Thursday, October 19, 2017

Square Peg Mini Quilt

I made another mini for our quilt gallery! The pattern is "Square Peg Miniature Quilt" from the book, "A Piece of Cake" by Peta Peace of She Quilts A Lot blog.
The quilts in this book are made from layer cakes. But this mini quilt is made from a 2 1/2" Candy Charm pack and finishes 15" square. (There's a larger version that uses a layer cake.)

 
I used a Candy Charm pack called "Simply Style" by V and Co. for Moda. I used 40 of the 42 squares to put together this 15" square miniature quilt. 
Once I had it together, I wasn't very happy with the light colored squares that faded into the white Grunge background. 

I took those squares out and filled in with stash. Here it is on my longarm bars after the makeover, getting some matchstick quilting.

The back is a sewing notions fat quarter. I hung it with a cut off yardstick tucked in corner squares (5" squares, folded in half diagonally) and some 3M Command velcro strips.

Here it is hanging on our stairwell mini quilt gallery, from the bottom, looking up:

And from the top, looking down:

While I was quilting today I was looking out the window at all these beautiful red trees and pink chrysanthemums in our backyard.

Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

Linking up to Quilt Fabrication, My Quilt Infatuation, Powered by Quilting, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Busy Hands Quilts, TGIFF, Crazy Mom Quilts, Cooking Up Quilts

17 comments:

  1. I love this mini quilt! Your stairwell mini quilt gallery is so inspiring. I only have one quilt in my stairwell!
    Quilter Bonnie

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  2. I love seeing your fun new mini hanging with all the rest, really fun Nancy!

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  3. Another fun mini! I like the backing fabric too! I'm trying to find a place for a mini quilt wall in our house. It's such fun to see all your minis on the wall -- so many different ones and so colorful!

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  4. Look at that gallery!! Your latest mini is going to be a great addition to the gallery!

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  5. Very cute mini! Great addition to your wall.

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  6. I have that charm pack! You made good use of yours - I'm still pondering what to do with mine... Love the quilting!

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  7. Love your mini quilt gallery! I need to make one. Thanks for linking to Finished or Not Friday.

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  8. well firstly your mini is beautiful - I love the colours that you chose and it was definitely the right idea to sub in a couple of stronger blocks from your stash. And then wow is your gallery wall beautiful - that's such a gorgeous idea and I love seeing them all together :)

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  9. Great quilt! I think swapping out the lower volume squares was a smart choice, they really pop now.

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  10. Thanks for sharing how you hang your quilts. Love it

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  11. WOW! That's an awesome way to hang up the minis! The hallway looks fabulous! <3

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  12. Great way to use the mini charms. Your display of quilts along the stairway looks wonderful.
    Cheers, Karen
    http://sunburntquilts.com.au/

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  13. Very nice! I love plus quilts. It is a beautiful addition to your quilt wall! Your quilt wall is such a gorgeous combination of traditional and modern.

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  14. Pretty quilt, beautifully quilted. Love the quilt show in your stairwell.

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  15. What a great way to showcase the minis - You can enjoy them every time you go up and down stairs. The pattern for this one is great. I love a Plus quilt of any size.

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  16. I really like your quilt! Great idea for those mini charms I collect! Your stairwell is so beautiful! Take good care, my dear!

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