Mini happy dance :)

Sandy Foster · 2006-09-28T02:55:04+00:00

Some of you may know that Carol Doak has started a Yahoo group for paper piecing. The group is quite active -- much more active than I can be! -- and Carol is very involved. She gives periodic challenges and free patterns that we can choose to do (or not). One of the patterns she gave us was for a miniature quilt, which I finished the other day. I'm rather pleased with the way it turned out, since I haven't done that much paper piecing, nor have I done more than one other mini. I've posted a picture of it at . It's 12" square, and I machine quilted it with a King Tut variegated thread in reds and a little purple; I used my attempt at a "flame" motif.

Sep 28, 2006 35 Replies

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Sandy Foster 19 years ago

Hmmm...should I take offense at your lack of faith in my word? Or should I be happy that you want the quilt? ;)

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Sandy Foster 19 years ago

Thanks, Pat! :) I really did enjoy making this miniature; I think I may make more in the future. They're rather addictive.

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Sandy Foster 19 years ago

Thanks, Pat! :) Do you need a margarita to cool down a bit? ;)

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Sandy Foster 19 years ago

Thanks, Marcella! :) I don't think it will be lonely for long....

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Sandy Foster 19 years ago

Thanks, Mary! :) I know it had to be *hard* to stop making these little blocks , but it won't take you long to get the other 9 and the borders done. The advantage of the mini is that, while it has the same number of seams as a larger quilt, it has shorter seams that don't take as long to sew.

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Sandy Foster 19 years ago

Thanks, Polly! :) Uh...you do know that oxygen shouldn't be used near flames, don't you? ;)

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Sandy Foster 19 years ago

Thanks, Carole! :) I usually have a really hard time deciding how to quilt something, but this one just seemed to tell me it needed flames.

Oh, I agree! That paper is really good! :)

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Sally Swindells 19 years ago

Oh good - I've just ordered some for the first time!

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Louise 19 years ago

Let's go with being happy, okay?

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Michelle 19 years ago

Sandy, your mini is simply stunning! Hard to believe it is just 12". Absolutely gorgeous. Hope you are feeling quite pleased with yourself. :-)

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Sandy Foster 19 years ago

LOL! Okay!

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Pat in Virginia 19 years ago

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Sandy Foster 19 years ago

Sure! But Papacita's isn't very close to where I'm staying this time -- in fact, it's downright *far*! We'll figure something out, though. :)

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Dee in Oz 19 years ago

I wrote this last night but google 'ate' it.

Before was good but finished is great, that quilting really adds a bit of pizazz.

DH saw the mini template I printed out and said '#!^* #%@!* your're supposed to sew that are you, its too small" I said 'yes, maybe ...... one day' didn't say when tho'

Dee in Oz

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Sandy Foster 19 years ago

Thanks, Michelle! :) I'm pretty pleased, all right.

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Sandy Foster 19 years ago

Thanks, Dee! :) Pizazz is good in this case.

Go for it, Dee! It's really not difficult when you're paper piecing -- not as though you're trying to hang onto itsy bitsy pieces of fabric as you "normally" would. It's amazingly easy, if you follow Carol D.'s advice.

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