This month's Island Batik Challenge was Mini Quilts! The products featured in this post were given to me by Island Batik. Mini quilts are quilts that are smaller than 24" square. Mini quilts are some of my absolute favorites to make because they come together super quick and give me a great sense of accomplishment! My favorite types of minis are barn quilt blocks. I even wrote a tutorial a few months ago on one of my favorite barn quilts (read about that here). I utilized this challenge to create a block I had found on Pinterest but had never seen a quilt pattern for.
Please note: I couldn't find the original designer for this barn quilt block as the page it was pinned from was taken down. Click the photo to go to the Pinterest pin.
A couple things to note about my process for making this block.
- I had never done blocks on point before, so I used Quilter's Paradise Set In and Corner Triangle Calculator to help my calculations.
- I picked a size for my inner square and went from there. I had no idea what size this block was going to end up at! Surprise!
First step was to make all the bits for the block, I shared this sneak peek on Friday's post! Then I placed the layout starting from the inside out.
The center looks a lot like the center I used for my Spinning Vector quilt. I used partial seams to sew all the bits together. If you don't know what partial seams are, you can read my tutorial here.
Once I got the block sewn together, I realized it ended up about 14" and I wanted my mini to be larger. So I decided to add a border and reuse the bonus Half Square Triangles (HST) from the flying geese. Using my phone camera, I tried all 4 combinations of the border and HSTs before making my final choice.
I pick the bottom left layout and finished sewing my quilt top together.
Using the Hobbs 80/20 cotton batting and Aurifil 50wt 2024 White thread from my Island Batik Ambassor box, I did a combination of walking foot and free motion quilting. The quilt finished at 20" square. This is one of my favorite mini quilts that I've ever made!
Do you love minis? What is your favorite type of mini?
If you're interested in what the other Island Batik Ambassadors are making, you can check out their blogs. There are 45 ambassadors this year! Be sure to follow Island Batik on Facebook and Instagram to see the projects we all make too!
Amy at Sew Incredibly Crazy
Anita at Quilt in a not-Shell
Anna at Ark Angel Creations
Anne at Sweetgrass Designs
Barbara at Bejeweled Quilts
Bea at BeaQuilter
Carole at Carole Lyles Shaw
Connie at Freemotion by the River
Connie at Kauffman Designs
Dione at Clever Chameleon
Geraldine at Living Water Quilter
Jackie at If These Threads Could Talk
Janet at Whispers of Yore
Jeanette at Inchworm Fabrics
Jen at Patterns by Jen
Jennifer at Curlicue Creations
Jennifer at Dizzy Quilter
Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter
Jessica at Desert Bloom Quilting
Joan at Moosestash Quilting
Joyce at heARTs Creations
Karen at Sew Karen-ly Created
Kathleen at Kathleen McMusing
Laura at Slice of Pi Quilts
Leanne at Devoted Quilter
Mania at Mania for Quilts
Maryellen at Mary Mack Made Mine
Michelle at Creative Blonde
Myra at Busy Hands Quilts
Nancy at Masterpiece Quilting
Pamela at PamelaQuilts
Sally at Sally Manke
Sandra at MMM Quilts
Sarah at Sarah Goer Quilts
Sharon at Yellow Cat Quilt Designs
Sherry at Powered by Quilting <--- me!
Stephanie at Steph Jacobson
Suzy at Adventurous Applique and Quilting
Teri at Lizard Creek Quilts
Tina at Quilting Affection Designs
Toby at Gateway Quilts & Stuff
Turid at Den Syende Himmel
Vicki at Vicki's Crafts & Quilting
Join me again on Friday for Friday Foto Fun and on Sunday for the #365DayOfArtPBQChallenge! Link up and share your progress on your own projects!
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