Friday, May 5, 2017

A Japanese Mini Finish

I thought it's about time I add another Japanese mini side to our stairwell quilt gallery. When I recently signed up for the newsletter from Blossom Heart Quilts, she sent a quilt pattern. She lived in Japan for several years, also. I thought I'd make it up from Japanese indigo fabrics.

She calls the block, Diamonds In the Sky quilt block. It finishes 12". 

First I had to decide if I liked arrangement A,

Or B. 

Everyone preferred B, including me, so that is how I stitched it up. 

I quilted it with matchstick quilting on my longarm. After quilting, it seemed to need a border, so I added stitch and flip borders and it went back on the longarm for more quilting. Here's the finished mini. 

And the back, with hanging stick, 3-M Command Picture Hanging Strip (hook and loop) and label.

And here it is, hanging in it's spot on the Japanese mini quilt wall!

Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

10 comments:

  1. It looks great hanging on your wall with all the others Nancy! The border was the perfect addition. Great job!

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  2. Beautiful block and the border is perfect. Looks great with its friends!

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  3. What a great addition to your gallery Nancy!

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  4. I love that wall of mini-quilts! This is s a great addition to it. How did you add a border after already quilting it? That's a pretty cool technique!

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  5. What a pretty little mini! I keep seeing mini quilts on walls, so I'm trying to find a wall in my house to do that. So lovely! Wendy at piecefulthoughts@gmail.com

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  6. What a beautiful little mini. The border is perfect for it. I love that you have a mini quilt wall to display your minis. It's a great idea.

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  7. very nice collection you have, I would probably hurt myself trying to hang anything on my wall going down the steps.

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  8. What a lovely finish! Did you live on the mainland? I was blessed to live on Okinawa for almost 5 years - and cried when we left. Your quilt is so pretty! I have some Japanese inspired fabrics that would look so lovely in this pattern!

    I liked "B" as well. It seemed to pop out and spread God's love! Thank you so much for sharing!

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  9. Love the mini! And I really like the backing fabric. I use the corner triangle hanging method too, but use a dowel. I like the flat stick idea better. Thanks for the "peek" at the back side.

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