Tiny Quilt #1

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I’ve started a 100 Days project! My plan is to make 100 Tiny Quilts in one year (about 2 per week). Official 100 Days projects are created over 100 consecutive days, but it’s important to me to choose a pace that’s sustainable and enjoyable. My definition of a tiny quilt is 12” square or smaller, with no minimum size.

I want to experiment with as many techniques, colours, and textures as possible this year to find out what my quilting style/voice will be. I’m keen to explore patchwork and appliqué techniques, along with both hand sewing and machine sewing. I’m already discovering that I enjoy using the sewing machine for piecing the patchwork together, and doing the quilting stitches and finishing by hand. I have a lot to learn about hand sewing, and how to sew through all the layers with more ease. I also want to try out the full spectrum of approaches from the most planned and measured to completely improvised and without a ruler.

I’m excited about where this project will take me <#3

Tiny Quilt #1
This is my very first quilt!
Dimensions: 5¼  by 6½”
Using a mix of second-hand, gifted, and new fabrics.
Influenced by a book called Contemporary Patchwork by Arounna Kounnoraj
and two tutorials by Zak Foster…
Let’s Make a Tiny Quilt: Part 1
Let’s Make a Tiny Quilt: Part 2

New skills: Working with the three layers of a quilt sandwich. Binding by hand with mitered corners, with help from a tutorial with Heidi Parkes.

Beginning!