini quilt and it was super fun to make! And it was made entirely from left over scraps of a previous quilt!
Overall, I am totally in love with this little guy! My plan is to make several mini quilts to hang on the wall in my entry way and also in my sewing room.
My mini quilt top is finished! I love it! I think it is so cute! The mini quilt will finish 12.5″ by 18.5″.
I finally figured out what fabric line this is! It is Metropolitan Fair by Barbara Brackman for Moda. These little HSTs were the leftover scraps from a quilt I finished years ago when I was new to quilting and didn’t even think about documenting anything. But, as luck would have it, the leftover scrap of backing fabric had just enough selvage to help me figure it out. Yay!
I just love the back! It makes me so happy to look at it. Is that weird?
I explained in an earlier post that this quilt has not cost me a dime. I am using leftover scraps from previous projects, so it is beautiful and free! You can’t beat that!
I thought I might try hand quilting as this is such a small project. I figure I need to get some practice in before I tackle trying to hand quilt my hexagon quilt which I anticipate being a monster of an undertaking!
A bit of progress has been made on my first mini quilt! I have trimmed and trimmed and trimmed these little HSTs.
And this is what I have so far.
I do so very much love this little project! It is a great project to have handy when you only have a few minutes to spare in the craft room. I can spend just ten minutes trimming here and there and it adds up quickly!
My little pile of trimmings.
And the best thing: the whole project will be completely free! The HSTs are leftover from a previous quilt, of course, as well as the backing fabric I will be using (from same quilt as the HSTs), and the batting will be a scrap leftover from another recent quilt. So, this little project has been super helpful as a declutter-er of all the stuff in my craft room that I just can’t seem to throw away!
Now that the cutting is complete, I can spend the next two days rearranging the blocks to make sure everything is perfectly laid out. Then see that two of the same fabric are too close together and spend another two days rearranging. And so on, and so on, and so on. . . Can anyone else relate to a little OCD?
My second start of the year is a Mini Quilt. My first mini quilt ever! I have had these little HSTs leftover from a quilt I finished years ago and gave away as a Christmas present. I don’t remember exactly what fabric line I used, but I believe it was Moda.
I didn’t want to waste fabric and throw out the scraps, so I sewed the little leftovers into HSTs and stored them away thinking I could do something with them in the future. The future is now here, it is time to make something! I have always wanted to do a mini quilt and I thought these little pieces would be perfect!
I picked some of my favorites from the pile and started trimming them each to 1 1/2 inches.
I am not sure what size this Mini Quilt will end up, but I’m thinking it may be around 16″ by 12″. It may well depend on how many of these little HSTs I want to end up trimming!
I have cut all the squares and matched up the fabrics. I tried to draw a diagonal line across the giant 21 inch square, but my ruler was not long enough to reach from corner to corner, so after fumbling around trying to draw a line with a too-short ruler, I decided to iron the square in half diagonally and use that line. Whew! What an easier way of doing it! I was pretty proud of myself for coming up with that little trick! *Hold on a sec while I pat myself on the back!* For a wider variety of finished HSTs, I decided to cut a lot of the squares in half in order to mix up the fabrics a bit. But since I would be sewing on bias cut edge, I left one square whole and then laid two different cut squares on top to prevent stretching during stitching.
Then it was time for sewing! That didn’t take long as there are only 16 HSTs in the quilt top. Once that was done, it was time for cutting and ironing.
The next step will be arranging on the design wall! Yay!
