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a mini quilt.

remember when the excitement of Denise Schmidt's first Joann's fabric line was all the buzz in quilty blogland? it was pretty much everywhere, so of course i had to get me some! between 3 stores (the closest one was over an hour away) and the help of one awesome uncle (thanks, kevin!) i was able to get my hands on the entire first collection. and then i made this quilt top, remember? i loved it! but my momentum fell short of a finish because i just couldn't decide on how to quilt it. i loved how traditional the quilt top looks -- with the color scheme and design, but i wanted to make sure the quilting reflected my love for all things modern. at the time, i just couldn't decide so i tucked it away hoping that some day inspiration would strike.

enter: amylouwho and show & tell mini quilt challenge. at sewing summit, we ALL were inspired by Amanda of hey, porkchop!. she has such an eye for color and design and it sure shows in her mini quilts. and, she is the inspiration behind the mini quilt challenge. during her SS class (which was more like motivational quilting 101), amanda talked about two different things that really stood out in my mind--to have your mini quilt tell a story and to not be afraid to try new quilting on your mini quilts because it's a great way to "test run" for a larger project.
light bulb! can you see where i'm going with this? so for this mini quilt challenge i decided to make a mini quilt using some left over blocks from that DS quilt top i mentioned. i figured it would be a great way to use up some scraps and i could finally try some ideas on quilting the big quilt top. and yesterday i accomplished both. in a matter of minutes (literally!) i had my mini quilt top sewn together. it's amazing how fast it goes when all of the blocks are already sewn! and for the quilting. well, i actually just went for it. i knew i wanted to stick with straight-line quilting because i love how modern it looks. and for some reason or another, i just decided to quilt a big X through the entire mini and then echo the lines outward. this was my first time quilting with a design like this, and it won't be my last! it was so relaxing to follow the straight lines and then have a rad quilting design in the end!

i bound this little mini with one of my favorite prints from that first DS fabric line. i love that little pop of red! quilty stats
name: DS mini
size: 18" x 18"
designed: using blocks from American Patchwork
and Quilting: Top 10 Quilt Shops Spring 2011
quilted: by me

be sure to head on over to amylouwho's mini quilt challenge and check out all of the beautiful mini quilts! ETA: i am linking up to TNT Thursdays. this
was my first time quilting the
"X" design and i can't wait to try it
on a larger quilt!
Labels: finish, mini quilt

