Finish - A Mini Mini Double Double!

Can I truly call this the first finish of 2016?
Perhaps the first mini mini finish! Yvonne @ Quilting Jetgirl got me all interested in this mini mini business that's been sweeping the blogosphere. Honestly, a project that can go from design dreaming to binding in a couple hours and be popped in a envelope for mailing... one can see why they've been so popular! I made one just for fun and then the swapping bug bit me!


For my first swapped mini mini, it all began with these wee HSTs - offcuts from Dog Gone Cute Twins. And Jayne @ Twiggy & Opal's collection of black and white quilts!

But black and white alone wouldn't do. It needed a little pop! Enter Cotton + Steel Dottie in Goldilocks.
And then the selvages. I actually have a bag devoted to black and white selvages!

I used Yvonne @ Quilting Jetgirl's selvage binding tutorial. It worked like a charm! There wasn't quite enough C+S selvage to go around, so I had to improvise!

Here you can see one of the last of my quilt labels, the lovely C+S backing fabric, AND the fact that this mini mini didn't fit in the envelope I planned to use!

The Mini Deets  
Title:  What's Black and White and Read All Over? (Mini Mini #2)
Swapped with: Jayne @ Twiggy & Opal
Size: ? ( I sent it away before I measured!)
Fabric Used: Black & white selvages
Quilting: Straight lines in white radiating from the centre
Binding: Selvage from backing fabric 

Backing: Cotton + Steel Basics Dottie in Golidlocks

Favourite Part(s):  Using those itty bitty HST trims from my Dog Gone Cute quilts

 

And since Yvonne got the ball rolling on this one, there's no way I couldn't swap with her. For inspiration, I turned to my blue Kona scraps. Yvonne has a thing for blue... you might have noticed.

 I made some very wee strip sets, cut 'em apart, and sewed them together again.

Who needs Eleanor Burns' Quilt in a Day techniques? If you make 'em small enough, you can make a quilt in an afternoon!

 All joking aside, you should check out Quilt in a Day. But I digress. All quilted and ready to bind.

I didn't think that Yvonne's selvage binding trickery worked for this one, so I went with a 1½ inch (I think) strip that I sewed to the front and then ironed the raw edge under on the back.

Since this little quilt isn't likely to see snow again, it just had to go for a little playtime outside! I hope she likes it!

The Mini Deets  
Title: Am I Blue Confetti (Mini Mini #3)
Swapped with: Yvonne @ Quilting Jetgirl
Size: 5 by 5 inches

Konas Used: Astral, Deep Blue, Lapis, Niagra, Peacock, Turquoise, White
Quilting: Matchstick quilting in white with three lines of royal blue
Binding: Nightfall  

Backing: Bluebell

Favourite Part(s): Making an mini inspired by Twiggy & Opal's Confetti Dots

Even though these are wee little finishes, I'm still linking them up with TGIFF @ Quilt Matters and with Finish Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts! A finish is a finish, no matter how small.

And if you don't have a finish this Friday, never fear! You can always blog about a project from your dark quilty past and link up with this month's volume of Throwback Thursday. Make it a Flashback Friday! The link-up (and giveaway) is open until Sunday at midnight.

J