Whiplash – May challenge – Miniature quilts

The winner of the whiplash theme poll was Miniature quilts – thank you to everyone who took part.

The theme is open till the end of May.

A miniature quilt, otherwise known as ‘doll quilt‘, ‘fat quarter quilt’ or more simply ‘quarter quilt‘, can be made out of just about anything – try using scraps, or just a couple of fat quarters. There is no rule about the size of these, but usually small or miniature means not as big as a cot quilt, usually they are hung on walls, framed or used for a doll house. They can be practical – perhaps used as table mats or sewn into cushion covers. You could make them extra mini and turn into a greeting cards. Any sort of quilting method is suitable too, traditional patterns, random piecing, crazy quilting or journal quilting how about hand quilting a especially beautiful fabric. For more information check out a local miniature quilt guild near you.

Some inspiration to get you started:
Thimble has used image transfer methods on a folk art inspired mini quilt :: wee wonderfuls has the most gorgeous doll quilts and other mini quilts :: angry chicken of Kingpod has beautiful mini art quilts :: buzzville scrap mini quilt

on flickr: needle felted bear with rustic mini quilt :: part of a happy quilt journal :: mini cat quilt :: doll quilt swap pool ::

Images from: angrychicken, weewonderfuls and buzzville. Top image is from weewonderfuls site from a vintage quilt magazine.

dig deeper into whipup: Week’s quilted placemats with tutorial :: memewatch on doll quilts :: fav blog posts with highlighted doll quilts by treefall ::