I’ve been drawn to them again, and it seems I’m not the only one. I’ve seen patterns for miniature quilts popping up a lot lately by many different designers. Most of these quilts are not as small as I used to make them, but I’m over that now and 1” increments in a block are fine with me.

I looked through some back issues of Quiltmaker for inspiration and was drawn to Birds in Flight in QM Sept/Oct ’00. The main block is a simple Four Patch that finishes at 6”. Using 1” increments would make a 2” block – perfect size for me to work with.

Birds in Flight

I’m using pink and brown scraps left over from Raspberry Truffles, in our May/June ’09 issue and decided on a 16” x 20” wall quilt (8 x 10 block setting in a barn raising arrangement) to hang above the bed.

2 of my blocks

The top is pieced and thinking this would make a great take-along project, I’m going to hand quilt it – something else I haven’t done for years.

my quilt top

I’ll post a picture when it’s done – just don’t look too closely at my stitches; I’m a little rusty.

Are you interested in seeing patterns for miniature quilts in Quiltmaker? Post a comment and let me know what you think. If you’d like more information about this quilt, post that here as well. I’d be happy to help.