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Friday, October 9, 2009

A Miniature Quilt

 

I stumbled upon the Blogger’s Quilt Festival.  Yes, it could be that I’m clumsy but this was a happy stumble…..Join in on the fun:

There were no size requirements in the rules so this little guy is one of my favorites. 

I had become friends through the internet with a book author by the name of Toni McGee Causey.  She has a series of 3 books and as a thank you for sending me an advance copy of her 2nd book, I decided to make this sampler for her.  Each block represents the theme of each book.  The first block is Queen’s Crown.  The 2nd is Diamonds and the 3rd is an old version of Lover’s Knot. 

Oh, by the way,  the blocks finish at 3 3/4”.  So in the 1st block, the little squares in the 9-patches are 1/4”.  I did not use paper piecing.  It was an enjoyable challenge.

 

 

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19 comments:

Vivian said...

You and I are side by side on the Quilter's Festival list, so I'm happy to be the first to comment on your adorable little quilt.
What a brave soul you are -- such small pieces and no paper piecing. It's lovely!

Zonnah said...

Very pretty!

Pat said...

YIKES..those are tiny pieces to do with no paper-piecing. Did you hand-sew them???? It is a lovely sampler!!!!

Janet said...

Wow, I'm impressed! 1/4 " !!! and lovely too!

Anonymous said...

Nice workmanship thanks for sharing.

Tootsie said...

girl...your clumsy self did a fantastic job!!!

Linda said...

Fabulous...you must be a Sally Collins fan!

Linda said...

Fay...........ok, now I am intimidated by your talents. Such detail work.......very NICE!
Linda

sibylle said...

Wow, 1/4 inch, that's superb!!

Anonymous said...

Love that block on the left!!

Carol said...

WOWSER! That's incredible...tiny little pieces! Beautiful!

sallgood said...

I can't even imagine making those! Great job!

SewCalGal said...

Beautiful quilt. Great colors, fabric & design.

Thanks for sharing and for participating in the Bloggers Quilt Festival.

SewCalGal
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

Aunt Spicy said...

Wow! I can not believe what a beautiful tiny quilt tat is! You are super talented!

Robin said...

What a lovely quilt! I love that you chose blocks that went with the themes of the books. That is such a neat idea. Thanks for sharing! :)

Rene' said...

Beautiful quilt and such detail. I like how you themed the blocks based on the books. Thanks for sharing.

Jocelyn said...

Wow these are amazing!

Kimberly Tripp said...

I love the name Faye so I decided to check your quilt out! Each of those blocks is beautiful, I like the left one best. Or maybe the right, I can't decide!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful!!! Talk about precision piecing!!! You do like a challenge?! ; ) Excellent work(wo)manship. Thanks for sharing!