Small Quilts of the Month

This past week has been the week of little quilts.
I belong to a Yahoo Small Quilt Talk group, and this year we are making a small quilt of the month. The patterns are all from Kathleen Tracy's books.

August Small Quilt of the Month

This is the August small quilt - Charming Coins from the book "Remembering Adelia".  There are 72 different fabric "coins" on the quilt. I used Hobbs Heirloom bleached cotton batting - it is nicely crinkled after washing. It is about 18" x 23".

I am trying to "step out of my box" with these little quilts, and for this one I used fabrics which I normally find difficult to use - ones with stripes, odd patterns, etc.

I also tried free motion quilting with 35 weight thread for the first time. I have never had much luck with FMQ using heavy threads, but the single hole throat plate for my machine really made a difference. I also lowered the top tension (the tension number is increased for my Husqvarna machine), and used a #90 Titanium needle.

I used this beautiful Valdani hand quilting thread.

The design was made with a stencil, and iron off quilt pounce.

I also caught up on the other small quilts of the month -

February Small Quilt of the Month

This is my version of the February one. It is Broken Dishes from "Prairie Children & Their Quilts". I used Hobbs silk batting (nicely crinkled too). It is 16" square.

July Small Quilt of the Month

This one is my version of Indigo Blue and White quilt from "American Doll Quilts". I wasn't going to make a blue and white quilt, but I had a FQ of the border fabric that I didn't know what to do with; it turned out to be one of my favourite little quilts. It is about 20" x 26".

Here are the 8 quilts of the month so far. My plan is to put them all together on a wall in my sewing room at the end of the year.

The group is lots of fun - thanks to Kathy and the other members of the group for making it so enjoyable and informative.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! ❤