A mini quilt is much like a larger quilt in terms of techniques – however a small quilt gives you more flexibility to experiment. You don’t have to labor for so long, you can try out new techniques on a small area of cloth, you can hand quilt and hand stitch and actually know you might finish the project in this lifetime. Here are some excellent general quilting tutorials and tips that you can use on your miniature version.
Anna Maria Horner has a post on quilting questions – where she goes into some detail on her techniques. [image below is from this post]
Making the top:
curves: sewing circles … and sewing curves … wagon wheel block : more curved blocks :
block design: bunny block : crazy non-patch block : wonky butterfly : teapot block : freezer paper piecing : Pinwheel quilt block : snowball block : whirligig block :
Foundation piecing: the basics using freezer paper : spiderweb string block : string quilt block :
Applique: machine sewing circles : tips on machine applique :
Other block styles: cathedral windows block : hexagons :
Finish the quilt:
How to tie a quilt : free-motion quilting : and more free-motion quilt tips : machine quilting - includes tips on basting your quilt sandwich : more on using basting spray : and a bit about hand quilting :
binding: machine sewn binding tutorial : another binding tutorial : more on sewing binding :
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