Little Quilts Project - Little Garden - Part 2

Once again, I had straight-lined quilted this little quilt. 

Once the quilting was completed, I had to remove the hand-basting stitches I used to secure the hexagons.  This is just a small result of the thread I pulled out.  

The result without the basting threads.

A total of 379 hand-stitched hexagons!  The original quilt measures as 14 inches x 17 1/2 inches.  Mine quilt finished at 11 1/2 inches x 14 inches.  And just like the Little Trip quilt, I was able to reduce the size by 3/4th.

Till next time,

- - - - Jane - - - - 

My Version of a Little Quilt - Part 2

I have added the border to my Little Trip quilt.  I'm happy with how it turned out, although it isn't as small as I wanted it to be.  I was hoping it would be about half the size of the original.  Although I didn't know the size of the original, when I started this quilt, it ended up being about 3/4th of its size.  I have to be satisfied that its smaller.

Since I have no talent in free-motion quilting on my sewing machine, I straight-line quilted this little quilt. 

I had to look at some photos, on Facebook, to see what other quilters had used for their binding.  I had seen that some had used the green plaid used in the quilt.

Now that it is finished, I've got to find it a home on my wall.

Till next time,

- - - - Jane - - - - 

Little Quilts Project - Little Garden - Part One

So sorry for being MIA.  I've started a small project that has taken quite a while to finish.  It is a hand-stitch project, and I've enjoyed it tremendously. 

I had purchased a Little Quilts Club quilt from Laundry Basket Quilts.  I'm creating a wall in my sewing room with miniature quilts, and I thought this quilt would be a perfect addition to the wall.  Although it is perfect as-is, I still wanted to reproduce it a little bit small than the original. 

The hexagons are tiny.  The hexagons I produced has 3/8-inch sides, while the original has 1/2 -inch sides.

The pattern used paper-piecing to construct the hexagons, but I wanted to do it differently.  With a Frixion pen, I used a plastic template and drew the hexagons, with its seam allowances, on the fabric.

By hand, I hand tacked the sides of each hexagon.  Once I got into the sequence of the construction, the sewing went rather smoothly.  Not quickly, but smoothly.  

I'm loving how it is slowly coming together.

In the next posts, I will be catching up on my Birthday Blocks and smaller projects that I've worked on while working on this Little Garden quilt.

Till next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -

My Version of a Little Quilt

One year ago, Laundry Basket Quilts launched their Little Quilts Club.  Once you had subscribed to the club, you would receive a fabric kit and pattern for a little quilt.  The first little quilt that was introduced was Little Trip.

Laundry Basket Quilts - Little Trip video

Although I'd like to include myself in the Little Quilts Club, I was already subscribed in their Fabric Club. I really didn't want to spend the extra money for another subscription program. The Fabric Club consists of twelve fat quarters from Laundry Basket Quilts, sent to you monthly.  They are usually put together by theme, such as red and green for Christmas.

The Little Trip quilt is based on the Trip Around the World pattern - Trip Around the World pattern.  The quilt measures 54 1/2 inches x 62 1/2 inches.  Little Trip measures approximately 18 1/2 inches x 23 1/2 inches.

• I'm not positive of the measurements of the Little Trip quilt.  Since I haven't subscribed to the Little Quilts Club, I tried to view the pattern measurements from the YouTube video.  All my measurements, for the Little Trip quilt, may not be accurate.

I wanted to make a miniature quilt version of this quilt and I wanted to use the same fabrics used in the original. I didn't know if would look similar since the squares were going to be about half the size.  I believe the Little Trip quilt was made up with 1-inch squares.  Mine is made with 1/2-inch squares.  With the size reduced, I was worried that they wouldn't have the same visual effect, such as with the large floral prints.  

Now that the squares are pieced together, I'm pretty surprised with the outcome.  It looks just like the original.

Based on the measurements, my guess on the size of the original Little Trip quilts was wrong.  I'm anticipating my Miniature Trip quilt will be 17 inches long and the Little Trip quilt is approximately 23 1/2 inches long.  It is about 2/3rds of the size.  I was hoping it would be half.

Next, is to add the border.

Till next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -