cabbagepatchkid

lol...What is the size of your mini quilt? I am fascinated by the little quilts. There is a miniature quilt section, on this forum, for anyone who is interested.

zennia

I love minis. Another hint-press the seams open rather then one side.

Rhonda

I use the 1" all the time. I have a 1" template I use to cut them out with. If you'd like one just pm me.

What kind of pattern is it? If it uses a 4 patch you can sew pieces and then cut them down. I use shortcuts I developed to make this easier to do. But it would depend on what your pattern consists of.

I also sew strips together and then cut the strips to the size you need. I would use 1" strips and then after sewing three or four together then trim them lengthwise to the 1" or I trim one edge of two sets of strips and then join the two strip sets together. Afte that I trim one of them before adding another row of strips. I plan on doing a tutorial for this soon. so if it interests you let me know.

Rhonda

I manage the Miniature section in the topics list. So you can check out some of the threads there where you can find all the minis in one place.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/virtual...jsp?vsnum=1008

Peckish

I've made a few minis. My tips would be:

1. paper piece. Accuracy is a MUST with such small pieces.
2. starch is your friend
3. use a lighter weight thread. I liked Superior's Bottom Line.
4. sew with a 1/4" seam, then trim to 1/8".

carleneparice

i really love to piece really small pieces, however I hand piece all my quilts. I've never had a problem.

mar32428

I used to sew minis for my !" to !' dollhouses. I needed them so I did them but they were a pain I also thot they were too bulky.

jitkaau

Paper piecing is the best way to go with pieces so small.

janeknapp

This is the first and only miniature quilt I have made to date, so I'm not an expert. This was a president's challenge quilt at one of our guild's quilt shows. The president (lqs owner) gave us a fat eighth of one of the fabrics which we had to use in the quilt. I was surprised that I won second place when it was judged in the miniature category in our show.

The quilt is 11.5" x 14.5". It is made using the shadowed four patch. Each square is 1" and includes a half-square triangle, two small triangles, and a square. The hearts are all fussy cut.

In order to make the square I devised a way to make two at a time using larger pieces and then cut the squares to size. This WAS a challenge. I'm happy the way it turned out considering that it was my first miniature. I do have, however, much room for improvement. I'm sure starching the fabric would have helped with the piecing. Each block could also have been paper pieced. I have more to learn about making miniature quilts.

jeaninmaine

What is the pattern, maybe someone has made it before and can give you some tips on that particular pattern.